pure cincinnati

11.20.14 = O H… "…Summer's heat or winter's cold, The seasons pass the years will roll. Time and change will surely show How firm thy friendship…..OHIO!" Lyrics ~ Carmen Ohio

03.31.14 = Baseball It's finally here! America's pastime. It's a round ball and a round bat, and you have to hit it square." Pete Rose

02.24.14 = Time Lines "If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to it over? John Wooden

02.04.13 = A Gem This is the beautiful metal cut-work that covers the windows at street level on the Cincinnati Bell building. I find it amazing that the inlaid stones are still intact after all these years. But like a gem, they stand the test of time. Beautiful to look at, but it's what your made of that matters. I want to wish my Mother a Happy Birthday today. She too is a true gem! "Only friction reveals the beauty of a gem, just as adversity reveals the true character of the person within." k dunlap

02.03.14 = Hello I finally got downtown to shoot the Cincinnati Bell building on Saturday. (Thank you Mark for going with me!) I'm in love with the architecture and details of this building. (More to come this week.) This was the most popular and most modern telephone models of the day when this building was built in 1930. My how things have changed. "Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age." Frank Lloyd Wright

02.05.14 = Tools of the Trade More architectural details from the Cincinnati Bell building; the wire cutters relief. If you notice, behind the wire cutters is the top of a telephone pole. I just love all these little details. It's those little details that make things just a little more special. It's funny, when I was shooting this from across the street from the building, a guy was walking by and was wondering what I was doing. He said he walks by there every day and had never noticed the little details. He said he was going to have to start looking up more often. I think that's a great idea. "It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen." John Wooden

02.10.14 = Monday So, have you heard the one about the two seagulls that floated into town? It's just a little much needed, Monday humor. And when you think about it, there are only 52 Monday's in the year; 6 down and 46 to go! "I would like Monday's if they were later in the week." unknown

02.18.14 = Crossing "Our only regrets are the bridges we never crossed." unknown

02.19.14 = Bridging Differences "A bridge has no allegiance to either side." Les Coleman

02.17.14 = Bridge Work "When you build a bridge, you are the first to cross over into uncharted territory. When you cross over a bridge, someone was there before you to help you in your journey." unknown

09.05.13 = Home Sweet Home "Cincinnati is a beautiful city; cheerful, thriving and animated. I have not often seen a place that commends itself so favorably and pleasantly to a stranger at the first glance as this does." Charles Dickens

07.01.13 = Flying High in July! "Science, freedom, beauty, adventure: what more could you ask of life?" Charles Lindbergh

12.31.12 = Ringing out 2012 “Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of another world awaits.” John O’Donohue

12.29.12 = City Snow “The color of springtime is in the flowers; the color of winter is in the imagination.” Terri Guillemets

04.03.12 = We’re not in Kansas anymore Remember that part in The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy lands in Munchkin Land and movie switches from black & white to color? This felt just like that. Color, color, color, and everywhere color. I even toned the color down on this one a bit so I wouldn’t burn my eyes looking at the computer screen. Only a photograph can really capture the amazing color and beauty of this display. I can’t imagine being a painter and trying to re-create this scene on canvas. You wouldn’t believe unless you saw it with your own eyes. “Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.” Claude Monet

11.21.11 = Observation Deck “The higher you go the broader your perspective, but you lose sight of all the little details.” Kristan Dunlap

01.10.12 = A slash of COLOR! Nothing really today, I just felt like my 2012 gallery was missing a little punch of color. Some days you just need a little color in your life. “Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.” Pablo Picasso

11.15.11 = Perseverance “Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” John Quincy Adams

06.06.11 = German Cincinnati You really gotta’ hand it to those German’s, they sure know how to throw a great festival! Not only do they have great beer, but the food is great too. I think it’s important to embrace your heritage and know something about your ancestry. Every culture has their special holidays, traditions and ceremonies, some are just a little more popular than others, but they all have their special meanings. We have to honor them and pass them down to the next generation, so they too can eat and drink with Mary! “Prost, Salute, Slainte, L’Chaim, Kampai, Salud, A votre sante’, Cheers!”

01.06.11 = Now serving… So how many things did I get done yesterday? I even cheated. I wrote a few things down on my To Do list that I had already done, just so I could cross something off. Okay, admit it, you’ve done it before too. “God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die.” Bill Watterson

01.04.11 = Sweet tooth Jellies, jams, honey + Pancakes, waffles = New Year’s Resolution “Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle.” Eric Zorn

03.22.11 = Al Fresco It seems that Spring arrived right on time this year and that little groundhog was right after all. We’ve had some really beautiful days here in Cincinnati, with temps in the 70’s, BUT, you know that fickle Spring, temps will be back down in the 40’s later this week. You really have to be spontaneous and an opportunist when it comes to Spring. By accepting a few bad days, it just makes you appreciate the good ones that much more. “It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold; when it is summer in the light and winter in the shade.” Charles Dickens

01.05.11 = Little details As I sit here this morning adding to my list of “To Do’s” I wonder if I will ever get through them all. Between all the things I “have” to do combined with the things I “should” do, will there ever be enough time to do the things I “want” to do? Oh, and I forgot to mention the “little details”, will they ever get done? They say that “life is in the details”. Maybe I need to get to some “little details” done today. It may help me tolerate the “have’s” and “should’s” a little more. And as for those “want’s”, well, my Great Grandmother had a saying about that… “Want in one hand and shit in the other and see which one fills up faster.”