I thank my grandfather for my wild imagination. He was the best. No matter what story he told - I believed -- why would I think anything different? I miss you grandpa...

What a crazy week. I have more film sitting on my desk than I know what to do with (cool stuff that just blows my mind - all from a 19 dollar camera) ... I blew out my second half number at work, and I still have 3 months to go (translation: I can feed Lainey for at least the next week) -- just a good week -- we'll leave it at that... Still -- I feel very lonely ... that's the sucky part... I hate it...

Anyway --- I shoot A LOT of night stuff -- and even I get a little bored with it... so -- I have several shots over the next few weeks I'll pop up. I sort of classify them as my summer shots.... This one -- oh this one ... What a great story.... John and I decided to have a total photo weekend -- a crazy thing for us to do, I know -- but he stole my view camera and set off to do God-only-knows-what... I was off shooting flowers -- and looked up to see him setting up some sort of crazy shot... (look through www.orbit1.com over the last few weeks and you'll find a shot which includes Wild Bill) ... So -- I went over -- to make sure he was cool -- John is a gentleman -- very trusting -- a good thing -- but still, he needs a caretaker to look after him (that would be me - the eldest in my family - caretaker extraordanaire -- just ask my sisters) ... He was doing fine...

We chatted with Wild Bill for about 20 minutes... turns out, he oversees all the activities along the lake... no surprises there... I enjoyed our talk -- Wild Bill -- a character my grandfather would have loved....

Enjoy your weekend.

Until you come back to me - Aretha Franklin

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