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Sunrise Fail

The forecast called for clear skies at Salisbury Beach at sunrise today. The forecast was wrong. I was there and I took a bunch of pictures, but the clouds covered the horizon and there was no photo of the sun coming out of the water. It was a wasted effort on that front, but I went to Plumb Island after and got a nice pic of the lighthouse.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54543753511/in/album-72177720326390739

When the sun eventually did break through, it made the Merrimack River look nice.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54543940424/in/album-72177720326390739

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #lighthouse #Massachusetts #merrimackRiver #Nikon #nikonZ5 #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photography #plumbIsland #river #z5

Weather is a Jerk

It is April so if there is one thing we can count on it is rain in New England. Today is at least the forth consecutive day with rain in my town. Forth or fifth? Something like that. It’s raining again.

Or is it? Is it more than that?

Yeah… I was driving in to the office and sure enough there was snow falling. Not a lot. Just the occasional snow flake mixed in with the drizzle. Today is April 7th and there is snow falling. Well honk my hooter, April snow. Ugh.

I tried to take a picture of Robin the Cat before I left the house. I needed to do the photo a day thing. I pointed my phone at her as she was exploring the laundry basket that I failed to put away yesterday. Just as I was about to click the shutter button she saw me and ran away and this is the photo I got…

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54436622095/in/datetaken/

Happy Monday, folks. It’s going to be a tough one, I think. All the signs are pointing that way.

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #Cat #iphoneography #Kitty #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #robin #Snow #snowFlurry #springSnow #Weather

Another Screwy Day

Today is Thursday and much like yesterday and the day before it is turning out to be a screwy day. Fun.

I overslept this morning. I had a bunch of things I wanted to do before the work day started and then I overslept and screwed up all of my plans. I did get the big things in, my day’s worth of goofy exercise, breakfast, routine stuff like that, and I managed to sneak in a little bit of guitar playing. I put rhythm guitars onto one RPM Challenge song. Not much but better than nothing.

We got a little snow last night. Probably less than an inch. The snow turned into rain and now we have a driveway covered in a nightmare of slush. At some point later today the temperature is going to drop and that nightmare of slush is going to turn into a nightmare of ice and I don’t know if I am going to have time to clear any of it before it freezes. I am super happy about that. Really. There’s not an ounce of sarcasm here. I am thrilled to the teeth by this potential outcome*.

It’s not even noon yet and the work day has been just as crazy as yesterday. Not bad, but a weird combination of hectic and frustrating. It’s looking like tomorrow will be similar, but after that things should settle again. Here’s hoping at least.

In closing, here’s a few guitar pictures from this morning because I am insane.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54324874621/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54325281160/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54325099104/in/datetaken/

*Contrary to the above statement, I was in fact being sarcastic. Extremely sarcastic. My words were dripping with venomous sarcasm. Just call me a sarcasm machine.

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Photo a Day: Front Facing Camera

Today’s photo a day thing is the first photo taking with my new iPhone’s front facing camera. You are fascinated, of course.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54281138339/in/datetaken/

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#365 #365Challenge #365Project #frontFacingCamera #GibsonES335Pro #Guitar #iphoneography #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #selfieCamera

Photo a Day: Album Cover

Quarantine Tunes Volume 8 is going to need an album cover. Coincidently, I need a photo for today’s photo a day challenge thingie.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54271506808/in/dateposted/

Hello, two birds. Meet my one stone.

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I have been playing guitar since 1986. Today was the first time I adjusted a truss rod myself. Hell, it was the first time I even took off cover.

I think it worked. I had a nasty fret buzz on my ES-335 down around the second fret. I think it’s better now. Crossing my fingers.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54110733247/in/dateposted/

I used this video and it was helpful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxyhIPVu0zo

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54111865523/in/album-72177720304753363/

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/11/02/neck-adjustment/

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #Gibson #gibsonEs335 #gibsonEs335Pro #Guitar #maintenance #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #trussRod

Hey there, everyone out there in internets land. How’s your morning going?

Are you having a good morning the way I am? Are both of your kids home for a visit? Did you play a ton of guitar before breakfast?

That’s my morning in a nutshell. Both kids are here, but only for the morning. I also put rhythm guitar tracks onto one wong and lead tracks onto four.

