Day 26 - The Storm Arrives

Today we had a thunderstorm, with rain lashing at the windows and thunder that threatened to tear down the house. If you're inside, storms are fun in Thailand. However, I like to flirt with danger (not true, I wish it was though), so I went outside to get some shots before the storm completely arrived. The above is a view of our street, the two below I took over our back fence. Neither one is great in terms of composition, I made the best of the bad shots available to me.

Tell me, which do you like better? I personally prefer the second one, even though the first is less cluttered looking.



That's it for today!

Day 25 - Dragons

This super cool building is actually a monastery near our house. We've never been, but I got a good view of it last night, so I decided to take a picture. Someday, I'll be in the right spot to get a picture where the dragon is looking at me.

The end is near! Just kidding. Did always feel like the End button was a little ominous, though.

Some orchids in our neighbor's garden, taken at dusk.

A bangkaew puppy that belongs to one of our fellow teachers. He's just been rolling around in weeds, and has burrs all over his coat.

And finally, a picture of Mouse next to my foot, for size comparison. She is still pretty small.

Day 24 - The Creepy Crawly in Our Bathroom

We went to take a shower tonight and got a rude surprise: this fellow (or lady) in our bathroom. He must have crawled out of the drain.

Unfortunately for our karma, Evan poured some shampoo on him (to immobilize him, because he was moving pretty fast), and washed him down the drain.

We will keep the mesh cover on the drain in the future, that's for sure!

Day 23 - The Green Duo

Today after school it threatened to storm, so we hightailed it out of school, hoping to get home on the motorbike before the flood began. The sky turned an amazing dark gray color, and I begged Evan to stop for a photo, even though neither one of us wanted to get caught in a downpour. He humored me, and I took a few photos from the bridge, but none were any good. Sometimes that's just the way it goes . . .

So, when we got home, the light was still great pre-storm light, and I went out into the garden (sound familiar?) and caught the above shot. Frankly, the light makes it.

I'm also posting a photo that breaks two of my rules: it was not taken by me, and it was not taken today. But it's pretty cute, and rules are made to be broken, right?

Evan took this last night, when he managed to catch Mouse with her tongue out.
See you tomorrow!

Day 22 - Our Window

As many photographers have observed, every photograph at its most basic level is really just a picture of the light. In that spirit, I was drawn by the warm evening light coming through the window and contrasting with the blue curtains, so I decided to take a picture.

Day 21 - In Bloom

I thought today was going to be an unlucky photography day. To start with, at lunch Evan and I popped the back tire on our bike again, so after school he rode it gently to a repair shop while I walked there. On my way I saw a couple good shots, thought I would take them to get a jump start on the photo blog process, but my luck was not with me. The camera was, but sans memory card. The memory card was with Evan.

However, once we got home we took a short walk, and I had plenty of photo opportunities then. This tree is right around the corner from us, and definitely in full bloom.

Here are some of the petals on the ground.

Some barbed wire in a neighbor's yard. I'm a little bummed that the export feature I've been using in Lightroom is doing this to the portrait (vertical) pictures. I'd prefer a small black border and the same orientation, versus this black sidebar thing. If anyone knows Lightroom well enough to give advice, I'd be grateful.

And last but not least, the neighborhood dogs begging some meat on a stick from Evan. He gave them some, and now we have friends for life.