things | Bob Ransom

The Eiffel Tower gets a Snow Day

Hanging Out

I’ve fallen behind in getting new pictures posted here. I supposed that’s due in part to my not being all that thrilled with anything I’ve shot lately. (The other part is, of course, pure laziness.) This is from a trip … Continue reading→

Shuttlecocks

24 May ’12

Yep, that’s what they’re called: shuttlecocks. They’re little things you whack back and forth in badminton. I knew they had a name but couldn’t for the life of me remember what it was. Google to the rescue, once again. These … Continue reading→

Waiting

20 May ’12

Outside the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City.

Purple Flowers

29 Apr ’12

I’d tell you what these are if I had any sort of clue. My knowledge of plants is, unfortunately, just about zero. Shot on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific at the Montage Resort in Laguna Beach, California.

Easter Egg Hiding

8 Apr ’12

Happy Easter to all of you who celebrate the holiday. While taking the dog out this morning, I noticed that the Easter bunny had hidden this egg under a shell on a table on my front porch.

Rocks

3 Apr ’12

Life lately has been mostly work, work, work and, given what I do, that means travel, travel, travel. Most of February and all of March were spent traveling on business. I just returned from spending two weeks in Miami Beach … Continue reading→

Spring?

12 Mar ’12

I’ve been traveling for the better part of the past month and, in my mind, I still think it’s the beginning of February — in other words, winter, wimpy though it was this year. So I was extremely surprised when … Continue reading→

Ceiling Lights

9 Jan ’12

We stopped in to the Grand Lux Cafe in downtown Chicago for a late dinner. As the crowds had thinned, we were seated in what I’d call the “turret room” — a round room with windows looking out over North … Continue reading→

Bench

5 Dec ’11

I noticed this flaking metal park bench on a walk recently.

Trees $25

29 Nov ’11

Subway Doors

9 Nov ’11