Mountain Dewd

One year ago today a bald evil man, who always hated me, fired me from my job.
Two months later I was living in the foothills of the mountains of North Carolina working for the competition.
Ha Ha Ha. Oh how fortunes have changed. While the company I work is rising to the top my ex employer is making the long slow journey to the bottom.

It has been a good year if I analyze things from where I sit today. Much happier in my new job. Work for and with people who appreciate what I bring to the table. I get to go the mountains on a regular basis, explore new areas of the United States and meet new people. I also have my photography being displayed in a gallery thanks to a dear friend from high school.

Of course I greatly miss the beach and most importantly my family and friends in Florida but in reality getting fired was a blessing. I absolutely hated my other job and was getting sick of the long hot summer and was looking for things to change.

So here I sit today in a new state, with a new job, art for sale, temp of 49 and my head in a better place.

Thank you John Noone for firing me. I won.

Robert Plant Jimmy Page No Quarter Live

This is a fanstatic dvd. Well worth buying.

Jack Booted Tea Party Thugs

This is what will happen if the asshole Tea Party gains any type of control.
Assholes in the first degree. Go the fuck away.


Bad storms in some areas around here last night. Nothing at my place, but tornados were in thr area.

Rain Rain

Have had a decent bit of rain between yesterday and last night. We need it as things have been fairly dry around here. Many leaves have been going from green to brown fairly quick, Hope this helps the color around here a little bit,

They are saying frost in some areas around here Saturday or Sunday morning. Time to prepare a couple plants for the indoor growing season.

Interesting how gas is going up right before the election. Guess the republicans needed to raise so money to pay for all the smear campaigns they are running.

Not much else going on. All basically quite.

Have a nice day.

The Beginning

Dropped off 40 matted 4 x6 prints, 5 4x 6 framed prints, 3 8 x10 pritns and one frame with 3 pictures at the Green Goat Gallery in Spencer on Saturday. Hopefully they will get put out this week, The gallery will inventory and price them this week. Would have had more but I ran out of mounting adhesive. So my project this week will be to finish them and bring them down this Saturday. At least that is the plan for now.

Ineresting how the leak from Wikileaks is not getting any real play in the media. Nice job of censorship being done by American media. There are many things in there that show why much of the world is losing respect for America and we as a nation do understand this, or maybe we just do not care.

Christmas is nine weeks away. Get shopping.

Blind Boy Chocolate and The Milk Shieks

These guys were one of the bands busking on the streets of Asheville during Belle Chere.
http://www.myspace.com/themilksheiks

Well I will be bringing pictures to the gallery tomorrow and my march to fame will now start.
After that Autumn and I are going to head down to
Charlotte to Ikea. I will get a bunch of picture frames as they usually have frames at a decent price.

I think we are going to a corn maze someplace in the area. Not sure where one is around here but I suspect there are a few in the area.

I know what an ant feels like when it is under a magnifying glass. When I come home the sun is low enough in the sky and hits a window of the building behind mine and the heat/reflection coming off it is so intense it is amazing. At its peak you can not stand in the spot where it is at its most intense.
Sorry Mr and Mrs Ant.

Full moon weekend. Are you going to howl.

Peace.  Practice good thoughts for the good of others.

Half Way

In a writing slump. My mind is like sludge and my posts have been weak lately. Must break this cycle.

Got my matting yesterday so the next few days will be spent mouting pictures do I can go to the gallery Saturday.

Follow up sinus doctor visit today. Expecting nothing to happen.

So much

So much to say and bitch about, but I'll complain about one thing.

Why is it that the media does not do its job when politicians put out ads that are complete and total fabrications about their opponents. If they lie in an ad to get elected they lie after they elected. Lying in an ad to get elected is a crime against democracy.

A while ago I bought a book called "Daily Om" by Madisyn Taylor. The book is an inspirational book with positive messages each day. It is a great book that I am trying to use to be a little less negative.

Here is a little piece from yesterday's  message.

"The universe wants to see you accomplish yours goals. No matter how long you have dallied or hesitated, it will always be there, ready to put its plan for you in motion at the first sign of your faith. Nurture your dreams but do not attempt to micromanage every detail along the way"

Good message to start your day.

Bring the Boys Home

I thought I would start the week off with this song I heard yesterday for the first time. It was written by General Johnson who passed away last week.

Good weekend, weather was perfect, leaves were good, more on that later.
I will say it seems that this coming weekend will most likley be it for much of the parkway leaf watching so get out now or you will have to wait until next year.

Roadtrip Saturday

If all goes as planned I hope to make tomorrow a nice long gas wasting roadtrip.
I think I am going to head towards Boone and do some shooting then hop on the parkway and head down towards the Linn Viaduct and capture the leaves in that area.

Depending on how it all goes I may head towards Mount Mitchell after that and see how it all goes.
Looks to be a long day of shooting, However it should be well worth it. The weather looks perfect and all signs are pointing to the Boone Asheville area being at peak colors.

Have a fantastic Friday.