365 Extras

Rust Never Sleeps

2013-01-10T13:48:00.000-08:00

I have been wanting to stop by this abandoned muffler shop for a long time. The sign and it's misspelling was the original attraction, however, once I parked in their run down parking lot, overgrown with weeds, and saw up close all the wonderful ugliness waiting to be captured with my cell phone, I almost forgot to take a picture of the sign.

Needless to say, today's winner was not the sign, but a closeup of a metal pole. Several layers of paint was peeling away and rust was taking over. I was fascinated.

Today's shot can be seen on my http://www.365project.org page.

Winner:

Closeup of rusty metal parking perimeter pole at the abandoned muffler shop on HWY 20 west of Palatka, FL.

Extras:

Not sure how this never published yesterday, but I caught it and now I'm sharing it for real.

Grounded due to fog

2013-01-10T07:52:00.000-08:00

I hate driving in fog. For the past several years, I would dread days like this. I have to take my son to school and it's a half hour drive in one direction. I do not like driving unless conditions are optimum (dry roads, clear sunny skies, and no traffic anywhere in sight).

But today I was excited to see the fog. Yes I drove in it and didn't like that part one bit, but I couldn't wait to head down to the river. The pictures I can get there with foggy conditions are tranquil and often magical or surreal. Today was no exception.

Winner:

Extras:

I love shopping

2013-01-08T07:29:00.000-08:00

Even if it is the grocery store, I find so much stuff to photograph! I don't know what I did for entertainment before my cell phone camera.

I know it's still early, but I'm probably not going to get any better shots today.

Winner

Today's winner, posted to http://365project.org/signsintime/365/2013-01-08

Extras

This first shot is from inside the car, through the dew on the windshield, pointing back at the porch light as I waited for my son to come out so I could drive him to school.

The veggie section at Publix.

The flower case at Publix.

The rosebush by my parking spot out front of the grocery store.

Down by the river

2013-01-07T06:22:00.000-08:00

We are up early today as school starts back up after Christmas vacation. Even though it was hard to drag myself away from the warm cocoon of my covers, the shots I got down by the river on the way home made up for it.

It's only 9a.m. but I've already gotten the shot of the day and here are all the second bests. I love them all. What a great way to remember the year. I hope I can discipline myself to stick with this. Maybe I'm so excited because I got to photograph something outside of the yard for a change. Whatever it is, I'm feeling good about these.

The house in the first few shots is for sale so my plan, if anyone caught me walking around photographing it, was to say I was interested. I was, just not in buying it. Today's winner, which is up on www.365project.org, came from the shots of this house. You can see it here: http://365project.org/signsintime/365/2013-01-07

These shots are down at the public boat ramp, one of my favorite places to stop.

This is one of the many murals that grace our downtown area. This one was only partially completed for what seemed like years. They finally finished it and I got to get a shot this morning. I call it Vanishing Point Mural. lol

Figuring it all out

2013-01-06T12:57:00.000-08:00

Here's a couple shots from around the house. If I don't get out more, things are going to become repetitive if they haven't already. I won't normally be posting twice a day but I have a hunch that networkedblogs.com didn't send my first post over to facebook because I had already posted before I set that up.

So, to figure it all out, I'm posting again. Here's a couple shots fresh off the ol' cell phone. The ones of the birdbath are special. We got Mom the birdbath as a memorial to Dad when he passed away in 2000. The tree guy who took down some trees a few months back dropped a branch on the original birdbath, breaking the bowl into several pieces (and then hiding it until we found it and called him out on it, but that's another story). Lorraine and I got a replacement birdbath and John just carried the heavy cement bowl out back, intending to put the entire birdbath back there. The new bowl fits on the old stand so we are leaving it that way for now... so the raccoons can continue to grace the back yard.

My life, as told in photos

2013-01-06T06:21:00.000-08:00

I have friends who are doing a-photo-a-day projects and so it was with all the inspired hopefulness a new year always brings that I signed up over at 365project.org to start my own. Now, barely a week in, I found myself wistful about letting go of all the other shots I took and can't upload there. That's strictly a "one per day" site.

So I figured what the hell. I have a gazillion other blogs I've started, why not one for all the extra photos? Hence, this blog comes to life.

Welcome to 365 Extras. Also known as "my life, as told in photos". I'll start right off with my extra favs from the last week.