OPaD: More Winter
I find that I really like photos that aren’t distinctly of anything. Photos that are micro-focused or photos that don’t articulate the story in a straightforward fashion. I am fascinated by how things appear versus how they really are–I’ve often thought that, should I undertake a photo collection, I would base the theme on the view through windows. A window is a limiter for the world beyond and it frames the other side in a way that I might not have chosen or noticed.
This photo, as chance would have it, was taken through the windshield of my car.
OPaD: Where’s OPaD been? Trying to survive.
I pass this thermometer every day-to work and home. It’s an obsession. I start squinting blocks away to try to determine how miserable I should be feeling. Some days, it’s surprising. Warmer than I expect, mostly. Then I just fall back on the wind chill. Must be the wind chill that makes me think I might not make it to my destination. Not, obviously, that I am a wus.
I’ll say after a week of temperatures hovering around zero, I’d had enough. I love winter in Minnesota, but feeling cold all day (thank you huge desk windows and draft 100 year old apartment) really started to grate on my personality.
OPaD: It’s an ice bar, of course
Why not sculpt a 20 foot long bar out of ice and then use it to convince people they want to stand outside to drink in the winter…sounds like an attraction to me!
OPaD: Living out childhood dreams
“I’ve always wanted a puppy”
“I wish I had a little red wagon”
