Let there be light

Back from not posting. Thanks to my dad, I now have two speedlights.

Nosey

Lucy.

Boat

Refreshment lines

A better version of this shot can be seen HERE

Spicy Curry

It tastes better than it looks. Not that I don't think it looks good.

Garden, revisited

Carie can now officially call her garden a Butterfly Garden.

Boom

Fireworks in the ATL.

Sticker time

Paper shredder

Shelled

I'm lazy, so here's one more picture from the zoo.

Self Portrait

As seen through a horse's eye.

Screaming llama

I was back in N.C. for the weekend and spent some time at Noah's Landing, so this likely will be the first of several more animal pics to come in the following weeks.

Tennis, anyone?

The image above was shot at the NCAA Tennis Championships, where I've been taking some pictures in between writing a few stories each day.

Stalker

Dedication

This guy in the poncho deserves a Fan of the Week certificiate for sitting in a pouring rain, sprinkled with hail, for 30 minutes before the first game of the Georgia-Mississippi State series was suspended. And for a team that's 20-30. Yikes.

Bailey

BMX

Fetch

Crossing point

An apple a day

Iccccckkkkkk

Pollen has been everywhere the past week. This is the roof of a blue car at a car wash I pass on my way to work.

Watson Mill

Garden

Carie started a butterfly garden in the front yard today.

I helped by taking pictures and managed to keep my hands clean.

The big chicken

Near downtown Marietta...

Good night

Another night shot...

Streaking headlights

I shot this on an I-85 overpass near Atlanta.

Pictured above is a rusted-out water tower in Watkinsville, a town about 10 minutes away.

Crane reflection

I've been sick this weekend, which doesn't lend itself to getting out and taking pictures. So here's something I shot a few weeks ago in the ATL.

The tree's the boss

It's a busy week, so if you want to learn more about the Tree that owns itself, go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_That_Owns_Itself.

And that's Beth and Jamey walking through the frame, by the way, taking Jon's Tour of Athens.

Loggerhead turtle

Went to the Georgia Aquarium last week.

The turtle winked at Carie.

A dusty trail

This ball of lint was living inside my laptop until I blasted it out last week.

Think this sort of evil can't be lurking inside your computer?

Well, you're probably wrong.

If you've never done so, I suggest you visit your local computer store and purchase a can of compressed air. Won't cost you more than $5, and you'll get to play with a ball of lint like this one.

So go on, free the dust.

Paid out

The voice on the other end of the line asked if anyone scored in double figures. But I couldn’t answer.

It’s not that I didn’t know, but as soon as he asked the cell phone died.

After writing a story on a girls high school basketball game Friday night, I was calling in the final of the boys game on my way back to the office. Since my charger in the car ceased working three months ago, I started combing the streets of Jefferson for a pay phone.

Bad idea.

Turns out folks in rural Georgia have no need for pay phones, as they can usually just throw their favorite NASCAR diecast collectible racecar and hit their neighbor.

Fortunately I charged the cell phone long enough to call in that score, but on my way back to Athens I couldn’t find a single pay phone. Not one, save the inoperable British version serving as a decoration (pictured, across from the Dunkin' Donuts on Prince Avenue).

At the time I figured it would be interesting to call a phone company and find out how many pay phones are in operation in Georgia. But later I found this link. Sure, it’s California, but I’d wager it’s safe to say the report is representative of the nation.

A new blog for a new year

Around this time last year I was occasionally writing in a blog about traveling in Europe.

Those were the days. Then I had to go get a real job again.

While I doubt this blog will be as fun as the last one for the reader or for myself, I'm giving it a go.

The goal is to post a random picture each week. Except I'm not going to start until next week. Maybe.

Look forward to that.