Daily Photos

< November 2005 >

November 1, 2005
At the Canadian goose parking garage. For hotel reservations, call 1 (800) RED-ROOF. There`s a certain slant of light . . . EMILY DICKINSON I warned you what would happen if you kept clipping your fingernails in the office! They`re EVERYWHERE!

November 2, 2005
Aquarium life is a compromise between having someone take care of you and having absolutely no place to go. Reminiscence of October 15, 2004. Not the first leaves you`ve seen today, and not the last. I was pleased to learn that this sculpture is not the grave of some flute playing girl. Seasons come, seasons go, while still he sits.

November 3, 2005
You can`t tell from here, but these fish are very large. Rollerskiing? Look up once in a while. I sit in a tree blind for hours waiting for shots like this. I`m talkin` `bout ouah freedom In a Bibleistic way. PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

November 4, 2005
The thrill of victory . . . . . . and the agony of fourth place. The secret to Ebay success: good pictures of your junk. Hey, he has a new girlfriend (see November 7, 2004). I love Rigoletto, especially with lots of tomato sauce.

November 5, 2005
Call (937) 222-9377 now and make a pledge of support. You could get one of these limited edition travel mugs. When you look at pictures on my Web site . . . I KNOW. It`s that time of year when fences lose their leaves. That`s just water under the bridge.

November 6, 2005
`It`s gotta be right around here somewhere. It`s kind of reddish plastic with the keys to my Toyota on it`. It`s been a wet autumn so far. When the wind blows, it gives off a perfect A Major. Step this way. Some squirrel set this aside for later gnawing.

November 7, 2005
Love and peace. A grass dancer of the Lakota tribe. Guess where I am? I`m in the building where I worked my favorite job ever. I hung out with the governor here once.

November 8, 2005
I think the kids on that bus are too young to vote. Berries straddled by some fallen pine needles. And the pine needles fell from . . . ? Au bord d`une source, from Années de Pèlerinage, by Franz Liszt. R is for RED.

November 9, 2005
Beware the fifth column. Where cauliflower comes from. I need to see the dentist about my plaque. Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES There`s so much more room in my closet now.

November 10, 2005
Closed for the season. Miles of tiles. Outta this swirled. Planning ahead for next year. One is the loneliest number.

November 11, 2005
In constant danger of being tickled. Nature abhors a vacuum, especially when there could be a shopping center there instead. You remembered! How sweet. Sparkling grape juice for me, thanks. The Schuster Performing Arts Center - my home away from home.

November 12, 2005
Where all day long the willows dream, And idly droop to kiss the stream. PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Taken at 4:32pm. Patience. Traversing a golden landscape. I`m gone - say nice things about me - `cause I`m gone south - you gotta carry on without me. JAMES TAYLOR

November 13, 2005
Ford Prefect: `Eddies in the space-time continuum!` Arthur Dent: `And this is his sofa, is it?` We all have our own unique forms of expression. Unfortunately, Rhoda had to cancel her show. She was a little hoarse. I like to go to Christmas concerts early, to avoid the last-minute rush. I told you the Schuster was my home away from home.

November 14, 2005
The end of summer (or Summers, as it says on the tomb). The recollecting of Bloom keeps making November difficult. EMILY DICKINSON The birch tree white touched black at branches will stand out. A. R. AMMONS The vine still clings to the moldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW I hate to brag . . .

November 15, 2005
A pessimist believes things can`t get any worse. An optimist knows they can. The University of Dayton School of Law, captured in a water droplet. Among the paths to Eden. Moments later, I got Tippi Hedren`s autograph. Rent a bus . . . or rent a son.

November 16, 2005
Weep you no more, sad fountains. I went out with a microphone and recorded a duck tape. It seemed interesting at the time. Where did that dish go? And where`s my spoon? Just visiting from Bichon, France.

November 17, 2005
To keep it from rolling over, I now drive only in reverse. I`ve been there. So that`s where it goes all year! Nearly everybody is reading the new Harry Potter. Today I got a Postal Service guide for mailing holiday gifts AND some holiday gifts crushed by the Postal Service.

November 18, 2005
Those of us who weren`t grounded enjoyed a fine dance recital this evening. This one was called The Cage (A Work in Progress). Dance is just as challenging to photograph as sports (but there`s less chance of me being hit in the head by a ball). Dance, lady, dance, for the moments are fleeting Pause not to place yon refractory curl; Life is for love and the night is for sweeting; Dreamily, joyously circle and whirl. PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR They also dance who only sit and wait.

November 19, 2005
A little ranch dressing and I`m all set. Amber waves. It was a great day for fungus. Going out in a blaze of glory. I think this answers my mushroom question from October 17, 2005.

November 20, 2005
In case you didn`t get enough dancing on Friday night. Don`t worry, she`ll be back on her feet again soon. Full of symbolism . . . that I can`t figure out. The piece was called You Don`t Have to Be a Baby to Cry. What a day! It went by like a blur.

November 21, 2005
Leaves of grass. Sunny, but awfully cold. Comin` through the rye. This species of plant is known to wind its way around people as they sleep, and then tickle them. It casts a sinuous shadow.

November 22, 2005
Abstract No. 1. Seriously, have you ever seen a SILVER lining? Abstract No. 2. Just in time for Thanksgiving! Abstract No. 3.

November 23, 2005
Untruth No. 1. Untruth No. 2. JFK white with snow. I hope someday you`ll join us, and the world will live as one. JOHN LENNON Christmas is coming, the mailbox is getting fat.

November 24, 2005
Before . . . . . . and after. After Thanksgiving dinner was over, I watched the Bengals game. Waiting for snow. `Merry Christmas, Bedford Falls!`

November 25, 2005
Usually there`s foliage behind her (see October 8 and May 20, 2005). Gray sky at morning, everybody take warning. This bending grass was about 15 feet high. I have a great idea: let`s wait until late November, and THEN hold an outdoor festival! At night!! He was later removed from the ride with the aid of an icepick.

November 26, 2005
It`s hard for mascots to make friends, since all they can do is give high-fives and cover their faces with their hands. Born to skate. Bucky, Rowdy and Heater ridicule the Sinclair lion for wearing a skirt. [Rudy was still reading Harry Potter] Trying to sweet-talk her way to a ride on the Zamboni. Rowdy Raider takes a potentially career-ending spill. I suspect Tonya Harding was involved.

November 27, 2005
Only seventy-five more and we`ll have `a big parade.` Nine ladies dancing Eleven pipers piping. `What do you mean I look dumb? YOU look dumb!` It`s not about you, chubby.

November 28, 2005
It`s a color picture -- it was just a black and white day. The wind nearly blew me over while taking this. In Calvary Cemetery -- not Woodland this time. A distant honk. I`m hoping this picture will urn me an award.

November 29, 2005
I just parked the car by the side of the road and went walking, looking for photo opportunities. Fungus can be attractive. The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. ISAIAH 40:4b Thanks for the clarification. An abstract expressionist painting, or a water-damaged ceiling panel.

November 30, 2005
The new phone books are here! The new phone books are here! What I carried up the stairs, with one hand. Who knows -- it might be for you. Now is the time of year when I have to manufacture indoor scenes . . . . . . just to bring you this.

×