The Journal of Bruce

First of all, what I saw when coming home from the sleep institute appointment:



Now for pictures from Sunday's walk. To begin with, I'd really appreciate it if people like Ken Hite, Chad Underkoffler, and Patrick O'Duffy wouldn't sneak around in my neighborhood setting up props for their sundry campaigns:



And other things seen:

It was a day of Stuff with a capital S yesterday and I didn't feel especially inspired in picture-taking. But I did notice some good skies that came out fairly well. And on my way home, this pretty kitty demanded my attention. She didn't want to be petted, or do get any closer. She just wanted me to admire her, which I did, and talk to her some, which I did. I started to move on, and she meowed very loudly until I stayed some more and took a picture. She still wasn't satisfied. Another picture, and finally she was willing to let me move on.

Parallels to my experience in gaming creation are left as an exercise for the reader.

I needed to run an errand this morning, so got my walk in early. Some more super macro images ensue.

(As usual, the set is at Flickr.)

Here's the super macro in action, one shot with the regular macro and two that go in closer than I could get with that, thanks to new (to me) super macro!







Behind the cut, another such trio, and some texture studies.

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I felt like trying out some black-and-white photography, and also experimenting with the super macro options my camera has that I only just learned about. So here are a few choice images, and more behind the cut tag, and the whole set on Flickr.

I think this is my favorite of the lot:



With this close behind:



This is good, I think, for the subtle contrasts between multiple layers of cloud:



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It rained quite a lot on Monday, leaving behind just the sort of legacy I have fun photographing. This is a bigger than usual update for me, with some behind a cut tag so as not to flood you all, but there are some things I want to call particular attention.

First of all, Mount Rainier put in an appearance, and it's uncommon enough to be worth remarking and photographing. There's a lot of distance between it and my neighborhood, and it takes good atmospheric conditions for this to work out:



Next, this subdued little bouquet. What I want to point out here is that I got this picture while sitting on the sidewalk, shooting up...and you know, it's been years since obesity and weakness let me do that without utter agony. I'm still pretty stiff and not good at clambering up and down, but at least I could do it:



Now some raindrops on leaves and flowers:



More of that, and a couple more "they make no mention of the beauty of decay" moments, below the cut tag. Oh, and what wasn't the biggest looming dog in the neighborhood.

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It occurs to me that I haven't shared here photos of stuff I got myself for my birthday last October. Here's one of them now, acquired from a Pike's Place Market shop that specializes in Native American art from the Pacific Northwest:



She usually lives on my desk, keeping an eye on the clutter as it comes and goes, but I took her to the back porch railing for a better view.

I'm accustomed to living in neighborhoods with a fairly high fraction of red front doors, generally displaying their owners' sense of class. It turns out that this is unusual in Frances's experience. How about y'all?

The Olympic Peninsula put on a particularly gorgeous display yesterday:



I like this for capturing the moment of a gust of wind:



Do you suppose they confessed?



And finally, in the "we just didn't see that in Pasadena" department:

I've got a killer headache today; I assume it's my body adapting to the trazodone and that it'll pace. (Yes, I've sent e-mail to my doctor to double-check that.) In the meantime, some stuff from yesterday's walk:



Hundreds of years before the dawn of history lived a strange race of people...the Druids. No one knows who they were or what they were doing, but it apparently includes gardening in Seattle: