Dag Crop

...and another shot from the beach since I haven't taken any photos since.

As my almost excessive free time is entering a cessation I am loath to think how severely my time for photography and other leisurely activities will be cut short. I have to keep telling myself that the challenges I face are good for me and will bear fruit in due time. I keep telling myself...

Bicycle Helmet

Here are a couple of less traditional photos from the past week that have been growing on me.

Descending Light

I made another trip down to glass beach this morning. I was a bit disappointed not to capture anything particularly special, but I don't think it was a total failure.

Starting tomorrow my habitual idleness is coming to an end as the spring semester of college begins. This semester I will be taking intermediate drawing and calculus. It's only two classes, but it's enough to keep me busy.

It also looks like I will be going to Lake Taho this weekend. It is not in my usual character to take off during the college semester, but I will not get this opportunity again and I can always haul my textbook and some drawing paper along. Do expect some photos as I will probably be busy taking photos while everyone else is out snowboarding (I don't want to risk re-injuring my shoulder until it has fully recovered).

Low Tide

I drove out to glass beach yesterday just after sunset. The tide was the lowest I can recall seeing it--though I could hardly see anything, so I dared not walk very far out on the rocks.

Visibility

Sleepwalking

Gulls

Sometimes I post an image on here thinking it's great at the time, but upon viewing it the next day or the next week I cringe at the sight of it. The last shot of the brewery is a good example of this.

Brewery

Mushroom

I photographed this mushroom about two minutes before the little accident I had on my mountain bike.

Note: my shoulder will be fine, though my doctor tells me the "disfigurement" will be permanent. I guess I will have to separate the other shoulder eventually to make it match. While I wait for my shoulder to heal I will likely be taking photos and reading more than usual. I may just finish The Brothers Karamazov before my classes begin on the twenty-second.

The World in Monochrome

Separated Shoulder

Caspar

After going for a bicycle ride on Sunday I pulled over beside a pond in Caspar (a tiny town five miles South of where I live) to take a few photos of the geese. While I was photographing the geese one, and later two more, cow approached and joined the shoot; however, my memory card filled before I managed to get any captures of all three cows and I decided that I was too exhausted to sort through and delete failed photos I'd already taken.

PS: Thanks to all of those who have left comments! Knowing that this blog is being viewed, moreover, appreciated by others, is what keeps me going.

Man Smoking Cigarette

Tuft

Pearish

Trickle

January

Noyo River

Gradation