Things don’t always go as planned. Take this weekend, for example. Saturday I looked out at the rain and decided to postpone my trip up to mom’s until Sunday. Which meant missing the photowalk on Sunday, but it was going to be raining anyhow. Of all the things I wanted to get done over the weekend, I made it to the party on Saturday night, and to mom’s and that was it. Plus a fair amount of sleeping. Apparently I was pretty darned tired.
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But I did manage to take some pictures over the weekend. There were a few things in my yard worth looking at. I tried another take on the ferns, but since they’ve grown a lot in the past couple weeks, the picture that was in my brain when I headed outside wasn’t to be found. But the rain meant that the blossoms on the apple tree in the front yard looked prettier than they do in direct sunlight. Look for them later this week.
This week? Well, if this morning is any indication, it’s going to be another week made more busy and confusing by last minute changes to plans. Things I’d planned for the weekend still need doing, and there’s a whole new raft of obligations coming for this week. Guess I’d better quit my griping and just get to work so I can get started on ’em. Oh, and if you look closely at the garage wall behind the ferns in this morning’s picture, you can see that I need to add “paint garage” to my to-do list.
- Today PMA kicks off National Photography Month. Good thing I’ve got a camera, eh? [dpweblog]
- Adam Greenfield takes a look at Micropatronage, through a different lens , comparing Jason Kottke’s shot at making money from his blog to Joshua Ellis’ trip to Trinity. Ellis was relatively unknown but did okay on his trip. The big difference? Ellis writes. Kottke blogs. [flutterby]
- Michael J. Totten’s Middle East Journal is another example of writing that’s supporting itself. He may use a blog to publish his writing, but he goes into a lot more depth than most bloggers. And he’s making money in the process.
- This flash-based quiz on manners in The Victorian period is more interesting, and more time-consuming than similar flash-based quizzes I get hit with at work in the name of “training”. Dan says that
The game was a good reminder that such silliness transcends generations,
but I got 490 out of 500, making my only mistake in choosing the proper clothing for dinner at a friend’s house (I went slightly too casual). I found it interesting just how little polite behavior has changed over time. Sure, the details are different, but the principles are the same. Putting other people’s comfort ahead of your own is the core of being polite. Then again, I’m also prone to pointing out, as Oscar Wilde did, thatA gentleman never insults anyone unintentionally.
That even goes for those hippies out in San Francisco. [flutterby] - Chuck’s MNStories video on March’s Flickr Photowalk is kinda cool, and I get a fair amount of screen time. Huh!
- This year the May Day Parade at Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis is actually on May 7th. Bet that’s another opportunity to take some pictures.