Another image from around 1970. This image may or may not be from the same day (or month, or even year) as yesterday’s post, but it is a luggage cart from the same location. Looking at this image, I can see that I got a lot right. The repeating shape of the window and the end of the luggage cart, the leading lines, the dynamic balance, and the wonderful textures. Forty years later — I would have spent much more time in this location and found many other opportunities. Even in this one image, I can see other compositions that would have worked. I am not currently offering these images of my...

Things are finally getting back to normal. Finally all dry. Lots of things sent to the trash. But still disorganized — nothing is where it used to be — but that’s even improving. We’ve completed three shows since my last post, and have added a lot of new 8×8 canvas squares. I’ll be adding those to my website over the next few weeks. The Silver Lining — I found some of my slides from 1965 through 1985. The ones that date before 1970 all pretty much blank, the dyes are long gone. But the ones from 1970 and later are still visible. There is a lot of color shift...

…nor any drop to drink — if I remember The Rime of the Ancient Mariner well enough. Rhode Island had a record rainfall of 15 inches in March, with 9 inches of that falling in 2 days. The biggest problem was the Pawtuxet River which crested at 21 feet above normal, which is 12 feet above flood stage. The river closest to us, the Woonasquatuket, crested at 4 feet above flood level — so no problems there. We did, however, have a lot of ground water. There was so much water flowing in to our sump, that the pump could not keep up. So over three days while the pump ran 24 hours a day, the...

Thanks to all our friends, old and new, who stopped by to visit us in Chantilly this past weekend — we had a great time. We managed to get the van loaded and we were on the road just before the heavy rain set in. The rain never really let up all the way home, and it’s still raining this morning. Today’s Photograph of the Day is a companion piece to E1034 posted on March 1,...

This was one of those mornings that when I get to my destination, the sky is a solid black overcast that gradually changes through shades of gray and ends up as a solid white overcast. So when I don’t have what I came for — in this case a sunrise view of the Watch Hill Light — I can either head back home, or I try to find something unexpected to photograph. It’s time to see what’s there. Instead of looking out toward the lighthouse, I looked down at my feet and saw all of these wonderful patterns the waves were making as they washed over the rocks. Had the sunrise been...

If you have ever hiked toDoyles River Falls in Shenandaoh National Park, you have probably noticed that it has two levels. The first level drops into a pool which then has several rivulets that cascade down from there. Normally there is so much water that it is difficult and dangerous to cross the river and climb to get a view of the pool. This year with all of the snow melt and the ground saturated with water, it would be particularly difficult. When I photographed this view the area was in a bit of drought, so it was pretty easy to make my way over for this view of the upper...