Now that we are back, I am resuming my photo a day for the rest of the year. I didn’t post any weekly summaries while we were in Africa, because I figured you had seen all the pictures in my daily posts.
Sometimes, abstract photography can convey the feelings you have. Right now, I feel fed up with this 365 project. It is very hard to go back to shooting at home after three weeks in Africa. So, today, I feel disconnected.
I am still in an abstract, disconnected mood. Can’t say I want to go back to Africa, but I can say I need something better to shoot. Until I figure out what it is and why I am so melancholy and tired, this might be the kind of thing you get.
Two weeks ago, I was shooting the real thing. But this is as close as I can get today. At least we know it was hand-carved and hand-painted in a small village in Namibia that we visited while there. But I still think my actual giraffe photos are better.
A little owl activity tonight. We spotted a couple in our front yard. We think they’re cute. Again, nothing worth writing home to your Mom about.
Kathleen asked me to pick up books for her at the library today. When I got home, I told her I had taken pictures of the library as my photo of the day. She tried to act like it might be interesting, but then I showed her it wasn’t the library where her books came from; it was a tiny library about half a mile from our house. If you’re not familiar with the tiny library concept, it’s a small wooden structure where you can leave a book, take a book, or do both. We have a few around here, but this is the only one I know on Redmond Ridge.
Took the grandkids to the Thurston County Fair today. We are staying with them through Tuesday while their mom and dad head to Costa Rica to celebrate their 20th anniversary. Saw this rabbit and thought it would make a great subject.
Went to a car show with the grandkids today. Got some nice photos of a classic Chevy as well as the hula dancer dashboard ornament, an engine manifold??? and a car painted pink and black that my granddaughter loved.
My favorite this week is probably the plug from Monday. It was all about how disconnected I was from photography after the three weeks and 8,000 photos in Africa.
Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything. —Aaron Siskind
