Day 45 - Valentines Day

Day 45 - Celebrating ‪Valentines Day‬ with Brown Estate 2010 Rosemary's Block Zinfandel.

Day 44 - I Have a Dream

Dancer Elbert Watson interprets Martin Luther King, Jr's "I have a dream at a Slover Library African-American History Month program.

Day 43 - A rose is a rose is a rose

"A rose is a rose is a rose" even without color.

Day 42 - Picture of a Picture

I had the opportunity to see Edward Burtynsky's exhibition "Water" and hear him talk about creating the work now on display at the The Chrysler Museum of Art. The large prints are a must see and the experience simply ca not be duplicated in a book or on a screen. This image is "Greenhouses, Almira Peninsula, Spain 2010". Seeing this amazing image was a humbling experience for this photographer.

Day 41 -Shakespearean Selfie

Romero & Juliette dropped by Slover Library today for a LOVE selfie.

Day 40 - Virginia is for Lovers

Come experience the ‪LOVE‬ that is Slover, named 1 of 5 libraries in the U.S. worth traveling for. The Virginia Tourism "LOVE" letters come to spend a week at Slover Library.

Day 39 - Year of the Monkey

Chinese New Year‬ welcomes the year of the Monkey at Slover Library where Curious George‬ rules the 2nd floor.

Day 38 - Looking Up

Looking Up from the Sargeant Memorial Reading Room The Slover Library in Norfolk Virginia.

Day 37 - Fried

This is your SIM card on water. Any questions?

Day 36 - Blue Sky

Started the day with sleet and freezing rain but now the blue sky reigns supreme.

Day 35 - #TBT

Who remembers this? It's an unopened 1972-73 vintage bottle of Boone's Farm Wild Mountain wine. Marked $1.25 and recommended to be served "very cold". Most likely originally purchased from the Arrowhead Farm Fresh store in Virginia Beach by someone of legal age for someone not yet of legal age. I'm naming no names.

Day 34 - Many Colors

The many colors of the Crayola Crayon.

Day 33 - Shadow

Happy that Punxsutawney Phil didn't see his shadow but I certainly saw mine.

Day 32 - CFL Go Bye Bye

GE announced today that it no longer make or sell compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) lightbulbs in the US. The company will shift its focus on making the newest and most energy-efficient lightbulbs, LEDs.

Day 31 - Light

Using an LED flashlight to create a starburst effect.

Day 30 - Spoon

Not a lot to say about this picture of a spoon except to look very closely.

Day 29 - Checkers

The checkerboard pattern of pavers outside of the historic Seaboard Building at Slover Library in Norfolk, Virginia.

Day 28 - Tell-Tale Heart

Using the GestureTek interactive floor the Slover Library to promote the Midnight Society kids reading program. As you walk across the floor the fog parts to reveal the Tell-Tale Heart.

Day 27 - Book Tunnel

Norfolk Public Library has 210,000 additional volumes on shelves at its Administrative Center in Norfolk's Industrial Park. There's not enough room on the shelves at the NPL branches for the vast collection. All of these are catalogued and can be requested by any patron. This isle has photography, art, architecture and other nonfiction books. Some real special books on these shelves.

Day 26 - Happy Birthday American Caesar

Today marks the 136th birthday of General Douglas MacArthur. On my way to and from work I walk by the memorial bearing his name. Like most heroes and great leaders, he was a complex person. William Manchester's biography entitled American Caesar suggests that "MacArthur was an analogue of Julius Caesar, a proposition he supports by noting their great intellect, brilliant strategic generalship, political ambition, magnanimity as conquerors, and shared tragic flaw of hubris."

One of my favorite management quotes from the great general is "You are remembered for the rules you break."

Day 25 - Looking Up

The amazing light fixture and vaulted ceiling in my office at Slover Library in Norfolk, Virginia.

Day 24 - Harmony

My Harmony remote is in control during the NFC Championship game.

Day 23 - National Handwriting Day

Today is National Handwriting Day so slow down and use the ultimate work processor, an elegant fountain pen.

Day 22 - Up Close and Personal

Mr Sherlock up close and personal.

Day 21 - End of the Line

The Tide light rail at the EVMC/Ft Norfolk station.

Day 20 - Bury Your Head in a Good Book

Good advice for anyone in the Mid-Atlantic states this weekend. Come on by the Slover Library, we have plenty of reading and movies.

Day 19 - Norrie Folk

Day 19 - One of Norfolks Mermaids on Parade, "Norrie Folk" located at Norfolk's City Hall.

Day 18 - Kisses

Catching up on my 366 posts. Kisses in the late afternoon sun.

Day 17 - Tire Rack

Waiting at CostCo tire center in Norfolk Va.

Day 16 - Yellow

Caught these bare winter trees and their harsh shadows against a bright yellow wall in the late afternoon sunlight.

Day 15 - Good Morning

A nice morning from the Slover Library 6th floor terrace.