It’s a good morning ’round here.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54010567901/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54009666677/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54010992510/in/datetaken/

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/09/21/hows-your-morning-going/

#20245090Challenge #365 #365Challenge #365Project #5090 #5090Challenge #collegeKids #Family #Guitar #iphoneography #lids #Music #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #Recording #Songwriting #StepKids

Hey there, everyone out there in internets land. How’s your morning going?

Are you having a good morning the way I am? Are both of your kids home for a visit? Did you play a ton of guitar before breakfast?

That’s my morning in a nutshell. Both kids are here, but only for the morning. I also put rhythm guitar tracks onto one wong and lead tracks onto four.

It’s a good morning ’round here.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54010567901/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54009666677/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54010992510/in/datetaken/

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/09/21/hows-your-morning-going/

#20245090Challenge #365 #365Challenge #365Project #5090 #5090Challenge #collegeKids #Family #Guitar #iphoneography #lids #Music #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #Recording #Songwriting #StepKids

Hey there, everyone out there in internets land. How’s your morning going?

Are you having a good morning the way I am? Are both of your kids home for a visit? Did you play a ton of guitar before breakfast?

That’s my morning in a nutshell. Both kids are here, but only for the morning. I also put rhythm guitar tracks onto one wong and lead tracks onto four.

It’s a good morning ’round here.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54010567901/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54009666677/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54010992510/in/datetaken/

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/09/21/hows-your-morning-going/

#20245090Challenge #365 #365Challenge #365Project #5090 #5090Challenge #collegeKids #Family #Guitar #iphoneography #lids #Music #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #Recording #Songwriting #StepKids

Hey there, everyone out there in internets land. How’s your morning going?

Are you having a good morning the way I am? Are both of your kids home for a visit? Did you play a ton of guitar before breakfast?

That’s my morning in a nutshell. Both kids are here, but only for the morning. I also put rhythm guitar tracks onto one song and lead tracks onto four.

It’s a good morning ’round here.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54010567901/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54009666677/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54010992510/in/datetaken/

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/09/21/hows-your-morning-going/

#20245090Challenge #365 #365Challenge #365Project #5090 #5090Challenge #collegeKids #Family #Guitar #iphoneography #lids #Music #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #Recording #Songwriting #StepKids

Hey there, everyone out there in internets land. How’s your morning going?

Are you having a good morning the way I am? Are both of your kids home for a visit? Did you play a ton of guitar before breakfast?

That’s my morning in a nutshell. Both kids are here, but only for the morning. I also put rhythm guitar tracks onto one wong and lead tracks onto four.

It’s a good morning ’round here.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54010567901/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54009666677/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54010992510/in/datetaken/

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/09/21/hows-your-morning-going/

#20245090Challenge #365 #365Challenge #365Project #5090 #5090Challenge #collegeKids #Family #Guitar #iphoneography #lids #Music #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #Recording #Songwriting #StepKids

Jen never goes with me when I go out to chase the sunrise. Well… I can’t say she never comes with me because she came with me today!

We went to Salisbury Beach for the sunrise this morning. On the way home we took a detour… sort of. We just pointed the car North and didn’t stop until we were up in the White Mountains. We left the house at 5:30am and got home after 4:00pm. What a day!

Here are some sunrise at the beach pics.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54003039853/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54003127689/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54002805916/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54001900037/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54001900142/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54002806471/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54003128559/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54002806756/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54003226860/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54002807276/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54002807351/in/datetaken/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54003042043/in/datetaken/

I should clarify, these are digital photos from the ocean. There were film shots too but you have to wait for those to get developed. I hope to ship them out to a lab tomorrow, along with the three rolls from our Florida trip back in May that have been waiting patiently.

There were also some pictures from a quick stop on Lake Winnipesaukee in Alton, NH as well. You’ll see some of those later tonight, I think,

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/09/17/sunrise-6/

#2024 #365 #365Challenge #365Project #AtlanticOcean #Beach #Massachusetts #Nikon #nikonZ5 #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #photos #SalisburyBeach #Sunrise #sunriseOverTheOcean #Travel #z5

It’s Wednesday. I’m back in the office. You don’t care, but I want to write about something… anything… so here we are.

