Giles Hoover, Photographer

Despite being out of town this weekend, I’ve managed to complete and post the photographs from this past week’s Cocktail Hour, hosted by Chris and Ellen. Okay, so there are only eight shots. It should be quick to post. Photographs like this: Linus Presides Awesome bookcase — anyone with Linus, Plato, and Naked Lunch on [...]

I was hoping to have the house, especially the office, completely set up by now. Well, uh … no. And not for a little while yet; the details are taking much, much longer than I’d anticipated. Naturally. So ahead of adding more at tonight’s Cocktail Hour, then more this weekend (details later), I decided to [...]

It’s been a screwy couple of weeks, with unexpected details finishing up construction around the house, several folks falling down stairs — including yours truly, hereafter known as “Mr. Grace” (not), and sweet Trish, who did some damage to herself on the trip down (no pun intended) — and an all-too-short visit to Florida. Get [...]

We’re a month in already, and I still can’t believe it: 2010. Wow. As the saying goes, it’s the “year we make contact.” Perhaps not with those from otherworldly places, but for me, it’s definitely the year I make contact … with my refurbished home. Let me tell you: I’m glad to be here. In [...]

We waited more than two weeks for a nice, warm day. No such luck. Indeed, for the second session in a row, we suffered from fog. Sheesh. Nonetheless, some pretty great results — celebrating downtown, despite the fog: The view from Macon’s Rosa Parks Square, near City Hall. We also spent some time on the [...]

Okay, not exactly — but this new kitchen on Wimbledon, in North Macon, is a great room to enjoy a breakfast! Bickley Design Build Services, the folks doing the remodel on my home, noticed that I was taking some photographs — and asked me to turn my lenses towards another of their recent projects. For [...]

This past Friday night, at EJ’s loft in downtown Macon, MagTard held a launch party for their new CD. While it started at nine, I didn’t get there until almost 9:30 — but knew I had plenty of time before folks really got into the evening. Miles and Trish were there: I don’t get a [...]

One of recent year’s highlights, as far as I’m concerned, is celebrating the bounty that is Thanksgiving with Dan and Monica. Most of that has been about knowing great friends. Some, however, has to do with Dan’s simply-amazing turkey: Check Twice, Eat Once That title is a play on Norm Abram‘s approach to construction, someone [...]

A while back, I donated an hour of photography time to the Crossroads Writers Conference fund raising auction; Kelly and Steve won the bid, and wanted to do a session to celebrate their engagement. (The Crossroads Writers Conference itself is in February, here in Macon.) We started out in Washington Park, a favorite local playground [...]

Well, I have to admit to a huge mistake: stacking too many things, too close together. Less than a week from my return from Maine, the work on my home began. That meant that before I could even unpack from the trip, I was packing … the house. It’s turned in a very big deal [...]