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< October 2006 >

October 1, 2006
She loves me not. `Come on guys, ROW! We can beat these ladies! It`s so much easier to use a camera. `She`s flying the skull and crossbones all right. Man the cannon!` That`s the kind of rower I`d be. None of this TEAM stuff.

October 2, 2006
The gravestone said MOREHOUSE. The [tall] gravestone said MOREHOUSE, but probably not related. The same scene ten feet to the right. Obviously not many photos to choose from today. Furry fall. Edward Weston ate his props. So will I.

October 3, 2006
October . . . decks herself in garments bold, Of scarlet, purple, red, and gold. PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR I dunno, I think my place could use some new paint. Archery. Sour like you would not believe. I only have eyes for you. But don`t take it personally, since I only have eyes.

October 4, 2006
Do not go gentle into that good night. DYLAN THOMAS I`ll paint it big and they will be surprised into taking time to look . . . to see what I see of flowers. GEORGIA O`KEEFE When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Park on the yellow line and you`ll get a yellow ticket to commemorate the occasion. Quick, get the kite!

October 5, 2006
Let`s see, I bought my camera on May 25, 2004 . . . Some days, it`s really easy to shoot five pictures. Do you know what kind of leaf that is? I`m stumped. Did you ever see that movie `Strangers on a Train`? Look up `gross` in the dictionary, and this picture will be there.

October 6, 2006
The term `attack` is used to describe musical performance technique. This saxophonist takes it literally. I beg your pardon? Highs and lows, tears and laughter, Gimme happy ever after, Gimme, gimme that thing called love. Libraries should be open to all — except the censor. JOHN F. KENNEDY Help these poor homeless children by sending $5. To me.

October 7, 2006
They all wear mouth guards, so when they cheer for each other it sounds like `Ood obb, Atie! Ay to goh!` It`s called aggressive defense. Smiling because her team won 5 - 0. Taken while sitting precariously at the edge of a pond. But I knew if I fell in the pond, someone would rescue me.

October 8, 2006
Instead of my dumb captions, here`s a much more appropriate lyric by Arthur Somervell: Did you not hear My Lady go down the garden singing . . . Blackbird and thrush were silent to hear the alleys ringing . . . Oh saw you not My Lady out in the garden there . . . Shaming the rose and lily, for she is twice as fair.

October 9, 2006
I seem to spend a lot of time at the edges of ponds. I wasn`t scared. Really. This is in a similar vein [get it?] to October 2, 2005. Face to face with autumn. Some are in denial that autumn is actually here.

October 10, 2006
While I munched lunch, I looked up and . . . noticed. That`s a lot of leaves. A LOT of leaves. LOT -- get it? `I thought I told you to rake the yard!` Wait, something`s wrong here. It`s a church wedding, or nothing. We can`t elope!

October 11, 2006
Can`t think of a punch line for this one. Welcome to Adam Alonzo`s gift registry. There`s only one item. I guess the good news is that I haven`t been feeling apathetic lately about taking 5 photos a day. Until today. It says `Use by 10 10` but I can still eat them. It`s only 8:30. Yes, but what has he done lately?

October 12, 2006
Quotation from David Viscott, artwork by Mariah Alvarado, 7th grader at Smith Middle School. I hope the mugger is caught. It snowed today. Can you see? Maybe a safety precaution, maybe a suggestion to sit and wait while the elevator is repaired. Toob.

October 13, 2006
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs...you`ll be a duck my son! RUDYARD KIPLING [?] If this doesn`t look gray, adjust your computer monitor. `How long is she going to be in the bathroom?` Second base. I only ate two.

October 14, 2006
Last time I photographed this sport, one of my captions described it as `very predictable.` That`s not always true. This is how it NORMALLY goes. It`s a team sport. I think the proper thing to say is `Tally-ho!` And now for something completely different.

October 15, 2006
It`s the weekend and nobody`s doing laundry. That`s strange. Chicken soup is on the menu. What can it mean? High doses of orange juice are being consumed. There`s a pattern developing here. Someone must be sick. Someone will be unconscious for the next 36 hours.

