Today was one of those days that serves as a reminder of why a person starts this kind of project in the first place. The clouds were showing a kind of texture that looks a bit like fishscales, and as…
2016-09-09 – Soggy but prepared
It was a dark and stormy night… Sunrise Stats! First light: 6:14 AM Sunrise: 6:43 AM Daylight: 13 hrs, 48 min Heard the thunder growling and moving in when I woke up about four. And the skies were offering a…
2016-02-27 – Dogs of the sun
What a perfect, perfect morning. Above freezing, with clear skies but for some high, thin clouds, gibbous waning moon shining bright along with Jupiter, Regulus, Spica, and Antares. The breeze was light, I had Bobbie for company, and color in…
2016-02-07 – When wind is a problem
What a gorgeous morning! Temperature’s up above freezing, the stars were showing in the predawn darkness on the drive in to Red Wing. No thin sliver of a waning crescent moon – today it won’t show on the eastern horizon…
2016-01-31 – Hard part’s over
Seen the movie “Kill Bill?” Specifically, the scene where The Bride has just woken up from her four-year coma, unable to move from the waist down. Sitting up, she stares at her feet and says, “Wiggle your big toe. Wiggle.…
2016-01-26 – The weather won’t cooperate!
It was snowing this morning on the drive in to the Bluff; lovely big thick flakes softly falling to coat the ground with a brand-new fluffy white blanket. At last! At long last! Today is the day to talk of…
2016-01-14 – Kindness of a friend
The most observant among you will have noticed occasional specks in my photographs. Here’s what an unaltered picture looks like right now from my camera at f/22: Drives you crazy, doesn’t it? All those honkin’ HUGE specks all over what…
2016-01-01 – Proper preparation
Sometimes all the planning in the world won’t get you a perfect result. (Actually, most of the time, that’s the case. But planning still helps!) And yet, even an imperfect result can still be perfect – if you see it…