Playing cards created by Steve Minty feature wonderful unique graphic designs coupled with high quality card stock. They are offered in limited quantities and usually sell out shortly after release. I’ve been fortunate enough to pick up a few decks, and today’s photo essay features the Muertos Mourning Gold deck, one of a series of … Read more
When Brent joined the band to play, with his bluesy Hammond sound, he really made the crowd go wild! April 22, 1979. Spartan Stadium, San Jose. A Sunday. Early afternoon outdoor concert with the Grateful Dead, introducing new keyboardist Brent Mydland. We had lived in California for almost a year, and had seen two other … Read more
In a sure sign of spring, Sheryl found some daffodils near the back door. I had a go at taking some pictures of them and ended up with two that I like. One is lit pretty darkly, with only a rim light providing illumination. I call it Daffodil at Night. The second one is fully … Read more
This site, All the Pages (are my days) was the subject of a recent hack. The problem has been addressed and the site is restored and functioning normally. Sometime between April 6th and April 13th, a zero-day vulnerability in the Yuzo Related Post plugin was exploited (see note below). The result was that visitors to … Read more
45 years ago, a journey began. Two (very) young people, against all odds, began a life together. Our marriage was predicted not to last even a year … And today, 45 years later, we’re still having fun together! There are no secrets. Just love. And patience. A bit of luck (but really, the luck was … Read more
These jokers aren’t foolin’ around! Here is a sample of some of the creative jokers found with Theory11 card decks.
My interest in paper collectibles, previously focused on stamp collecting, has expanded into a new area: playing cards. Turns out there is a whole industry out there, a few years old, focused on designing and creating a wide variety of playing cards featuring updated, modern designs, many paying homage to classic cards from the past. … Read more
I began assembling the Bison jigsaw puzzle, designed by Sue Coccia and created by Liberty Puzzles, on New Year’s Eve. A week later, and many photos later, I had finished! Here are a baker’s dozen photos taken during and after assembly, including the final, framed version. Also, at the end is a video created from … Read more
I created a closeup photo of this colorful succulent* and wanted to share the details of how I was able to get the entire top in focus. The answer was to combine a set of multiple, stacked, photographs, where each image was focused on a different part of the cactus. The source images are created … Read more
It’s not uncommon for me to make changes to All the Pages (are my days). Some are behind the scenes changes (such as two years the site ran on Drupal before moving back to WordPress) and some are more visually oriented. I try to note the biggest changes here, if for no other reason than to … Read more