On Monday night my neighbor and I headed down the the river to see what we could see. It had been a brilliant blue day but as evening arrived a thick bank of clouds rolled in, accompanied with strong winds. The river was choppy and almost devoid of traffic, but the sky was filled. Around…
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Shipping Lane
Note My apologies to any of my regular readers1 who were expecting to catch up with Welcome to The Valleys today. It was a three-day weekend in the US and I simply didn’t have the mental energy to sit down and write2. Don’t worry, Jeremy and company will be back tomorrow 3. Living along the…
Getting the scoop
The daughter of our Brazilian pastor got a camera for her birthday and wanted some tips on how to use it. So the “shutter hubbies” took her down to Palmyra Nature Cove for a brief photo walk and tutorial. Pastor Ronnie came along as well, and we had a great time. Today we remained on…
Sparkling Water
A busy day today, and busy night last night. As I did some of my “pastoral rounds,” however, I decided to bring my camera along. It’s a bit hazy today, but Lightroom’s dehaze feature did a very nice job clearing things up. I brought down the luminance of the water a bit, and brought up the…
Creative utilities
Yesterday I picked up a package of Mac productivity apps. For me, the big sell was a Word Processor called Mellel. Ever since I began writing in Markdown and using Scrivener I don’t use traditional word processors all that much any more, so it’s an unusual purchase for me. Melee is supposed to be good…
Water colored
Yesterday the Philly area returned to the gloomy skies we had been under the week before. Around 5 o’clock, however, something wonderful happened. The clouds thinned and finally broke, revealing lovely blues and pinks as the Sun began its descent to the horizon. After a day of rain the humidity was up rather high, but…
