Red Rodney - Daddy O (vinyl record)

 

Red Rodney - Daddy O (vinyl record)

From the vinyl LP "MODERN MUSIC FROM CHICAGO" featuring RED RODNEY, trumpet; VICTOR SPROLES, bass; NORMAN SIMMONS, piano; IRA SULLIVAN, tenor sax and trumpet; ROY HAYNES, drums.

This record was recorded at the Universal Studios Chicago in the latter part of June 1955. Red Rodney was working at the Bee-Hive, one of Chicago's top jazz nite spots. Using the same side-men on the recording dates as he was at the club, the results were behooving to all concerned Red Rodney was born in Philadelphia 29 years ago and hit the big time when only 16 with one of the famous Benny Goodman editions. Experience followed in the big and small combos of innumerable top band leaders, most notably Krupa, Elliot Lawrence, Ventura, Herman, and of course, CHARLIE PARKER! Quite naturally, it was during this almost two-year association with Bird (shared also by our specially imported drummer for this date, Roy Haynes), that all of Red's previous experience was further developed and enhanced. It was here that he musically matured. We can first remember Roy Haynes as the booting drummer with one of those fantastically swinging combos Lester Young always has. And those wonderful patterns he laid down on those famous Bud Powell sides are still amazing. Roy's versatility and swinging taste are goals for which other drummers strive, yet which come off so easy, as witness his solo on "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie," a song made famous by his ex-boss, Lester "Prez"Young. (Liner Notes, Joe Segal)

Robert Roland Chudnick (September 27, 1927 – May 27, 1994), known professionally as Red Rodney, was an American jazz trumpeter.

He accepted an invitation from Charlie Parker to join his quintet and was a member of the band from 1949–1951. Being the only white member of the group, when playing in the southern United States he was billed as "Albino Red" as a ruse to avoid prejudice against mixed race musical combos. During this time he recorded extensively.

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Image post and video art were appropriated from the original album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs. This channel does not use recordings from CDs. As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album. Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of the loudness wars.

Hope you enjoy. 

INXDS.  #jazztrumpet #vinylrecord

Joe Gordon - Body and Soul (vinyl record)

 

Joe Gordon - Body and Soul (vinyl record)

From the 1955 vinyl LP "Introducing Joe Gordon" featuring:

Bass – Jimmy Schenck
Drums – Art Blakey
Piano – Junior Mance
Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Rouse
Trumpet – Joe Gordon

Joseph Henry Gordon (May 15, 1928, in Boston, Massachusetts – November 4, 1963, in Santa Monica, California) jazz trumpeter. His first professional gigs were in Boston in 1947; he played with Georgie Auld, Charlie Mariano, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Parker (1952–55 intermittently), Art Blakey (1954), and Don Redman. In 1956 he toured the Middle East with Dizzy Gillespie's big band; he was a soloist on "A Night in Tunisia". Following this he played with Horace Silver.

After moving to Los Angeles, he recorded with Barney Kessel, Benny Carter, Harold Land, Shelly Manne (1958–60) and Dexter Gordon. He recorded as a bandleader for two sessions, and appeared on one recording with Thelonious Monk.

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Image post appropriated from original LP cover.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs. This channel does not use recordings from CDs. As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album. Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of the loudness wars.

Hope you enjoy. 

INXDS. #jazztrumpet  #vinylrecord #bop

Phil Wilson - GOODBYE, MY FRIEND (vinyl record)

 

Phil Wilson - GOODBYE, MY FRIEND (vinyl record)

From the vinyl LP "Phil Wilson and the Big Band Machine" featuring:

Rich Daniels - Leader, soprano sax

Reeds, Paul Mertens, Linda Wenger, Jim Gailloreto, Scott Jurek, Steve Porter.

Trumpets, Jim Weaver, Todd Gustafson, Daren Reinsch, Rich Rajewski
Trombones, Kevin Cline, Henry Salgado, Tom Pastorek.

