I've taken a couple of days off from painting the outside of the inner city apartment in Adelaide to come down to Victor Harbor. I plan to do some large format photography and site manage the repairs to the roof and the gutters of the weekender.

It is actually hotter down here on the coast than in Adelaide, which is not what I wanted at all. It is even too hot for the roofers. They've called it a day at lunch time saying they are getting too old for this kind of work; everything is too regulated, they are moving to Thailand and to hell with the superannuation.

This little break is a chance to reconnect with the style of photography that is developing whilst I'm down at Victor Harbor. I've been doing digital studies of rocks, seaweed and shells in the field and bringing the found objects back to the studio for tabletop shots.

The other work that is developing is some digital sketches or studies of minimalist landscapes for a reshoot with a view camera this week, weather permitting.

Update
I listened to the Grateful Dead Live at Barton Hall - Cornell University on 1977-05-08. I came across this MP3 of the Grateful Dead's famous concert-- Live at Barton Hall - Cornell University on 1977-05-08 this evening:

May 1977 was seen as one of the highpoints of their live music performance--- a pinnacle tour for the Grateful Dead--much like the Fillmore run of February 1969, or the string of shows from June 1974.