opiate wave

Happily it’s Spring.  I took lunch outside twice last week, the crunchy greens fit nicely with the warm sunshine and smiles of passersby on the San Francisco sidewalks.  Eventually the black coats will disappear and I’ll get raccoon eyes from all of this dining en plein aire with my shades on.  It’s a good feeling.

Today I printed for two hours, concentrating on one shot from my Yosemite roll.  I’m not quite satisfied with the results – there is a fingernail-shaped hair/scratch/something visible in the center of the frame that I have to investigate.  And I’m still figuring out how to avoid getting gray snow.  Later this week I’ll polish things up.

Funny that I spent this sunny day inside a darkroom.  Yesterday, photographing outdoors at Muir Woods, the rain soaked me.  I’m pretty sure some of the photos I took will either be slightly out of focus or feature large water droplets at random places in the frame.  Curiously, I’m anticipating how the negatives will turn out.

Anyway, there’s books to read this Spring.  My first one is Sunnyside by Glen David Gold.  I just got an advanced reading copy on Friday, thanks to Powell’s Books of Portland.  It was their latest selection for their book club, Indispensible.  I’m still in the first part and I’m really liking it.  The book doesn’t officially come out until May, so I feel kind of spoiled that I get to read something new from one of my favorite authors before most of the public does.

All in the celebration of Spring.  It’s a good feeling.