What this photo doesn’t capture is the scale of the two subjects. The meal was very hard to see until I downloaded the photo! Date: September 9, 2018 Camera: Rockalita Sunshine (Canon EOS 5D Mark IV) Lens: My beloved 100 mm macro lens (Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L macro IS) Location: Dallas Arboretum Continue reading Dinner is Served
The memories are deep in the crevices of these walls that made up our office. While faces have come and gone— many of us remaining have been here for at least a decade. And for those that are newer, we … Continue reading Last days at the office. Part 2
What is it like to sift through 17 years’ worth of office work? I see success. Failures. Growth. I see naïveté. Optimism. Battles fought. I see the transition of a fresh-out-of-college graduate in an entry level position doing tasks she disliked to someone who made it to a position that was more suitable. I see routine. Product life cycles. Remnants of discontinued products. Countless stacks of articles that have been edited, re-edited and published. Old correspondence. Ghosts of employees past who I have banished from memory. Names long erased and barely familiar. I see emails outlining new ideas, new packages, … Continue reading Last days at the office. Part 1
A coworker recently experienced a house fire. Everyone escaped without injury. My friend and I joined the group of volunteers to help with the Rescue-Retrieval Mission. We helped salvage the few belongings that could be saved— clothes, kitchenware and a … Continue reading House Fire
Or from the other point of view: The Great Summer Feast of 2017. a silly narrative to give me an excuse to show lots of crayfish photos… It started raining. The rain turned in to a heavy shower. Harmless enough. But … Continue reading The Infamous Crawdad Massacre of 2017
There are wildflowers and grasses swaying in the wind. You can see signs of possible erosion or perhaps wild boar have been causing the damage. Butterflies … Continue reading Unit 70 at the LBJ National Grasslands
For two weeks I’ve been writing a blog in my head to mark this 2 year anniversary. I have plenty of anger filled words. But that … Continue reading 2 Year Anniversary.
I keep thinking I need to create another blog where I can showcase my macabre photos. Admittedly, my collection of skeleton photos and other creepy discoveries I find in nature have limited appeal. Until I start a new blog, I’ll … Continue reading Ode to a Turtle – Limited Appeal
Jonathan and his dad had front row leaves (seats) to watch a new type of performance art last weekend. Poor little Jonathan got scared when the flower was getting devoured by the ‘artists.’ Will he be next? Date: April 23, 2017 Location: Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge Camera: Rockalita Sunshine (Canon EOS 5D Mark IV) Lens: My beloved 100 mm macro lens (Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L macro IS) Continue reading Performance Art
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