October 16, 2006
Candy or Casper, I can never tell which. Ironically, being in a photography class makes it difficult to take pictures, hence some repetition today. As funny as a sharp fork in the eye. She`d much rather be practicing Scarlatti. See, I told you.

October 17, 2006
And then after I tripped and fell on the ground, I took this. But I`m hungry now. Trees stay, but the leaves leave. I got two Honorable Mentions. Add them together and that`s almost like Third Place. I shoot them one at a time.

October 18, 2006
The flooded table awaits next season`s picnickers. Picnic table scene No. 2. Picnic table scene No. 3. Evening abstract. A snack before bedtime.

October 19, 2006
I`ve wanted to get this shot for about three years. What I can see while standing by the organ pipes. `What a foolish notion that war is called devotion, when the greatest warriors are the ones who stand for peace.` Can you see the singers` faces? Look closely. Who needs a baton when fingers work just fine?

October 20, 2006
Fall isn`t just a season -- it`s a verb. Amber waves. Hanging around the gutter. Aw, shucks! See beyond the pond.

October 21, 2006
When taking photos I often look behind trees, and the results are usually good. Come into the garden ... I am here at the gate alone ... and the musk of the roses blown. ALFRED LORD TENNYSON I am proud to take 50% of the credit for this photograph. I told her, `I`m glad you brought your dimples with you.` If I could write the beauty of your eyes ... the age to come would say `This poet lies.` WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

October 22, 2006
So it comes to this.

October 23, 2006
A nice peaceful scene at the water level . . . . . . while overhead is evidence of frustration. I usually haven`t got much to say . . . . . . but please be quiet while I say it. So it comes to this.

October 24, 2006
The logo of the late oceanographer Jacques Cousteau. Are those sprockets holes? Are those sprocket holes? Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Fall in a box. Seen through a glass darkly.

October 25, 2006
I don`t know who Archer was, but it makes a nice photo. You neek. Pretending not to care that I`m five feet away. That giant tree over Dayton helps keep it cool in the summer, but when the leaves start to fall -- what a mess! Probably shouldn`t have eaten it all in one sitting.

October 26, 2006
When the sky is clear, carry an umbrella; though your stomach is full, carry provisions. CHINESE PROVERB Today`s photo project was just to familiarize myself with the lights in a new studio. And it happened to be raining. I plan to shoot a real person in this studio in three days, but today all I have is my parapluie (pardon my French). This will help me to remember how I set up the lights. Not a dramatic pose, I`m looking for shadows behind me.

October 27, 2006
In case the rest of today`s photos don`t make it clear: the weather was bad today. I got da powah! For some reason, I seem to believe that showing PART of something is better than showing the WHOLE something. Homeward bound, I wish I was homeward bound. PAUL SIMON The brick and iron are an added incentive to stop.

October 28, 2006
`There he goes again. Lookit that guy! Takin` pitchers on top of his own car.` Halloween, like St. Patrick`s Day, is one of those holidays when you just aren`t welcome in my neighborhood. Which will be smashed in the street first? Bidding for this urban masterpiece begins at one hundred thousand . . . The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. PSALM 121:6

October 29, 2006
Once again I yield my caption-writing to a better lyricist -- this time John Gorka: I used to fall for Italian girls, they filled my dreams, they made my world . . . The longer names, the darker hair, they made me weep, they made me stare . . . They were strong, and they were proud. Some were sweet and some were loud . . . And they possessed the world`s delights: espresso mornings -- lasagna nights. Oh, the Italian girls.

October 30, 2006
We need to talk. Taking five pictures a day is hard. There is little enjoyment in it anymore. Sometimes it`s just a meaningless ritual. Of course, I never let it affect the quality of my photos.

October 31, 2006
The election`s coming up and I`m still sitting on the fence. We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes. PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR I wonder about Halloween, and the people who observe it. Photographers out there will be interested to know that I `handheld` this shot. Oh good, I`ve been WAITING for the price of Michael Jackson LPs to come down.

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