Daily Photos

< July 2025

July 1, 2025
Hopefully this will be my worst photo of the month. See, my pictures are getting better already. Grab a Sharpie and sign your name. Baseball is all about teamwork (see June 3, 2025). Doris, the daredevil duck.

July 2, 2025
Runaway (see July 23, 2009). By walking to work, I see more stuff to take pictures of. THREE-DAY WEEKEND COMING! Want to be popular? Give away food. He said, `Lemme see your hands,` so I showed him. He looked them over and asked, `Are you a lawyer?`

July 3, 2025
As I walked to the Levitt Pavilion, I thought I heard Tom Petty singing a song by The Cars. Wrong about both. And so I guess this isn`t Slash. The crowd sat in the shade as I took pictures in the sun. I wouldn`t want to sing while the smoke machine was on. Old parking garage, new color scheme.

July 4, 2025
Dayton was founded in 1796, and I think that`s when this sign was made. They tried to get me to join the parade, but that would violate the sacred objectivity of a photojournalist. Bringing up the rear is 90-year-old neighbor Phil. A recent Gallup poll says only 58 percent of U. S. adults are proud to be American, but let`s hang the bunting. The closest I ever want to get to an ambulance ride.

July 5, 2025
I figured this was as close as you`d wanna get. Worm-robin meetings usually turn out bad for the worm. Not cool fog, just damp haze. I had to say `Good morning` three times at the park today. I`m exhausted. This is a one-way entrance.

July 6, 2025
Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be. ROBERT BROWNING With any portrait, it`s important to focus on the eyes. My weekly rabbit encounter (see June 29, 2025). I saw a chipmunk today too, but it didn`t sit still for a photo. Dragonflies often come back to the same spot they just left, so when they fly away I just sit and wait. Live life on the edge.

July 7, 2025
Wolfgang finally fell of my office door (see December 19, 2016). I can`t recommend Two Men and a Truck. Judging from the damaged walls, I think the two men are named Chip and Nick. My neighbor was quite possibly watching as I took this photo of their flowers. My eye is on the sparrow. Another Oregon District business closes, another selfie.

July 8, 2025
The wind was blowing this direction, so I got quite wet. She didn`t seem to mind getting wet. A bagworm is well-camouflaged, except on a sidewalk. After the breeding season is over, male mallards go through an `eclipse moult` and lose their bright feathers. The man upstairs.

July 9, 2025
It is in fact raining, but I`m walking to work. I haven`t had to put gas in the car since early June. And because it`s raining, I came across these artists. I don`t have to go to a park to get rabbit photos. This one was near the Arby`s drive-thru downtown. Someone carefully removed the vandalism (see September 9, 2024). Human food isn`t good for birds -- or for humans.

July 10, 2025
I think I see reconciliation happening (see July 2 above). What! They haven`t finish it yet? (See July 9 above). Drive-thru for birds. These street barricades serve many purposes (see March 26, 2021). Looking at past portrait shoots, planning for the next.

July 11, 2025
It was a sunny morning by the pond. I heard lots of goldfinches but didn`t see many. This bug was smaller than you think. A beautiful photo of an ugly insect. Sometimes the hard part is finding an angle where your subject isn`t obstructed by grass, reeds or branches.

July 12, 2025
Summer Saturday: time for a nature photography class. There were plenty of bees, and very few butterflies. Staying cool by the pond. This lame goose was ostracized by the rest of the flock. I was busy leading the class and didn`t take many photos.

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