Month: July 2015

rDay One-Hundred-Fifteen: Crazy Days Car Show

In appalling conditions of harsh shadows, horrible backgrounds and hot sun, we attempt to document the annual Grande Ronde-A-View car show during the Crazy Days weekend.  This first installment covers mostly close details shot while dodging shadows.  And my friend Saira (see her site at 

http://lagrandemainstreet.org/) was on hand, of course.

As time allows, I will get more of today’s output online, if not here, on my car blog. 

P.S.  If you want to see what I shot last year, go to the last 15 rows (about 20 or so rows from the top) in the gallery at:  http://lagrandemainstreet.org/events/crazy-days/2014-crazy-days-photo-gallery/.

rDay One-Hundred-Fourteen: MommaBird Report and Shopping

Mrs. Robin is now spending a lot of time on the nest.  Is the big event imminent?  

 

 

Then we grab some groceries and discover that (1) my new favorite microbrew name branding has to be “Swill“, and (2) the only available vehicle to us this morning can handle four bags of groceries in the jump seats plus one on the passenger’s lap or at her feet.

 

 

rDay One-Twelve

A final jaunt downtown after the evening news to watch the disappearing light, note the absence of activity along the main drag by 8:30pm, pass by the old library-now-art center, check out the continuing construction of the new court house …

 

 

… and arrive home for a final romp of the day with Evil-Eyed Charlie.
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Some Changes …

Today I discovered that quite a few of the followers of this blog (I didn’t know that I had more than about three!) primarily use smartphones for access, so it seems time to reprogram the visual design and layout for “responsive” operations (i.e., ability to automatically detect and optimize the display to suit whatever device is being used for viewing, with emphasis on mobile-friendliness — that means the use of the “hamburger” menu icon, for one thing).

In the course of doing this, I think I mucked up some old features a bit, and may have destroyed or injured the list of subscribers who get automatic notice whenever a news item is posted.  If you want to join that list, or are not sure whether you are still on it, just drop your email address into the signup form in the left column.  If you are getting notifications and do NOT want that, please pardon us and use the form to unsubscribe.

May take a little while to shake everything down; thanks for your patience.

rDay One-Zero-Eight: Dog Stories

Walking to Farmers’ Market, I came upon a cowering dog in the face of verbal abuse from a woman who demanded that it come to her for a leash-up.  Was tempted to say something and even document the fearful dog, but it didn’t happen; just wondered why some people are allowed to have dogs, let alone children …  Later, I saw a young boy treating his dog in a much different way.  Finally, the sad story (so far, apparently) of Grendle.