Paul Coscino, piano; Brian Surina, bass; Rob Williams, guitar; Jon Haupers, drums.

Guest Soloist, Phil Wilson, trombone

Mr. Wilson plays a Yamaha Trombone

Phillips Elder Wilson, Jr. (born January 19, 1937) is a jazz trombonist, arranger, and teacher. He has taught at the Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory of Music. In the 1960s wrote music for Buddy Rich. His arrangement of "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" for Buddy Rich received a Grammy Award nomination. The City of Boston proclaimed December 9, 1995 Phil Wilson Day for his contributions to jazz education.

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Image post appropriated from original LP cover.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs. This channel does not use recordings from CDs. As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album. Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of the loudness wars.

Hope you enjoy. 

INXDS. #jazzsax #vinylrecord #bigband

Ed Harris - GOD BLESS THE CHILD (vinyl record)

 

Ed Harris - GOD BLESS THE CHILD (vinyl record)

From the vinyl LP Mighty Like a Rose

Eddie Harris (October 20, 1934 – November 5, 1996) was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ. He began his career as a singer in various Baptist churches throughout Chicago.

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs. This channel does not use recordings from CDs. As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album. Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of the loudness wars.

Hope you enjoy. 

INXDS #vinylrecord #jazzsaxophone

Dexter Gordon - SCRAPPLE FROM THE APPLE (vinyl record)

 

Dexter Gordon - SCRAPPLE FROM THE APPLE (vinyl record)

From the vinyl LP "LIVE AT THE AMSTERDAM PARADISO VOL II" featuring:

Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone)
Cees Slinger (piano)
Jacques Schols (bass)
Han Bennink (drums)
Paradiso, Amsterdam, February 5, 1969

Gordon's sound was commonly characterized as being "large" and spacious and he had a tendency to play behind the beat. He was known for inserting musical quotes into his solos, with sources as diverse as "Happy Birthday" and well known melodies from the operas of Wagner. This is not unusual in jazz improvisation, but Gordon did it frequently enough to make it a hallmark of his style. One of his major influences was Lester Young. Gordon, in turn, was an early influence on John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. Rollins and Coltrane then influenced Gordon's playing as he explored hard bop and modal playing during the 1960s.

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs. This channel does not use recordings from CDs. As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album. Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of the loudness wars.

Hope you enjoy. 

INXDS. #jazzsax #bop #vinylrecord

Stan Getz - AUTUMN LEAVES Take Two (vinyl record)

 

Stan Getz - AUTUMN LEAVES Take Two (vinyl record)

From the compilation vinyl LP "Unearthed Masters vol. 2" featuring STAN GETZ
WITH HORACE SILVER, TOMMY POTTER, AL HAIG AND ROY HAYNES

Stanley Getz (February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott Yanow as "one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists". Getz performed in bebop and cool jazz groups. Influenced by João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim, he popularized bossa nova in the United States with the hit single "The Girl from Ipanema" (1964).

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs. This channel does not use recordings from CDs. As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album. Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of the loudness wars.

Hope you enjoy. 

INXDS. #jazzsax #vinylrecord

Buck Clayton - TENDERLY (vinyl record)

 

Buck Clayton - TENDERLY (vinyl record)

From the Vinyl LP "Tenderly" featuring:

BUCK CLAYTON
trumpet
JEAN-CLAUDE PELLETIER
piano and organ
JEAN BONAL
guitar
ROLAND LOBLIGEOIS
bass
KANSAS FIELDS
drums

Wilbur Dorsey "Buck" Clayton (November 12, 1911 – December 8, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter who was a member of Count Basie's orchestra. His principal influence was Louis Armstrong, first hearing the record "Confessin' That I Love You" as he passed by a shop window.

Recorded November 1959, Paris. Released Tenderly (Inner City) in 1979.

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Image art was appropriated from the original album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs. This channel does not use recordings from CDs. As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album. Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of the loudness wars.

Hope you enjoy. 

