To say the least its cold outside. I don't know if this is true or not but someone told me that its colder in Ohio right now than it is in Alaska! I don't like the idea of that. But what I do like the idea of is the chance it gives me to take pictures of Tabitha bundled up in one of her many sweaters, this one is full of personality. As always I hope you enjoy it, stay warm and wear sweaters!

What a horrible person I am for not getting around to this post earlier (or any post for that matter). I kept driving by these train tracks where I saw some stationary cars, covered with graffiti. Meaning to go for the last two weeks I've been putting it off until today. Which happens to be one of the coldest days this winter . . . seven degrees! I intended to get a lot more shots, but this was all my poorly insulated fingers could bear. That just means that I'll have to go back soon to better explore this open art gallery in the suburbs, for now enjoy these three from my first - freezing- visit.

What is a series of Rubber Duck Photo-Documentary without shots of them doing what they're made to do- Taking Baths! This was a really fun shoot for me and the Troupe and I hope you enjoy it too! The Troupe hanging out in the bath waiting checking out the soap after its been used. Same shot just another angle, what I like it that the lighting is slightly different and shows some of the hurdles I was dealing with in getting the light to work just right. I'm happy with the results over all. Just another shot of the ducks and the soap. Time for the close up just before its time to get out of their oh so enjoyable bath.

Man does it seem to get busy in the fall! While I haven't been posting much in the last month I have been doing a lot of shooting especially with the ducks here. Hopefully I can do some catching up and start to post all of them. As for this photo above. . . After a long day of rearranging and reorganizing the study and the living room I came across the troupe sitting here in front of a few books written by two of my favorite authors. This caught my eye. So I got out all of the lighting equipment (at 2 in the morning) and started to take some pictures. Tabitha eventually came in and asked what I was doing and when I told her she shook her head and said something about me being nuts. But hey, you have to take it- Inspiration- when you get it . . . right?

The weather has been so nice the last week, it reminded me of a ride that a friend and I took last year around this time. Like I said the weather was beautiful, we rode around the downtown area, where we found some interesting places to take some pictures. I'm not sure if we were supposed to be trekking through these places but it was still cool to explore. Here are a few of the photos from that day. Situated near the railroad tracks that run north from downtown sat this silo that --by the looks of it houses a few homeless people from time to time. I feel this is appropriate for today, being Blog Action Day focusing on Poverty. I don't really know how my photo's or blog can help the homeless in our city and world but I want to at least try. So this is me urging you, as well as myself, to find ways to help those around you that are less fortunate. The next two shots are from this same location. An old fuse box that tell of the age of this silo. These was a lot of beautiful...

I had another post ready for today but have decided to postpone it in order to present a photo of my favorite beverage . . . Ale81! This is a beverage that is only made in Kentucky. Only lately has it become available outside of Kentucky, but still nowhere near Columbus, Ohio . . . until recently. Tabitha and I were in the grocery the other day picking up the essentials and we walked through the soda isle (this is rare because we don't drink or buy soda) and sitting gloriously stacked on a shelf in front of us was Ale81. I was so excited I almost dropped the basket full of groceries! (We bought two six packs.) What does Ale81 taste like? Heaven.

Alright, this is the last one of the troupe on the plain white back ground, at least for now. It's time to get them out into the world around them. This is them discussing where they would like to go next. . . Hint: where do all Rubber Ducks like to spend their time ?