New Camera Macro Shots

The other day I replaced my Powershot SX10 with a more recent version of pretty much the same camera. I now have a Canon SX50 HS. It really is an improved version of the camera I have had since 2009. I found out today it takes better macro photos than the one it replaced.

Cloud Panorama

Yesterday we went into Winston-Salem, NC for a book fair and a short tour of local craft breweries. On the way out of town we could see some weather moving in and those cloud nicely augmented the already amazing parade of cumulus clouds we had been enjoying all day.

A Panorama

This weekend Melanie and drove up to Salisbury, NC to visit a book store because that is how we roll. Downtown Salisbury was a pleasant surprise. The old downtown area is still intact, lot of old buildings with character and inside those buildings there are local businesses. Imagine that. We will definitely go back when the weather gets cooler. We saw about three places you can sit outside and eat. Salisbury is only an hour from our driveway and it is just far enough away to allow you to break the grip of Charlotte. Sometimes you just have to get out of town, you know?

Just down the street from the downtown area is a business called Salisbury Motor Company. It was established in 1919 and is supposedly still owned by the same family. The exterior looks a lot like it must have when the building opened. It has a corner window display area for automobiles. It was a nice surprise on our short journey.

Some Things go Better with Swearing

Weather is not climate, you willfully ignorant fucksticks. MT @foxnation: Climate Doesn’t Cooperate With Al Gore http://t.co/QKe0PkyYQK

— Bill Weir (@BillWeirCNN) July 31, 2014

Jack White Goes to a Tigers Game

From what I saw on social media tonight, Jack White was at the Detroit Tigers game. Here is poses with the TV broadcast team.



Here he is throwing out the first pitch. Ball one. Insert joke about Jack White as a pitcher is a heck of a guitar player.



And here is Jack in a selfie taken by the Tigers mascot. OK, that's a little weird.

#PAWSSelfie with Jack White and Santa!! 🎅 pic.twitter.com/lema1KQY3x

— PAWS (@PAWSDetroit) July 29, 2014

A photo essay on the Mlive website here

Japan is a Weird Place and Korea is Weirder

Knowing Your Business

Nothing says, "I work in weather" like planning your vacation around hurricane season.

Time now for some vacay before the heart of hurricane season!

— Stephanie Abrams (@StephanieAbrams) July 18, 2014

Lightning Scares Locals

Yesterday I caught lightning with a camera for the third time. It's not spectacular but there it is. Maybe someday I'll photograph a tornado. Or a ghost. Or a ghost tornado piloted by Elvis.

Valle Crucis Dandelions

Back in May e were in the mountains for a graduation. We stopped by Valley Crucis Communty Park on the day we left. It was a beautiful day in one of the most beautiful spots in the world. There were dandelions.

A field of dandelions

Best Joke about Germany's Blowout of Brazil

The secret to a good Nazi joke is not to say the word "Nazi."

The Germans are dominating so much, Austria is now beating Brazil 2-0. #worldcup

— The Sklar Brothers (@SklarBrothers) July 8, 2014

Ricky Gervais sent out this one. Nice.

This won't be the first time that thousands of Germans will have to lie low in Brazil for a while for their own safety.

— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) July 8, 2014