The folks at Three Rivers Market graciously allowed me to let me hang some prints in their gallery. The pictures are from east Tennessee, Kentucky, and southwest Virginia and will be up until the first of August. Go to support the co-op market, breeze by for the photos!
Concert on the Commons
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Last weekend the wife and I watched the über-talented Liz and Tim perform on the Commons in Norris, TN. They were great, as was the venue. It had the feeling of a grand picnic, including a soundtrack. People in lawn chairs, dogs and children running wild, and snacks.
You can see a new act each Friday evening in the summer. Check the Norris on the Commons website for the next show. If you're anywhere near Norris it's worth the trip. Even if you're not, throw ice in your cooler and your cooler in the car and make the trip. It's lovely.
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Confetti
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Dale and I had an impromptu photo shoot last night in the office. A a prop, we used cut-up paper scraps she had from her craft closet.
Confetti was thrown, pictures were taken, confetti was vacuumed.
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Dale Hollow
In some ways, fishing is like photography. Most fishermen and photographers are gear nuts. It's as exciting to add a new crank bait to my collection as it is a new flash modifier. Also, both fishing and photography require a level of patience not normally seen in everyday life. Unless you're shooting a portrait (or a grip-and-grin), you don't know when the next picture will present itself. Same with that skittish bass.
The hardest thing for me to deal with about both is that no matter how much you prepare, whether it's charging batteries and going over shot lists or oiling your reels and checking the boat's electronics, there's absolutely no guarantee for success when you leave the house in the morning. Sometimes it rains, sometimes you drop and shatter a lens, sometimes the fish are fasting, and sometimes you realize you've left the keys to the boat at home after you're in the water. The possibility of all this stuff keeps you on your toes. Even when you're not catching good pictures.
The stakes are lower in fishing, though. Much lower. Any day on the water, and away from a computer monitor, is a win. My father and I recently spent the day on Dale Hollow Lake, looking for net-bending bass. Instead, we caught mostly tiny sunfish. Still a win.
Memphis Wedding
Dale and I were in Memphis last weekend for the wedding of our good friend Mark Weber. We saw their lovely ceremony, hung out on a rooftop, danced like crazy at Ernestine and Hazel's, laughed with old college buddies, and ate the best french toast of my life at the Arcade (twice).
