Day 72

"What's the buzz?
Tell me what's a-happening.
What's the buzz?
Tell me what's a-happening."

— Tim Rice, Jesus Christ Superstar

Day 71

“Bring me then the plant that points to those bright
Lucidites swirling up from the earth,
And life itself exhaling that central breath!
Bring me the sunflower crazed with the love of light.”

— Eugenio Montale

Day 70

"When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is sometimes a theory."

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Day 69

“White collar conservative flashin' down the street, pointing that plastic finger at me, they all assume my kind will drop and die, but I'm gonna wave my freak flag high.”

— Jimi Hendrix

Day ?

“People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it is impossible to count them accurately.”

— Oscar Wilde

Oh, yeah...

I forgot I had a picture-a-day blog. Clearly.

I recently purchased a remote-control, so the thrill of a new toy may be just the incentive I need.

Cross fingers; say a prayer; perhaps tomorrow I'll be back in the game.

Day 67

"They danced down the streets like dingledodies, and I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones that never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn. ..."

— Jack Kerouac, On the Road

Day 66

I smelt the violets in her hand and asked, half in words, half in signs, a question which meant "Is love the sweetness of flowers?"
— Helen Keller

Day 65

"I can't keep it in, I've gotta let it out.
I've got to show the world, world's got to see,
See all the love – love that's in me."
— Cat Stevens

Day 64

“Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral.”

— Frank Lloyd Wright

Day 63

The city, silhouetted from all of the pollution.

Day 62

The Cutting Room Floor



For more photos from the AOC weekend, see my pbase site: http://www.pbase.com/ebarrett/aoc_shots

Day 61

A day of rock pile art at the beach, courtesy of J and the little one.

I've Lost Count of the Days

It's been a week since I've posted any photos. It's not in the spirit of the blog to post a bunch at once, mind you, but I have been taking shots pretty consistently. Here are several:





I love up close and interesting texture shots. This is of the bottom of a tree in a downtown parking lot.




EREHW?




Paging Mr. Lorax. ...










Peep-eye

Day 53 -- Help?

I thought it was another setting from when I took indoors, but clearly not. Is the graininess just an ISO issue, or is there something else I'm not doing that's keeping a bunch of noise in my shots?

Day 52

The Smokehouse, A Berkeley Institution

Day 51

Wash Day

Day 50

Self Portrait



More Signs of Spring

Days 40-49, or something like that

I've been very lax in taking every day. I hit a I-don't-want-to-have-to-do-anything snag, I think, and I'm trying to get back on track.

The following 10 photos were taken over the course of a couple of days. A couple are documentation of events or moments, like the one of G during an orchestra concert or the sudden reflection of the yard on the bumper of the car.


Catch The Buddha



Oh, the Calla Lilies Are in Bloom



Bumper Reflections



Peeking at the Violin Section



Razzle Tazzle



Pretty Senora



Spring Leaves



Stilted Trailers



Somerset & the Sunset



Came in Through the Office Window

Day 39

A type of sun pitcher plant at the nursery.

Day 38

Egg delivery day.

Day 37

Candy for J from godmother in Germany.

Day 36

E treated me and J to a b'day lunch at her place of work. J enjoyed the notice that was displayed above the fire extinguisher, that there was, indeed, a fire extinguisher below.

Day 35

A brief break from the torrential rain today.

Day 34

Front hull of a new ship in the neighborhood.

Day 33

I spent the day photographing a church for an art competition. It's the most time I've spent in church in a long time.