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Tonight’s Cocktail Hour

August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Okay, let’s get this out of the way up front: I haven’t been posting — or photographing — enough recently.
But, there’s a good reason, one regular readers of this site know — equipment that’s not up to snuff. So some changes have been in order.
As of yesterday, those changes are nearly complete.
It’s meant selling my [...]

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Miles and Trish

July 24th, 2008 · No Comments

…are not only wonderful people, they, together with Martha Kelly — Trish’s amazing Mom — hosted this week’s Cocktail Hour. As expected, it was fantastic.
The happy couple:

Miles and Trish (Enjoying their Cocktail Hour)
Couldn’t stay the duration, alas, and can only look at a few of the photographs from tonight before getting back to work — [...]

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Rest of the Callaway Photographs Posted

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

28 in all. Better still, a wonderful day. Nice.
I’m generally not into insects, but the butterflies were neat — and, in this case, furry:

Getting the (Butterfly) Eye
See the whole set anytime. Thanks for stopping by.

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First Callaway Gardens Photographs

June 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Visited good friends Phillip and Neecee this weekend in Columbus, Georgia, and spent Saturday on a trip to Callaway Gardens. As usual with them, a wonderful time — but the Gardens were a highlight.
Some nice photographs, too. The first six have been posted, including:

Butterflies, Distracted
And:

Chapel Window, Looking Up
More to come in the next few days. [...]

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Photographs from Columbus

May 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Had an [all-too — Ed.] brief visit to Phillip and Neecee’s this week, in their adopted home of Columbus, Georgia. Better still, we were able to get out for a couple of hours:

Spencer Column (Detail)
From the Spencer House, a Georgia Trust 2008 Place in Peril. It’s possible, even to see why. Hopefully something can be [...]

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