Saturday, August 17, 2002, 4:23 p.m.

Later that same day ... 7:45 p.m.

I like the way Paul Swansen relates.

After my pumpkin picture, all other photographic efforts else seem futile. I don't mind saying, that one really turned out great.

This is futile:

From the Things That Make You Pull the Car Over, Get Out and Start Taking Pictures Department:

That's a banner that was trailing a small plane about a thousand feet overhead and I don't have a telephoto lens but I do have zoom. All things considered, I think it turned out okay.