POTD

Elvis and Company
Wichita, Kansas
2010

Junk/antique shops are arranged a lot like dreams (and in my case often like my waking thoughts as well); all the people and objects that appear are relevant–at least in some historic context–but are jumbled together in the most curious combinations.

Waiting for Dinner
Bozeman, Montana
2011

I don’t really know how much of their waking time crows spend eating, but it sure seems like a lot of it is spent either eating or waiting for something to eat. Come to think of it, I have days like that too.

Line Dancing
Paradise Valley, Montana
2011

I guess with a title like that, I should have a song to go with it; but I don’t, so feel free to hum along with the tune of your choice. For me there is no choice as I’ve still got that same song from Crazy Heart stuck in my head that’s been there all week.

Funny How Falling Feels Like Flying for a Little While
Paradise Valley, Montana
2011

If you’ve seen the movie Crazy Heart with Jeff Bridges, then you know the source of the title for this image. We watched the movie on DVD the other day after having seen it in the theater when it first came out. It didn’t happen the first time I saw the movie, but this time for some reason this line line of the song has stuck in my head and I can’t get it out. Maybe posting the video for the song will exorcise it out my head into someone else’s. (You can’t say I didn’t warn you.)

Sunbird #2
Bozeman, Montana
2011

A different, more dramatic, shot of the same bird from the February 19 post. I’m including this one as I decided I like it better. My mind has been on crows and ravens anyway since I just yesterday got my advance copies of LensWork #93 which features my Opus Corvus portfolio. As usual LensWork did a great job reproducing the images, but I’m pouting a little bit as this is my third time in LensWork and I have still to make the cover. Having said that, I can’t say I can quibble with the choices of images for covers of the magazine. Both are fine choices, especially the one on the back cover by one of my favorite photographers, Merg Ross. But, this all reminds me of a song, actually two–one being the Rolling Stones’ You Can’t Always Get What You Want–but the one I thought of first is about getting your picture on the cover of a magazine:

Patriot’s Dream #10
Bozeman, Montana
2010

A Snap-On tool truck parked outside a tire dealership. You might be able to make out a second flag hanging off the sign on the right hand side of the photo.

Patriot’s Dream #9
Bozeman, Montana
2011

Presentation of the flag prior to the skijoring competition at the annual  (and this year quite cold) Wild West Winterfest at the fairgrounds in Bozeman. It was so cold and the event so unorganized that we left after waiting two hours for it to get going. It was a timed event that couldn’t seem to start on time.

Simplicity
Bozeman, Montana
2011

We recently purchased a townhouse in Bozeman, someplace to hang out in the winter when it’s too stormy to make it back and forth to our place up in the mountains. Furnishing it has been a slow process; so far this is it for the dining room.

Patriot’s Dream #8
Bozeman, Montana
2011

This is one of those rare times when I feel the use of my least favorite word, juxtaposition, is warranted. If you’re not quite sure what phlebotomy means you can look it up but let’s just say the relevant part of the definition has to do with blood-letting.

Projection Screen
Bozeman, Montana
2011

The last bit of the day’s sunlight casting shadows of tree branches on a window.