SOOC - Instrumental Salvation

The Salvation Army Band, from Hartford, CT, plays on...

SOOC - Straight out of the Camera Sunday brings me back a mere two days after a Salvation Army dinner Patti and I attended. And we were treated to live music, a Salvation Army Band played before and during dinner, and it was a treat. In this photo, insufficient light makes an interesting effect: the conductor's baton almost looks to be in motion as he leads the eight-piece brass ensemble.

The term Salvation Army band has always intrigued me, as I first heard this when I was wayyyy younger (maybe you can guess my age :) I listened to AM radio in the mid-late 1960s and the Simon and Garfunkel song Hazy Shade of Winter where I heard the lyric (between 0:57 - 1:01 on the video). And there is another appropriate phrase about "Carrying your cup in your hand"...Now I understand better what I heard in 1966...

Shadow Shot Sunday - Shadowy Salvation

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 this week arrives two days after Patti and I attended a fundraising dinner for the Salvation Army in Meriden CT - a great organization that helps to effectively meet many needs on a local level. For SSS2, we offer subtle shadows from inside the dining room - the tablescape seems not so shadowy - but I see a slight hint emanating from the wrinkles of the tablecloth. Really :)

The vertical view shows more - the lighting plays shadowy tricks with the logo, the centerpiece kettle and the mugs. A nice event with nice people and nice shadows...

Whimsical Windows - Sunshine State Sunburst

On the way to West Palm Beach on a Delta Tri-Star, Dec. 23, 1980

Toby hosts the fun meme Whimsical Windows/Delirious Doors where we look for portals of interest. Last week I unearthed and scanned 41 prints from a trip to Florida to visit friends in December 1980.

This window view was taken on a Delta Airlines flight somewhere over the Atlantic coast of the Sunshine State. Time has not been kind to this print, so I edited in into black and white - however, the sunburst that peers around the edge of the window is equally bold in monochrome or in color...

SOOC - Sunrise over Carolina

SOOC - Straight out of the Camera prompts me to return to the distant past and a recently scanned photo. The day is 2 January 1981, the time is around sunrise, and I am sitting on the starboard side of flight 674, upon a Delta Airlines 727. It had been a long New Year's Day 1981 and this was the third of four flight legs between West Palm Beach and Hartford beginning at 3:00 AM. Tired as I was, I had to capture this…note the arc of the earth's curvature as the orange sunrise begins its pleasant intrusion into the day. The quality of the print is okay given its age - however the bold colors indicate the start of a fine day...

Shadow Shot Sunday - Surf + Sun + Sand = Shadow

I take a glimpse of the waves on the Atlantic in my walking days...01/01/1981

The Intercoastal Waterway

The subtle reflection in the tidal sands

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 returns on a sunny Spring Saturday today up north, warmth arriving after the conclusion of a snowy and cold winter. However, one can avoid the cold of winter by traveling to the Sunshine State of Florida where a cold day is not all that cold to the snowbirds who visit, as I did in 1980. Recently, I located quite a few film prints, and re-scanned them last week. Granted the primitive Canon 50mm I used back, and given the age and lack of proper storage of said prints, the quality of the scans is so-so. But good enough to rekindle fun memories of a fun trip...