Jones Lake<\/a>, near Elizabethtown NC. One of quite a few images that I got while we visited, this one in particular was a favorite of The Girlfriend’s and was framed in the hall at the old place. Presumably it’s still around somewhere after the move, but I’m not sure where, and I probably should reprint it and find a place for it.<\/p>\nAll that aside, I did a variation of it at the time that I just came across again, and it’s been digging at my mind because I happen to like it, but I can’t really pin down why. Which might mean that it’s simply a quirk of my tastes, or alternately something that may appeal to a variety of people and I just don’t know exactly why yet. Thus, you’re welcome and invited to express an opinion on it (and, really, on any<\/em> of the images here or in the gallery) so I can determine if I’m as weird as we all suspect. It’s not a question of whether or not I’m weird – I am – but how<\/em> weird, like faintly eccentric at times or the guy that everyone knew was gonna start conversing with fire hydrants some day.<\/p>\nThat’s an adequate introduction, I think. So here’s the variant:<\/strong>
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The Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides<\/em>) is what makes this framing so distinctive, and I haven’t yet decided if it’s better this way or if I should crop it right above the waterline and make the trunk and moss completely dominant, if a little more abstract. I definitely like those branches and the cypress leaves\/needles, how they add a little color against the textures of the monochrome moss and bark. But does it pop? Does it have zazz<\/em>? Does it have… it<\/strong><\/em>?<\/p>\nLet me know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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I’ve got some current content that will be coming soon, but I’m a little tired right now and have to crash for a short while, and by the time I’m awake again it’ll be tomorrow, so I’m sneaking this in now, a trivial thing but it’s been on my mind for a couple of days.<\/p>\n