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Many things require an anchor
My good friend Brett Erickson was in town last weekend; it was so good to see him again. We met about seven years ago, through photo blogs, and in many (or, really, most) ways, I consider him to be my mentor.
Five summers ago, I took a class from him at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, where I produced a version of this image during one of the class’s field trips. A print of that attempt is hanging in my Gallery O’ Shame* and Brett mentioned some things that happened the day I’d made it. That gave me a chance to look at the image again and realize that I really didn’t like what I’d done with it in post-processing, so I did something I almost never do: I had another go at it. Five years more Photoshop experience makes a difference!**
near Abiquiu, New Mexico
photographed 7.3.2014
*It’s where all the stuff that got into shows but didn’t sell now resides. It’s also the guest bedroom. Guests at my home are required to take a photo with them***. If they seem reluctant to do so, I distract them with coffee with the Patient Spouse moves a photo to their car. You’ve been warned.
**See? I am teachable, which comes as a big surprise to all of us!
***Because I can’t figure out how else to get rid of the damn things.
one more drink and I’ll move on
Yes, this scene DID remind me of a song lyric! Thanks for asking. This time it was from the Dave Matthews Band’s song “Grace is Gone.” (Specifically “One drink to remember and another to forget.”)
Here’s a relatively short live version of the song.
True story: my commute to work takes about 35 minutes, and if I start with the 2007 MGM Grand concert version of “Seek Up” and follow it with “Dancing Nancies” from the same show, that’ll get me all the way to the office.
Crescent Hotel
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
photographed 10.6.2018
Ozark autumn
Just a little roadside scene, somewhere in the middle of Arkansas.
near Kingston, Arkansas (maybe?)
photographed 10.5.2018
A couple of things here
First of all, it may come in handy to know that you can apparently get a handful of cemetery flowers for a dollar.
Second, this should quiet, forever, those doubters who say that cats do not go to heaven. Obviously they do: why else would this cat have angel wings?
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
photographed 10.6.2018
Angel, grounded
And here’s a cemetery angel, helpfully illustrating “dust to dust” for anyone who happens by.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
photographed 10.6.2018
