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Cowboys Roping Cattle

Sunset Beach at sunset.

 

Florida

Last remnants of thousands of 6 " diameter flowers on this tree. Two weeks prior you could not see the tree - it was so red. Maybe I can catch it next year.

Darrell (before the fall).

Me taking a jump at Darrell's on Jonathan's Suzuki SMZ 400.

Mike McVetty on his new Harley in Portland Maine, not much different weather, would you say?

South Carolina
 

Swallowtail butterfly at Annie's Inn. 

1. Apple, cherry, or ??? blossom. 

Steeplechase Aiken, SC 3-23-08

Flowers at Annie's Inn

 

Battle of Aiken

An actor.

An actor in the audience.

Me and another actor.

The battle.

Cannons.

Field hospital.

"Captives"

Drummer boy.

After the battle.

The photographer, using real period equipment and silver film!

Rapt attention during surgery.

Actor in many movies he says.

Cannon fire at night.

                    Half                                                                     80%                                                                      Full     

Earth's shadow is still almost 10 times the moon's diameter, even as far away as it is.

Interesting facts, earth 12,756 km diameter, moon 3,476 km, ratio of 4:1, sun 110 times the size of the earth.

Earth to moon 384,400 km, earth to sun 149,597,870 km.   

Thus the shadow of the earth is 0 degrees, 32 seconds in arc or 3,556 km wide at the distance of the moon, 

the moon is 3,476 km in diameter, thus the earth's shadow just barely covers it!! 

No wonder the full eclipse is so short, and so rare.

Gidget and master on a sunny day here in S. Carolina.

Spring is here in S. Carolina, these daffodils are growing wild out on the SRS site.

A beautiful sunny spring day 2-18-08

S. Boulevard in Aiken

2-10-08 Nell and I went over to Muffy Seaton's place (http://www.muffyseaton.com/) to get her horse and carriage, then we went to Silver Bluff to the Audubon Center and Sanctuary where the group of 20+ carriages went for a ride!

2-9-08 In Montmorenci SC ("Sporting Days" three miles from me.)

I met Mark there, he is a real photographer (www.hoofclix.com), he had real cameras, not like mine!

In mid air!

Trip to Maine, NH, and Vermont

Actually these were in New Hampshire on the way to Maine! (The one on the upper left was the real one!)

Bridge for cross country skiing in NH.

Ann, her husband Mike, and son-in-law-to-be Richard (back) all from England, with Courtney, Candy and Dan

Michael and Beth's "Charlie Brown" Tree.

Molly and Beth and the 7 foot snowman we built!

Me, Chloe, and Molly sledding!

Michael and Beth's home - a lot of snow!

Little antique pistol Mike gave me, anyone know what it is?

Big Jim, Michael, and Corbin on the ice at David's.

Street in front of Mike's.

Snowy home.

That is my rental car under there.

Welcome to snow land!

Snow shower!

Fun day sledding!

Coming back up the hill.

David plowing.

Filling the bird feeder.

Dan's airplane and three brother's.

Three brother's and family.

Interesting antique - any clue what it is??

Sunset flying over Bar Harbor, Maine.

Trip to Vermont

Chickadee

Road up to Michael's cabin - 3 feet of snow.

Icicles on Michaels Ice Sculpture.

Al's favorite squirrel.

Michael built a roof over the sawmill - only wood pegs hold it together!

AJ performing his magic with wood - building a beautiful cherry desk for his wife, Jenny.

Another of AJ's many projects.

Another chickadee.

Sue's chocolates - she made thousands this Christmas!

Sue & Al's maple sugar house -  their home is on the left (solar cells - their power! - below the center window).

Sue & Al opening Christmas presents.

Sue & Al's home for their beef, chickens and pig.

AJ.......Jenny.................................Al...........and Sue

AJ and all the dogs on the pond.

Mike's ice sculpture.

Snow coming off of the shed roof - it is 2 feet thick!

Al protecting his bird feeder from those pesky squirrels. 

Yet another chickadee.

 

TRIP TO WASHINGTON STATE

Mount Rainier (Cascades 14,410 feet) taken at a rest stop going from work to Amy's.

A basalt ridge on the Columbia River near Beverly, Washington.

The day after the fire on Rattlesnake mountain.

Me sailing on the Snake River, taken by my friend Scott Brim, owner of the sailboat.

Snake River sailing.

Night at the Tri-Cities Cable Bridge

Sunset at F-Reactor.

Wind generators

The Cascade Mountains.

The Last Tear.

