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< March 2025

March 1, 2025
Don`t bring that in here! I asked her if she`d cry on Senior Night. She said, `No, I`m ready for it to be over` (see February 2, 2020). Did I mention that I sit at courtside (see January 12, 2025)? It was a rough day for the home team, but the pictures are good. Some people light up the arena (see February 1, 2025).

March 2, 2025
During a jam session tonight, G. Scott Jones performed John Coltrane`s `A Love Supreme.` It was a rare treat. Gary Onady is the man with the golden horn (see February 6, 2020). Connor Smith was part of the rhythm section. Other musicians stepped up and joined the jam session. Kelli Campbell sang `Route 66` (see February 6, 2020).

March 3, 2025
Lunch, part two. Daffodils are thinking about it, later than in previous years (see February 11, 2024, and February 6, 2023). I griped about how long it took for this hotel to be renovated. Now I`ll gripe about vehicles parked outside. At this time of year, I`m looking straight into the sun as I pull out of my parking garage. I`m conducting important research about which Girl Scout cookie is best (since March 20, 2011).

March 4, 2025
I waited in vain for honeybees. Lots of volunteers were working in the garden today. Hundreds of praying mantises will soon emerge. This is an F-16. This is not an F-16.

March 5, 2025
This church steeple was always copper, but oxidation turned it green a long time ago (see August 2, 2024). There`s just one coot on the river, which I think is odd. A met another Adam on the sidewalk this afternoon. The car that nearly ran me over today (see November 13, 2024). Note the crosswalk signal. And now note this crosswalk signal, about 30 feet off the ground. I can see it from the second floor window.

March 6, 2025
I don`t think I`m supposed to see this yet. There was snow on my car. I don`t want to talk about it. I`ve said these words four times a day, five times a week, 52 weeks a year, for more than 10 years. Sunset is about 6:30pm now. Stay tuned for 8:30pm! I`ll soon take an amazing photo to make up for this one. On the positive side, this is my 37,950th daily picture.

March 7, 2025
Too late, I already know it`s going to be a steak house (see March 6 above). This will help extremely tall people cross the street safely (see March 5 above). Apparently the crosswalk signal was attached to a pole -- which has been removed. A small mountain has appeared in downtown Dayton. More important research (see March 3 above).

March 8, 2025
I used to sing in this choir, when I thought I could sing. Alan Kimbrough was seen here on October 20, 2014. David Crean is director of the Bach Society of Dayton. Carlos Lalonde wrote a choral piece based on Paul Laurence Dunbar`s poem `In May.` Evan Fein wrote a choral interpretation of Robert Frost`s `Acquainted with the Night.`

March 9, 2025
Sunday in a high school gym doing what I enjoy. The color guard grandpa next to me said, `This must be a tough school. All of them have tattoos on their faces.` The color guard grandma next to me came to see her. I`ll see some of these teams again at the color guard world championships in April. The blue color on their faces represents tears.

March 10, 2025
Downtown Dayton always seems to be under repair. This is the time of year for birds to migrate. The sidewalk in front of the Dayton Arcade has been blocked for years due to construction, but now the fences are down and I got close enough to shoot this. Goofing around for the camera 20 stories up. No, that`s fine. We don`t need trees. Cut `em all down!

March 11, 2025
I take photos just for enjoyment, but occasionally someone insists on paying me. In any relationship, one partner plays the dominant role. I`m happy when the ice rink is removed. Spring is here! It isn`t an art graduate who paints these baseballs: it`s a City of Dayton employee (see March 20, 2024). Major renovations continue at the Dayton Dragons stadium, although there`s a game in two weeks.

March 12, 2025
I see more and more hints of spring. There was a total of one bee (see March 4 above). I wasn`t the only person outside taking pictures. Flowers in their prime. A flower past its prime.

March 13, 2025
I`m breaking up with another camera (see September 27, 2024). I`m trading in my Canon R (see October 27, 2021). I upgraded to the R6 Mark II. Those additional letters and numbers cost me a great deal of money. I also traded in a lens that was good but not great. Now I have this big beast of a lens that -- well, cost more than the camera.

