After several days of clouds and rain, the clearing sky was a delight this evening.
These photos, from about one hour ago, were taken two minutes apart at ISO 400, 1/160th second, at f11. And are without filter or fixings . . . .
Sunset
Monthly Archives: April 2017
Auggie
Portraits on a quiet Friday evening (after seeing Kristen Chenoweth live in concert):
Macro
After taking photos of Auggie last evening, I turned the camera, with macro lens, to a dark corner of the living room.
The peonies are from my garden.
New mug
A thought
Be gentle with yourself.
You’re doing the best you can.
#TBT
This photo, taken nine years ago this month, shows my first Spring in Saint Louis, and my nephew Luke, who just turned 16 this month.
The environment
Aunt Esther
I’m late in the day, on a day that would have been Aunt Esther’s 105th birthday.
As a reminder of this lovely woman:
https://jeffreycarter.wordpress.com/2014/04/17/a-eulogy-for-esther-summers/
I miss her terribly.
Dear Lord
Dear Lord,
You beautifully created means of locomotion and safe passage from one point to another.
Why do you allow blockheads to drive these contraptions?
Am I asking too much to request that you strike with bolts of lightning those who:
- in the middle lane of the freeway, drive 10 clicks slower than the speed limit;
- fail to signal a turn;
- drive large vehicles and think they own the road; and/or
- don’t know how to merge into traffic?
Am I being mean-spirited?
If not, then perhaps one other query?
Might you please flatten the tires of every jerk who, when seeing a car starting to back out of a garage, or a parking space, and instead of stopping, decides to barrel past the car and almost get hit? (Dear Lord, I can’t tell you how many times a month I have to slam on brakes, even at a modest 5 m.p.h., because someone can’t give the 10 seconds for me to back out of a space.)
Thanks in advance for your many mercies to me, and your punishment to the trangressors.
Amen.
P.S. — might you regulate my body temperature so that I don’t feel like I’m turning into an old man who is cold one minute, then warm the next?
Spring flowers
From my garden this past weekend:
