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Sunrise

I kicked off my Labor Day early this morning by driving out to the ocean and taking some sunrise pics. I went to Salisbury Beach on the Massachusetts side of the MA/NH state line and caught the actual sunrise. After that I drove over to Plum Island. I usually turn left when I cross the bridge onto the island and go to the lighthouse. This time I turned right and went to the Parker River Wildlife Refuge. There is a beach on the ocean there and hiking trails through the salt marshes just inland from the Atlantic. 

There were a lot of people at Salisbury watching the sun. More than I’ve ever come across on one of these little trips. It was probably because the sun came up at 6:14am or so. The last time I did a sun rise visit I think the sun came up just after 5:00. Big difference. The only people on the Plum Island beach were a middle aged couple who were clearly on a date. I tried very hard not to draw attention to myself and thus distract them from what I’m sure was a lovely morning. The trails I walked on had a bunch of people too but they were all using binoculars while I was using cameras. They were bird watching. 

I took some digital pics with my Z5, I took some 35mm with my N90, and I took some 120 with my Lubitell. I shipped the film out for developing today along with three rolls I shot in August. Will I get the scans back before we leave for California next weekend? Not likely, but I’ll chose optimism and say I hope so.

For now… digital pics.

We start with Salisbury Beach and the start of Labor Day 2026.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513745844/in/album-72177720335487830

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513746359/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513746319/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513695688/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513695818/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513970595/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513750139/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55512581687/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513750689/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513698103/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513751504/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513751664/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513591031/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513975560/in/album-72177720335487830/

And there we have it. My morning pics. The highlights of the digital pics at least. The full album is here on Flickr. When I get the scans back I’ll add them to the album. Hopefully I’ll have them by the end of the week so I don’t have to rely on a hotel’s wifi to upload them. Fingers crossed.

Sunrise

I kicked off my Labor Day early this morning by driving out to the ocean and taking some sunrise pics. I went to Salisbury Beach on the Massachusetts side of the MA/NH state line and caught the actual sunrise. After that I drove over to Plum Island. I usually turn left when I cross the bridge onto the island and go to the lighthouse. This time I turned right and went to the Parker River Wildlife Refuge. There is a beach on the ocean there and hiking trails through the salt marshes just inland from the Atlantic. 

There were a lot of people at Salisbury watching the sun. More than I’ve ever come across on one of these little trips. It was probably because the sun came up at 6:14am or so. The last time I did a sun rise visit I think the sun came up just after 5:00. Big difference. The only people on the Plum Island beach were a middle aged couple who were clearly on a date. I tried very hard not to draw attention to myself and thus distract them from what I’m sure was a lovely morning. The trails I walked on had a bunch of people too but they were all using binoculars while I was using cameras. They were bird watching. 

I took some digital pics with my Z5, I took some 35mm with my N90, and I took some 120 with my Lubitell. I shipped the film out for developing today along with three rolls I shot in August. Will I get the scans back before we leave for California next weekend? Not likely, but I’ll chose optimism and say I hope so.

For now… digital pics.

We start with Salisbury Beach and the start of Labor Day 2026.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513745844/in/album-72177720335487830

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513746359/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513746319/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513695688/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513695818/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513970595/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513750139/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55512581687/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513750689/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513698103/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513751504/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513751664/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513591031/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513975560/in/album-72177720335487830/

And there we have it. My morning pics. The highlights of the digital pics at least. The full album is here on Flickr. When I get the scans back I’ll add them to the album. Hopefully I’ll have them by the end of the week so I don’t have to rely on a hotel’s wifi to upload them. Fingers crossed.

Sunrise

I kicked off my Labor Day early this morning by driving out to the ocean and taking some sunrise pics. I went to Salisbury Beach on the Massachusetts side of the MA/NH state line and caught the actual sunrise. After that I drove over to Plum Island. I usually turn left when I cross the bridge onto the island and go to the lighthouse. This time I turned right and went to the Parker River Wildlife Refuge. There is a beach on the ocean there and hiking trails through the salt marshes just inland from the Atlantic. 

There were a lot of people at Salisbury watching the sun. More than I’ve ever come across on one of these little trips. It was probably because the sun came up at 6:14am or so. The last time I did a sun rise visit I think the sun came up just after 5:00. Big difference. The only people on the Plum Island beach were a middle aged couple who were clearly on a date. I tried very hard not to draw attention to myself and thus distract them from what I’m sure was a lovely morning. The trails I walked on had a bunch of people too but they were all using binoculars while I was using cameras. They were bird watching. 

I took some digital pics with my Z5, I took some 35mm with my N90, and I took some 120 with my Lubitell. I shipped the film out for developing today along with three rolls I shot in August. Will I get the scans back before we leave for California next weekend? Not likely, but I’ll chose optimism and say I hope so.

For now… digital pics.

We start with Salisbury Beach and the start of Labor Day 2026.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513745844/in/album-72177720335487830

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513746359/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513746319/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513695688/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513695818/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513970595/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513750139/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55512581687/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513750689/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513698103/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513751504/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513751664/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513591031/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513975560/in/album-72177720335487830/

And there we have it. My morning pics. The highlights of the digital pics at least. The full album is here on Flickr. When I get the scans back I’ll add them to the album. Hopefully I’ll have them by the end of the week so I don’t have to rely on a hotel’s wifi to upload them. Fingers crossed.

Sunrise

I kicked off my Labor Day early this morning by driving out to the ocean and taking some sunrise pics. I went to Salisbury Beach on the Massachusetts side of the MA/NH state line and caught the actual sunrise. After that I drove over to Plum Island. I usually turn left when I cross the bridge onto the island and go to the lighthouse. This time I turned right and went to the Parker River Wildlife Refuge. There is a beach on the ocean there and hiking trails through the salt marshes just inland from the Atlantic. 

There were a lot of people at Salisbury watching the sun. More than I’ve ever come across on one of these little trips. It was probably because the sun came up at 6:14am or so. The last time I did a sun rise visit I think the sun came up just after 5:00. Big difference. The only people on the Plum Island beach were a middle aged couple who were clearly on a date. I tried very hard not to draw attention to myself and thus distract them from what I’m sure was a lovely morning. The trails I walked on had a bunch of people too but they were all using binoculars while I was using cameras. They were bird watching. 

I took some digital pics with my Z5, I took some 35mm with my N90, and I took some 120 with my Lubitell. I shipped the film out for developing today along with three rolls I shot in August. Will I get the scans back before we leave for California next weekend? Not likely, but I’ll chose optimism and say I hope so.

For now… digital pics.

We start with Salisbury Beach and the start of Labor Day 2026.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513745844/in/album-72177720335487830

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513746359/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513746319/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513695688/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513695818/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513970595/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513750139/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55512581687/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513750689/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513698103/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513751504/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513751664/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513591031/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513975560/in/album-72177720335487830/

And there we have it. My morning pics. The highlights of the digital pics at least. The full album is here on Flickr. When I get the scans back I’ll add them to the album. Hopefully I’ll have them by the end of the week so I don’t have to rely on a hotel’s wifi to upload them. Fingers crossed.

Sunrise

I kicked off my Labor Day early this morning by driving out to the ocean and taking some sunrise pics. I went to Salisbury Beach on the Massachusetts side of the MA/NH state line and caught the actual sunrise. After that I drove over to Plum Island. I usually turn left when I cross the bridge onto the island and go to the lighthouse. This time I turned right and went to the Parker River Wildlife Refuge. There is a beach on the ocean there and hiking trails through the salt marshes just inland from the Atlantic. 

There were a lot of people at Salisbury watching the sun. More than I’ve ever come across on one of these little trips. It was probably because the sun came up at 6:14am or so. The last time I did a sun rise visit I think the sun came up just after 5:00. Big difference. The only people on the Plum Island beach were a middle aged couple who were clearly on a date. I tried very hard not to draw attention to myself and thus distract them from what I’m sure was a lovely morning. The trails I walked on had a bunch of people too but they were all using binoculars while I was using cameras. They were bird watching. 

I took some digital pics with my Z5, I took some 35mm with my N90, and I took some 120 with my Lubitell. I shipped the film out for developing today along with three rolls I shot in August. Will I get the scans back before we leave for California next weekend? Not likely, but I’ll chose optimism and say I hope so.

For now… digital pics.

We start with Salisbury Beach and the start of Labor Day 2026.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513745844/in/album-72177720335487830

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513746359/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513746319/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513695688/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513695818/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513970595/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513750139/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55512581687/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513750689/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513698103/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513751504/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513751664/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513591031/in/album-72177720335487830/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55513975560/in/album-72177720335487830/

And there we have it. My morning pics. The highlights of the digital pics at least. The full album is here on Flickr. When I get the scans back I’ll add them to the album. Hopefully I’ll have them by the end of the week so I don’t have to rely on a hotel’s wifi to upload them. Fingers crossed.

Finally

Finally… I played guitar today. Just for a little while (and pretty poorly), but I played. I used the new pedal board with the amp sim pedal (TC Combo Deluxe ’65) and for the first time… ever(?) I used a compressor pedal (MXR Dyna Comp mini).

I feel pretty good about the state of the world right now.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54262699656/in/dateposted/

#es335 #es335Pro #Gibson #gibsonEs335Pro #gibsonday #gibsunday #Guitar #Music #Nikon #nikonZ5 #photography #QuarantineTunes #QuarantineTunesVolume8 #Recording #SongWriting #theGreat2015ReRecordingProject #z5

Did I mention that I bought a new lens?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/53981383631/in/datetaken/

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/09/08/did-i-mention-2/

#meike28mmF18 #newLens #newLensDay #Nikon #nikonZ5 #photography #z5

I managed to sneak in some guitar playing today in between my doctors appointment and punching in to work. The recording project I am trying to work through right now had three songs that needed lead guitar tracks. I finished off all three of them. My playing was poor at best, but who cares. Bad playing is better than no playing, right?

Here’s where things get super nerdy. I had three songs that needed work… and I used a different guitar on each song. My only regret is that I didn’t have a forth song to work on so I didn’t get to use all four of my guitars. Oh well. In further nerd news, I took a picture of each guitar with my Nikon Z5 and… well… nerd… I took a selfie with my iPhone of me playing each guitar too. Thanks, camera app on my Apple Watch that has a timer built into it.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/05/16/sneaky-guitar/

#es335 #es335Pro #Gibson #GibsonGuitar #Guitar #iphoneography #LesPaul #lesPaulCustom #lesPaulStandard #Music #Nikon #nikonZ5 #photography #Recording #Songwriting #z5

We are in our second week or having to come into the office twice per week instead of once. It’s Monday so here I am. At my desk. In the office. Monday feels like a really crappy day to come in, but I need to pick a day to go along with our usual Wednesdays and I don’t want to come in two days in a row and Monday just feels better than Friday so I’m here on Monday. I did Friday last week and the morning commute was all right both days. Friday had the benefit of having far, far fewer people around. Monday has the benefit of getting the second day out of the way really fast. I think we’ll stick with Mondays for now.

My step daughter is flying home tomorrow afternoon. I took the afternoon off so I can get her at the airport. I am thankful to have as much personal time available to me so that I can do stuff like this. It’s a good thing and it makes me happy.

I took a pic this morning. Nothing special but it’s a photo a day challenge kinda thing.

I need a haircut. Did I mention that? Do you care? No? That’s okay. I need a haircut anyway. Just sharing, or maybe just over sharing.

What else… I don’t know. I have a meeting in half an hour. That’s fun, right?

I watched the third episode of The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (aka the Rick and Michonne show). It’s the weakest of the three so far (there are three more coming this season), but it was still pretty good. I am pleased with the season to this point but I am hoping the quality goes back up starting next week. No spoilers. If you like The Walking Dead, you should be watching. That is all.

Jen and I have been watching Star Trek: Lower Decks. I started watching Penny Dreadful the other day. I’m still plowing through The X-Files. I watched the first movie after finishing season five. Tomorrow morning I’ll start season six. I’m getting near to the point where Mulder leaves and that’s going to make it hard to power through. I’ll stick with it though. I promise.

Okay, back to work with you, Robert.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/03/11/office-day-3/

#365 #365Challenge #Airport #commute #es335 #es335Pro #Family #gibsonEs335Pro #GibsonGuitar #hybridWorkSchedul #inTheOffice #lowerDecks #Nikon #nikonZ5 #pennyDreadful #personalTime #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photography #returnToTheOffice #StarTrek #starTrekLowerDecks #Television #theOnesWhoLive #TheWalkingDead #theWalkingDeadTheOnesWhoLive #theXFiles #theXFiles #timeOffWork #vacationTime #work #z5

Happy Friday, everyone. Hopefully Friday has meaning for most if not all of us. It has extra meaning for me this week. Starting this month my company has changed it’s hybrid work requirements. Where it used to be that we had to be in the office for 20% of each pay period (basically one day each week), as of March 1st we have to be in the office for 40% of each pay period (basically twice per week). Today is my first, second day of a week. None of us our happy with this, but it’s a whole ton better than being back 80%, which is what we had prior to the pandemic shut down. Oh well. I’ll deal with it. I am still coming in every Wednesday. My group has Wednesdays as a mandate and the second day each week is at everyone’s personal discretion. I am sort of planning on making Mondays my regular second day, just to get it over with, but that didn’t work this week due to the contractors working in the kitchen. Friday was the only day that worked for me. Fortunately there was zero traffic today. I made the 40 mile drive to the office in 45 minutes. If only it were like that every morning.

In other news, the kids are on the ground. Bellana’s flight landed in Georgia (the US state, not the European country) before I went to sleep last night. Harry’s first flight landed in London well after I nodded off for the night, and his connecting flight landed in Scotland before I woke up this morning. All is well on both of those fronts. Here’s hoping they both have a great time on their trips.

I am taking advantage of the fact that I am 40 miles from home right now to make my way to IKEA after work. IKEA is about 60 miles from home, but only 20 miles from work. I will head down there as soon as I am free and go to the returns department and bring back a great big pile of stuff that IKEA included in our kitchen redesign blue print that we didn’t end up needing. There is a lot of stuff to return. A lot of stuff. If I get it all done tonight then we don’t have to worry about it, and with the money we get back maybe I’ll be able to afford a hair cut this weekend because damn, do I need a hair cut!

Anyway, here’s today’s photo-a-day picture. I took it before I did my workout this morning at about 5:40am. It’s only 9:14am now but it’s already felt like a long day.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/03/08/happy-friday-4/

#collegeKids #commute #commuter #es335 #Family #Gibson #gibsonEs335 #GibsonES335Pro #Guitar #homeImprovement #hybridWork #hybridWorkSchedule #IKEA #Kids #kitchenRedesign #kitchenRemodel #kitchenRemodeling #morning #Nikon #nikonZ5 #photography #returnToTheOffice #springBreak #StepKids #Travel #trips #work #z5

I can’t wait to play this guitar with the band again. It’s been ages and ages.

Welcome home, my 1979 Gibson ES-335 Pro!

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/02/21/all-fixed-up/

#es335 #es335Pro #Gibson #gibsonEs335Pro #Guitar #Nikon #nikonZ5 #photography #z5

I will be taking my 335 to the shop in just a few minutes, so I snapped a few pics for luck.

And for added luck, here’s a cat.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/02/10/heading-to-the-shop/

#365 #365Challenge #Cat #es335 #gibsonEs335 #gibsonEs335Pro #GibsonGuitars #Guitar #Kitty #Nikon #nikonZ5 #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photography #robin #z5