Day 14 - Glow in the Dark

My old fashion alarm clock with a pure phosphorous based glow. No ambient light present.

Day 13 - Calories Count

240 calories for one soda, yikes!

Day 12 - YoYoJam

This is my Dark Magic II 67 gram yo-yo featuring a solid spin axle system with a responsive bearing allowing even a hack like me to do yo-yo tricks like a pro.

Day 11 - Rover Sunset

A winter sunset silhouettes the American Rover a 135 foot, 3 masted topsail schooner based at the Waterside Marina in downtown Norfolk, Virginia.

Day 10 - A Boy and His Dog.

A jar of dog biscuits bungee corded to a cast iron fence with "for all my pals from Roper" written on top.

Day 9 - An Acoustic Evening with Joe Bonamassa

Got to see Joe Bonamassa in concert for the 6th time tonight at the Sandler Theater for the Preforming Arts in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The all acoustic evening includd an eclectic group of professional musicians, including Tina Guo, Chinese cellist and erhu player whose repertoire stretches from classical to heavy metal; and Hossam Ramzy, Egyptian percussionist and composer who played with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant on their No Quarter: Unledded tour.

Day 8 - Collective Memory

Artist Luisa Adelfio talks about creating Slover Library's first art exhibit. From an article at Hampton Roads.com The exhibit, “Collective Memory,” is a forest of paper scrolls, wound into columns and covered with passages from the epic poem “The Odyssey.” The exhibit, with some columns as tall as 12 feet, will be on display until mid-January.

Day 7 - Pure Romance

Pure Romance comes to Norfolk.

Day 6 - Happy Birthday

Today was my brother Mark's birthday. Family and friends joined him at the Yardhouse in Virginia Beach to celebrate.

Day 5 - Jewel

Slover Library in Norfolk, Virginia glows like a jewel at night.

Day 4 - Cooper

Meet Cooper my new first cousin once removed. Five month old platinum mink tonkinese.

Day 3 - Frick & Frack

Frick and Frack a.k.a. Sasha & Sherlock in a rare awake moment in the middle of the afternoon.

Day 2 - Wunderkammer

The Owl of Minerva Takes Flight in the Dusk by Steffen Dam (Danish,b. 1961) was acquired in 2015 by the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia.

"In one of his most ambitious projects to date, Dam created a cabinet of curiosities, or Wunderkammer, and filled it with imaginary glass specimens. Then he perched a faux-owl on top, looking down over his collection. Such assemblages of natural and cultural curios became popular in the mid-1500s and, like minimuseums, were meant to delight viewers while increasing their knowledge about the world. Although Dam says that none of his fanciful forms can be found in nature, perhaps a life surrounded by the sea has summoned jellyfish-like creatures from his imagination." from Chrysler, The Members Magazine, Fall 2015

Day 1 - Hope

Hope's on clearance. — at Pier 1 Imports.

Putto

Putti proliferate in popular culture: on buildings, in decorative arts, on greeting cards - a popular purveyor of love. But in Art through the ages, the putto has been a curious little figure, often reflecting philosophy, theology and literature of the time. The putto in Renaissance art was a winged or wingless, male child figure.

This little guy was on the bedside table at the 1890 Caroline House we stayed in tonight. iPhone 6, Camera+ app

A Space Geek's Nirvana

Made my third trip to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center outside of Washington DC today. Seeing the Space Shuttle Discovery never gets old. Can't wait for the Orion NASA's next generation space vehicle that will take man to Mars in the next 20 years. iPhone 6 using the Camera+ app.

Blackbird

No aircraft in history operated globally in more hostile airspace or with such complete impunity than the SR-71 "Blackbird", the world's fastest jet-propelled aircraft. The Blackbird's performance and operational achievements placed it at the pinnacle of aviation technology developments during the Cold War.

This Blackbird accrued about 2,800 hours of flight time during 24 years of active service with the U.S. Air Force. On its last flight, March 6, 1990, Lt. Col. Ed Yielding and Lt. Col. Joseph Vida set a speed record by flying from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., in 1 hour, 4 minutes, and 20 seconds, averaging 3,418 kilometers (2,124 miles) per hour. At the flight's conclusion, they landed at Washington-Dulles International Airport and turned the airplane over to the Smithsonian. From The Smithsonian

Dream Job

I started a new job on June 1st as Executive Director of the Slover Library. The building is so beautiful that I have to pinch myself each day to make sure I'm not dreaming. The is the Forum with the morning sun casting a strong shadow from the Kent Bloomer ornamentation on the amazing grand staircase designed by Newman Architects. iPhone 6, Camera+ app.

In the Rigging

Working in Norfolk's authenticate urban downtown waterfront always presents great photo opportunities. This morning on the way to the office the tall ship USCG Eagle was preparing to depart following the Harborfest weekend. Sailors are high up in the rigging preparing the sails for unfurling. Next to the Eagle is Cisne Branco from Brazil.