Monthly Archives: December 2023
88 years
Some very cold flowers on the grave of someone who lived for 88 years. (Just a few minutes before this, there’d be rain and sleet-that-was-nearly-hail.)
Carbost, Isle of Skye, Scotland
photographed 11.8.2023
jewel drops and a fog roll
If I’m being honest, this day started out…bad. I wasn’t feeling like a photographer and it was hard to get up any enthusiasm for shooting.
But I’d come a long way and sure as hell didn’t want to squander the opportunity. And so I photographed the band of fog across the lake, partly obscured by the dew-laden leaves and branches. Now that I see the image, I can imagine the trees are standing in for my closed-off feelings that day.
(I’m better now. A lot.)
Loch Leven
Glencoe, Scotland
photographed 11.6.2023
daisies, pushed up
One thing I’ve learned as a photographer is that no matter how alluring the Thing In Front Of Me is to photograph, it’s real important to turn around and see what else is there. In this case, while the Castle Stalker was indeed lovely in the dying light, how about the flowers and that wood-shingled shed that were right there? They’re nice, too.
along Loch Linnhe
near Argyll, Scotland
photographed 11.5.2023
Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh
Two things:
- Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail
- The Castle Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh
Castle Stalker
Argyll, Scotland
photographed 11.5.2023
plants/coffee
The very first thing we did when we got to Edinburgh was to drop our bags at the hotel. The second thing we did was to seek out some coffee, which we found at this lovely shop that sells plants and coffee. It was a tiny place made even cozier by the condensation on the insides of the windows and the drizzle outside.
And later that day, after I’d had coffee and a brief exploration of our temporary new neighborhood, someone did me the kind favor of walking by with a purple umbrella.
Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.2.2023
One Day | One Image 