My friend who knows me well
I’m close to starting my 8th year of daily blogging; one of the things that I never anticipated when I started was the possibility of making friends along the way. But it happened, which just proves (once again) that I don’t know everything.*
One of my best blogging friends is Ehpem, and I’ve been lucky enough to make a couple of trips up his way. On my most recent trip, he took me to this place, because he knew I’d love to see some nice abandoned buildings.
Jordan River, BC
photographed 4.22.2015
*That reminds me when my son was about 6, and went to school with a girl named Kim Thompson. From what I could gather, Kim’s family had fairly rigid rules about what girls and boys were “supposed” to do, and Nathan quoted those rules often. He’d say, “Kim Thompson says boys don’t wear pink.” or “Kim Thompson says boys aren’t supposed to learn how to cook.” One night, in exasperation, I said, “Kim Thompson doesn’t know everything.” The next day, I got this report from Nathan: Kim Thompson says she does too know everything.
Of course, that doesn’t have anything to do with, well, anything. But it still makes me laugh.
Posted on December 2, 2015, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, abandoned buildings, architecture, black and white photography, melinda green harvey, monochrome, one day one image, photo a day, photography, postaday, victoria. Bookmark the permalink. 19 Comments.
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It made me laugh, too.
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Thanks, Leonard. I still laugh every time I think about that conversation; it’s especially amusing now that Nathan has kids of his own and takes part in similar conversations with them!
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As it did me.
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Glad you enjoyed the story, Matt.
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I too had no idea that the internet could produce friends and am glad to have met a few over the years of blogging! The idea of daily blogging for 8 years makes me hyperventilate!
I really like how you have switched the interest to the building in the background. Each time I have photographed this place I shoot the whole building in front because of its shape and that of the drift wood around the lawn. I’ve been totally missing these interesting layers.
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You two are a good photographic team. I’m glad you met each other.
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Thanks, Yvonne. I’m glad, too!
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The thing is that I was fresh off that class with Sam Abell when I made this trip, so my head was full of all the microcomposition tips he talked about all week, which proves that I CAN learn new things, even at my age!
I surely never intended to blog for this long! It’s sort of an addiction now.
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We had so much to talk about, and to do, that I never picked your brains properly about that course. I regret that, there were things to learn, many of them, and I missed my chance!
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I am certain we will have other opportunities to shoot together; maybe I won’t have forgotten everything I learned from Sam by the next time I see you!
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The problem is there are not enough chances to get together – we have way too much ground to cover each time and thus skip off the surface of most topics.
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I know – and who wants to make up an agenda. And then follow it.
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That sounds exactly like work. Not fun.
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Got a grin from that story. I suppose Kim’s husband is regulated by Kim very much eh….
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I really hope that our pal Kim broke free of her upbringing and lives some radical, alternative lifestyle…
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It made me smile as well…I wonder what Kim is up to these days…
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Sadly, we’ve lost track of Kim. But if I ever get news about her, I’ll let you know!
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You write well. Do it more please.
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Thanks, John. My real job is writing grants; I’ve been pretty busy lately with a huge grant that’s taken away some of my interest in writing blog posts. It’s done now, so maybe I’ll have more time/energy to write things here on the blog.
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