Author: leh

rDay One-Hundred-Seventy-Six

Under cloudy, angry-looking, rain-threatening skies, we do an extended dog walk to Grandview Hillcrest Cemetery and the ridge above.  This week’s changes in lighting allow for a different approach to shooting, and we get to play with interpretations of cemetery scenes.

rDay One-Hundred-Seventy-Five

Shopping.  Again.  We leave The Charlie, then I run across Jim, one of the old-coot-car-guys I sometimes see on Saturdays at Eric’s (and he tells me that his truck — whose restomod project I have documented over several months — just took lst in its class among 350 entries at the recent Walla Walla car show).  Next while loitering at Safeway as Kim does what only she can do, I discover my new favorite car magazine (RoadKill: Automotive Chaos Theory, spawned from the YouTube sub-channel of the same name) and wonder about the unusual Apricot Ale on sale.  Finally, we return to find Charlie intact.

rDay One-Hundred-Seventy-Four

When the switch finally stopped functioning properly in one of our household’s genuine classic Swedish Luxo lamps (not a cheap Chinese knockoff and in operation since perhaps the 70s or 80s) we were obliged to search the Outer Limits of the Internets for a replacement. Finally, Kim located a purveyor of such gear, and a new component was ordered. When we determined upon arrival that it was the wrong part despite its part number, we were asked to furnish photographs to help the vender obtain the proper substitute for such an antique device. Accordingly, this in-situ, backlit-with-fill image was quickly created and sent on its way.  We are hopeful that this will help.20150915-DSC_0048

In addition to what is perhaps the finest example of extant early Luxo photography as demonstrated above, we also created closeup photographs of the switch detail itself.

Another in a continuing series of ©Banal Photos.

rDay One-Hundred-Seventy-Three

The shocking discovery of rodential penetration of the perimeter has led to drastic measures. Insisting on a Buddhist approach to things, to which we all concur, Ivi and Kim put a “Tin Cat” trap into operation. So today we took the prior night’s harvest to a far corner of the field at the EOU/Forest Service/National Guard Armory intersection to liberate two of the creatures. Then, after our return and while Kim was washing the trap in the utility sink in anticipation of further deployment, a third tiny mouse was discovered that had effectively hidden itself in a tiny corner of the trap. Another quick trip was made to reunite this well-drizzled guy with his own kind. Again, Charlie stayed behind for the safety and peace of mind of all concerned. Currently awaiting further developments.

And, in other news, a mutant tomato:
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