I headed for Anchorage about noon, picked Larry Aiken up at his hotel and then drove to the airport to meet his special friend, Mona, who had flown down from Barrow to stay with him during his cancer treatment.
As we waited at a stoplight, we saw some geese coming.
I still have not located my pocket camera (although I know it is here) and I had forgotten to bring a DSLR. That left only my iPhone and it was buried deep in my pocket. I did not think I could get it out and into camera mode in time and so decided just to let the geese pass by, unshot.
But no! To quit is not the natural way of Alaskans and it is not my way. I dug into my pocket, pulled out the iPhone, switched it to camera mode, raised it to the window and then could see nothing in it but the intense glare of the high-noon sun.
So I shot blind. I got my geese.
Pretty soon, I expect to get a call from MOMA* in New York. As soon as they learn about this photo, they will want to hang it on their wall.
I don't know what I will do, if I will let them hang it or not. I will have to think about it.
Here is how you can know:
Go to New York, or stay there if you are already there. Visit MOMA. If you see this iPhone photo prominently displayed on the wall, then you know I said, "yes."
If you don't, then you know I said, "no."
I can be quite particular about just who I let show my photographs.
After we got to the house, Jobe charmed Mona.
Then Jim came out, to charm both Mona and Larry.
;)
I hardly took any pictures. I just visited and ate. I ate too much, and I still feel it today.
Jacob and Lavina came out and so did Melanie and Lisa. Caleb was already here. Only Rex and Ama were missing. They must have been out getting in some good times before she departed back to San Francisco Bay, for just a short stay.
At dusk, I drove Larry and Mona back to Anchorage.
Although it is not at all obvious in this blog-sized version, if you could see this image at full 5D II resolution, you would clearly see that the little white rectangle with the dark in the middle down at the lower right is a campaign sign pushing Joe Miller for Senate.
Given all that has come to light, it is kind of strange to see such a sign, yet, there you have it.