March 14, 2025
I took some pictures with my expensive new lens today. As you can see, it was worth every dollar. Happy Pi Day to those who observe. I bought filters to protect my expensive new lens. This is the instruction manual that came with the filters. I`m ready for a noisy day of picture-taking tomorrow.

March 15, 2025
Flexibility. Energy. Beauty. Enthusiasm. Creativity.

March 16, 2025
It must be springtime. The Guitar Man, Jim McCutcheon, kicked things off. Here`s the phone number to call to help pay my salary. A guitar etude in A minor by Matteo Carcassi. Meanwhile, outside the radio studio, downtown Dayton is falling apart.

March 17, 2025
First day using the new lens (see March 13 above). In the Oregon District, St. Patrick`s Day lasts four days. Devout believers came for St. Patrick`s Day services. Happy St. Patrick`s Day! Bringing music, and good luck, to East Fifth Street.

March 18, 2025
First day with the new camera (see March 13 above). Daffodils have come to a decision (see March 3 above). At this time of year, female mallards get chased around. There are lots more flowers than bees (see March 12 above). I crashed someone else`s photo shoot for a moment.

March 19, 2025
What do you call a fake pizza? A pepperphony pizza. How do you fix a broken pizza? With tomato paste. What did the pizza say when it went out on a date? I never sausage a beautiful face. If pizza could talk, what would it say? Probably lots of cheesy things. What`s the difference between a good pizza joke and a bad one? The delivery.

March 20, 2025
WDPR went on the air for the first time 40 years ago. But WDPR didn`t have me until 1987. I`m planning a project for this bare wall. That tapping sound you hear is sleet hitting the window. My new camera`s first selfie. It kinda big and heavy.

March 21, 2025
A very very hard week in public radio comes to an end. Some people celebrated. I just want to sleep. This afternoon I wrote a playlist on paper and played music from CDs, just like I used to back in the 1990s. I can confirm that it really works (see March 20 above). She`s in New Zealand now, but was happy to hear that she`s on my 2025 calendar (see May 11, 2024).

March 22, 2025
I taught a photography class with participants who were eager to learn and not afraid to go outside in the cold. I told the students to `shoot flowers from flower height` and they crawled on the ground following my instructions. Later I went to a recital in honor of Dr. Jackson Leung, who will soon retire from Wright State after 34 years. One of Dr. Leung`s former students played and sang `Bennie and the Jets.` Dr. Leung deserves recognition for the powerful and positive influence has had on students for three decades.

March 23, 2025
I get pictures of performers dropping their rifles, flags and sabers, but you won`t see that kind of thing here. Four stripes mean violin strings, remember? [See February 2, 2025] This team wins the award for most colorful uniforms. We all rise when we lift up others. As Vandalia High School performed in Vandalia, the color guard grandpa next to me said, `They came a long way.` [See March 9 above]

March 24, 2025
The copper will react with oxygen, moisture and atmospheric pollutants to create a protective layer of oxide and sulfate compounds. In short: it`ll turn green. A common sight in downtown Dayton. They tell me it`s spring, but it doesn`t feel that way. The only thing holding this wall together was the paint. I thought of Joe Rosenthal on Iwo Jima as I shot this.

March 25, 2025
Here`s what the firefighters constructed in a big hurry yesterday (see March 24 above). The manual to my new camera is 1079 pages, but I`m flying through it since I bought a similar camera last fall. The pictures project is finished (see March 20 above). There`s a baseball game in five hours. I don`t know any of the Cincinnati Reds, but I appreciate the few who took the time to acknowledge their fans.

March 26, 2025
Opera stars came to visit the radio station. Every street corner is being torn up simultaneously. It`s better to take it down deliberately instead of letting it fall (see March 16 above). As close as I want to get to a goose. This isn`t the shot I wanted (see March 27 below).

March 27, 2025
Does this Mercedes make me look fat? That`s a lotta glass cleaner. Everyone laughed at his dream to become a painter. Be a lert. THIS is the shot I wanted (see March 26 above).

March 28, 2025
It`s the most wonderful time of the year. Don`t blink, or you`ll miss the tree blossoms. Daffodil season is at its peak. Before there was Photoshop, there was water. Love is in the air, and on the ground.

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