Dalton Roberts, Philosopher

I had fun this morning. I was one of the jurors for our photo club’s annual contest for high school students. The club awards prizes, and the winners are sent on to a national contest with the Photographic Society of America. We had a national first prize winner last year. There are three jurors for the contest. For the last few years, they’ve been a photographer for the newspaper, a gallery owner, and me (artist & photographer). Some of the photos have been really good - and that was certainly the case this year. It’s great to see the youngsters using their creativity.

It was spitting rain this morning, but never more than a few drops. John got started on some of the yard work. The grass still isn’t up enough to think about mowing yet. It’s not my thing, anyway - I definitely don’t do stuff in the yard. The trees have been gorgeous, and now the spent pear blossoms are almost like snow - flying everywhere. And it’s obvious from all the sneezing, snuffling, and blowing that the spring allergy season is well under way.
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DALTON ROBERTS is one of our favorite philosophers. I’ve quoted him here before. His Sunday Journal entry for today is one of those days.
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Today’s photo was taken while we were waiting to enter a lock on the Erie Canal.