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< March 2009 >

March 1, 2009
I`m experimenting with a new studio lighting technique. First attempt -- too bright. Gooseneck. Homage to M. C. Escher. A blustery day. There`s a little flash of light reflected in the silver globe. That`s me.

March 2, 2009
Just asking for bad luck. I share the same fashion sense with an 11-year-old girl. Native American hoop dancing comes to Dayton for a week. Dallas Chief Eagle just warming up. This is nothing compared to what he can do. Keep watching this page. The hoop dancers` accompanist, Quentin Red Bear.

March 3, 2009
`The Barber of Seville, or the Useless Precaution, A Comedy in Four Acts` by Gioachino Rossini. Mayberry R.F.D. As spring approaches, sunset occurs later each night. South Dakota symbolism. The hoop represents the horizon, the union of Mother Earth and Father Sky, that surrounds us on all sides.

March 4, 2009
Look up once in a while. `The Old Man and the Sea` by Ernest Hemingway. Local musicians collaborate with Native American performers from South Dakota. Hoops of unity. She was being honored, but that doesn`t mean she wasn`t scared.

March 5, 2009
Both parents were performers, so she grew up dancing. Another case of parent and child performers: Dallas Chief Eagle and Jasmine Pickner. What do you think: butterfly or peacock? World champion hoop dancer. Future hoop dancer.

March 6, 2009
Statements of women`s rights hanging on the line. I wonder if he saw his shadow. A fine dinner accompanied this evening`s photographs. The evening began with a friendly reception . . . . . . and culminated with a delicious dessert.

March 7, 2009
Stars in your eyes. I`m not sure, but I think it`s a birdhouse. Any song played on the bagpipes seems really long. Girls in black dresses with red satin sashes. Despite her obvious disadvantage in size, Meaghen regularly participates in Irish dancing competitions.

March 8, 2009
As winter`s gray gives way to green . . . . . . and in the air the birds are winging . . . . . . while on the earth . . . . . . the blooms are seen . . . . . . how can I keep from singing?

March 9, 2009
Don`t look back -- something might be gaining on you. The sign pointed the way to safety. I went the other way. Got any Bactine? On that torch tank it says `Keep Out of Reach of Children` (although most adults should be kept away from it too). Aftermath.

March 10, 2009
The resurgence of life . . . . . . and the inevitability of death. Time to get serious about the garden. A windy day -- during Lent. Profiles of women.

March 11, 2009
Some days I know exactly what I want to take pictures of. Other times, I just park the car, get out and start shooting. Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Convergence. There`s never any place to park downtown. A loss for words.

March 12, 2009
Check back later. Shiny chair. An immature dogwood blossom. Would that make it a puppywood? One of the students in my photography class is introverted and one is extroverted. Which one is this? One of the students in my photography class is introverted and one is extroverted. Which one is this?

March 13, 2009
Urban nomad. I came to the gallery straight after work to get a quick look at the paintings on display . . . . . . a VERY quick look. Outside the gallery were some stationary buildings . . . . . . and a speeding bus.

March 14, 2009
Alledged flowers. For the last time -- never point your camera at the sun! Worn by a safety-conscious witch. One week until spring! High school student takes better pictures than me with her $90 camera. Hmm, maybe I need to buy a new lens . . .

March 15, 2009
5 12 10 375 Shoulda stopped at third. I had a good location from which to take photos, but nearly got hit by a ball a couple times. DOUBLE PLAY!! Oh wait, wrong team. We interrupt this baseball game to bring you something much more interesting.

March 16, 2009
Puddle. It`s the time of year when birds fight to the death for prime nesting locations. Early tree blossom with the season`s first daffodils. Anticipation. St. Patrick`s Day begins the night before in the Oregon District. Don`t even try to drive into the neighborhood.

March 17, 2009
Many students skipped class today in order to improve international relations. These guys evidently did not have class today. I wonder if they ever have class. Everyone`s Irish today. The wearin` o` the Green. At ankle level.

