The Story Behind the Photograph - Geraldo and the Hat

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Geraldo always wore a hat. Socks and boxers, well...that was something else.

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It's the Birds - House Finch

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I hate to see the evenin' sun go down. Findley contemplates the night's accommodations.

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Found Friday - lists and labels

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It's been too hot to be out much so this week's found items are reader contributions. Who would have thought that finding little discarded bits of people's lives would become a fad?.

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Wine of the Week - Tisdale Merlot

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I thought it was a bit thin but at three bucks, who cares?

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Wordless Wednesday - Fish

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My Own Wordless Wednesday

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Mikey G. in Ottawa

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'It'll Cost You' - Montreal 1987, originally uploaded by Mikey G Ottawa. This photograph ran in January, 2007, on a THINKS HAPPEN page titled "Gee, that's good" among some other fine photographs selected because they reached above the level of most postings on Flickr. Each of those photographs selected for that page contains elements that reach back into one’s thoughts and ask questions, fill in gaps or create new ones. These photographs are art; they touch something that prompts appreciation, admiration. They hit something, moved something. It’s probably been repeated here too often, sure. But here is some more: A good photograph doesn’t have to be technical perfection; It doesn’t have to have balance, detail, clarity. It just has to speak. This one is a stunning photograph. A passing observer can’t resist stopping to look at it, often commenting on the feelings and thoughts it evokes. It was first posted on Flickr November 1, 2006 and Mikey was impressed with more than a hundred views and several comments on the first day. It now has more than five thousand views and a long line of comments. Mikey G has, what has been termed, here and there, “The Eye.” He sees things that have meaning, have no meaning. He sees and photographs bits of life that move the observer. His photographs are often just little bits of street scenes like this one but they always tell a story, ask a question, make a statement, make a smile. He takes photographs that make one think. That’s good. And Mikey? He will tell you he is just a guy with a camera. A fine photographer and a good guy. Thanks Mikey.

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The Gnat Trap

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Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Gnat Trap (Simple, Nothing to buy, No waiting, Painless, Works every time!) We buy a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables. The onions and squash wait for tea in a small basket on the bottom shelf of the baker’s shelf/wine rack in the kitchen/dining area. The Bananas hang on a rung of the bottom level of that same rack. The fruit, pears and apples mostly, sit on an upper shelf in another basket. So, one day our kitchen was infested with gnats. The fruit probably brought a few in and then they nested and reproduced in our sole house plant, the African violet. They are not dangerous, just annoying. They cloud around the sink and the sponges there. While having our meal one evening, I noted that they took particular interest in my glass of wine, diving in and dying there. So I invented the Gnat Trap. On the counter near the sink, I left a small glass with about an inch of merlot in it. Next morning I had about 40 dead drunk gnats. I repeated nightly until the gnats were gone. It took more than a week because they probably got into their second life cycle before I caught on to them. edit 07/05/2007: Yes, it really works. I have used the trick twice since then. They are gone over night if you set it up when you first notice them. If you let them get a second generation going, it might take a week. Try it and let me know your results. Edit 08/23/2008: This is such a popular blog page that I decided it would be appropriate to repeat it. This page is the third most popular page in this blog. Says something, doesn't it? And though it has been visited hundreds of times, no one has ever come back said they tried it and found that the trick works! Odd huh?

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The Story Behind the Photograph - Horsing around

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Horsing around at the lake was not what Hoppy and Fidel expected.

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