Speaking of Angling

How cute is this little guy? I've featured our downtown egg shaped sculptures before but never noticed this one before. Let's go fishing!

The Anglers

I've never seen Canada geese (a.k.a. evil devil birds) in swiftly running water before, only ponds or lakes. When I saw these two angling for snacks in Monument Creek a couple of weeks ago I had to stop for a picture.

Frodo Wuz Here

I came across this while walking Frodo in Shooks Run Park, and I can't exactly decipher it but it looks like it says Addie Buck 18. Perhaps Addie was involved with a park improvement project, or maybe she just decided to leave her mark, given an opportunity to do so. Wet cement is hard to resist. When we got a new driveway a couple of decades ago I naturally incised my initials and the year in it. You can still read it just fine.

June 2025 Theme Day: Shadows

The first day of every month is Theme Day for City Daily Photo bloggers, and this time the theme is shadows. Technically it's after midnight here so it's June 2nd, but since I already had a photo prepared I will cheat a little and backdate this post to 11:59 PM on June 1st. This is Shooks Run Park in the late afternoon on May 18th.

For more images of shadows from CDP bloggers everywhere, click HERE. Enjoy!

On the Cusp

Summer is so close, you can almost taste it. I took this on May 23rd in Monument Valley Park as I was walking Frodo with a friend. We stopped for a little break beyond the baseball diamond, and as you can see it was truly a perfect afternoon in that moment. We have had rain almost every day since then, and more of it coming this week, but hopefully this wet interlude will give way to some truly glorious summer weather soon.

Ivy League

I had a portrait client recently who wanted an "ivy league" look to her images, so we did a few at the Cascade Park Apartments. I took these shots while location scouting for the shoot. Technically this is Virginia creeper, not ivy, but at any rate the old building sure looks nice when it greens up in spring. The client loved it, by the way. I've featured this historic building on the blog before so I won't bore you with the details again, I'll just add this helpful signage below instead.

Just Got Lucky

I just happened to have a decent camera with me when I came across this great blue heron in the south duck pond in Monument Valley Park a few days ago. Miracle! Usually when these things happen I've only got a cell phone handy. I got several uninspired shots of of him until the sun magically came out and backlit him rather magnificently, resulting in this glamorous image. What a beautiful bird.

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