Oh Boy, Now What

I've decided to start a new blog. The intent is to create a space where I can post the many phone photos I take--and any other random images I run across that strike me--and talk about them, or not, as the spirit moves me.

I have had a running blog since 2005, where I post phone photos taken on the run and (more or less) write about running. I'm finding that often I want to post a lot of photos there--too many, really, if I'm to stay true to the implied purpose of a running blog. I also have a Flickr page, but it feels chaotic and unfocused to me. Although this is also a fairly unstructured space, I'm not confined to quirky formatting rules in order to live here. It's intended as place for me to see how photos look "in print" and to read the mental meanderings the photos provoke.

Just two today:


I love this. By the time you're looking at this bud here, it will have bloomed into a purple iris.

Taking the close-up above followed right on the heels of taking this one:


The idea of taking macro-photos with a phone camera makes me laugh. This critter was slightly more than one inch long when stretched out straight. Who says slugs are icky?