http://theredroads.com sometimes it is all about how you get there. Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:43:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been so happy with the quality of the pictures my new point-and-shoot Cannon SD1200 takes, and had such a good time photographing my trip in Europe, that I decided to start doing Photo Walks.  Having lived nearly my entire life in Lansing, I was wondering what might catch my ... http://theredroads.com/?p=45 Apparently I forgot to post this: __________ Our hotel is on South Lake Shore Drive. Lake shore Dr. / US41 is so beautiful. It's a road that runs along the coast of Lake Michigan. There are boats parked in the water ("How do they know where to park without ... http://theredroads.com/?p=40 I get to road trip today. I'm excited. It's only to Gaylord, there won't be much time for red roads, but I do miss the day trips to Gaylord. Hopefully I've set upblog picture uploading right, and I might be able to actually post from the road. We ... http://theredroads.com/?p=36 for me, many of my old friends are linked, nearly directly, to fall. I've met a lot of my friends, or at least had a [caption id="attachment_33" align="alignright" width="150" caption="spring on walnut"][/caption] large number of memories made, in the fall months. Some people, though, are completely summer. or completely ... http://theredroads.com/?p=32 И если бы небо было бумагою, море чернилами, а звезды на небесах бесчисленными перьями... то и тогда бы представилось невозможным описать все злохищрения женского лукавия, самолюбия, и вероломства. (Иоанн Златоуст, 4й век) And if the sky were paper, ink of the sea, and the stars in heaven countless feathers ... and then ... http://theredroads.com/?p=27 Sometimes I wish I could go back. The old folks have always told me I'd get here, wishing for what I couldn't have anymore, wishing for the simpler days, wishing for old friendships. I like who I am today, but ohgod. The level of devoted we were to each ... http://theredroads.com/?p=18 While cleaning today, I had to move one of my book shelves.  It's the one that holds most of my reference material, and some of my fiction.  I couldn't help but think, as I counted the number of bibles on my shelf, "You know, for a self-proclaimed non-christian, I sure ... http://theredroads.com/?p=14 [caption id="attachment_8" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="trees in full bloom, on walnut st."][/caption] I walk my puppy two or three times daily.  This time of year, the trees on Walnut St. are in full bloom, and gorgeous.  Every time Buddy bumps them, and gets showered in petals, he stops moving, as if his ... http://theredroads.com/?p=9 Feeling restless, I went for a drive early last fall.  I drove west, all the way to Lake Michigan, and then north.  I wound my way back, driving only on red roads.  I have no idea, now, where these photos were taking, but I love what that day did to ... http://theredroads.com/?p=3