A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
School starts back week after next. However, for me, next week is the real beginning. Teachers begin arriving for meetings and to get classrooms set up, even though their first official day isn’t until the following Monday. This week is also our last week of long hours with Friday off. Upon my return from London, … Read More “Whole lotta nothing” »
Flickr has something they call "interestingess" which they use to rank pictures. This is a weird, caballic combination of views, tags, favorites, etc., which somehow measures how interesting a photo is to the Flickr community. The photo below is in the top 100 photos for interestingness for those uploaded on July 24. Even as … Read More “Interestingness” »
England mosaic I was playing around with Flickr Toys and created this mosaic of some of the England photos. 1. white tower lomo, 2. mini lomo, 3. Albert Memorial Lomo, 4. Stained Glass at Bath Abbey, 5. Stonehenge, 6. Canal Boat at Bath, 7. Bath View, 8. Pulteney Bridge in Bath, 9. Canal Boats, 10. … Read More “England mosaic” »
If one had been watching my bandwidth monitor at work at about 5:00 PM yesterday, they would have noticed a significant spike as I uploaded a ton of photos to my Flickr account. I’m not done yet – there are some Laura needs to sort out. When I got home last night I did play … Read More “England Flickr Update” »
3:00 AM came mighty early Sunday morning. Fortunately we had packed the night before. We managed to get to Heathrow on time and figure out their weird boarding procedures. One does not proceed to any gate until one is called. We had much more comfortable seats for the flight out, which was a good thing. … Read More “Home again” »
7/22/06 We had a very slow morning. I was still suffering the effects of my cold. We went down and talked with our Trafalgar rep to make sure arrangements had been made to get us to the airport on time. It seemed that everything was under control, so we asked about the best way to … Read More “Portabello Road” »
7/21/06 Yet Another Dead Dude On A Pedastal This morning we caught a bus over to the Thames River, where we purchased tickets for a river cruise down the Thames to Greenwich. It was a push to get to the dock in time, with the bus coming to a dead stop multiple times in traffic, … Read More “Greenwich Mean Time and YADDOAP” »
7/20/06 It is hot. At 6:00 AM the temp in our room was still above 80. I showered and went down to the counter to complain. The manager said he would put us in a different room if we made sure everything is packed before leaving on our tour. I feel a little weird having … Read More “Stonehenge and Bath” »
7/19/06 London is the the midst of a heat wave and drought. After; yesterday’s close encounter in theTube, it was time to get out of the city crowds. Today we had an organized tour with the Trafalgar group to Stratford-upon-Avon, and we were hoping for fewer crowds and cooler temps. At least the crowds part … Read More “Stratford-Upon-Avon” »
7/18/06 I don’t know why I bothered to get cleaned up for the theater. The Tube trip to the Theatre District was the hottest, most uncomfortable subway ride I’ve ever taken. At each station, more people pushed into our already impossible crowded car. Each time, I couldn’t see how anyone else could get on, but … Read More “Donkey’s Years” »