Day 921 Banjo in Joshua Tree California

 

After three of my niece's wedding festivities we left Joshua Tree, but not before I snapped a picture of my banjo near one of the trees

Day 920 Mark

 

While taking a morning stroll I saw this gentleman leaving a house with a guitar case. I ran up to him asking if he knew how to play. He said yes and played a song. He said he likes to play when he is feeling down, and that he's been playing for 16 years. 

Day 919 IN Joshua Tree for my niece's wedding

 

My niece with friends and family after the rehearsal dinner. Taken last night Sept 2, 2022 with my I-phone 10.

Day 918 The lady across the street from the gas station

 

I wonder what her story is and what happened to her. 

Day 917 Black Widow

 

Whilst sitting on the front porch swing I glanced over to see this lovely lady. She is the largest black widow I have ever seen. He web is 4 feet by 3 feet at the base and at least 12 feet tall. There is so much web going vertical that it is almost like a solid wall of web. Very Impressive. I took a few pictures before she ran up the web. I am shocked that I was able to get a shot of her scurrying away in focus. If I ever see her again she will take her last breath. 

Day 916

 

This place on Crows Landing Road is well known because of the patch of cactus. I stopped to get some pictures and this older gentleman gave me a tour. He loved the cactus and worked on a dairy near by. He also wanted me to take a puppy. There was a black female with white feet, which I almost took, but with three large dogs at home I was strong and did not take her.

My goal was to get photo of the man with the dogs, but he would not get close to them. Finally I got a shot. I was disappointed that he was so far away from the dogs, but happy they were in the same frame. I like it much more than I thought I would.

Day 915 Car on South Ninth Street Modesto

 

Day 914 Arlene

 

Arlene has been on this blog before. This film is about 10-12 years old.

Day 913 Appaloosa off of 99

 

I was driving home from Southern California when I spotted this appaloosa. Because I had film I got off the highway and snapped a few pictures. I found his owner and she invited me inside. She told me he had mean temperament and would not behave for the farrier. She didn't know what to do about him. I hope he landed in a decent place. 

Day 912 Guy on South Ninth Street

 

This is from the 38 rolls of 120 film I had processed. I'm going to upload one photo a day at least for a week or more. It was taken on South Ninth Street in Modesto. This guy was so nice and enjoyed being a model. His girlfriend didn't want her picture taken. 

Day 911 Mustangs

 

I had 38 rolls of 120 film processed and picked them up today. They were taken about 10-15 years ago when I was actively working on this blog. I don't have a scanner so I photographed the negative on a light table with my macro lens then invert the image in photoshop. This distorts it somewhat, since I am holding the camera. I don't mind. I like it. 

This image was taken at a mustang adoption event in Oakdale circa who knows... There will be more from this event to come.  I love this. I think I FINALLY figured out what I want to do photographically. 

Day 910 Wayne

 

As the evening light passed through a crack in our curtains and gracefully crossed Wayne's face, I grabbed my camera and took a few shots. Seconds later the light dimmed into nothingness. f 3 1/4 s. 

Day 909 post 2 Butterfly in the Laundry Room

 

This poor lost butterfly was trapped in the laundry room. I set it free into the great outdoors, but not before I took a picture. 

Day 909 A fly in the back yard.