INXDS. #jazztrumpet #vinylrecord

Art Blakey - UGH! (vinyl record)

 

Art Blakey - UGH! (vinyl record)

From the vinyl LP Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers New York 1957

Collective Personnel:
BILL HARDMAN, trumpet
JACKIE Mc LEAN, alto sax
SAM DOCKERY, piano
SPANKY DEBREST, bass
ART BLAKEY, drums
New-York, March, 8-9,1957

Art Blakey, also called Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, (born October 11, 1919, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died October 16, 1990, New York, New York), American drummer and bandleader noted for his extraordinary drum solos, which helped define the offshoot of bebop known as “hard bop” and gave the drums a significant solo status. His style was characterized by thunderous press rolls, cross beats, and drum rolls that began as quiet tremblings and grew into frenzied explosions.

Blakey taught himself to play the piano while he was a teenager and performed on piano (and later drums) in jazz clubs in the evenings while working in the steel mills by day. Beginning in 1939, as a drummer, he performed with several bands, most notably (1944–47) with that of Billy Eckstine. Among the artists he met and performed with during that period were Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, and Billie Holiday.  

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Image post and video art were appropriated from the cover of the album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs. This channel does not use recordings from CDs. As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album. Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of the loudness wars.

Hope you enjoy. 

INXDS. #jazzdrums #vinylrecord #bop

Art Pepper - Po Po / Di Di (vinyl record)

 

Art Pepper -  Po Po /  Di Di  (vinyl record)

From the vinyl LP Pacific Jazz, featuring THE ART PEPPER NINE Art Pepper/ Alto Sax Stu Williamson/Valve Trombone Don Fagerquist/Trumpet Bill Holman/Tenor Sax Bud Shank/Baritone Sax Red Callendar/Tuba Russ Freeman/ Piano Monte Budwig/Bass Shelly Manne/Drums Composed, Arranged and Conducted by Shorty Rogers

Art Pepper, born in Gardena, California on September 1, 1925 and raised in nearby San Pedro, began playing clarinet at age 9 and, by 15, was performing in Lee Young's band at the Club Alabam on Central Avenue, the home of jazz in prewar Los Angeles. He joined Stan Kenton's band, touring the U.S. and gaining fame, but was drafted in 1943 serving as an MP in London and performing with some British jazz bands. He returned to the States and to Kenton, touring and recording. In 1952 he placed second only to Charlie Parker in the Down Beat jazz poll. Probably his most famous recording from that period is his stunning performance of 'Art Pepper,' written by Shorty Rogers (as part of a series of charts Kenton had commissioned to feature members of his band).

Art left Stan Kenton in 1951 to form his own group, occasionally recording for Rogers and others. He signed with Contemporary Records in 1957.

From the beginning Art's playing combined a tender delicacy of tone with a purity of narrative line—a gift for storytelling that was made irresistible by an inherent, dancing, shouting, moaning inability to ever stop swinging.

I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.

All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs. This channel does not use recordings from CDs. As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album. Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of the loudness wars. Hope you enjoy. INXDS. #jazzsax #vinylrecord

Dexter Gordon Quartet - As Time Goes By (from vinyl LP Manhattan Simphonie)

 

Dexter Gordon Quartet - As Time Goes By (from vinyl LP Manhattan Simphonie)

From the vinyl LP Manhattan Simphonie Gordon's sound was commonly characterized as being "large" and spacious and he had a tendency to play behind the beat. He was known for inserting musical quotes into his solos, with sources as diverse as "Happy Birthday" and well known melodies from the operas of Wagner. This is not unusual in jazz improvisation, but Gordon did it frequently enough to make it a hallmark of his style. One of his major influences was Lester Young. Gordon, in turn, was an early influence on John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. Rollins and Coltrane then influenced Gordon's playing as he explored hard bop and modal playing during the 1960s. I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs. This channel does not use recordings from CDs. As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album. Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of the loudness wars. Hope you enjoy. INXDS. #jazzsax #bop #vinylrecord

Paul Desmond - When Sunny Gets Blue (vinyl record)

 

Paul Desmond - When Sunny Gets Blue (vinyl record)

From the vinyl LP simply titled Paul Desmond.

