Pro tip 1

Is this going to be an ongoing thing? Don’t know yet. And bear in mind, when I say, “Pro,” I’m referring to myself here, who is decidedly not a professional, is not making any kind of scratch with this, and should not be referred to as an authority on anything…

That out of the way, here’s the tip:

If you’re planning on recording audio in your basement studio, read more

Oh, one more

We didn’t have enough photos for November (for an arbitrary definition of ‘enough,’) so here are a few more – I already had most of them lined up in the folder for eventual use, but then settled on this topic and added a couple – even though they’re all only variants of the same image.

We start with a frame that I fired off while pursuing the Leonids and aurora read more

That’ll do, November – that’ll do

So we see the month close out, and what a month it was! Well, certainly a productive one from a photography standpoint, not too shabby as we enter the cold months. I’m not even sure what the count of image uploads stands at now, since I’m writing this ahead of time, but it’s at least 145 counting the ones you’re about to see, which puts it in the top ten for all of the months read more

Getting short with you

The other day I was experimenting again, and dug out the old Sigma 105mm 2.8 macro lens, my main macro provider until it quit unexpectedly about 16 years ago (!), in two ways. The first was that autofocus got very balky, likely due to a stripped focus gear, though I have no idea how that happened. I did indeed do this on my own with another lens, by inadvertently leaning the focus ring against a read more

Estate Find XLVIII (IIL)

Sure, fine, this isn’t really in the spirit of the Estate Find posts, it doesn’t count much as a ‘find’ if I actively searched for it, and certainly wasn’t found here (“Oh, look what I just found in the mailbox!”) but need I remind you that it’s my blog that only I read anyway? Okay then.


But yes, I finally obtained something that I read more

Our current Estate Find…

… will be late, slightly on purpose. I mean, I was going to feature it in a post anyway, and this way I’m saved from having to try and find something else for the weekly feature while the weather’s getting colder again. I have a few pics I’ll throw up in the meantime, unworthy of EF status and the exacting criteria that I have for that…

And yes, the past couple of days read more

Why you like that?

Seriously, what is it with anoles and their sleeping positions?


This is far from the first time finding one here, but the position was so perfect this particular evening.


Look at those toes. Though you’d think that getting, you know, on top would be more comfortable and less likely to fall off, but then you wouldn’t be thinking like an anole. At the very least, read more

One tree, two days

The Girlfriend is fond of Japanese maples and we arrived here at the new place (it’s been over a year now, perhaps I should stop referring to it that way) with a few in tow, obtaining several more in the past year, but there were already two established on the property: one perpetually deep red variant up by the mailbox, which has made the read more

A few quick portraits

Just a handful of wildlife portraits obtained within the past few days – they mostly speak for themselves.

How long has it been since we’ve had an arthropod? Too long?


I said it was misty last night, and you didn’t believe me. This katydid did, however.


This Canada goose was waiting for me to finish distributing corn so it could take a break from chowing on pond weeds. read more

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