Since I try to push myself to have some kind of new photos on here on a weekly basis, I find myself stopping to take 20 pictures of something I might not necessarily go out of my way for. Hence these butterflies which have swarmed our backyard all summer. I'm glad I make myself do it.

This is from an old roll of film I found in my desk drawer that I never developed. I think I took it three years ago

Voigtlander

Pete gave me an old Voigtlander medium format folding camera as a graduation present and told me about a guy who polishes and fixes them up good as new. I decided to take a roll of film before I send it off, and this is what they look like. I don't know if the image quality gets better when fixed up. I'll have to figure out better how to focus correctly.

Yellow Early Evening

From last Saturday. The sky poured down much needed rain a couple hours earlier, then everything became golden.

ArtWorks, North Fairmount Mural Dedication: 8/12/10

Reunions

I visited with one side of the family where nothing's changed and another where too much has. I couldn't bring myself to take too many pictures of the actual Hickory Grove reunion at the cabin because I just thought of the people who couldn't be there who I wanted there. So I just took a few pictures of weeds, red dirt and brown water. The best parts, like riding in the back of Chad's truck at night, watching the tree tops blur by and the stars remain still are probably best preserved by memory anyway.

Little Miami River, Home Garden, Mill Creek