Notes from aside the camera
Even though we’d just returned from our week-long break, it still seemed like a very long stretch. Seeing this in the parking lot reminded me not to work this weekend.
Which won’t happen, but it was kind of cosmic …
There was a bit of good news about a school competition and it was my night to make dinner, so we celebrated – strawberries, key lime pound cake and whipped cream. The kids just about died.
Sometimes, that’s my job.
Two scenes, two days, same place.
A car friend sends out a weekly missive on the state of the automotive world. It’s his views on cars and motorsports, heavy emphasis on the “his views” aspects. Over the last few editions, he’s talked about the growth of cars over the years and, as Lotus founder Colin Chapman knew early on, the best way to increase the performance of a car is to “add lightness.”
My friend has given examples of great cars that were low weight and questioned why they aren’t made anymore. I sent him the following in an email this morning, then decided to share it with all of you … because I know how much you care about cars …
It’s a good time to be in Athens – the weather’s been warm and most students have wandered off for the week, leaving us locals to have the place to ourselves. (Yes, the irony of me, a damned yankee, being a “local” is not lost.)
The Mrs. and I headed downtown for dinner (disappointing, from a place I’ve always enjoyed) and then wandered about for a bit. R.E.M.’s “Gardening at Night” kept popping into my head, though these have nothing to do with that.
… you just don’t want to know …
Canon G10, 31 mm, ISO 80, 1/1250, f/4.5
Spotted in downtown Winder, Ga., where I don’t think I’ll be going for lunch because, well, most creatures have two kidneys …
Same train car, different times …
There are few things (outside of my family) that make me truly happy … a Mark Knopfler guitar lick … nailing an apex on a gravel road … and snow.
Knopfler comes with me everywhere via my iPod. The time spent on gravel roads has dwindled, so I make the most of it when I can. But living in Georgia … well, that makes snow hard to come by.
But when it comes, it’s a glorious thing.