The brother of my audiologist is an epidemiologist and told him that in the very near future almost everyone in the US will have the virus to some extent. However, he believes the mortality rate will be far less than the flu, and the panic is way more out of control than the virus itself.

There is at least one Wagner which i actually like better than the Lodge. And yes, we use at least one of them every day for breakfast if nothing else. I couldn't figure out how to put the two dutch ovens up there. Thanks for the comment.

Thank you

A little back story. My wife and I have only been married 19 years, which means we each had a life and home before. We each brought "stuff" to the marriage, and since we each tend to hoard, we had a lot of "stuff". We also each used cast iron cookware, which means we now have a lot of cast iron. Storing a couple of aluminum pans in the cupboard is no big deal, but stacking cast iron pans is. We live in a rural area of New Mexico and I have an almost unlimited supply of old wood, which I mostly use for picture frames. I had an epiphany! I built a small wall to hang them, the result is here:

My favorite response is when I post a photo for critique, and I explain the circumstances around the photo shoot, and then I'm told to take the model and reshoot the image doing thus and so.... Or with scenics or travel photos I get a similar response even after stating that the photo was taken years ago and 12,000 miles away.
So many people want to add a "critique" without having read the dialogue, but want only to hear (see) themselves talking.

Did you notice that piece is from 1197 days ago?

Thank you, Paul. This post almost qualifies to be a Zombie post, but your brought it back to life. For some reason I've been "focusing" more on my woodworking than photography lately. But I do have several ideas for when spring comes. All I need is a good model (who works for free)!

Cute kid, but the floating head concept is a bit spooky. Also the merger of his hair into the black background contributes to the spooky-ness.

Isn't he the one who was afraid Guam was going to tip over?

So many of you are creating roadblocks where none exist! I don't think these pictures are destined for the National Enquirer, but simply a portrait TYPE picture of the person. All he has to do is ask the person if they want their picture taken, (about 75% in my case) and then do a simple image with a simple background. I used a plain wall in the dining room. Keep it simple folks!

When my wife came out of retirement to be nurse educator at a nursing home, she suggested that I do the same as you. I cleared it with the activities director, and the administrator and they were all for it. I shot in a corner of the dining room, used mostly available light with only a key light to clean up shadows, and a background light to eliminate them. Almost all were wheelchair bound, so there weren't a lot of options in posing. When I was finished with all who wanted photos, I shot some other activities and the staff. I had 4x6 prints made at Costco, and gave everything to the activity director, along with a thumb drive. She passed them out to the patients. In a short time, a couple of them died, and their families were overwhelmingly grateful! All in all it took me about eight days of shooting about two hours at a time. It turned out to be more fun that I thought it would be.
I should add that while I was in college (50 years ago) I shot church directories, so I had some experience. I say go for it, it will be very rewarding!

what was the name of Roy Rogers sidekick who drove a Jeepster?

In a previous life I was a photojournalist. But the BIG prize always eluded me.
Our neighbor raises chickens so we seldom have to buy eggs. Often, when a new hen starts laying eggs (a pullet) the eggs are really small. I asked my wife the other day at breakfast if a pullet lays little eggs for a while and then suddenly lays a HUGE egg, is that a pullet surprise????

WHAT????

If you're a Veteran, that is the way to go. The VA dispenses premium hearing aids for free. The ones I'm wearing would cost almost $6,000.00 for a civilian. I was a hearing aid dispenser before I retired, and if not a veteran, Unitron is a good, lower price aid. Starkey is another one. Stay away from the mail order "deals".