Virginia Is For Families

This is a photo from last year about this time. I took it at Maymont Park downtown and thought I would put it up again. Apologies to those who have already seen it. We are still waiting for some autumn color around here. The temperature is supposed to be mid 80’s this afternoon.

It’s a cheerful photo and one that reminds me why I enjoy photography so much.

And photography is important here. I’ve written a little about economics and politics lately but that’s not going to be a regular thing. I don’t know enough about it and it’s kind of depressing as well.

Poetry is important too. The Boss Poem is just a simple little thing and it is being viewed now over three hundred times per day. It’s not StumbleUpon either. It’s search engine traffic and people are apparently concerned about their relationship with their boss.

That’s not surprising. Job concerns have to be high on a great number of lists these days.

Lots of activities may be cut back. But we can all still blog can’t we? We can write prose and poetry. We can take photos and we can offer encouraging comments to each other.

Taking photos is a lot cheaper when you don’t have to develop film. And everyone already has a computer. Maybe dial ups will make a comeback though.

Maybe the photos should be smaller and fewer to the page.

I don’t know. But the weather is terrific and it’s relaxing to run out into nature somewhere and start looking for the beauty wherever she may be.

It’s a recipe for dealing with the emotions that accompany changing times. Document the changing foliage. Take photos of the clouds.

Update// Well this explains all the readers. . .

Boss’s Day (also known as Bosses Day or National Boss Day) is a secular holiday celebrated[citation needed] on October 16 in the United States. It has traditionally been a day for employees to thank their boss for being kind and fair throughout the year. The holiday has been the source of some controversy and criticism in the United States, where it is often mocked as a Hallmark Holiday. Recently, sites like Hallmark have recognized the holiday with a contemporary spin

from Wikipedia

, originally uploaded by Davidlind.

Today Beth and I spent most of the day downtown at the Richmond Folk Festival. There was such a positive response to the National Folk Festival in the past few years that the  sponsors in the area generously volunteered to continue their support.

There were some world class acts here this year and I will share some things about them in the next week. I’m pretty tired tonight but I did want to post something about it now.
The weather was perfect. People were having a great time. It’s lots of fun seeing all the old hippies come out in their wheel chairs.
Just kidding. We will have to wait a few more years for that. But there was a lot of dancing and jumping around. Shouts and applause. Didn’t smell any hemp however. Darn!

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Ron Dubin transported me back to the Fifties with this nostalgic photo.

http://blog.rtd13.com/2008/10/05/fuzzy-dice-go-better-with-coke/

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Bernie has posted a really cool photo of a bridge.  I don’t think I have  ever seen one done with so many cool elements.

http://sindianavisions.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/sun-rises-over-madison-indiana/

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I wrote about this very special photographer once before.  But it is necessary to come back to him again.

http://www.thomasboyd.net/

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Jeff Folger is posting some great fall foliage photos (say that ten times).   This one takes my breath away.

http://vistaphotography.blogspot.com/2008/10/beaver-pond-nh_06.html

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