Sunday photos

The Kid discovered that pushing the water towards the wall of the pool would make it splash out. It seems this took a long time to discover. I was fresh out of the cold water, sitting in the corner on the deck, trying to stay dry = good incentive to figure out how to splash … Read more

The Kid and I went for a walk in the neighborhood. “If you see anything you’d like me to take a picture of, let me know.” “How about this tree?” It’s a nice tree. And I like the howling coyote on the window grate in the background. I really like this tree. I’ve lived here … Read more

I love the desert. “I wouldn’t go there; it’s just brown everywhere,” a friend back east told me before I moved out here. It’s different, for sure. And beautiful. In the seasons when more plants are thriving, it’s more conventionally beautiful. Even now, as a brutal-even-for-Phoenix summer is gasping its last breaths (we hope!), and … Read more

This morning, wanting to take some photos but also feeling very lazy and uninspired, I said to The Kid, “Hey! I haven’t taken pictures all week. Do you want to make a scene with your LEGO that I can take pictures of?” He was enthusiastic! After setting a few parameters on size, he went to … Read more

People who exercise a ton on the weekends and not at all during the week are often called Weekend Warriors. Lately, I’m a photography Weekend Warrior. Last weekend, I had the honor of photographing this cutie pie. She lost both her front teeth, and her mama was lamenting the loss of school pictures this year. … Read more

We went hiking early last week at South Mountain, a local park with a zillion trails. It’s been over 110 every day for at least a week, so even at dusk at 7, it’s still over 105. The trails aren’t crowded. The clouds this time of year are often amazing, and I’ve been trying to … Read more

The house next door has an odd little courtyard-ish area by the front door that might be big enough for a bistro table and two chairs, though there’s no hope of air flow. It used to have a fountain in it. Our new neighbor put in some flamingoes. The Kid and I took a walk … Read more

The Kid loves all things space and astronomy, so of course, we’ve been on the lookout for Comet Neowise. None of us have been invested enough to get up in the middle of the night and drive to a less urban location on the hope of seeing it. Less than an hour’s drive, but more … Read more

CLOUDS! The sunsets here are nearly always fantastic, but we’re finally into the part of the year where we have such lovely clouds. I went out to shoot clouds a few evenings and ended up with shots that were … decent. Not what I was hoping for, but some that were at least sharable. (3 … Read more