Ready for the morning run.

Some people do dinner and a movie. I’m doing dinner (CiCis Pizza) and book. The 2026 Pulitzer Award winner Angel Down by @danielkraus.com @almakatsu.bsky.social I’ll be busy for the next two days.

The Wolfman out on patrol looking for his favorite bisquits.

Bubbles The Clown

Buzz Lightyear buzzing around from Infinity and Beyond.

Gene Simmons Rockin' his 1974 Gibson Grabber Bass Guitar

The upcoming HLHS COME ONE, COME ALL PICNIC has me as excited as I am on Christmas morning. I'm so Christmas Morning excited that I put on my Christmas Morning Jacket.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the hippest of the hip Cats, meet Sami Spayed...she's always on the prowl...she's looking for trouble, and knows how to handle trouble when it finds her. Sami Spayed...Private Eye to the hip and the rich. Old Money? Nouveau Riche? It's all the good money...

Why is this guy chasing me in my nightmares? I’ve never even been to Haddington, Illinois.

Never mind the Chocolates... Life is having the right attitude while enjoying your favorite hot beverage from your favorite "reminds me of home" mug.

Call Me Scoot. It's the Best of times. It's the Grooviest of times. We all Shine on... Like The Moon and the Stars and the Sun...

Not a lot of people know that I am indeed a dog lover. I've had this guy for years and years and years. In fact, I adopted him after a road trip to Boston about 20 years ago. His name is Testicles. And if I shared a different photo of him, you'd understand the reason behind the name. BOING!!!!!!!

When I was taking a photography course at Delta College, the assignment was to Go Find Someone or Something Unusual to photograph. I knew an old guy who thought he was the reincarnation of Dracula. He lived in a large stone house south of Maple Valley, MI. This is what came from the shoot.

I woke up this morning with a horrible, horrible frog in my throat... #eyeofscootstudios

Trying on "summer shirts" for the HLHS Class picnic on July 15th, 2026, at Skinner Park in Houghton Lake, MI, featuring folks from the classes of 1975, 74, 73, 72, 76, 77, and any other HLHS class members who happen to show up.

39 years ago, April 27, 1987, at 3:00am, I smoked the last Marlboro from the 2nd pack of Marlboros I had purchased at 5:00pm on Sunday April, 26,1987. I have now gone 14,245 days without a cigarette. That’s 341,896 hours ago in human hours. I occasionally still want one. But, I’ll just wait.

Once upon a time, every small and medium-sized town had a Bonanza or a Ponderosa steakhouse where the family could unwind with a pretty good steak dinner. Today, only 12 Ponderosa Steakhouse locations remain in the U.S. This is the Ponderosa in Greenville, MI. It served Greenville for 30 years.

It's the world-famous GRAFFITI DAWGGIE DAWG!!!

Oh Oh. It appears that Texas may be in for some serious troubles. Cowboy Bob Gray, aka Pennywise the Dancing Cowboy Clown, was recently spotted attending the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo in Fort Worth, TX. This photo was taken at Dickies Arena. Trouble is brewing folks. Be alert. Be prepared.

Cairo, Illinois Firehouse.

It's a little-known fact that when aka Bob Gray, aka Pennywise the Dancing Clown, landed in Derry, ME a millennium ago, he was required to apply for and be issued a passport. Through diligent interweb research, I have managed to find the original Passport Photo. And the legend was born.

I thought I heard something funny in the backyard. Nope. Just some clown clowing around.

A Single Pear #eyeofscoot #eyeofscootstudios

While I was driving around Houghton Lake, MI recently, I spotted some new growth along the road. I’m thinking that this year’s wheel cover crop will be a bountiful harvest.

Four memorable buildings from my childhood. Like me, they are old. Like me, they are still standing. The Houghton Lake Playhouse. The Junior High School. The original airport. We used to drag race on snowmobiles on the runway in the winter. The original all-grades school.

Great news.

There was a quick stop in Greenville, MI as I headed home.

This was my home in Houghton Lake, MI between 1968 and 1971.

Anyone missing a shoe?

While I was traveling over the weekend, I did find the fork in the road. But I didn't take it.

A Real Fixer-Upper...

I occasionally have nightmares that Barnabas Collins is going to crawl out from under my mattress and "get me" sometime in the middle of the night.

Let's make great memories. SEMPER MEMORABILIS!!!

It's Saturday. It's the weekend. Let's make it great. SEMPER MEMORABILIS!!!

Exciting news for horror/mystery readers. Richard Chizmar, the publisher and editor of Cemetery Dance magazine and the owner of Cemetery Dance Publications is publishing the third book in his Boogey Man series. KILLING THE BOOGEYMAN will be released on October 6, 2026.

Some days you feel silly. Other days personalities whirl like a Dervish

When the Clown to the left of me and the Joker to the right of me are the same person.

Then there was the time I ran into Batman at the Redwood National Park while I was trying to learn how to use my first Hasselblad camera. He was kind enough to allow me to photograph him in front of one of the felled Giant Redwoods. It was a long exposure...that's why there's some motion blur.

Then there was that time when Superman let me create a portrait of him standing in a wooden bowl. Good times. (the glasses didn't fool me btw)

Happy Sunday.

Crazy night last night. I don't often go out to bars. But last night was special, so I was talked into going to a sports bar with friends to have drinks. There was a lady there who got her nipple pierced. I apologized and explained that I really suck at darts.

I was saddened to learn this morning of the passing of a member of the HLHS Super-Class of 1975. As the saying goes, John Voelker was one of the good ones. A Good friend. A Good Husband. A Good father. A Good gramps. A Good man. He will be missed. We All Shine On...

Peacock Feathers and Ewer Still Life...

Calla Lily and Vase Still Life... #hasselblad #frames_magazine

MMMMMMMM......Vernors (Now I need a Bucilli's Supreme Pizza from Houghton Lake, MI to go with it!!!)

I have a new mission statement for my life. "The only stupid questions are the ones you ask me before you ask the Web (or any question before my coffee)."

The Cat In The Hat On The Wall

The weekend read. It’s the first book in the “Cold Case Quartet”. The main protagonist is William Wisting, the lead police investigator in the town of Larvik Norway. Author Jørn Lier Horst has written about Wisting in a total of 13 novels. Looking forward to reading about Norway detective work.