Driveway

Just a quick shot of my driveway late this afternoon.

Monza

Wow!  An old Chevrolet Monza.  This car has to be worth a fortune as a collectors item as the Monza was one of the finest cars ever made in America in the true spirit of style and reliability.

Pizza Hut

Mmmm, my favorite pizza from Pizza Hut.  I have always loved the old thin and crispy crust.

Happy Father's Day Dad!

Country Road

This is my kind of road.

Fine Cuisine at the Airport

Pickers

Local (near Oriental, NC) junk yard that sells useful stuff like broken washing machines, cars that don't run and general discarded items that need a home.

Moonshine

Full moonbeams shining down on the Neuse River last night near Oriental, North Carolina.

Late Night on the County Road

Self Portrait

Here I am taking a self portrait of myself in a mirror (actually my stepson Kevin)
One more night of work for me tonight then I'm off to North Carolina tomorrow.

Dragonfly Lamp

Mamiya

This is my new (old) Mamiya RB67 Pro SD medium format camera.  I used to dream of having a Hasselblad or Mamiya but could never afford the thousands of dollars these cost 20 years ago.  Thanks to digital and the popular demise of film I was able to pick this up on EBay for $250.00.  I will be developing the negatives myself (black and white only, color will be sent out) just like I used to years ago.  Only difference now is that I will scan the negatives for a digital workflow.  Fun, fun!

Mongo

Here is an absolutely gorgeous pic from my online friend Mongo's website.  Be sure to visit his site HERE.  He has a live webcam of the ocean there which is great to watch to lower your blood pressure a few points.  I hope he doesn't mind me posting the picture but this pic is where I wish I was today to get away from this heat.  He lives on the coast in Bandon, Oregon, one of the most picturesque areas of the West Coast.

Best Sandwiches Anywhere

I really think Schlotzsky's has the best sandwiches anywhere.  It must be the sourdough bread or something but they sure are good.  This was taken at one of the airports I was in a few days ago.  No pictures taken today.  We had a record high of 99 degrees today and that is hot in this humid concrete jungle of Baltimore, especially with no wind. 

Lonely Tonight

You are the night and day,

the heaven and the seas for me.

The time I'm with you

confirms exactly what I would have said.

Every acquaintance, every friend, every person

who has a place in your heart...

It is the time with them

that really means something.

Nothing else matters.

                                                                                        -----from the movie 'After the Wedding'

What I Did All Day

Something is wrong with the color balance on this camera.  My hair is actually brown.  Don't know why it turned out that strange color in the picture.

I Really Don't Like LA

Nothing Like a Little Hail Damage

Travel Food

Chicken and guacamole sandwich in Denver I think, or maybe it was St. Louis. 

Dead End

From the Dead End Tavern a while ago.  Getting ready to leave for Oklahoma City in a few hours to attend a funeral for Liz, may she Rest in Peace.

Snow!

A couple of days ago in Salt Lake City

Corn is Loving this Weather

Harvey Dacow

Makin' Coffee

Trying out a new way to make good coffee using a Chemex flask.  First you weigh the coffee beans and use about 2 grams of coffee beans for each ounce of water.  Works out to about 1 cup of beans to 3 cups of water.  Then you grind the beans.  Only takes about 3 minutes to hand grind the beans.  Put the grounds in the cone filter in the top of the Chemex.  Pour a little hot water over the grounds just enough to wet them and watch them swell for about 30 seconds then slowly pour the rest of the hot water over the grounds as the water trickles through.  Makes great coffee and it was real easy, even as a first try.  Kind of fun grinding your own beans too. 

Downtown Oklahoma City

Panama City, FL

Back to Work Tonight

3 Generations in OKC

Fuji X100

Well, I tried out the Fuji X100 but just couldn't quite fall in love with it (but it was close).  The two main reasons I decided to sell it over my existing Olympus E-PL2?  For me the lack of image stabilization is the main negative and of course the inability to change lenses is the second negative.  In comparisons between the two at slower shutter speeds (around 1/30 to 1/60) I was consistently getting sharper pictures with my Olympus.  The fixed lens I could live with but I have grown to love image stabilization.  It truly adds a couple of stops to your low end for usable pics.  If this was a micro four thirds body with image stabilization I would be in heaven and would never have to buy another camera again:o)

Detour

Detour to San Francisco

Horny Toad

Taken a few months ago.  I'm packing right now.  I have to be up at 3am for a 6am flight to Oklahoma City (via Denver). 

Sunset on the Boardwalk

Pinhole

This is a picture that I took yesterday of my dog Missy down in North Carolina (back in Baltimore now).  This was taken without a lens on the camera.  I just used a piece of plastic with a hole in it for a lens.

Hopper

Flight attendant Susan with Dennis Hopper (God rest his soul) last year.

Dillinger

This is John Dillinger's actual car, a 1933 Essex Terraplane, as seen at Baltimore Washington International Airport this morning.  It's a gorgeous car that I would love to be driving.

Mall of America

Taken this morning at the Mall of America in Minneapolis.

Sunrise

Catfish

Mmmm, fried catfish, fries and cole slaw for dinner tonight.

Live for Today

This was the old Palmer House Restaurant at 100 N. Eutaw St. in downtown Baltimore.  It was a hotbed of activity for 50 years with politicians, reporters and the theater crowd.  Now just one of the many boarded up abandoned buildings which are everywhere. 

I Know This is in Poor Taste But....

Just A-Walkin to Work