Today is Juneteenth. I completely forgot. When the state first established today as a holiday we got it off. Less than a year later our company turned most of the non-national holidays into floating holidays so now we don’t get today off. It was just another day for me except that there was no traffic on the highways this morning. From my house to my office, 43 miles, took 46 minutes. Why couldn’t every commute be this easy? While having the day off would have been great, I will take this as the next best thing… sort of.

I failed to get six hours of sleep again last night. My watch tells me I got 5:45 but my heart rate numbers were pretty spectacular. Hopefully that means I won’t be too completely exhausted again today. Just mildly completely exhausted. I still haven’t hooked up my CPAP machine since coming back from Florida a few weeks ago. I think my sleep numbers (assuming my watch pulls accurate data) are implying that using the machine won’t make much of a difference. I should probably use it anyway. Maybe there will be a placebo effect or something and I won’t be quite as tired after a short night’s sleep. I don’t know.

The Oilers won last night. Yippee. Well… that’s being mean. I am glad they won. Not because I expect them to dig out of a three games to none series hole, but because it literally extended the NHL season. If they are going to lose on me and prove that I suck at picking the outcome of NHL playoff series’, then the least they can do is lose in seven games so we get our money’s worth, right?

As for the Red Sox, they have won four in a row including two wins against the first place Yankees. Glorious. I saw a post on social media where someone said that this streak proves they will not only make the playoffs, but advance to the American League Championship Series. I laughed out loud. No, let me be more specific… I laughed out loud for a long, long time. They are four games above .500. They are in third place in the division, 11.5 games behind the first place (and thoroughly evil) Yankees. They are two games out of the wild card. Oh yeah, it is June. Yeah… they are better than I thought they would be, but they are still pretty clearly mediocre. They might sneak into the wild card, but I am not holding my breath. If you’re expecting the Red Sox to do anything better than middle of the pack, then you haven’t been paying attention. No. They will not make it to the ALCS. If they do, I will happily eat my words, but I won’t have to because there’s no chance. This is the way. I have spoken.

I watched last night’s new episode of Star Wars: The Acolyte. There has been so much hate spewed at this show. Most of it rooted in sexism and racism rather than the story or anything to do with it. I’ve enjoyed the show so far and I am looking forward to seeing where it goes. I’m on for the ride, as the saying goes. Last night though… episode four… I finally had something that I didn’t like. What was it? The running time was less than 30 minutes. Come on, Star Wars. We need more than that from our weekly episodes. We need more to sink our teeth into. These episodes should be more like 45-60 minutes, right? We need that content, folks. We need it! Star Wars, babie! Give us more!

This is the way.

I have spoken.

What was I talking about?

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/06/19/another-wednesday/

#365 #365Challenge #AppleWatch #Baseball #Cat #commute #Disney_ #health #Hockey #Holiday #iphoneography #juneteenth #Kitty #lily #MajorLeagueBaseball #MLB #morningCommute #NHL #nhlPlayoffs #nhlPostseason #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photography #playoffs #postseason #RedSox #robin #Sleep #sleepStats #SleepWatch #standings #stanleyCup #stanleyCupFinal #StarWars #starWarsTheAcolyte #stateHoliday #Television #traffic

Two days in a row my photo a day pic has been taken with an old point and shoot digital camera. What is commonly known by the trendy YouTube photography folks as digicams. Look at me being all trendy and shit.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/04/01/digicams/

#365 #365Challenge #casio #CasioEXS10 #digicam #gibsonEs335Pro #Guitar #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photography #pointAndShoot

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

The progress being made in the kitchen is stunning. The demo is done and they are installing cabinets. It feels like they might be as much as half a day ahead of schedule. We’re already starting to talk about things that weren’t supposed to happen this weekend. Tiling and painting, specifically. The tile guy is coming on Sunday. It’s absolutely nuts!

Anyway, here’s today’s photo a day pic. I took it before the kitchen guys got here this morning because I didn’t know if I would get a chance for anything once the crazy arrived.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/03/01/photo-a-day-14/

#365 #365Challenge #contracotrs #es335 #es335Pro #GibsonES335Pro #Guitar #homeImprovement #homeImprovements #homeOwner #iphoneography #kitchen #kitchenImprovements #kitchenRemodel #kitchenRemodeling #kitchenUpgrades #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photography

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