I took advantage of this gorgeous day to walk about an hour and twenty minutes from mid morning to noon. I shot half a cartridge of 110 film and took some cell phone and HTC Re shots as well. Some of those are here.
Wagon Gang
After nearly two fun years with a 2018 Fiat 124 Spider, I am back in a lifted wagon. It’s my third one and my first Volvo. Last weekend I got what appears to be an insanely good deal on this Volvo V60 Cross Country wagon. It’s just the base trim, but in Volvo land, that’s…
If I had the expertise to restore this or even a good use for it, I might look at how much it costs, though I suspect it’s way out of my price range.
Testing Featured Image
Hopefully, this publishes an image the first time on my federated posts and not just a text link. I’ve also reposted my Rex parade gallery in the post, just to see what happens.
Success.
I can cross post automatically from my site to Bluesky now and that federates to my bridgy account on Mastodon. Now I’m just experimenting tiny bit to see if I can add images, etc. #photography #blog #wordpress
Charmera Mardi Gras
Here are some random Charmera photos I took of some parades in the week before Mardi Gras. Most of them were taken at night. Some were edited to turn the light/exposure up or down slightly, but many are as they came out of the camera.
Rex Parade
Here are some shots from the 2026 Rex parade on Mardi Gras day, mostly taken near 7th and St. Charles. It’s a mix of crowd shots and float shots.
Druids 2026
Here are some shots from the Druids Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans this year. I am back to experimenting with Wordpress today rather than wanting to continue to pay someone else. I have liked a lot of things about using Zenfolio over the last year, but I don’t think it’s worth what I get…