One Million Stops For Photo Ops. / The Voyage Is Over.

original concept written May 19th 2006:
There are always times when you'll have to give up a photo opportunity. there have been many on this trip. on the way back to Indiana, we passed a billboard along the road that was empty of an ad. it had been stripped of paint and a tree had burst thru one section of it. i loved it, but it was gone before i the idea even came into my head to get my camera.
and that is only one. everything from a graveyard w/ beautiful trees and headstones decorated w/ flowers all thru-out right after a hail storm; the sky later that day w/ wisps of clouds thru wisps of clouds; a pot of flowers on my aunt's porch, old barns - indiana is the home of old barns. it's their florida. i wanted to see an indiana sunset from an open field but it never happened because of the rain clouds shielding everything from view. ther was this giant bowling pin along the road about 20 minutes ago. my camera couldn't focus in time, therefore it was missed. the giant dinosaur that my sister has told me of in kentucky.
i may have missed out on great shots that would have swept across flickr w/ great power and majesty. ah! we just passed by 4 silos; too far away and no clear shot. blast. so like i was saying, there are many photo opportunities that i've missed out on. the biggest one to date, tho, is definately my cousin's kids wrestling around on the floor. dress clothes do not matter.
they've made this trip better. it's always a little awkward being in indiana. we're not up here much, maybe once a year. i know they don't really know me. i don't really know them. at least w/ this trip we all had something in common to bring us together. it was an enjoyable trip, aside from the reason.
i wish i could have gotten a picture of all of those kids running around, diving into each other while playing tag. they were adorable.
i did NOT love having to hug people i've never met and pretend that i wanted to tell them all about myself. you know something is old when you've scripted it out.
end.

i am home now. that feels good, a little. the drive home wasn't bad; it went faster than expected. i do have pictures, but they won't be up for a few days. i need to go thru them and there are things more important. like registering for classes.
Nashville was awesome. we didn't really do much sightseeing. i did see lots of things that would be great pictures. but i couldn't just stop and do that. we were very busy w/ moving alison in. we had some very fine eats tho. mmm.

i believe that to be all, so i will now go off and relax. i have not slept like a man should since last week sometime. i can now put away my luggage and unpack my toilettries.
keep your eyes open.


Current Listens:
Rocky Votolato - Makers
Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On
The Long Winters - Pushover