The Lodge in the Garden
She packed by bag last night, preflight
Zero hour, nine a.m.
And I’m gonna be high
As a kite by then
We leave out at 3am… West Virginia Vacation!
This my Newest Piece of Art. “The Lodge in the Garden” by Alex Deranged.
She packed by bag last night, preflight
Zero hour, nine a.m.
And I’m gonna be high
As a kite by then
We leave out at 3am… West Virginia Vacation!
This my Newest Piece of Art. “The Lodge in the Garden” by Alex Deranged.
Alex is a great guy and a local artist. Please support him, very fair prices and does commission work.
I’ve loved photography since I got my first DISC camera back in the early ’80s. I took so many pictures of Kansas and Germany when I was stationed there. After I got out I ended up buying a nice 35mm Nikon with a couple of different lenses and it started. Everywhere I go the camera went with me.
I’ve shot 4 wedding now and several other functions. I only did it because they asked me, and of course, since I was doing it for free the price was right. I hated weddings though. Not because I didn’t want to take photos, but because I was so nervousness. If I mess up on a typical photo I’m taking, No big deal. But, If I screw a wedding there are no do-overs. (well kinda sort of – divorce and remarry) But I still kept shooting everything… documenting my families life along with family and friends.
I’ve gone through so many camera’s I’ve lost count. I’ve had a Sony Maciva (3 1/2 floppy disc) another Sony Mini CD camera, Olympus 5060W, Underwater Olympus, Snappy Q 35mm, Canon point and shoot, Panasonic Point and Shoot, Olympus 3.1 megapixel, Olympus underwater, Canon Rebel XT, Nikon 35mm, and now I’m shooting with this Canon T3i. I’m sure I’ve forgotten a bunch but you get the picture… no pun intended there.
My youngest son and I enrolled in a photography class at a local camera shop. I actually did it for him but after 1 class I had to admit how much I did not know. It was awesome and renewed my love of photography once again.
So when you see me walking around with my camera stop and say, “Cheese”!
This is for myself… others have passed away that were great people this year.
1. Neil Armstrong – Neil Armstrong, who made the “giant leap for mankind” as the first human to set foot on the moon. My mother sat me in front of the television in 1969 and told me to watch, “This is History being made”.
2. Andy Griffith – Andy Taylor, the small-town sheriff of the fictional Mayberry, N.C., in the long-running situation comedy “The Andy Griffith Show.” Great comedian and I laughed many a time with him.
3. Earl Scruggs – With his guitar-strumming partner, Lester Flatt, Mr. Scruggs reached his widest audiences with “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” — it was the getaway music in the 1967 film “Bonnie and Clyde” — and “The Ballad of Jed Clampett,” the theme song of the 1960s television sitcom “The Beverly Hillbillies.” – I have a couple of his albums
4. Don Cornelius – created the dance show “Soul Train,” one of the longest-running syndicated shows in television history. – Watched this many a day!
5. Davy Jones – the handsomest and most popular of the Monkees. The Monkees is one of the first shows I ever remember watching.
6. Sherman Hemsley – George Jefferson on the hit CBS sitcom “The Jeffersons” Many laughs from Sherman… Rest In Peace. A true classic sitcom.
7. Stephen Covey – The author became a household name with “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.” I’ve learned a lot from him.
8. Mike Wallace – CBS reporter Mike Wallace was one of America’s best-known broadcast journalists as an interrogator of the famous and infamous on “60 Minutes.
9. Etta James – her powerful, versatile and emotionally direct voice, could enliven the raunchiest blues as well as the subtlest love songs. Awesome voice in a singer.
10. Jack Klugman – Oscar Madison on “The Odd Couple” and as the crusading forensic pathologist of “Quincy, M.E.,” I used to sneak out of bed and me and my mother would watch “Quincy” every week.
R.I.P. to ALL!
Every person has a “Personal Code” they live by… what’s yours?
Wait for the photos this year!