Paul Desmond (born Paul Emil Breitenfeld; November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer, best known for his work with the Dave Brubeck Quartet and for composing that group's biggest hit, "Take Five". He was one of the most popular musicians to come out of the cool jazz scene. I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Image post and video art were appropriated from the original album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs. This channel does not use recordings from CDs. As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album. Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of the loudness wars. Hope you enjoy. INXDS. #vinylrecord #jazzsaxophone

Teddy Buckner - Martinique (vinyl record)

 

Teddy Buckner - Martinique (vinyl record)

From the vinyl LP Teddy Buckner and his Dixieland Band.

Teddy Buckner (July 16, 1909 in Sherman, Texas – September 22, 1994 in Los Angeles, California) was an American jazz trumpeter associated with Dixieland music. Early in his career Buckner played with Sonny Clay. He worked with Buck Clayton in Shanghai in 1934, and later worked with Benny Carter among others. From 1949 to 1954, he worked in Kid Ory's band, which was perhaps the closest to the style he preferred. In the late 1950s his work with Sidney Bechet in France made him popular there but, before going to France, he recorded the soundtrack of the movie King Creole with Elvis Presley in 1958. From 1965 to 1981 he performed with his traditional Dixieland jazz band at Disneyland's New Orleans Square. In addition to this he worked with blues musician T-Bone Walker and did some acting. This included an uncredited role in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? He played cornet in a few of his film roles. I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Image post and video art were appropriated from original album.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs. This channel does not use recordings from CDs. As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album. Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of the loudness wars. Hope you enjoy. INXDS #neworleansjazz #dixieland #jazztrumpet #vinylrecord

Ed Harris - Fontessa (vinyl record)

 

Ed Harris - Fontessa (vinyl record)

From the vinyl LP Mighty Like a Rose Eddie Harris (October 20, 1934 – November 5, 1996) was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ. He began his career as a singer in various Baptist churches throughout Chicago. I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs. This channel does not use recordings from CDs. As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album. Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of the loudness wars. Hope you enjoy. INXDS #vinylrecord #jazzsax

Julian Cannonball Adderly - STARS FELL ON ALABAMA (vinyl record)

 

Julian Cannonball Adderly - STARS FELL ON ALABAMA

With guests JOHN COLTRANE, WYNTON KELLY and PAUL CHAMBERS Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s. His nickname “Cannonball” was supposedly derived from the word “cannibal,” which his friends called him because of his massive appetite. Adderley is perhaps best remembered for the 1966 soul jazz single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy”, which was written for him by his keyboardist Joe Zawinul and became a major crossover hit on the pop charts. A cover version by the Buckinghams also reached #5 on the charts. Adderley worked with Miles Davis, first as a member of the Davis sextet, appearing on the seminal records Milestones (1958) and Kind of Blue (1959), and then on his own 1958 album Somethin' Else. He was the elder brother of jazz trumpeter Nat Adderley, who was a longtime member of his band. I do not own the copyright to the music, the recording and the photos. (Image post and video art are from John Levin Enterprises. The photo is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1926 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice.) This video is posted for educational use under Section 17 U.S. Code § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. All posts are rendered in old school using restored vinyl LPs. This channel does not use recordings from CDs. As much as possible, I attempted to remove most of the pops and crackles from the original vinyl album. Some remastering was applied to make the performance cut through within the confines of the loudness wars. Hope you enjoy. INXDS #bop #jazzsax #vinylrecord

Kinderdijk, Netherlands

 

Windmill occupancy for rent. Real cheap but the renter has to operate the windmill as needed.

Izitso

 

Hasselblad 500cm
Tmax 400

It's been a while since I developed a film.  This is from the archives.  Hope your day is going well.

One lazy Sunday in Long Island City

 

One lazy Sunday in Long Island City.  Hope your day is going well.

