Today we visit the old red barn — could have been a business from my childhood — that houses the glass guy’s business. This was my first time, but Kim has had previous transactions and conversations with him. He showed us a picture of 1913 Ford Model T Speedster (not pictured here, unfortunately), then fixed a new rock chip in the PF’s windshield. We got to witness the dismissal of a new employee who wouldn’t clean windshields and hear many tales of many kinds.
The highlight, or lowlight, of this day was a visit to Dr. J.S. for a little outpatient procedure. Kim accompanied me to make sure that I would show up for this one.
Then we make the typical shopping round for a Tuesday, looking for store specials and checking out farmers’ market. (And watching for automobilia of interest along the way and visiting the Safeway magazine stand.)
The Intrepid Travelers / Wedding Guests — Ivi, Olivia and Marina — came home with well over 600 images from their trip. We are just starting to go through the collection. Here is a pic (don’t know which photographer of the three gets attribution) of Conor and Larkin, descending. 
More to follow, I’m sure.
A gray day for a change, meaning a lot of difference in shadows and photographic approaches. Walking a long loop around town, I take in side streets, local bikers, Eric and his shop (where I see his personal project Toyota Land Cruiser, being rebuilt from the ground up after he “took off every single, stinking bolt”) and cars and trucks in general. Returning home about 2.5 hours later, Ivi and I almost immediately take off on errands, including a visit to the former workplace to get a second opinion on her smashed smartphone.
Here is Kim’s list of birds she saw yesterday during the FOLM First Saturday Bird Walk, including links to more information on each:
Up early to try to beat the predicted 101 degree heat. Revisited an old favorite, Morgan Lake, for proximity to water. An unknown canine meets up with Charlie, accompanies us on two loops around the lake, and even tries to go home with us. No owner was discovered.
Some B&W experiments, fwiw …
This is a panoramic view of today’s Ladd Marsh outing. The image is 7509 pixels wide by 900 pixels high, so you may wish to capture it for zooming purposes. Or not.
Kim arose at some horrendous, early hour to hike and exercise The Beast Most Foul so that we could get to the 7am FOLM birdwalk. On the way, we seem to have occasioned a windshield crack plus chip (this following Ivi’s spill last night — while jogging she hit the pavement, resulting in skin scratches and abrasions and a destroyed smartphone).
I think that I made exactly one photograph of a bird (and one of a dragonfly, if that counts), but we saw many, including those viewed through the scopes of other birders (guess what Kim wants for Christmas or her next birthday!). Our binoculars are inadequate to the task. My short 105mm max zoom meant that I could only capture other birders and to try to get a sense of place. (And even one birder with a 500mm tele lens on his Nikon couldn’t always close in on the target.) Anyway, that is how we kick off this Saturday, August One.
