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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.

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