A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
Prior to our concert at the Peace Center last night, the entering audience was serenaded (if that’s the right word) by a group of 35 tubas playing Christmas carols. Apparently this is a national event that takes place the second weekend of December each year. According to the TubaChristmas website… TUBACHRISTMAS was conceived in … Read More “TubaChristmas” »
‘Twas the coldest weekend of this winter so far. The lake was actually frozen, as was the fountain on our front porch. Here’s another fountain downtownd…
I had two occasions to shop downtown this weekend at the Mast General Store. Located a couple of doors down is Bentley’s Bookshop. I was dismayed to see a "Store Closing" sign on the door. Greenville has a dirth of used bookstores, especially of the quality of Bentley’s. I have to admit that I tended … Read More “Closure” »
This weekend we presented our annual Christmas concert with the Greenville Chorale. The concert was a joint effort between the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra and the Chorale, with a Friday concert up there and Saturday night in the Peace Center. With the ensuing rehearsals, it was quite a busy weekend. Thursday night’s rehearsal was a bit … Read More “[loud]Magnificent[/loud]” »
OK, I’m going to try again. Now that I’ve upgraded to the latest version of WordPress, I’ve got some heavy-duty spam filters in place. Therefore, I’ve decided to open comments once again. Not only did I open up future posts. I ran an SQL query to open up all of my previous posts. Comment away, … Read More “Comments are back!” »
Time to give RandomConnections an upgrade. Over the next couple of days I’ll be bumping it up to the latest version of WordPress. Most of the changes will be behind the scenes, but I may have to take the site offline for a bit. If all goes according to plan, it will only be offline … Read More “A Few Small Repairs” »
There is a segment of our population that eagerly awaits any error by the school district so that it can be exploited. This group points fingers with righteous indignation, frequently using the infraction as a call for school vouchers. This seems to be the case with the latest problems involving the Greenville County School District … Read More “Smelling Blood” »
More fun with the Celestron C90. This shot was taken with my Nikon D50. It’s kind of fun to take something as fully automatic as a modern digital camera and use in a strictly manual mode. Using another fully manual lens with the D50 – a 1960’s vintage Nikkor 50 mm f 1.4 – I … Read More “Full Moon” »
It’s always a sure sign of winter when the mergansers return. These beautiful ducks grace our lake starting in late November. These shots were taken with a Celestron C90 telescope attached to my Nikon D50 camera. As usual, click on the image for a larger view.
…in the fullness of time… Such a curious expression. One tends to hear it mostly in Biblical contexts, but there are other references in literature. According to UsingEnglish.com and Answers.com, the phrase means the following: If something happens in the fullness of time, it will happen when the time is right and appropriate. Fullness of … Read More “Veni Emmanuel” »