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< September 2013 >

September 1, 2013
I had to stop and pick up some milk this morning. Who wants McNuggets? They both have pierced ears. Horses you clean with a brush. Cows you clean with a hose.

September 2, 2013
Labor Day: the sun took the day off. Everyone`s cutting back these days. `{Sigh!} He said we were going for a walk.` I`ve felt that way sometimes. Please wipe you feet on the mat before coming upstairs.

September 3, 2013
Urban garden along the sidewalk. I had to play honeybee lifeguard again today (see August 15, 2013). If you can`t swim, stay out of the pool! A decorative way of saying, `Stay out.` Returning to its nest. Here`s what I was photographing when the helicopter came by.

September 4, 2013
Want a crunchy new addition to your bland breakfast? Angles and lines. Don`t fence me in. Recycling effort. Looks like business has been bad lately.

September 5, 2013
He hits it. She runs to catch it. I think it was a tasteful decorating choice to display the photos I took last year (see August 23, 2012). I keep waiting for my school to induct me into the athletic hall of fame for my one year of JV soccer. There were too many people in the room taking pictures.

September 6, 2013
`Let`s go this way.` `No, let`s go that way.` Days later, she`s still blue. HOW MANY PIGS HAVE TO DIE? I think I counted 76 trombones. `Everybody do the Oakwood rumble! OAK! WOOD!`

September 7, 2013
You last saw her here on August 18, 2012. How does she handle the fame? You can see a lot of beautiful things in a garden. With Photoshop, the world is a brighter place. Posing for someone else.

September 8, 2013
Today I stopped by to see my publisher. I picked up a little writing project of mine: 177 pages. This church went out of business a long time ago. Moments later, two cars crunched it. A last resort when there`s nothing else to shoot.

September 9, 2013
Waiting for the light to change at Fourth and St. Clair. Someone at ReCreate is Creative. Here am I sitting in a tin can far above the world. DAVID BOWIE Chair: some assembly required. Time to wash dishes.

September 10, 2013
Someone who was quite close to me once said, `You wear a lot of blue.` I`ll bet my closet is more organized than yours. Ground Control to Major Tom, you`ve really made the grade, and the papers want to know whose shirts you wear. DAVID BOWIE I actually do own an iron and ironing board, but I also own a fire extinguisher and hope never to have to use either. I live a pretty buttoned-down life.

September 11, 2013
But darling, you are the only exception. You are the only exception. You are the only exception. You are the only exception. And I`m on my way to believing.

September 12, 2013
A withering glance. This was AFTER I got soaked by the rain. Bee mine, honey. What goes around comes around. Photography is a great way for me to meet my neighbors. A barking dog, a suspicious woman: `Can I HELP you?`

September 13, 2013
Reaching new lows. That monarch doesn`t know where it`s going. I know. The Waltons visit the city. See you again in seventeen years. Keep smiling, no matter what the circumstances.

September 14, 2013
I took 1,884 photos of people running. I was exhausted! Make friends with another species. GRASS ATTACK! Hundreds of runners going past: `Must bite ankles!` Killing time before the next race.

September 15, 2013
`I really mean it this time. I QUIT JUGGLING!` `You are NOT leaving me in here.` Cottage cheese sky. It suddenly got very cold this weekend. An occasional good picture carries me through many days of mediocre pictures.

September 16, 2013
I doubt this seedling will grow there. CURIOUS CAT TRAVELS 2000 MILES ON U-HAUL. Whipped cream sky. Because it`s there. This book totally blows me away.

September 17, 2013
Every flower is a sun flower. A Ford with fangs. The state bird of Ohio, disgraced. Nature`s waiting room. I usually don`t see ducks in trees.

September 18, 2013
Spring is in the air. This rural scene is very close to an interstate highway. In a certain friend`s house, I always expect to see garlic. I also expect to see two identical white dogs. And my own fabulous photos hanging on the walls.

September 19, 2013
Stormy weather? The games must go on! `Hi, my name`s Maggie, and this is my stick.` Everyone, including the goalie, just watches to see if the ball will go in the goal. It didn`t. High school tennis occurs in slow motion. Squirrel hungry.

September 20, 2013
Traveling in style. Doing this in school leads to trouble. Doing it in front of an audience leads to applause. My neighbor the painter, slightly damp. Good news: there`s FINALLY a blacksmith downtown. You step inside but you don`t see too many faces coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down. DIRE STRAITS

September 21, 2013
People line up and pay cash to get into my neighborhood. Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Symmetry is its own reward. Sometimes photos look just like what I see. Other times, photos represent reality differently, and hopefully better. I guess my camera`s red-eye reduction system doesn`t work on birds.

September 22, 2013
I drove to the school eagerly, knowing that the sun would be in the perfect position for this shot. It`s a brand new school for the little Beavers. Someday this school will be considered hopelessly outdated, but for now it is awe-inspiring. The Four Rs: reading, writing, arithmetic and rhythm. What`s growing in the science room?

September 23, 2013
Rusty and noisy. `I do not look creepy. YOU look creepy!` Rose profile. The long-awaited companion picture to the squirrel photo of October 22, 2008. My life is just one festive day after another.

September 24, 2013
Shiny and quiet. Thanks for caring enough to make an effort. It`s almost that time of year. Looking angrily at my neighbor`s empty bird feeder. Perception is a combination of clarity and confusion.

September 25, 2013
The Sun King. There are many reasons why I am not a good American, one being that I very rarely shop for consumer goods. Looks like we`ve been paying too much. Roll up for the Magical Mystery Tour! THE BEATLES I`m getting up at 5:00am for a shoot tomorrow. Goodnight!

September 26, 2013
Another school building that puts mine to shame. I wonder if the students appreciate theirs as little as I did mine. While monarchs make an epic migration to Mexico, cabbage white butterflies simply drop dead right here. How does it feel to get stalked for a change? The unsettling shadows of late afternoon warn of winter. Why I don`t park in front of my house at this time of year.

September 27, 2013
400 block of Fifth Street. 300 block of Fifth Street. Colorful destruction. There are still thumbtacks on the bulletin board in the upper left corner. Shooting safely and legally from the sidewalk, I met two camera commandos who decided to jump the fence. I told them I`d take pictures as they got arrested. Oh well, I guess you have to make your own excitement in Dayton.

September 28, 2013
Sampson, the alpaca. More alpacas, though I didn`t catch their names. If Bill Murray got turned into an animal. Give an alpaca some food and it will give you this. Not alpaca-related, but a nice picture nevertheless.

September 29, 2013
Squirrel litter. Congratulations -- but are you going to clean up the park? It looks scornful, but quickly ran over to MY porch. Was the camera pointing up or down? Fortunately, I have several thousand dollars worth of professional photography equipment that I can bring to bear to capture important moments such as this.

September 30, 2013
Watching through windows, you`re wondering if I`m okay. CYNDI LAUPER All the lonely people, where do they all belong? THE BEATLES He likes to keep his fire engine clean. It`s a clean machine. THE BEATLES Keep Out. Still bemoaning my neighbor`s empty bird feeder (see September 24 above).

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