WARREN CONNECTICUT – Day four in a long weekend of rain and fog. And of course the toothache from hell. I’m abusing Tylenol to be able take pictures at all. My liver hates me.
I’ve moved to color today – rain and fog can actually yield lovely saturated hues. I’ve swapped my Leica Monochrom for a Leica M. Still shooting through the Luxochron: the 50mm APO Summichron Asph. Somehow I made a couple of images. I didn’t go very far.
On this day one year ago: On board the Chris Craft.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – Forbidding gray day number two. This sucks.
A friend who restores quilts brought an example over for our consideration. It’s from 1910 or so and unusually has a detailed provenance. We’re interested so she’s going to finish the restoration and put a back on it. She should be done in time for Christmas.
Did you know that Mallomars have a season? (A Mallomar is a piece of graham cracker with some marshmallow goo on top; the whole thing is coated with a hard dark chocolate shell.) They have a real following. Witness this example of usage from the online Urban Dictionary:
Jane: “Tanner do you want to come over and bang?”
Tanner: ” No way it’s MALLOMAR SEASON!!”
Of course we would need to know more about Jane and Tanner’s relationship to assess how important Mallomar Season actually is to Tanner.
There’s a Mallomar Season because Nabisco doesn’t make them year-round. For example today is not Mallomar season; I haven’t been able to get a straight answer as to when it actually is. At our poker game tonight Marty attempted to synthesize a Mallomar (he’s a fan) by shooting Miracle Whip onto fragments of chocolate doughnuts. I believe that this gets the nutritional values right, but doesn’t actually taste much like a Mallomar.
The quilt taken with my Leica S2 and the Mallomar man with my Leica Monochrom.
For some reason I had trouble linking to my image from a year ago. It wasn’t that good so we’ll skip “On this day last year” for today.
WARREN CONNECTICUT – We’re here for a long weekend. Unconscionably long as you will soon see. Remember that I’m a blue sky and puffy clouds guy. An optimist. A sunny disposition. I have to be fully caffeinated to be irritable enough to do my job a lawyer.
The weather is grim in Warren Connecticut today. The gray sky presses down. I took a walk down to the spot where we push plant life trimmings that are too small for firewood and too large for mulch. Taken with my Leica Monochrom and a Leica 50mm APO Summicron Asph. lens. No great shakes as a photo. No mojo today.
On this day last yeaR: Our Chris Craft is in a commercial shoot! Follow this link if you don’t follow any other!
THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE, WASHINGTON – I travelled out here to catch up with a close friend from the Marine Corps, Frank Blakemore, who is pictured on my Biography standing next to a 1953 Dodge Cranbrook. This was an important trip for me. I was struck by how much we have in common, despite taking very different paths in life: Frank stayed in the Marine Corps, had a series of interesting to spectacular postings, and ended up retiring a second time from FedEx where he had a senior logistics position. And we both married well. Frank showed my around his part of the world today, so here you go with my Leica Monchrom and 50mm Leica Summicron Asph. lens.
On this day last year: Yankee Stadium.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I don’t ordinarily like backs of people but what the heck, this is another travel day (on my way to Portland Oregon to catch up with an old friend from my Marine Corps days) so my expectations are low. With my iPhone.
On this day one year ago: Salt Lake. A prairie style house.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Back home I decided to take the tram to Roosevelt Island to explore the new Roosevelt Memorial on the southern tip of the the Island. Here it is, taken with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm Summicron Asp. lens.
On this day last year: Highland’s greatest year.
MID-ATLANTIC – Here we are on our Delta flight returning from Europe. This is my “meal” on the flight. It can be contrasted with the images from Noma at the end of yesterday’s long post.
On this day last year: High school reunion.
