“I believe in adventure and self-discovery, the open road and the wilderness.” - Marc Adams

“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.” - Unknown

“I’ll love you till the ocean is folded and hung up to dry and the seven stars go squawking like the geese about the sky.” - W. H. Auden

“Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Lose yourself in nature and find peace.” - Unknown

“Failure is like a caterpillar before it becomes a butterfly.” - Peta Kelly, Earth is Hiring

“If nothing ever changed, there would be no such thing as butterflies.” - Wendy Mass

“What’re you? A carpenter?” “No, I’m a hairstylist. More stylish.” - Unknown

Photo Dump of my recent photoshoot exploits!!!

Highlights From Tonight’s Bethany College Basketball Game Against Tabor!!!

“A camera is a save button for the mind’s eye.” - Roger Kingston

Highlights From Last Night’s Bethany College Game vs Hesston!!!

“Photography has no rules. It is not a sport. It is the result which counts, no matter how it is achieved.” - Bill Brandt

“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” - Dorothea Lange

“Photography for me is not looking, it’s feeling. If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures.” - Don McCullin

Highlights From the Bethany College vs Butler Basketball Game Yesterday!!!

Good morning. 🌊🌊🌊

13 November 2025

I got up about an hour later than usual this morning. I’d stayed up late last night—well, late for me—watching a series on BritBox called The Good Ship Murder. It features a former detective inspector turned lounge singer and a ship’s first officer who solve a murder onboard in every episode. That’s right: a regular murder of one of the passengers seems to be a standing feature of the cruise. What a fantastic marketing ploy—“Be the lucky passenger.” Come on aboard, we’re expecting you. 🛳️

Charlie just barked, so I got up to let him in. But he only looked at me, so I shut the door and came right back in here. I’ll wait until his barking sounds a bit more insistent. He’s a strange character sometimes—perpetually on the wrong side of the back door. He’ll stay outside without complaint, as long as someone’s out there with him. Once I finish this morning’s dispatch into the digital void, I’ll grab my camera and we’ll both go sit outside and watch the birds.

In just about a week, we’re headed east again. We go every year—Thanksgiving with the family in a small house in a small Georgian town. My wife is from there. I sometimes call it Georgiania, just to hear her say, “That’s not how you say it.” For the same reason, I jokingly call Canada Canadia and Chanel No. 5 Channel 5. It’s all just to get a reaction. There’s something delightful about walking into the perfume department of a store and asking for help finding some of that Channel 5. Some people get the joke right away. Some don’t.

“Ship happens.” — CruiseMummy.co.uk

“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” — Mark Twain

“Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.” — Orhan Pamuk

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Finally I did some printing again! ❤️
It took me a bit to get into the right settings again but I have a nice A5 print now 🙂
Good that I just recently ordered some ink as the black was pretty low already.

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