Hike over – Time for a quick selfie sitting in the back of the car. All in all, I hiked 11 miles and climbed 1,100 feet. Considering I’ve not done any exercising since my last trip (and that was only six miles), I’m happy with that result.
Black and White
Black and white, tinted, duotone, and spot color photographs. If you see a color picture here, it means there’s a black and white picture in the post.
Camp Life – Journaling – Today was one of the few times I’ve actually got round to writing in my journal while I’m out backpacking. 5 pictures
Backpacking Selfie.
Mid-hike posing – What the well-dressed English hiker wears abroad – I’m not going to win any fashion awards. It’s just as well I didn’t meet any people on the trail. Two-minute read, 3 pictures
A family trip down the range – this afternoon we went down to Sound of Freedom in Ozark for some family ‘range time’. One-minute read. 4 pictures
Yew, Pumpkin, & Feather – evidence of fairies in the woods.
The yew trees at Kingley Vale are large and old (400 years or so), they are also weirdly contorted as can be seen here.
It’s tough being Tubby — We have a new nickname for him — Roomba. Poor blind Tubby earned it by the way he navigates around the house. He’ll walk off in a random direction until he hits a wall and then head off in some other random direction. One-minute read
The Books on my desk – Last night, when I tidied up I left a stack of books on the corner of my desk. Seeing them this morning reminded me how much my life has changed. Four-minute read, 2 pictures
Blue Bowl (Black and White) – This is the picture that I wanted to get, and the image is ‘straight out of camera’. One-minute read
Oops! I walked into a plate glass window. No real damage done, and luckily there was no one around to witness me doing it.
Christ Church Cathedral (Exterior), Louisville, Kentucky.
Fifth Third Bank – Louisville, Kentucky 2 pictures
Jim Beam and 400 West Market. 2 pictures
Tambourine – Because I can. 2 pictures
1144 15th Street, Denver, Colorado. 2 pictures
Portal to another dimension – Frederic C. Hamilton Building. Denver, Colorado.
Skylight – Seen at Denver Art Museum, Frederic C. Hamilton Building. 2 pictures
The Way the Moon’s in Love with the Dark, Artist: Fred Wilson. 3 pictures
Contrasting Spaces #2 – Denver Art Museum.
At my computer. 4 pictures
Meet Arty (Artopus) – Doesn’t everyone have a large, beer swilling, artist-in-residence octopus in their living room? 3 pictures
My desk was looking cluttered this morning – I was reminded of the saying that the state of one’s desk reflects the state of one’s mind. A tidy desk equals a tidy mind. For the last several months, my mind — and my desk — have been in a messy place. 2 pictures
Peak Design Capture Pro V3 – This morning I was musing on the mess I’d left on my desk when the urge to take some pictures overtook me. 3 pictures