Elon Musk's New Space Launcher

 

This could have been Elon Musk's New Space Launcher.  A view from Roosevelt Park in Long Island City:  Ravenswood Generating Station is a 2,480 megawatt power plant in Long Island City in Queens, New York.  It is owned and operated by LS Power/Helix Energy Solutions Group.   The plant is fueled primarily by fuel oil (no. 6) and natural gas which heats the boilers.

Hope your day is going well.

Postmodern Apathy

 

Postmodern Apathy: Rich young rulers, cosmopolitan background, fabulous lifestyle yet hollowness prevailing, fake gladness and snobby attitude.

My friend commented on this image:  "I guess the main difference is that when we were young, the "elite" were from the older generation, but they were with their own version of hollowness, fake gladness and snobbiness... (there's always people and groups of people who think they're better... there's always those who chose separation instead of compassion and unity). As David Byrne used to sing: "same as it ever was...""

Boro Bike Tour

 

Capture date May 1, 2022

Produced in conjunction with the City of New York, the TD Five Boro Bike Tour is a charitable ride that funds free bike education programs reaching thousands of New Yorkers each year.

JFK to LIC in the Age of Dystopia

 

The image was taken while on the Yellow Cab Taxi from JFK Airport.  We were going to Long Island City to visit my grandson.  Well, and his mom and dad as well... but you can see where are our priorities. I dig how this dismally banal subject can be considered a work of art.  The layers and geometry work together to form - a dismally banal subject.  

Hope you enjoy.

Art by Amir

 

The fabulous patina on the door is a work of art by Amir, the cat.  Please DM him for print.  He will work for food and a chin rub.  Note that bely rub is at your own risk.

Blue Hour in Long Island City

 

It was the blue hour in that one chilly evening in Long Island City.  I was glad to have my iPhone.  I was not even planning to shoot photos that night considering that this place was not safe during evenings.  On the way back to the hotel, I noticed broken windows of SUVs that are parked on the street.  I could tell that these vehicles were recently broken into as there were still shattered glasses lying on the road next to them.  Almost everyday, I would see newly broken windows.  

I Will Lay Me Down

 

I will lay me down like a bridge.  I am so way behind the eight ball in posting images on this blog.  My apologies.  This image was taken back in March of this year at Savannah, Georgia.  An exceptional city.  I read somewhere that it was the first suburb in the States.  So I suppose Savannah was an experiment that proved to be a success in city planning.

The Savannah River is a major river in the southeastern United States, forming most of the border between the states of South Carolina and Georgia.

Hope your day is going well.

Shapes of Things in New York

 I believe this was captured on Jackson Street at Long Island City.  I really like taking pictures with the setting I used on my Fujifilm X100F.  The secret ingredient is the White Balance.  Fo this one, I set the temperature to 10,000 K.  The rest of the settings are pretty much preferential.  Here's my recipe:

Film Simulation - Chrome, Grain Effect - weak, Dynamic Range - 400 iso, Highlight Tone - +3, Shadow tone - +3, Color - 0, Sharpness - +1, Noise Reduction - 0, Long Exposure NR - Off, Color Space - sRGB, WB - 10,000 K.

Inspiration for the Jeep Wrangler

 

Cool Dude on the street was the inspiration for the new model of Jeep Wrangler.  It feels like I hired both of them  to capture the image.  It would have been an expensive photograph but the opportunity just landed on my lap - so to speak.  

Southern Comfort

 

This kind of architecture is common in the Victorian District of Savanah, Georgia.  Some of these Victorian homes date back to the 1800s.  Prominent features on the two-story frame homes include turrets, towers, bay windows, decorative trim and whimsical colors. 

Hope your day is going well.

