wind sculpted snow
between our cars
weather woman says,
“6 degrees; wind chill feels like -7 degrees”
frosting our windows
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Leica M Monochrom, 50 mm Summilux Asph
Hasselblad 500 CM / CF-39, 135 mm Carl Zeiss S Planar
brings with it
a moodiness to the contemplatives
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Hasselblad 500 CM / CF39, 135 mm S Planar on Auto Bellows
Leica M, 28 mm Summicron Asph
falling on still life
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Leica M Monochrom, 50 mm Summilux Asph
for someone
or something
to return
on the 24,951st day of this life
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Leica M Monochrom, 50 mm Summilux Asph
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Hasselblad 500cm/CF-39, 135 mm S Planar on Auto Bellows
…on the first day of January.
Finally delivered Sophia’s gifts to her.
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And Jerome requested that we attempt to recreate a pose that he and Tanya took on their wedding day…
as they’re celebrating their 10 wedding anniversary on this first day of January.
So how did we do Jerome? Which one do you want a print of? Or all three?
Leica M, 50 mm Summilux Asph
and we have bitter, bitter cold… -8 degrees F… -35 “wind chill”… car didn’t start this morning
Leica M Monochrom, 28 mm Summicron Asph
I saw the Garage Sale sign on Pioneer Road; just around the corner from the house we’ll soon move into. I turned onto a very long driveway; between a corn field and a bean field, over water filled pot holes, including a ninety degree right hand turn, and a ninety degree left hand turn — finally up to a metal pole building with large sliding doors. Just inside that huge doorway sat a dirt encrusted Cadillac Escalade. “How much for the Escalade?” I asked. “$10 includes a charger and a dead battery.” came Bob’s response. “I’ll take it.” It needed a new battery — $70. Some new wheels — $80. And a whole lot of tender loving cleaning by Nanna Anna. That was one happy 3 year old, Jace, the birthday guy, when he finally took the wheel of that Escalade, with a brunette riding shot gun — just like dad.
I do love to rummage through garage sales.
The rest of the birthday photographs can be seen here.
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Leica M, 50 mm Summilux Asph
Leica Monochrom, 50 mm Summilux Asph
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Leica M, 50 mm Summilux Asph with extension tube
both
the joy of blooming…
and the lesson of transitioning
through the seasons
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Leica M, 28 mm Summicron Asph (with extension tube)
…came out of the oven at 10 pm last evening
From gathering ingredients
to mixing and kneading
to feeling what the dough wants to become
to smelling the dough transform into bread
to hearing the finger thump on the crust
to photographing
to tearing (or slicing)
to tasting
’tis one long meditation, involving all the senses
a practice, a life sustaining ritual
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Leica M, 50 mm Summilux Asph