I’m still working on older images I’ve not posted until now… it keeps me busy until my next foray with the camera. As likely is the frame of mind of my photographer friends, I’d rather be out shooting, but it is satisfying to see the results. I have many things that will keep me close to home for the most part over the coming month, though we are going to attend my family reunion in the first week of April. That will be in Vidalia, Georgia, a spot in this world made famous by, of all things, onions. The first time Joyce attended, we arrived the night before. I opened the window as we drove along the outskirts of town through huge agricultural fields, fragrant with nearly ripe onions… “Smell that”, I asked Joyce. “Yeah, and it’s making me hungry”, she answered. The soil in this place is freakishly low in sulphur, which makes the Vidalia onion among the sweetest in the world. By the way, that’s pronounced Vie-day-lee-a, not Vid-a-lee-a. Pronounce it wrong there and you will be assailed with the likes of “You ain’t from around here, are you, honey? Well, bless your heart.” That “bless your heart” part of that statement does not mean what many folks not from around those parts think. It is southern vernacular for “you likely don’t have it altogether”… that’s the nice way of putting it.

I would like to find a good place to grab a decent shot of the onion fields there, but the next planned shoot will be at the Wings Over Wayne air show at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base on April 27th. I love landscape photography, but the challenge of a good air show is as much fun to me as anything. We’re also bringing some Chinese friends who are excited to go, as they’ve never seen anything like it before.

The next trip after that brings me back here to Linville in early May, likely to set up on Hawksbill Mountain and Table Rock in Linville Gorge. I Can’t wait… hope to see you there.