Photography
My Son Looks Like Me…Whew!
I told my 4-year-old son to stand still for a snapshot today which, by some miracle, he actually did. The picture looked a bit familiar to me…
Alert: New Job!
If any of you have been wondering where I’ve been the past several weeks, and I know many of you have since the police have stop by my house almost daily asking me if I was “okay” because my WordPress buddies keep calling in missing persons reports on me, well I’m back…if only for a […]
Watching Daddy Play Guitar
My wife snapped this shot of me and the boy while I was playing some guitar. Playing Van Halen’s “Spanish Fly” I think, actually. I think this photo has a Norman Rockwell-ish quality to it.
One Arm John
150 years ago, July 5th 1862, my great, great, great grandfather, John H. Haley, was wounded in a skirmish with rebel guerillas along the White River 10 miles above Augusta Missouri duringthe Civil War. His left arm was amputated the same day. He was in Company “I”, Woods Regiment, 6th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Cavalry. His […]
Van Halen Toddler Step Stool
I gave my three-year-old son’s boring white step stool a Van Halen inspired paint job today.
The Sad Little Kite
My three-year-old son Levi drove me nuts all day today wanting to go fly a kite in the park. “When we gonna go fly a kite? Can we go fly a kite? I have quite a need to fly a kite, daddy!” So this afternoon – after convincing me that if he didn’t fly a […]
