a trio of sunrise shots

By some random chance, I happened to wake up just in time to catch the tail end of sunrise. I snuck outside, snapped these shots, and went back to bed. These shots go from left to right, taken just seconds from each other:

A misty morning:



The sunrise:


Purple mountains:

This was a little vista from our hike through Newport State Park, just up on the northern tip of the peninsula. Really beautiful. Gorgeous expanse of water on one side bordered by dense forest.

travels in the midwest

It's official. My camera's dead. :-( So after this entry, this blog is officially on hiatus till I get a new one. Hopefully it won't be too long. It was only meant to last the summer anyway, though!

So here's the start of my last string of pictures. These are all from a couple of days spent in Door County, Wisconsin. Beautiful countryside. Green Bay on the west side, Lake Michigan on the east.

This was our cabin. It was a crappy cabin, but it had a spectacular view.

shaker art

This is what greeted me on table 2 when I came in to set up the the cafe this morning. Apparently, Ed had a slow night...

sadness

Pictures are gonna get fewer and farther between. It seems my camera is dying. A slow and pitiful death. It will only take one or two pictures with a pair of batteries. If it turns on at all. So yeah - I'll take 'em when I can, but I don't think a new camera is in my immediate future, so we may have to put this blog on hold for a little bit.

*Tear*..

you said it!

This is a page from my page-a-day calendar. It's not from today, but it's statement is applicable to today. You probably can't read it from the photo, so let me recreate it for you. This, apparently, was a sign that was sitting on every table in a Chinese restaurant in New York:
WARNING: Tips for waitress not privilege off customer, and it not opshinul to do! Is custimmary and IS THE LAW for leave tips, otherwise is possibul to face prosecution by law! Please be responsivele, leave tip and no go jail. Have a nice day!

Hey Mr. Tambourine Man

Today the No. 9 Lounge hosted Bobby Thompson & Eddie H. Bobby played the guitar and Eddie was a one man percussion kit. As such, he got creative with his instruments. Note the tambourine strapped to his shoe...