Nora and Daddy playing in the splash areaI guess I need to rename our travel blog from Dogparks and Brewpubs, to Dogparks and Playgrounds :) Since Nora has begun walking we have made a point to search out big playgrounds for her to check out. Right now though I think it is probably more [...]

Sharon and I headed out on a road trip to see her parents on Deal Island, MD and family in Baltimore, MD. To help make the trip easier we made a stopover in Charleston S.C. to see our friends Kevin and Jason. And while there we wanted to explore Kiawah Island as we have never [...]

One thing Skippy is known for unfortunately, has been his flatulants, or farts as most people refer to them. Ever since I can remember it has been a problem. However Skippy has had fun with his “talent”.

A story that goes way back, back when we around 12 years old, is from our trip to Hershey. We never actually made it to Hershey as we got into trouble for horsing around and his mom punished us by bypassing Hershey but I digress.

The violent lady from Old East Hill sitting along side some lost solesWhen I moved into our new place I met the neighbor, Chip, very early on who owns a sign shop across the street. We hit it off pretty well as he is an artist as well, and we share many of the [...]

***Please note, we now have prints of Randy’s photos up for sale of beach scenes and beach wildlife (dolphins and birds) as well as Lost Sole #359 that was featured on CNN, to benefit the Emerald Coast Keeper Organization, please help us clean up our shorelines!!** (view prints>>)
We have decided to find creative ways to [...]

Along side Lost Sole 360 you will see the infamous and insidious BP oil spill tar ballsToday I went out to Pensacola Beach for a quick photoshoot for work. On the way home I decided to check out our beaches and see if there was oil on them as result of the huge waves churned [...]

It is the morning after I went out to Pensacola Beach to view the oil slick that had finally washed ashore from the BP disaster. The beach was surreal. The parking lot was full of TV crews and their trucks with giant satellite dishes perched on top. All lined up to report on the latest happenings. I have seen this here before during hurricane season’s . . .

I have been lucky enough to be selected as this month’s featured artist at the Pensacola Museum of Art’s Culture Club meeting with my One Shoe Diaries. I invite anyone that can, to come down and check it out, there will be drinks, music, food and prizes! It is on Thursday June 3rd, from 5:00 [...]

It has been a very busy few months and I fell behind a bit on my projects. I am taking steps to getting caught up and this was the first one. I want to note, this marks the first time I made the cover be one of the contributor’s images instead of mine. I am [...]

So many memories tied to such little seemingly insignificant items
Momento- noun:
A souvenir; a reminder of past events.
Momentos. When I sit back and look around my office I am surrounded by them. In fact I seem to be surrounded by them wherever I go. They are little things that trigger a memory for [...]