The Hanford site.

Herd of 60 or so elk after the fire.

The herd extended from my left to off the picture on the right!

Elk tracks and one cougar track as well!

The countryside - Rattlesnake Mountain in the background.

Black tailed jackrabbit.

Hanford site from the air, 16,000 year old gravel dunes. This was the bottom of a huge 1000 foot deep lake.

Pelouse falls

Coolee created 16000 years ago.

The circular action of the water left this portion intact (see the person on the point at the end of the trail?).

The coolee.

Irrigation is the only way anything can grow.

Little girl; at the rest stop trying to catch a snowflake.

The first snowfall, very early - October 19, 2007  - global warming?

I made a snowman!! Got cold hands, no gloves!

CALIFORNIA

Mount Shasta (Cascades, 14,162 feet), taken from the airplane trip from Don's to Portland, Oregon.

Baby deer at the Paicines ranch.

The rolling hills of the ranch, with a river running through.

Hills at the northern edge.

Hills at the southern edge: just behind these hills, the southern boundary of the ranch is marked by the Andreas Fault.

The river runs through the ranch.

One of the many buildings that make up the ranch.

Half Dome, if you look closely you can see Donald and his hang glider.

Vernal falls.

 

Trip to Colorado

Trip up the mountains.

Big horned sheep on the side of the road

On the side of the road as well!

On the road!

 

MISSISSIPPI

Baptist Church

Casino barge.

Congregationalist church.

Another casino barge.

This was a road.

The buildings in the background were only hit by the wind, the remains of the similar buildings that were hit by the 30 foot surge are in the foreground, bulldozers had pushed this path through the rubble.. The only sound was the beeping of the smoke detectors as the batteries went dead. There were 28 kids in this pile in the foreground - they had stayed behind to have a hurricane party.

"My adjuster" he said.

The remains of the city of Waveland, MS.

ARUBA

BIRDS

Ft. Desoto.

Cormorant in the rain.

Osprey in my backyard.

   

Series of photographs selected by Vista Galleries for presentation.!

Vista Galleries also is displaying this one.

Roseate spoonbill in my backyard.

Baby Yellow Crowned Night Heron (my backyard).

Adult Yellow Crowned Night Heron (my backyard).

Adult Yellow Crowned Night Heron displaying (my backyard).

Great Blue Heron with his lunch (my backyard)

Seagull (my back yard)

Osprey (same post as above!)

White Ibis 

Pelican (Ft. Desoto - down the street from my house)

 

 

Bald Eagle, Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa

Osprey, my backyard

Great Blue

Bringing his wing up.......

......then over his head. He stays this way for about 15 minutes.

 

 

INSECTS

Black swallowtail

Butterfly in my backyard.

Butterfly in my backyard.

Butterfly in my backyard.

Bees in my backyard.

Denver 

Denver

Aruba

Aruba

Aruba

Aruba

Two swallowtails mating.

Dragonflies mating.

Dragonfly.

OTHER 

Lizard looking for a mate in my backyard.

Gecko on my living room wall.

Gecko on my hardwood floor.

Lizard in my backyard.

Raccoon in my backyard.

Alligator, at Blue Spring

Manatees at Blue Spring

Fierce Fiddler (1" in size)

Seahorse, Seattle Aquarium

PEOPLE

Missed bunt.

Mullet fisherman out my back window (air filled with smoke from Georgia wildfire).

Kite surfing St. Pete Beach

Surfing St. Pete Beach

She caught a fish!

Sarah

Sarah

Sarah birthday.

 

 

Original of the painting Roger Bansemer did of a photograph I took of the lighthouse in the Dry Tortugas

Painting Roger did of a photograph he took when he and I went to Anclote Key (I was on the boardwalk on the right)

 

FAMILY 

Dad, Betty (and Sue)

Susan on Darrell's horse.

Me at the "Bodies" exhibit - this is a St. Petersburg Times newspaper picture
I did not know the picture was being taken! I was in the first ten people to see the exhibit.

David, Jean and grandkids.

Donald on Darrel's horse.

Don, Jean and their dog having a snack at the Paicines ranch.

Dan, Candy, Courtney, Trevor

Darrell

 
 

David's big Jim

Amy and Sarah

 
 

Donald's Stephanie

Justin in Iraq (not my photo).

Jonathan in Iraq (not my photo)!

Triple circular rainbow from the airplane.

Trip to Atlanta.

 
 
 
 

FLOWERS

Magnolia in Aiken Ga.

Same Magnolia with approaching honeybee.