Bob Peebles

I completely understand your point of view as a parent. It’s just too bad irony and satire seem to be dying. Would that we, the people, could figure out ways to preserve creativity and thinking outside the box in a world that can use anything against us, from our own words and deeds taken out of context to utter fabrications posing as realities.

 

An advantage of my being older is no longer caring about ‘reputation’ and others’ wanton and sometimes willful misperceptions about me. An advantage of youth is that sense of rebelliousness coupled with the wisdom and creativity your daughter showed. In high school, she still needs and deserves your protection. Soon, she will be beyond its reach to a greater extent and will balance her own temperament against the guidance she got from her parents. One can only hope for the kids of today the ability to protect themselves in this crazy world of Internet history balanced with the ability to speak and express in ways such as she may be showing a proclivity for.

 

It would be a shame to let the Internet destroy us either by taking us out of context or by suppressing us by its ability to do so. The solution eludes me.

 

 

"The solution eludes me."

Perhaps shutting down social media so the screwballs won't have a forum?

Through Lighthouse Window

I had a very difficult time uploading the above image. It appears I do not know the proper upload procedure. This is probably simple and I would appreciate someone informing me of the proper upload procedure. Thanks in advance.

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Trying Once More.

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<p>My wife started planting lots of marigolds around her tomatoes and she has had no more problems with the hornworms. In addition, the flowers add color to the garden.</p>

<p>If the camera is underexposing I did not find it objectionable, as it appears you were shooting in very contrasty light. Thanks once again for a delightful essay.<br>

Bob</p>

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Thank you for this delightful New Years day essay. I thoroughly enjoyed your photography and your commentary gave your photos life they would not otherwise have had. </p>

<p>Thursdays Lunch.<br>

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Manual Exposure in slight overcast. ISO 100, 1/125 sec. at f11</p><div></div>

<p>I have two identical external 500GB hard drives on a 2.0 USB. I always use Windows explorer and a card reader to copy my images to the first hard drive. I then use the Microsoft Synctoy to sync the second hard drive to the first one. It is manual and slow, but thorough. and works for people like me that have enough free time. </p>

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