Photo a Day

 AKA: Photography 365 Challenge

Another Monday, another cop out.  One might think that a retired person who has made a commitment to post to their blog every Monday should be able to easily follow through on that with something at least a bit substantial. But, once again, I got distracted and am resorting  to a fluff piece.

I am in the middle of an ongoing Photo a Day (PaD) project. The photo at the top is the one that I am using for today's effort. What follows is a random sampling from this year.

The project has become a mix of food photography, street photography, nature photography, and what may as well be called snapshots.  Some days the result is much better than others. If your curiosity has been piqued, the oeuvre is available in my PBase.com gallery. 

All writing and images ©Cliff Hutson unless expressly noted. Do not use without permission.

Reading Log: June 2024

 The books that I read in the month of June 2024

June 2024 Books: photo by Cliff Hutson

"Unnatural Habitat: The Native and Exotic Wildlife of Los Angeles," Craig Stanford


"Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging," Sebastian Junger


"The Last Rose of Shanghai," Wein Dai Randel 


"Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food," Paul Greenberg


Landscapes

Ain't too proud

I am riffing on last week's use of a "borrowed" theme. So, here are a few random landscapes. They are fun to photograph.

 

All writing and images ©Cliff Hutson unless expressly noted. Do not use without permission. 

Buildings

 Steal Like an Artist

This is another slapdash post due to a busy weekend. My excuse this time is that, in observance of Father's Day, my children took me to see a musical at the Pantages Theatre and then to dinner at El Coyote - a restaurant that has been a favorite of ours for nearly fifty years.

So, at loose ends for a topic I decided to lift an idea from a post by Kirk Tuck. By the way, my impetus for that was inspired by a very interesting little book. What Kirk said about sharing photographs really resonated with me; so here are a few images of buildings.

All writing and images ©Cliff Hutson unless expressly noted. Do not use without permission. 

It's Back!

Jacaranda Season

Jacaranda Blossoms: photo by Cliff Hutson

I took the weekend off to the watch the Memorial Tournament. So, I am linking to a timely rerun; the Jacarandas are once again in bloom this year.

Jacaranda IPA: photo by Cliff Hutson

Update (06/15/2024):

I seldom return to something I have posted, but I saw this today and could not resist proving that I am not the only who thinks that these trees are special.