First dance competition since Covid-19 and my sons first competition in Cha-cha and Jive. Also the first time for me to take photos of dancers. The family has some ten years experience in the dance halls. Both sons competing, but then it was the Rock’n’Roll dances. Back then my wife held the camera for the still images and I was in charge of the video camera. So yesterday was same, same but different.
Dance like there’s no tomorrow, ha de Gött!
Exploring more with color, black and white. This picture was taken in a very tricky light coming in behind me from the low standing November sun. Just bursting through the rain clouds for a few minutes. There is a mood in this picture and after taken an online photography training I like to explore how, or if, the mood changes going to black and white.
What do you think? (If you open the website you can use the slider to compare, not sure it works in the WP reader). Ha de Gött!
Experimenting with the manual mode. This drop came out best in Black and White. Next time I will put up that tripod. Ha de Gött!
I have a cold, and all men out there know what I’m talking about!.
My wife just giggles and mumbles something about giving birth. But let me explain how it feels.
The brain suddenly feels three sizes too big. However a jolly gang of workers banging away with sledgehammers, pickaxes and shovels to reduce the size. They move around the head with a big old Steam Train going cathunk, cathunk. The train blows the whistle on every lap around the head stopping with screaming breaks at the station between the eyes.
The foreman realizes that the brain size is not reducing fast enough so he decide to use dynamite and C4! They all cheer loudly after the explosion and, since it was a good blast they do it again, and again!
The throat feels like a dessert but my nose is working hard to build up a flood to wet it. Unfortunately this flood clogs and block any attempts to get air though the nostrils. I’m gasping for air through the mouth with the result of sand dunes start to form in the pharynx.
The water missing from my throat has now started to come out of the biggest organ in the body, the skin, rivers and rivers of sweat. Trying to speak only to realize that the sand in my mouth now have turned into glue.
I try to get out of the bed but the guys working in the muscles has been called to the brain shrinking task force. Resulting in me crawling on all four like a baby to get to the bathroom. Every step, if you can call crawling that, feels like I’m a pincushion.
After slipping around the bathroom floor I manage to find my way back to the bed. Without getting lost in the closet. Only find myself in front of Mount Everest.
Trying to climb back into bed makes all the muscle guys go to their Union rep and complain. As they go on strike I fall asleep on the floor dreaming of demonstrations and rioting. Now the left and right side of the brain decides to start a civil war firing artillery at each other.
After what feels like forever I recover and the merry men in my head finally managed to reduce my brain size to fit the thick skull. The muscle guys however demands vacation due to the overtime. I stumble out to the kitchen just to find the To Do List from the wife!
Stay warm, ha de Gött!
Stupid, silly, dumb, foolish, fool, idiotic, imbecile, fatuous, daft, doltish, sappy, goofy, rattle-headed, nit-witted. I could go on and on with word describing (other) peoples lack of intelligence. Languages are usually full of these words. But people are not stupid!
They just have bad luck when they think!
People make mistakes, be forgiving. Ha de Gött!
Days are short and when the weekend comes it rains. Winter this far north is not optimal. Time too learn more about editing the brighter seasons photos. Today I share a slide show with some of this years pictures.
Always learn, ha de Gött!
Wordless Thursday, ha de Gött!
Picked up, his guitar today wrapped my hand around its neck slide my fingers along the strings Picked up, his guitar today scuffed up frets from his music finger tips on his favorite chords Picked up, his guitar today the weight in my lap heavy, as my silent heart Picked up, his guitar today
Cherish the music in your life, ha de Gött!
The water surface shimmers with green and blue. Waves break, softly against the yellow and brown sandy beach. A small splash as water hit a stone embedded in the soft sand. One lonely seagull lands gracefully in the water, to check the visitor out. Driftwood washed up by the latest storm. Private beach, time for a skinny-dip.
8°C in the air and 8°C in the water. I already got a cold so I stayed on the beach. Ha de Gött!
November can be very dull and gray, but if you look close. Look close to see the bright colors hidden on the ground. If you’re lucky the sun lights up and create dramatic, long shadows.
I don’t know the name of this red little fungi but I hope Rudi can help. Do check out his blogg and his fungi knowledge, picpholio nature photography.
Watch where you’re going, ha de Gött!
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