{"id":573891514,"date":"2019-09-03T23:30:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T03:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573891514"},"modified":"2019-09-21T18:10:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T22:10:24","slug":"bring-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2019\/09\/03\/bring-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring me &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Water, thirsty photographers long ago noted, can make many compositions just a smidge better. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\"> View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a> <\/p>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B16fC_1B1RU\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">Morning dew on shrubbery.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kennydsmith\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> Kenny Smith<\/a> (@kennydsmith) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2019-09-02T15:27:23+00:00\">Sep 2, 2019 at 8:27am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We do not have 40 acres on the front of the property. That would require more driveway maintenance than anyone wants to maintain. But we do have shrubs and they have exhibited, of late, days of morning dew.<\/p>\n<p>You could put water on more still life subjects for more compelling photographs, but you don&#8217;t always have water. You could carry a water bottle, but that sends mixed signals to the dihydrogen monoxide continued therein. <em>Am I but a drop to be drank? Or am I but a drop to be sprayed on a rose?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Water thinks like this, pretty much immediately, when you try to get it some degree of sentience. And then it&#8217;s terrifying. What about the water you put into the pet&#8217;s bowl? What of the water you put in that pot to boil? You would never make corn or pasta again, if you began to think water had thoughts and feelings. And dreams! Oh the dreams of water! Only some drops get to fulfill those ocean dreams. Some are adventurers, sure, filling up raging white-capped rivers and eager to plunge down a dramatic waterfall. While some are more tranquil drops indeed &#8212; ponds for me, thanks &#8212; others are just diligently working their way through several cycles of dew and humidity. But even those drops have plans.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, since a water bottle is the wrong choice, there&#8217;s always a spray bottle. But then you&#8217;d have to stuff that in your bag, next to your camera and your other expensive and accumulated electronic things. And you&#8217;re not carrying a spray bottle that way. What if you got some of those anarchistic drops of water?<\/p>\n<p><strong>We went for a bike ride<\/strong> and I started out strong and was trying to outrace The Yankee back home. Mostly I&#8217;m trying to give her something to pace off of, but she&#8217;s very strong and fast and this is not my best year. So the best laid plans and all of that. <\/p>\n<p>Well, she caught and dropped me far too early today. Best laid plans and all of that. <\/p>\n<p>It was one of our most basic routes, designed for decent mileage in a timely fashion. We ride it a lot, which means there&#8217;s a place where I figured I might be able to make some progress and cut into her advantage. But she also knows the route, of course, and she never let up in the spot I expected. Before long I couldn&#8217;t even see her anymore. She&#8217;s very strong and fast. <\/p>\n<p>So I just raced my shadow home:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/sept19\/sept01.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Never let the shadow win.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know how you never let the shadow win? Always pedal home from the east. The evening sun will be in front of you and your shadow behind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We ran into<\/strong> the local sports beat reporter at the grocery store. We were shopping for a thing the giant megastore didn&#8217;t have, and he strolled by, basket in hand. We discussed and worked our way through most of the college and some of the professional sports in the span of about four minutes, before he had to dash off to the next big event. Beat life never stops, after all. <\/p>\n<p>We could have taken a photo &#8212; because secondary sports celebrity! &#8212; but he&#8217;s our friend. Besides, you don&#8217;t take photos in the produce section. You forget you&#8217;ve even got your phone there. Probably you left it with the water bottle. Or maybe in the shrubbery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water, thirsty photographers long ago noted, can make many compositions just a smidge better. It was true on the shrubs in the front 40: View this post on Instagram Morning dew on shrubbery. 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