Two More Eggs

These two eggs, from last night's meal, are about to be scrambled for inclusion into a fish, rice, carrots, green onions and peas dish. Nummy!

I enjoy the aesthetics of food preparation as much as the taste, it seems. These eggs were delicious too scattered amongst the whites and oranges and greens. Click on the image and tell me if you can see a nebula or an eggula, or something like that. Maybe a lunar egg?

Yesterday's Favorite Kodak Moments

Yes, we love every sweet red pepper that crosses our chopping block. Even this one with the green hump backed stem. Tasty morsels after roasting. Leave a comment (below) and I will divulge my roasting recipe.

My second favorite shot from yesterday, made with my trusty inexpensive Kodak digital camera, is a record of the sunset at Kim Ross' 50th birthday party on Longboat Key.

The Z Girls of Kansas

On Monday and Tuesday of this week I was blessed by a visit from my grand nieces, Jaycee, Jaira, and Jenna: The Z Girls of Kansas. It was an aqueous vacation that brought them to me in Florida; they visited Sea World, my swimming pool, and took a dip in the Gulf of Mexico. These few pix are mostly pool shots I particularly like.

Noodle less and noodler. Left to Right: Jaycee, Jenna, Jaira Zeck

Doing the Deep End Leap are (L to R) Jaira, Jaycee, and Jenna Zeck

Jenna and Jaira making Uncle Gerry smile until the top of his ears hurt.

Jaycee and Jenna Zeck

Your lips, your lips, your lips are juicy!

My sweet niece Jen Callahan Zeck agreed to contrast her beautiful, smooth face with my grizzle for the benefit of photographic posterity. Yes, like Katherine Hepburn, I too am vain enough to cover my neck with a camera strap when the camera gets this close.

Thanks Jen and Brian and Jaycee and Jaira and Jenna for making my Day for months to come.

Old Florida Time

Lenny & Maude visited Florida in 1995. It was summer and motel prices were at their lowest of the year. Lenny drove to Sarasota and, to save a buck, found a cheap hotel somewhere on the North Trail.

And that was the problem; Neither Lenny or Maude could remember where they left their suitcases.

From Work on the Beach Portfolio, 1995.

The Egg and I

Here I am Sunday evening and surviving so far as bachelor for a weekend. Got to stay up late, 5:30 AM one night but I can't remember the other. I'm woozy. My temporal compass left Florida to carouse with her old sorority buddies up in cool Michigan.

Got a lot accomplished alone and bleary-eyed, editing the new web site [about a week away]. Finished reading Thomas Moore's excellent archetypal psychology book, Care of the Soul, rewriting several web pages, and making two photo art clocks.

So, at one point I find myself standing at the sink Peeling a hard boiled egg, something I seldom make for myself or others, when I realize the coincidence of the moment. I had just completed editing the pages for The EGGS Portfolio when I find one in my hands, staring at me. (Talk about an intelligent universe!) Who put it there, I ask myself? Did I do it or was it Coincidence? It might have been the trickster, Mercury. Such fun. Better get a snapshot.

By the way, did I tell you that the voting for my new logo (see July 13 post) was heavily in favor of the background image entitled Peelings.

Cheers to you brave readers. Eat a hard boiled egg and have a magical day.

New Logo Day

OK, so there comes a time in every man's life when he needs to renew his logo. Today is my day and I'm asking for your help.

Almost 25 years ago I started using a striped black Z for my photography business logo. Since then the clouds have passed, the man did his work, and something new has flowed into my signature. These signatures, all clear variations of the original Z, have been laid atop a few of my photoshop collages.

Just in time for my new web site that should come online later this month.

Below are three variations of the new logo as well as an appeal for your help. Please vote and/or comment at the bottom of this posting for your favorite choice.

Eyeeyeeye Logo

Peelings Logo

Last Rites Logo

Thanks for your vote ~ Gerry

The Ignorance That Moves Me

Ignorance about the future is seductive; it always pulls us into itself. As much as I know, I know nothing about the outcome of this moment. I did not always carry this frame of mind, nor did I always care.

As a young man I knew what moved me. Sarasota was warmer than Boston. That moved my intended migration route from Minneapolis to Boston to Sarasota. I didn't have much care about the future other than a vague sense of continuing my life in the warmth of the sun, next to the blue-green waters of the Gulf of Mexico. I just jumped into my future with blissful ignorance.

I can reflect upon that decision to migrate with greater accuracy today because I brought a few cameras along with me to Sarasota. This view of my sweetheart reminds me of who we were and w hat attracted us at the time we came here. But the picture tells me nothing about what will follow this moment.

To clarify, I have plunged into posting this picture with complete ignorance of what the future will bring. Now I begin to wonder.

At least you don't have to wonder what my monitor screen looks like today; This is it.