Time Must Have a Stop

 

My mind is so busy thinking about values that I don't have time to experience them. (Aldous Huxley, Time Must Have a Stop)

I dig the books of Aldous Huxley.  The book I quoted here has influenced me a lot in my younger years.  That along with Brave New World.  Also there is something about clocks that I just love to photograph.  Before Covid, Rose and I would travel in Europe and each city that we step on I would document with the camera.  Well that practice is in hiatus because of woke travel restrictions.

Little Barn in Central Texas

 Texans are proud of their state.  The Lone Star Flag is conspicuous in many places including this barn here.  I spoke to the owner and he said that he built the barn from old wooden fences.  He talked about the house as though it was his baby.  Indeed a paragon of a proud Texan.

Hope your day is going well.

Fractured in the Age of Dystopia

 

Happy Tuesday.  Hope you are having a great day.

I Love My Bicycle

 

Hope your day is going well.

The Preacher

 

Hope your day is going well.  Have a blessed weekend.

For Canine Use Only (part 2)

 

Oh and beware of rattlesnakes.

World Gone Wrong

 

Strange things have happened, like never before. 
My baby told me I would have to go. 
I can't be good no more, once like I did before. 
I can't be good, baby, 
Honey, because the world's gone wrong. (Robert Dylan)

Eat Beef

 

Now that the Lenten season is over, these chickens can now come out of hiding.  

Out of Time

 

Hope your day is going well.

Abuela

 

Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl

With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there

She would merengue and do the cha-cha

The Dutch Gothic

 

Caption this if you please.

Romeo and Juliet Noir

 

A re-edit of a previous artsy image I made years back.  I think this was in Galway.  I'm really digging the film look nowadays.

Valentine is done 
Here, but now they're gone 
Romeo and Juliet 
Are together in eternity (Romeo and Juliet)

(Don't Fear the Reaper @blue_oystercultblue_oystercult)

The Sewing Room

 

This image predates my DLSR phase.  Captured with a crappy point and shoot equipped with an 8 megapixel tiny sensor.  That was all I could afford to go to digital photography.  Used a wide angle adapter to get the fake fish eye look.  Re-edited to look like film.  Didn't take much editing considering the image was lo-fi to begin with.  After all these years, I still like it.  

Reminiscing on the Eternal Love of the Spotless Mind

 "Although a tear may be ever so near

That’s the time you must keep on trying"

 - Charlie Chaplin

The Waiting

 

"How long do I have to hold this pose?"

Chase the rainbow

 

Chase the rainbow, find and see what's at the end.  Must be the Irish water. Photo editing tends to go a certain way after drinking from the tap. Or was it the stout? 

There are no fat people in New York

 

Inspired by @webb_norriswebb ... My paltry attempt.. Very grateful for your inspirational work. 

Tolerance is a good thing

 

"I ain't scared of you nor your limpid sword, buster."
"Nor do I. Not scared of yer bald head."

That day Vice President Dick Cheney and Sir Kenneth Branagh became good friends.

Voodoo Vibes at the Little House in the heart of Texas

 

A weather like this:  Have a cup of coffee.  Or better still, have a glass of wine.  Hope your day is going well.

An encounter with a Mountain Boy

 

Juzno: "What is it you are chewing?"

Boy Sagada: "Ice candy."

The Wonderful World of Colors

 

Our room we were renting was bereft of color - as though time rewinded into the monochrome past. It is as though how the developers of photography have envisioned it. When photography first came out, it was already in color but the scientists who wanted to be artists thought the color photos were scandalous so they made everything black and white - even at times adding blur and scratches and sepia coloring to make the photos primitive. Fortunately, that has now changed. We now have the luxury to see things in color once again. A major leap forward to progress.

Nota Bene: the photo was edited using the Lark preset found under the hood of the @instagram.

Untitled Painting by an Unknown Artist

 

I was surprised to see this image got posted two hours ago without my knowledge. Siri is playing tricks on me.

Hope your day is going great.

Willkommen Vienna

 

Welcome to Vienna.  The sky is teal and the roofs are all made from clay.  Great works have been done here by the early thinkers of the elite Vienna Club.

Hope your day is going well.