I was digging my way through a box of junk in the top of my closet and I came across some slides that I took in 1999 in Costa Rica. I was very excited because I thought that I had lost them. Unfortunately, my exuberance quickly died down when I drug out my trusty slide projector, set up the screen and took a peek. These were the out of focus, bad composition, and generally poor shots. I am still on the lookout for another box that has about 80 of the better quality slides.
Oh well. Here is a shot of me that is slightly out of focus in front of Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica. We hiked up the desolate lava fields by day amid the rumbling and occasional trembling of the volcano...and at night we were treated to red lava flows near the top. But alas, those shots, along with all of my monkey, frog, rainforest, beach, and other such "good" shots are still missing. One day, I will find them.
Sorry for the photo quality. It was a bit out of focus to start with, and I do not have a slide scanner...so I took a photo of the projection screen. How bad is that?
This morning, I hopped out of bed and made a few snacks for work. I cut up apples and jabbed in slivered almonds as teeth. I also made a bunch of eyeballs and spiders out of divinity candy and pretzels & lifesavers. Nothing fancy, but figured I would snap a photo. Not bad for a little over an hour's worth of work. I particularly thought the spooky mouths turned out well.
After a couple mile walk around the Ocmulgee National Monument today with my friend Bonnie, I was hoofing it up the hill to my truck, when I came across one of my favorite native bushes...especially in the fall of the year.
I spent the day today with a dozen or so friends, gently paddling down the Ocmulgee River, slowly filling our boats with all manner of trash. We usually do one or two clean ups on the river each year. We got out lots of cans, a few pieces of glass, a few toys, a barrel, a grill, and other odds and ends. I do have to admit that the river was cleaner this year than in the past....but it still has a long way to go to be "pristine".
The colors of Fall were on full display, or close to it, at Fort Mountain State Park this weekend in north Georgia. I spent four nights there camping with friends amid the beauty of autumn colors.
The moon rising over the north Georgia mountains was a stunning sight. This shot was taken at the overlook on Hwy 52 between Chatsworth and Ellijay on Fort Mountain, just west of the state park's entrance.
I was digging my way through a box of junk in the top of my closet and I came across some slides that I took in 1999 in Costa Rica. I was very excited because I thought that I had lost them. Unfortunately, my exuberance quickly died down when I drug out my trusty slide projector, set up the screen and took a peek. These were the out of focus, bad composition, and generally poor shots. I am still on the lookout for another box that has about 80 of the better quality slides.
