The Telepathic Unicycle

Summer Sprinkler!

Originally uploaded by shaunian

This is the second image I have entered in the Monthly “This Week in Photography” flickr challenge. Based on the other entries I have seen, I know I won’t win, but I am proud of it nonetheless. The funny thing in all of this is that neither of the 2 photos I have entered have been taken with my Nikon dslr.

This one was taken with the family point-and-shoot Canon G6. The other one “Paris Alley Door” found here was taken about 13 years ago with my Nikon FG using Poloroid b+w slide film. Talk about ancient history.

Anyway, this one was taken last summer in my front yard. I have tried to take more this year of similar subject matter, but somehow, this one is still one of my favorites.
Happy Summer!

My mother-in-law got us a clock.

It’s a really nice clock. Seems to have some trouble though, in that it sometimes forgets to chime. But when it does chime, it is very soothing. When it is between chimes, it ticks rather loudly and quickly, not unlike a kitchen timer. Anyway, I love it, and it reminds me of this piece I recorded sometime in the early nineties. (How’s that for a segue?) Probably ‘91 or ‘92. Again, a 4-track of just me using up all 4 tracks with silly guitar. This was before I “stabilized” the bridge on my Japanese Strat. Sounds like a euphemism for…anyway, I was really using my whammy bar, if you know what I mean. The ’80s synth sound is actually just me with an ebow. And it seems to invoke thoughts of a clock ticking the time away…that is until it turns into silly newageishness. Tock tick.