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An illustration of my life, loves and various random information
that you may or may not find the least bit useful...
all from the island of St. Simons.

Friday, February 23, 2007

Friday Foto: Snow and a Jeep



First thing, let's get into the Friday Foto. As you know, last weekend I was back in the mountains at our cabin. It snowed, and not just a little. For me, coming from St. Simons Island, the snow was amazing. For a Virginian, it would have been just annoying...

I like snow. We had a snow ball fight that lasted a good hour and a half. We ate lots of good food and I drank my fair share of beer and scotch. I went out for a walk around 7 a.m. on Sunday morning to take some photos. One of our "neighbors" at the cabin used to be (he's since moved) a crazy mountain man. I say that conservatively too. Often times I'd drive by to see him in his little cave-in-the-mountain turned meth-lab doing some shady deal that involved a piece of crap car, lots of bare chests and always a revolver strapped to his leg. Yeah, crazy. Anyway, the sign was just a little taste of his "free-spirit" and I find it so contradicting to the aura that surrounds the Galland cabin; one of welcome and love. The other photo is a little further up the road. We probably got a total of 3 inches of snow.

And now, without further ado, I write to you a dream come true.

When I was 12 I used to ride my bike and play around the parking lots off of Slyvan Street, back there where Bird Legs used to be. Their used to be an auto chop-shop back there and I used to always peer inside and check out the cars they had. I love cars, if you didn't know. I rode by one day and saw it. A 1980-something Jeep CJ-8 Scrambler. The CJ model Jeeps are the predecessor of the current Wrangler. The Scrambler version is the predecessor of the newer Wrangler Unlimiteds (the longer ones). From that moment on, I fell in love. I researched them and this was BEFORE internet! I checked out books and read old magazines to learn as much about these Jeeps as I could. It was hard. They only made 27 thousand of them from 81-85. When I turned 16 I wanted one, but my parents deemed it impractical. Our relationship from then on (with the Jeep, not the folks :)) dwindled, but the love never died.

It has been rekindled my friends. This afternoon I am driving down to Florida and buying one, that is, as long as everything checks out. I'm selling my current Jeep Cherokee and buying a 1985 Scrambler. Words and free beer to all could not show how excited I am. This is truly a dream come true. That may sound silly, and no, not all my treasures lie here on earth, but this is one that does and it is being manifested finally! Below is a picture of the Jeep that I am buying. Yes, it looks a little shady now, but do not be deceived. That is part of the dream, a rebuild. I wanted one that was mechanically sound (as is this one) but that needed cosmetic work so that I could build it the way I wanted to. Below the silver one is an example of how it may look when I am finished. So, starting soon, I will not only feature the "Friday Foto" on my blog, but also "Project Scrambler". I will document the progress from the very beginning of the work that I have done with lots of photos. To some it may be boring, but to others it will be great. I'm involved in a lot of online Jeep forums too, and I will send the link to them as well. So, enjoy and I'll be seeing you all soon!


Friday, February 16, 2007

Friday Foto: wedding photo stream


Today's Foto is thrown together, sorry about that. Above is one of my favorites, sure captures the moment of having a lot of fun at a wedding. Here is the link to see the rest of the photos from that wedding. Speaking of weddings, I just got a HUGE wedding for May. A local real estate tycoon's daughter is getting married and I'm shooting the whole wedding weekend. I'm pretty excited.

So, I'm leaving today to go, once again, to our cabin in the mountains. I'm so excited. I love going up there. We are going with another couple and my brother-in-law is driving down from Nashville for the weekend too. It should be really cold, possibly even a little snowy. Gwinny was flipping out this morning as I was packing up Kelly's car. She really thought we were going to leave her.

Anyway, one main objective of going to the cabin, as always, is to get some new photos. I'll be showcasing them next Friday, so stay tuned.

A little shout-out to some damn-good BBQ real quick. Southern Soul BBQ, located on St. Simons Island, is amazing. I just finished their web site, check it out. Next Saturday they are having a big party with live music and specials all day long. If you are in town, do your ole' buds a favor and get a pork sammich. Oh man... amazing. Cornbread and Brunswick stew rock too.

Friday, February 09, 2007

Friday Foto




Good morning to all. What a nice morning it is. We have been having some amazing weather lately and that always puts me in a great mood. This weekend will be the first weekend since Thanksgiving (yes, that long) that I have had nothing to do. I'm so looking forward to it. Might go to Jacksonville, do some house projects, work on my latest wedding photos, do a little work here at the office, all in all, a much anticipated and needing weekend.

First things first, today's fotos. The two bridal portraits I took a couple of weeks ago. They are of the bride from the wedding I just shot this weekend. She wanted to have bridal portraits up at her wedding. I though that was a nice idea. I love this photo. She is a great gal, known her all my life, and I really think these two photos capture her ambiance. The third one is a shot I've always wanted to take. I've always been a fan of the informal posed group shot, when done correctly and with the right crowd. This was definitely the right crowd. I also posted this one to show you all that my remote from Hong Kong worked just fine. I'm in that picture, see me? What do you think of the foto? Oh, and btw, I'm on a black and white kick here at the moment... expect some black and whites in the near future.

Next weekend we are going to our cabin once again in the North Georgia mountains. I can't wait. I love that place.

I've been on this music binge lately, searching for new stuff. I just stumbled across "Endless Highway- The Music of the Band". It's a tribute album with The Band covers by little artists like: Allman Brothers, Guster, Lee Ann Womack, Death Cab for Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Jack Johnson, Jacob Dylan, etc.... the list goes on. Get it. It's an amazing album. Anybody heard Norah Jones' new album?

That's about all I have to say. I hope to start posting more here in the near future. So, don't fall out of your chair if you come here on a Wednesday and find that I've posted something new. Have a great weekend.

Friday, February 02, 2007

Friday Foto


Yo... last week I went to Dublin for a bachelor party weekend, as I wrote last week. It was fun. We really had a great time. It was a big open farm where we drank, made big fires, drove cars through mud and shot guns. Ohhhh, the life. Today's foto comes from there. This is the shelter we all congregated around. It's a great little pavilion filled with a hodgepodge of knick knacks, from mailboxes to coolers and fishing poles to lawn chairs. I love clutter, it's so interesting.

This weekend is my best friends' wedding. I've known the bride and groom my whole life and they couldn't be more perfect for each other. I'm in the wedding and shooting it and looking forward to it. How am I going to achieve such a feet you ask? eBay to the rescue! I found a wireless remote for my camera off eBay. Canon doesn't make one for my model, but some dude in Hong Kong does, and for the low price of $12.99 plus shipping, I'm going to be in the photo and shooting it at the same time. It's great!

I'm only working a little bit today, so I need to get gone... Hope you all have a great weekend!