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< June 2025

June 1, 2025
If you`re ever in a jam, here I am. If you`re ever in a mess, S. O. S. If you`re ever so happy, you land in jail, I`m your bail. It`s friendship, friendship, just the perfect blendship. When other friendships have been forgot, ours will still be hot. COLE PORTER

June 2, 2025
This guy`s wingspan is over six feet: wider than I am tall. The honking geese let the heron know it was unwelcome. Meanwhile, here`s a mellow mallard. I`m going to assume that everything`s all right up there. I`m walking to work now, so I see things along the way.

June 3, 2025
`Excuse me whoops can I get by sorry passing through.` The Convention Center looks better inside and outside. Outside the Convention Center there`s . . . this. Baseball is all about teamwork. Only in America: this family event featured tours of the SWAT and Bomb Squad vehicles. Children posed for photos wearing bulletproof vests.

June 4, 2025
Flying squirrel. Splooting squirrel. Color your world. On this pinky-sized flower, there`s an incredibly tiny bug. I support live local theatre by buying tickets and then not going to the show.

June 5, 2025
It`s time for outdoor concerts. Another name change for this hotel (see May 27, 2021). Better luck this time! The guy with the razor blade finished the job (see June 3 above). A bicycle, not a Harley-Davidson. Somebody put the chalk to use (see June 4 above).

June 6, 2025
Welcome, but stay out. Other people`s photo shoots. How not to get rich: sing songs on the street. Ernie on the Shoot is a talented, creative photographer. This is in the portfolio of some graphic designer.

June 7, 2025
When I take pictures of someone, I often have to ask them to smile. With this young woman, smiles came naturally. And her smile came straight from a kind heart. I sometimes asked her to give me a serious expression, and this usually resulted in giggles. You can`t see that her toenails matched the blue dress.

June 8, 2025
She said: `Wow, that looks amazing!` She said: `My grandma`s really going to love that one.` She said: `I`m glad we were able to get together today.` She said: `That looks like a Taylor Swift album cover.` She said: `These are probably the best pictures anyone has ever taken of me.`

June 9, 2025
I can`t relate, although he probably spends as much time and money on fishing as I do on photography. I heard his mother yelling at him from 50 yards away. Pride parade leftovers. Your memento mori of the day. When I`m walking by and someone says, `Hey, are you a photographer?` that usually results in a photo.

June 10, 2025
A lady beside me yelled, `GET OUT THA STREET!` Water wraith. I took a picture of it from behind (NOTYAD) but this one was better. I`ve yet to master the mirror selfie. Downtown Dayton is still undergoing repair.

June 11, 2025
Roofing project: WATCH OUT! Killdeers have camouflage that helps them hide, but then they draw attention to themselves with their loud cry. And how do YOU spend your lunch break? I`m glad to occupy the same planet with this little bug. Very low on my priority list: building trust with geese.

June 12, 2025
When I take my first picture of the day at this time, that means I`m not in control of my life. The socks an organist wears. I`ve taken his photo many times (see May 6, 2025) and I usually walk away humming a familiar song. Back view of the Schuster Center. More pointless destruction at the same bus stop (see August 7, 2024).

June 13, 2025
Okay fine, pretend that I can`t see you. To this bug, I am a giant beyond comprehension. What giants do we fail to comprehend? If you`re a veterinarian, go to Smith Garden and help this rabbit. Shoot, adjust, shoot again, and you see the best picture. Then somebody started mowing and it was time to go.

June 14, 2025
Dayton Dance Initiative is back at it (see June 17, 2024, and June 29, 2023). I had the opportunity to observe a rehearsal today as DDI prepares for a show on June 20 and 21. There`s a lot of talent represented: choreographers, dancers, musicians, costume designers and more. DDI is a seasonal company, which means it exists only for about a month during the summer. DDI members are from professional companies and universities near and far.

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