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September 1, 2024
Beneath a brow too fair for frowning, like moon-lit deeps that glass the skies till all the hosts above seem drowning . . . Looked forth her steadfast hazel eyes, with gaze serene and purely wise. And over all, her tresses rare, which, when, with his desire grown weak, the Night bent down to kiss her cheek, entrapped and held him captive there. Her loveliness was not alone of face and form and tresses` hue. For aye a pure, high soul shone through her every act. PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

September 2, 2024
Nature always wins. It`s Monday and my neighborhood is still in lockdown. I`ve got nothing to do today but smile. PAUL SIMON A new high heel shoe has mysteriously appeared (see March 17, 2024) and it seems engineered to last forever. My backyard is smaller than your living room.

September 3, 2024
The Courthouse Square fountain continues to evolve (see August 8, 2024). The Dayton Arcade continues to evolve. Can I live here? Oh the regrettable things we do to secure our cars. Schuster schadows (see January 19, 2021). Someone went past riding this bike as I was taking the photos from September 1 above. They didn`t get far.

September 4, 2024
I walked through a construction zone to get to work. At lunchtime I went to the river to ponder my existence, but someone was already there pre-pondering. A look of distrust. A momentary fragment from a flawless day. Did you get my letters?

September 5, 2024
It was a quiet morning by the pond. The sun wasn`t up yet. The light came from my camera. It has begun. My little chickadee. Snap, step closer. Snap, step. Snap, step, it ran away.

September 6, 2024
Sweet Lizzy Project is from Cuba, by way of Nashville. People in the crowd sang the lyrics and held up signs. Sweet Lizzy Project is a small band with big talent. I`ve been listening to a lot of their music lately. She`s like a blend of Shakira and Alanis Morissette.

September 7, 2024
I`m usually comfortably at home at sunset. Tonight I taught a class called Golden Hour Photography. This is not one of the students. A face only a mother hog could love. A glimpse into the past.

September 8, 2024
I nearly got hit by a ball, but I like being up close. And when I`m far away, my camera still gets the shot. College athletics really bring people together. Maybe the previous caption belongs here. I saw a bloody nose, a yellow card and lots of contact.

September 9, 2024
I wasn`t even allowed to walk through the construction zone today (see September 4 above). Why you may have heard rumbling on the radio today. It`s a big project and they`re actually moving pretty fast. That`s some pretty impressive vandalism. I read books constantly when I was younger, but now I look back and question my literary taste.

September 10, 2024
Lunch break? People walk in the street as the sidewalk is being rebuilt. Uhhh, everything okay down there? No diving. Go Dragons!

September 11, 2024
Woodland Cemetery is Dayton`s oldest active cemetery. It`s also an arboretum with a wide variety of trees. Woodland is full of impressive graves and monuments. Paul Laurence Dunbar is buried at Woodland Cemetery. It also has the best view of downtown Dayton.

September 12, 2024
Pregame encouragement. Compare this field to the artificial turf from September 8 above. Players were tripping over the holes. No fear. There was a lot of aggressive play. Both teams were from Dayton. The home team won.

September 13, 2024
I looked out the window this morning and made a friend. This job is exhausting (see September 9 and 10 above). Chad Hoopes is a very talented young violinst. I`m still being frustrated by a computer upgrade (see July 11, 2024). It was easier to get through the movie than the book (see September 9 above).

September 14, 2024
The biggest funnel spider web I`ve ever seen. Boys will be boys. An attendee at the photography workshop I taught today. This looks like a caterpillar of the Virginian Tiger Moth (also known as the Yellow Wooly Bear). The caterpillar was the star of today`s workshop.

September 15, 2024
It`s public radio fundraising week! The Guitar Man, Jim McCutcheon, helped kick things off. Good fences make good neighbors. ROBERT FROST It was hot in the sun, and there was lots of sun. Summer, flower, bee. All is well with the world.

September 16, 2024
After weeks of turmoil, the new sidewalk looks good. My middle name(s). Light dark contrast, plus vivid color. As I walk to work, I regret to see so many fallen leaves. Dunno if my photos are worth preserving, but here goes.

September 17, 2024
Spooky season starts early in my neighborhood. This leaf will soon be seen on the ground. There`s a story here. I`m sure you`ll want to sign up for my upcoming photography classes at metroparks.org. There was a lunar eclipse tonight, but it was cloudy.

September 18, 2024
Cats of any color in my path are bad luck. There is a fount on North Main Street. Yes, it`s possible to take an impressionist digital photo. Meeting on East Fourth Street. Flying bathtub?

September 19, 2024
Home not-always-sweet home. Someday somebody will be up there with a paint brush. Dayton`s own roof-prowling superhero? The tiaras are out, so pledge drive is getting serious. Double trouble (see March 19, 2021).

September 20, 2024
Poor withered rose, so like my heart, that wilts at sorrow Thou art false, O moon, as the hearts of men. I will not, will not love again. PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR This driver may have been listening to Fleetwood Mac`s `Go Your Own Way` as they drove the wrong direction. People donated so much money, we had to end the public radio pledge drive 6 hours early. The end of monarchy.

September 21, 2024
Yay for Mexicans! And for Latinos of all countries and cultures. It was a hot day to dance around in a costume. A Dominican dog was in the Hispanic Festival parade. That smile (see September 16, 2023).

September 22, 2024
Some law of physics is about to be put to the test here. There was an ambulance standing by. The Dayton Flyers soared over the Richmond Spiders. Sometimes, the best pictures are away from the ball (see November 14, 2023). Who made up this game?

September 23, 2024
A reflection of September 19 above. What the Courthouse Square fountain will look like. What it currently looks like. Also on Courthouse Square. Wayfinding stones outside Arby`s in the Oregon District.

September 24, 2024
I played it safe and went out a different door. Where the parking meter will go (see September 13 above). Don`t be fooled. Crosswalks aren`t safe. Angles of the Schuster Center. This steeple will be covered in shiny new copper (see August 2, 2024).

September 25, 2024
Not ready, not willing, for fall to come. The UD Faculty Jazztet played a great show. Tonight I heard Jim Leslie tell a joke on the drums, although that`s impossible (see May 5, 2011). Can you see the guitarist reflected in the piano? He`s DR. Garin Webb now (see September 12, 2010).

September 26, 2024
I didn`t dive in. The berry hungry chipmunk. It was a drippy morning. Finding food gets harder at this time of year. Me in another 20 years?

September 27, 2024
Our time together was short (see March 31, 2022). I never even took the camera strap out of its wrapper. My camera`s still under warranty and I`m getting rid of it. I removed myself from the camera`s memory as we went our separate ways. I`m also selling a couple of flashes (see September 3, 2022).

September 28, 2024
I bought a new camera around noon and did this shoot at night, not completely certain how the thing worked. I spent a little money and a lot of time at this event, but it was worth it to get some vampire photos. They were obviously posing for the official photographer. I was just the spectator with a camera. No damsels were harmed. Oh, and there was a band.

September 29, 2024
Say hello to my new Canon R5 Mark II. Somebody already took the strap out of the wrapper (see September 27 above). The manual is 1,227 pages. By trading in my old R5 and some other equipment, the payment pain was diminished somewhat. It`s mine now (see September 27 above). Going from an R5 to the R5 Mark II was very expensive.

September 30, 2024
This is a photo of me being waaaaayyyy too busy. Probably a bit too complicated for me. And a bit too expensive for me. Still trying to figure out my new camera. This turned out nicely (see November 27, 2023).

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