Housekeeping

Just a quick note to say that I've changed many of my SmugMug galleries so that the most recent photo I've uploaded will show up first. That way you don't have to go to the back of the gallery to see my latest treasure. Hope I did it right.

This is my tonight's dinner. Couscous and frozen veggies with my favorite sauce. It's some ginger, saffron mango deal. Pretty yummy. I'm eating alone since Carrie's at her writer's retreat.

Soo Locks

Here's Mom, Cynthia and me in the town of Sault Ste. Marie, Upper Peninsula, Michigan. I'm guessing it's about 1957 or '58, making me three or four. I think I look four. I have dim memories of Mom and Dad taking us to the locks after dinner to watch the ships go through. The locks allowed the huge ore boats to move between lakes Superior and Huron. Somewhere I think we have slides that Dad took of a boat navigating the locks. I think Heather might have them. I wish there was a way we could scan those slides, I'd love to see them again. I'll have to look into that.

But for now, here's a photo taken by Dad, of us at the locks, after dinner. Fifty years ago.

To see more Given family photos, take a look here.

Somewhere Else

Last weekend I did a couple of shoots for the band Boondoggle. They're using a bunch of my photos on their website, both as a Flickr slide show and in the 'Band Bio' section. Check it out.

Boondoggle is a very cool, laid back cover band that's a lot of fun to see and hear. Catch one of their gigs if you can. Oh, and the tall guitarist on the right is my bro-in-law John. Awesome human being.

May Is Up

You can find the 'photo-a-day' (or thereabouts) for May here. Don't forget to look here as well, if you want to see even more. And you should really take a look at these photos of Molly.

Oh, and click on the carnival photo to see it bigger, if you're so inclined. It was taken at 'Good Neighbor Days' in Roberts, WI.