March 18, 2009
We`ve been advised not to watch basketball over the Internet while at work. My great new camera has created a storage problem. I used to archive pictures on CD, but now I use DVDs. The same tree blossom and daffodils seen on March 16. Shampoo philosophy. Raisin philosophy.

March 19, 2009
What? This is all so sudden. I need some time to think. Junk can look good too. Centerpiece for someone else`s lunch. I was just there to take pictures. Pulitzer Prize winning composer Robert Ward, age 91, recounts his personal experiences with Copland and Ives. Through the magic of color correction, I could eliminate the yellow cast, but then you wouldn`t know that it`s sunset.

March 20, 2009
`First day of spring again? You know, I think I`m going to just sit here a while longer. I`m just getting comfortable.` Womb to tomb, birth to earth. March Madness. While the crowds watch the game on TV, I`m content with the radio. I just wish there were more instant replays. Don`t tell the Catalog Department we have their flashlight.

March 21, 2009
Spring arrived today -- on the back of a yellow flatbed. Same tree branches as March 14, same time of day, but that was WINTER and this is SPRING. Should I be insulted that birds aren`t intimidated by me? Tom Chapman perpetuates the 3500-year-old art of glassmaking. If given the choice of taking a picture with flames in it or without, I`d always choose the flames.

March 22, 2009
Saddle and bridge. Body sides and neck. Sound hole and strings. Soundboard and inlay. Fretboard and nut.

March 23, 2009
I`ve already taken more than 6000 pictures with this camera that I got in February. There`s nothing special about this photo, except it was my first butterfly sighting of the season. I have bought my last incandescent light bulb. From now on, it`s the much more efficient compact fluorescent. Appreciate them now. One strong storm and they`re gone. Investing in the stealth helicopter has really increased my photographic options.

March 24, 2009
Clearance sale on T-shirts last seen on March 18. Yes, I know it hurts, but it`s for your own good. Each chapter of a Hardy Boys book ends with a crisis, so you have to keep reading to find out what happens. Sibling rivalry. Late night hoops.

March 25, 2009
I took the picture on February 12, but am just now turning it in for a class assignment. The Great Escape. No escape. Yellow flowers, yellow house. Someday I`ll make a fortune selling people photos with their names on street signs, like WAYNE VAN BUREN.

March 26, 2009
An exercise for my studio photography class: the teacher set it up, I just pushed the button. Another class exercise. Behind the scenes. Not my notebook. I`m not advanced. I`ve never photographed tree blossoms at night before.

March 27, 2009
Aren`t I nice? I`m loaning somebody my Lensbaby. We are in the minority. If I didn`t have HIGH STANDARDS, I wouldn`t have sat on the sidewalk with the camera balanced on my shoe, taking picture after picture of this flower. I`ve taken two picture of words today. I`m not proud of this. This scene would make a great sculpture, but photography is so much easier.

March 28, 2009
I never garden, but I owe a huge debt to those who do. `Put flowers into context,` I told my photography workshop participants this morning. Soon-to-be tulips. Exhaustion. A bystander who lacked vision wondered why I was taking a picture of this.

March 29, 2009
It was another baseball day at the UD library. Si Burick`s sports column from February 2, 1937. `So I pick up the ball and throw it to Naturally.` `No, you throw it to Who!` `Naturally.` `That`s right.` `THAT`S WHAT I JUST SAID!` You can buy this picture at the Stivers School for the Arts photography auction. I don`t get the money, the kids do. Dinner.

March 30, 2009
Mixed messages. Urban sculpture. Behind the scenes. There are always new scenes to discover downtown. Shapes, textures and lines.

March 31, 2009
In the morning, my office window becomes reflective and this highly territorial cardinal attacks himself in the glass (see also May 2, 2008, and February 18, 2005). Gallery fish. It`s not vandalism, it`s art. This group sings in an ancient language, so it would be hard to explain what is going on here. But what they lack in intelligibility, they make up for with enthusiasm. They sang a Christmas song for the Dayton audience, explaining that it is so cold here it reminds them of late December in the south of France.

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