Just thinking, contemplating, considering
Last week I stopped at Virmond Park to get my weekly dose of the Great Lake Michigan. There on the bluff I watched a young man attempt to fly a trick kite. The kite had two lines and some serious rigging under it.
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He tried over and over again to create or catch a breeze; just couldn’t get it in the air. A young woman appeared walking out of the trees. And they worked together; yet could not gain flight.
Leica M8, 28mm Summicron
Alverno College kicked off its 50th annual Alverno Presents season with Global Union 2009 at Humboldt Park this past weekend. Always a wonderful time and place to enjoy people, music, children, dogs and dancing (additonal images in slideshow).
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(Leica M8, 28 mm Summicron)
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Leica M8, 28 mm Summicaron
Waiting in front of her school
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after stopping at the hardware store and replacing a dowel in the kite
the surf, shells and stones held more interest than the kite
we traded off winding the kite in
the gulls fighting over flying bread
made us hungry for chocolate malts and french fries
back at the house Sophia fished for cats with a shoe string
All images Leica M8 with 28 mm Summicron, except last (Sophia fishing for cats) with Leica R8/DMR with 100 mm Apo Macro Elmarit
We have the honor of launching, this very evening, a freshly redesigned web site for Vets Journey Home, a remarkable group of caring souls who offer a much needed, healing weekend to our vets, at no cost, because they know that our vets have already paid.
“a unique weekend program for veterans, designed to help heal the emotional wounds of military service. The program was created in 1989 as The Bamboo Bridge, co-founded by VietNam veteran Christan Kramer, and a Sargeant Major’s daughter, Patricia Clason. They were committed to giving VietNam veterans the Welcome Home they deserved and helping them heal their hearts and bring peace to their souls.
Since then, our country has been involved in many conflicts and wars. They also discovered that the emotional wounds many veterans carry can also come from service in peacetime – it is not only combat that wounds the heart.
In 2005, VietNam veteran Gene McMahon took over the lead for this work and re-named the program Vets Journey Home, to be inclusive of all veterans. Today, Gene and Patricia are joined by other instructors and a large community of volunteers, both veteran and civilian, who desire to serve those who served our country, by offering this compassionate and welcoming retreat, where any story is heard without judgment.”
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Leica R8/DMR, 100 mm Apo Macro Elmarit on R Bellows
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Icky waits. I know not for what.
I wait at the clinic; eye on the door; hoping for the best possible outcome.
Dan Nauman of Bighorn Forge continues to bring new forms to his hand wrought home furnishings.
“There is no substitute for feeling the stone, the metal, the plaster, or the wood in the hand; to feel its weight; to feel its texture; to struggle with it in the world rather than in the mind alone.” — William M. Dupree
“The artist is a man [or woman] who finds that the form or shape of things externally corresponds, in some strange way, to the movements of his mental and emotional life.” —Graham Collier
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(Slide show of additional views of this table)
Last week I had the privilege of meeting Mark and Sylvia Mondloch of Silver Creek Pottery & Forge. After exchanging a few emails, and a phone call, with Mark, we met at my studio to photograph some of Mark’s fine metal work.
Fireplace Tool Set (detail) by Mark Mondloch
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(Slide show of additional views of this Tool Set)
Garden Accents by Mark Mondloch
While the neutral formica sweep worked well for the Tool Set. I felt it appeared a bit sterile for the the flowers. Mark and Sylvia made a trip to Stein’s Garden Center and found some mulch and moss; which I believe was just enough to give the Garden accents a little context.
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(Slide show of additional views of these Garden Accents)
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Leica R8/DMR, 100 mm apo macro elmarit, apo 2x