Garden Ruins

I headed outside yesterday afternoon because the sky turned a funny color, the rain was near. I though there might be something interesting to shoot. The sky was too overcast and the thick clouds were not interesting. Picked up a few lost toys and waited. Way in the back I stumbled upon this pile of bricks. Not visible in the summer do to garden plants, here it was on the first of the year, exposed instead of hidden away. 

We have a lot if bricks in the back yard, just a minute of digging will bring them up by the truck full. We live on the banks of Old Erie Canal so there is a lot of history there. There also was a house in the backyard and it is now buried back there. It used to be a store on the canal. Our house is brick and just a couple blocks away was a brick factory back in the canal heyday.

Jump Start 2012

I don't know if I can do it. A lot of work goes into a 365 project, but I'm going to try it. So to start things off, here's a New Years Eve shot from my kitchen. There's one little wayward box alder bug hanging out on the leaf.

The Long Lost 365 Project

Sorry everybody. Things got away from me here. If you look on flickr, you can see most of the pictures from the 365 Project. I underestimated the amount of work to post to flickr and blog them photos. I've missed a few days here and there and I think that's ok. The idea was to push myself creatively and content-wise. I find there have been a number of days were I had time to shoot to and from work and since I drive the same route every day, there is a lack of variety.

Here's the difficulty in keeping up, there are four little blessings (one's not so little anymore) that keep me pretty busy before and after work. Tough to get pictures with them using you for a jungle gym.

I'm going to try and keep updating the blog, but it won't be all the time.

What's the idea behind this photo. It's out in the garden and night, pitch black out there. Except for the interesting light patterns. I light painted the rock to make it more readable and just a touch of post processing for pop.

33/365

1 out of 1 pregnant wife's want grilled cheese before bed.

32/365

If the Golden Arches can take my money and make me sit at the pay window for 10 minutes because they are too slow, I should be able to take pictures. She could have brought my sandwich to the pay window and I could have pulled out! Oops! I do the drive-thru sometimes. Here's my take on the true cost of a drive-thru: www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=198914577532&topic=11173

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30/365

I was out testing new houses for Energy Star compliance and snapped this image of this mechanical chase.
What does a house look like before the walls go on? Like this. In this development, this mechanical chase was a serious point of air leakage. The war air from the house could easily enter the attic, taking with it the heat and moisture that you want in the house. In this chase is the dryer vent (metal pipe) and the radon pipe (plastic). The view is looking straight up the chase and into the attic.