(No) photo calendar, 2025
In part because I wasn't buying holiday-connected gifts this year and in part because it was just hard, I didn't end up putting together a photo calendar. To my fans: I'm sorry.
Here's a short post to give some context.
Tags: ginny, meet-the-mayhaks, new-year, photography
Season's greetings, 2024
While Sarah didn't have a specific card made up for Christmas this year, she did include a picture with cards she sent out to some friends and family that I'm including below. Aside from one recent bit of news that I'll get to, I think I've covered the major life events of this year in my blog.
Tags: christmas, ginny, meet-the-mayhaks, miss-america
Goodbye, Ginny
At 3:23 p.m. on Friday, April 19, we said goodbye to our beloved coonhound Ginny. It is an understatement to say it hit us hard. She was so much a part of our new life back in Wisconsin, living with us for over two and a half of the three years we've owned our house in Barron. The emotional weight has felt like moving. We left our home around 2:00 p.m. on Friday for the last time, and we came home to a new space. Where's our girl?
Consider this a eulogy for a dog.
Tags: ginny, meet-the-mayhaks, music
Photo calendar, 2024
And now for the Fourth Annual Photo Calendar! This year saw another decline in the volume of pictures taken, but I still managed to get out with my camera once or twice a month. As a matter of fact, knowing I'd be putting together a calendar is often what got me outside to make sure I had enough.
One of these years I'll be lazy enough to do a "B-sides and rarities" edition where I make a calendar from past years' pics that didn't make the cut, but it is not this day.
Tags: ginny, meet-the-mayhaks, new-year, photography
Season's greetings, 2023
I'm going to keep this year's post short because I don't have much to say and I put this off to the last moment. Sarah has made another lovely card, and I think it does a great job capturing special moments particularly with the kiddos in our lives.
Tags: christmas, ginny, meet-the-mayhaks, photography
Photo calendar, 2023
Without any qualification, I have for you today my Third Annual Photo Calendar. I took far fewer pictures in 2022 than 2021, but I still managed to take a good number of pictures each month. Feel free to take a look at the photos I took this past year and let me know which ones you would've picked.
Tags: ginny, meet-the-mayhaks, new-year, photography
Season's greetings, 2022
Well, 2022 happened. Every few weeks I'd think, Maybe I should write a blog post, and I wouldn't get around to it. Since the card Sarah made this year is sort of one-sided (more below), I figured I'd use this annual post to write up some highlights from the year.
Tags: cd-listening, christmas, ginny, meet-the-mayhaks, music, photography
Photo calendar, 2022
I can't find a reference for this, but I seem to recall at least one popular style guide (perhaps the AP Stylebook) states that a yearly event shouldn't be referred to as "annual" until the third occurrence. However, I have also seen folks argue that the second time an event takes place is enough to say it's annual. All that to say, this marks my Second Annual Photo Calendar.
Don't @ me.
Tags: ginny, meet-the-mayhaks, new-year, photography
Season's greetings, 2021
While I didn't get around to setting up the aluminum Christmas tree this year, Sarah did a lovely job decorating for the holiday. She also put together another card, and it only seems right to share it here.
Tags: christmas, ginny, meet-the-mayhaks, photography
Ginny's World
When we moved back to Wisconsin and bought a house, Sarah was adamant it meant we should get a dog. No longer could I use the excuse that our lease didn't allow for pets. No longer could I point to our multiple thousand-mile trips every year between Virginia and Wisconsin as an example of why we couldn't provide proper care or afford to board such a beast.
I still resisted when we first got settled in our new house, but then we met Ginny.
Tags: ginny, meet-the-mayhaks, photography