Patrick's Hat

Patrick's Hat, originally uploaded by Brian E Mitchell.

I love Raglan Road at Downtown Disney. The food is good, the cider is cold and the atmosphere is just raucous enough to make it fun.

For those that haven't been, there is a bronze statue of Patrick Kavanagh (author of the poem the pub is named after) sitting on a bench outside of the restaurant. Kids are always climbing on it and families line up to have their pictures taken on the bench. That all adds up to a very difficult shot to get. The solution, i discovered, is to have a long lens and not try to shoot the entire statue. The result is a picture of the Patrick's hat.

Biplane

Airplane Model, originally uploaded by Brian E Mitchell.

So I've had a love for airplanes since I was a small child. My parents used to take me to a local airport in South Florida on the weekends, mostly because it was free, but I was hooked even then.

I have been in and out of airplane cockpits from the time I was young and, true to what Da Vinci said, "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." You can ask anybody that knows me, with even the slightest hint of airplane noise I will just about give myself whiplash trying to find it.

Hi, My name is Mitch and I'm addicted to airplane noise...

These days most of my flying is spent wedged into a "plush" and "roomy" airline seat as I hurtle across the country in a pressurized metal tube. Oh well, it's still flying!

Pier at Sunset

Pier at Sunset, originally uploaded by Brian E Mitchell.

I picked a sunset to blog about today because there here was a beautiful sunset this evening, which is a rare occurrence these days.

What made it even better is that the sun was setting on my way home from work and that means that the days are getting longer! I am ready for spring and the summer. It seems to me that this has been a long, cold and rainy winter here and I'm pretty well tired of it, as is evidenced by my incessant whining/blogging about things relating to our winter weather!

I'm ready for warmer temperatures, but the bad news about spring and summer is that shots like these will become tougher to get as the sun moves higher in the sky. No worry, though, I think the tradeoff is well worth it!