Barn – Rural Michigan

Another shot from summer… have a great weekend, everyone!

Man with Bullhorn: “It’s the authorities! We got you surrounded!”

Ulysses Everett McGill (cowering in hayloft): “Damn! We’re in a tight spot!”

Man with Bullhorn: “Just come on out and grabbin’ air! And don’t try nothing fancy! Your sityeachin is purty nigh hopeless!”

Ulysses Everett McGill: “Damn! We’re in a tight spot!”

- Royce D. Applegate & George Clooney – O Brother, Where Art Thou?

About this image: digital photograph taken and modified with smart phone (minimally edited in Photoshop)

Coneys

I’m pretty sure they come with Tater-Tots. So… you know… that’s… nice.

Napoleon Dynamite: “Are you gonna eat your tots?”

Pedro Sanchez: “No.”

Napoleon Dynamite: “Can I have ‘em?”

Pedro Sanchez: *nods*

Napoleon Dynamite: *grabs Tater-Tots, shoves them in his pocket and resumes eating lunch*

- Jon Heder & Efren Ramirez – Napoleon Dynamite

About this image: digital photograph taken with smart phone (moderately edited in Photoshop)

A Little Hole in the Wall

This doorway is built into the side of a ‘tunnel’ in/under the Eads Bridge, downtown STL. Kinda interesting. I wish I wasn’t so shaky, though (as you can see the following conversation didn’t work out very well for me).

Me: “Sooooo… do you… come here… often?!”

Tripod: *sighs & rolls eyes* “Puhleeeze.”

About this image: digital photograph, lightly modified

Common Blue Morpho

Don’t worry… no animals were harmed or mistreated in any way during the production of this post. The above is a paper Morpho peleides from the St. Louis Butterfly House that I’ve strung-up in a pasta sauce jar (which I even took the time to wash out first). You’re welcome, fake butterfly.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

It has been said something as small as the flutter of a butterfly’s wing can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world. – Chaos Theory

Title Card from The Butterfly Effect

About this image: digital photograph heavily modified to replicate wet plate collodion

Hesburgh Library, University of Notre Dame

Here are some random flowers I photographed outside the Hesburgh Library at the University of Notre Dame. There is a reflection pool just beyond these plantings, but I had to crop it out as this entrance was being worked on during our visit and there was construction ‘stuff’ everywhere. Even with the  low vantage point I  had to airbrush out high-reach equipment, etc. Oh well. Good excuse to go back… right?!

Byron ‘Buster’ Bluth (*describing his new construction job*): “…I like it here… and the language these guys use… rough! One of the guys told me to take my head out of my bottom and get back to work! (*cackling laughter*) My bottom!”

Tony Hale – Arrested Development

About this image: digital photograph, lightly modified

Take a Right at the Motherwell…

Why, it’s gallery 338 in the St. Louis Art Museum. Looking into gallery 337. You know… just in case anyone was curious. Have a great weekend, everyone!

Will Hunting: “You paint that?”

Sean Maguire: “Yeah. You paint?”

Will Hunting: “Nuh-uh.

Sean Maguire: “Do you sculpt?”

Will Hunting: “No.”

Sean Maguire: ” Like art? Do you like music?”

Will Hunting: “It’s a real piece of s**t.”

Sean Maguire: “Oh. Well, tell me what you really think.”

- Matt Damon & Robin Williams – Good Will Hunting

About this image: digital photograph, moderately modified

Daddy Needs to Get Out More

And now, a conversation with my cat.

Dharma: “Meeeeow.”

Me: “I know, Dharma. I really don’t want to be taking your picture, either. The title pretty much says it all.”

Dharma: “Meeeeow.”

Me: “That’s uncalled for. The same to you, then.”

Dharma: “Meeeeow.”

Me: “Meeeeow.”

I hope you have enjoyed this conversation with my cat. Please keep in mind the ‘details’ would only get lost in translation.

About this image: digital photograph, lightly modified

Girl with the Pink Earring

It seems Scarlett Johansson was ‘ unavailable’ to do a Girl with the Pearl Earring shoot. Luckily, Annabelle was willing to rock the heck out of this pink variety. Which is a relief. Because (believe it or not) I can’t quite pull off the look. *whew* Crisis averted.

About this image: digital photograph, lightly modified

Transplant

And now, another episode of ridiculous conversations heard only here:

Me: “Do you know if we have any potting soil, Annabelle?”

Anna: “I didn’t know we needed to re-pot anything…”

Me: “We don’t. I just want to pour some dirt on the floor…”

Anna (without  pause): “Oh, okay. There might be some in the broom closet.”

About this image: digital photograph, moderately modified

Slow

I apologize for how slow it’s been around here lately… things have been CrAzY! Hopefully calm will return shortly. Although Annabelle and I hope to do a bit of traveling in a week or two to visit my family and unwind a bit. And after we return I may pull my posts back to a couple per week (until I can figure a few things out, anyway). I do plan on visiting everyone as often as possible, though… because you ladies and gents are the best. And that’s just how I slowly roll.

Thanks very much for all the kind comments, everyone – did I mention you’re the best?!

About this image: Ilford 35mm film scan – digitally colorized and lightly modified