Micro.blog photo challenge Day 10: rail #mbjune

This mailbox could probably use a rail of some sort.

A mailbox just barely hanging onto it’s post.

Micro.blog photo challenge Day 9: wood #mbjune

The wood behind our former home at sunrise.

A snowy forest landscape with bare trees under a dusk sky.

I can offer no insight into the minds of others. I can only tell you of my own, and even then I cannot be sure.

Micro.blog photo challenge Day 8: travel #mbjune

Attending a falconry school is one thing we got to do when traveling in Ireland.

A Harris hawk landing on a woman’s outstretched arm.

Micro.blog photo challenge Day 7: Switch

In a lock on the Rhine-Main-Danube canal switching from lower to a higher level as we head east through Germany to Austria.

In a lock on the Rhine-Main-Danube canal switching from lower to a higher level as we head east through Germany to Austria.

Micro.blog photo challenge Day 6: Contrast

Double contrast: A license plate white lettering with a black background with the words “Up N Dn”.

Double contrast: A license plate white lettering with a black background with the words “Up N Dn”.

Micro.blog photo challenge Day 5: Reflection

A reflection of the Gold Medal grain elevator in the windows of the Guthrie Theater, downtown Minneapolis.

A reflection of the Gold Medal grain elevator in the windows of the Guthrie Theater, downtown Minneapolis.

Micro.blog photo challenge Day 4: Nostaglia

My brother Tim with his cash register, taken by my father about 65 years ago.

My brother Tim with his cash register, taken by my father about 65 years ago.

I think it’s terribly dangerous for an artist to fulfill other people’s expectations — they generally produce their worst work when they do that.

— David Bowie

Software development can be an artistic endeavor. But there are few software projects that are free of users, patrons, clients, or customers.

Thus, with apologies to Mr. Bowie, there are two traps that software developers can fall into: building exclusively for their customers, and building exclusively for themselves.

Micro.blog photo challenge Day 3: Shadow

Shadows in the hallway leading to the Rochester MN Public Library.

Shadows in the hallway leading to the Rochester MN Public Library.

Micro.blog photo challenge Day 2: Curve

A reading area in the Rochester MN Public Library along its curved wall.

A reading area in ht eRochester MN Public Library along its curved wall.

Taken northeast of Grand Marais MN on Lake Superior. – #mbjune Day 1: Tree

The sky to the west after the blizzard. Not much snow but high winds and no visibility. Many crashes on I90 to our east. Last snowstorm of the season?

Blizzard in progress. Worse to come.

After the blizzard

A heron on the wing at sunset. Seen at Wall Springs Park in Palm Harbor Florida. There was quite a bit of smoke in the air which I think was from wildfires between here and Orlando.

A heron is silhouetted against a vibrant sunset sky.

A recent visit to a fish shop in Dunedin Florida found this frequent visitor hoping for a handout.

A white egret waits at the door of the fish shop cold room.

We had some icy days a couple weeks back. Yew(?) branches are covered with a light dusting of frost.

Bare branches and dried plants stand against a foggy, muted backdrop.

We had some freezing fog the other day.

Hungry Chickadee

Hungry Chickadee