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Grand Rapids Sunrise

Dam Sunrise!

Postal Sunrise

Table for One

Grand Rapids, MI
May 6, 2013 

Interpretation: Las Vegas Night

Looking over Fremont Street and beyond...

April 12, 2013

Arizona Sunset

April 5, 2013

A Journey: North Carolina

 

Two Days in North Carolina: 

 

And the perfect travel companions: 

March 22-23, 2013

Interpretation: Mabry Mill

It was a cold and icy day last Saturday at Milepost 176.2 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia...

Despite the cold, the photographers and ducks were out and about!

March 23, 2013

Florida Sunrise

Fort Lauderdale
March 14, 2013

Sunset/ Sunrise: Castle Rock, Colorado

Sunset

Sunrise

March 1-2, 2013

NC Wineries: it was a cold and blustery day

Visiting three North Carolina Wineries...

It was a cold and blustery days with occasional bursts of snow. 

But the wineries were nice, the people friendly and the wines good. 

 

Shadow Springs Vineyards; Hamptonville, NC

 

 

Laurel Gray Vineyards; Hamptonville, NC

February 6, 2013

 

Painted Sunset

Painted Sunset

Oldsmar, FL
February 12, 2013 

Airport Trivia: Did you know....

there is a time capsule in the Denver International Airport (DIA)??

The Stone reads

"The time capsule beneath this stone contains messages and memorabilia to the people of Colorado in 2094."

Now you know.

(I wonder if the airport will still be standing in 2094)

Interpretation: Houston Air Terminal Museum

Back on a hidden side street on the far side of Houston's Hobby Airport is the 1940 Air Terminal Museum... the original art- deco style terminal for the airport. Long closed, it was to be torn down until a non-profit was formed and a gradual restoration is being done.    

The Terminal is well off the beaten path, bordered on the sides by old hangers, on the front by a couple of "retired" planes, and on the back by the airports active runways. 

The hanger is actually still in use, although it doesn't look like it from this side.

Self-portrait

Noted as being an original 1940 light fixture, hanging in the atrium

Upper floors are still closed off, only the main floor is restored.

Portions are still works in progress

January 31, 2013

 

Houston Early Morning Walkabout

Houston Early Morning Walkabout

6:45am

A Print Company that is now a Coffee Shop

Stairway to ...

Some images just work better in sepia toned black & white!

Lots of spaces available early in the morning.

Note Houston PD sign in background.

January 27, 2013

How To... Prevent Identity Theft

How To...
Prevent Identity Theft

Guaranteed!! 

 

Step 1 
Shred all documents with a home paper shredder

 

Step 2
Make shredded documents into Briquettes


Step 3
BURN, Baby, BURN!!

Step 4
Carefully supervise to make sure everything is completely burned
(wine optional... but sure makes it a lot more fun)

 January 1-20, 2013

Interpretation: a slice of San Francisco

San Francisco is most probably my favorite US city and Chinatown has got to be my favorite section of the city. The variety of sights, colors and light are almost sensory overload for a photographer...

Mundane businesses, but a great entrance!

 

Such a narrow alley... so many addresses

I do believe the street number might be 738

East meets West?

Always so polite.

Restaurant entrance

'Not real sure exactly what Benevolent Associations actually do (even Wikopedia isn't real clear), but Sam Yup has nice entrance

Dim Sung Restaurant in Chinatown.. as authentic as it gets!!

December 5, 2012

 

Catching up: Boise & Idaho Falls early December

Idaho Falls, ID
18 degrees with stiff winds that night and in the morning... didn't stay out for long!! 

December 6-7

Boise, ID
A snowy morning but not as cold! 

For some reason this thumb-size image is not as sharp as the full-sized image. Disappointing.

December 8, 2012

 

December 5: it was a gray and foggy day in San Francisco...

Alcatraz Island

An Afternoon in Boston

Blew off an afternoon riding the train into Boston and just wandering around... started at the Harbor (the locals call it the Hahhbah) and worked my way in and around, ending up at the largest Christmas tree in New England.

The Harbor... just past Legal Seafood (yes, I did stop and eat there!)

Not a clue what the lobstah and the cow are for... the sign was in an empty alley

If you have never been to downtown Boston, there are lots of narrow, twisting alleys with businesses facing out into them.

The Quincy Market... kind of touristy (actually a lot touristy), but a great old building... courtesy of new wide angle toy.

They do a light and music show using the tree as the principle character. This is actually three images taken in the dark combined into one (which explains why it is a tad fuzzy)

This is not actually Boston, it is in North Andover. It rained continuously for three days before my excursion into the city (amazing for those of us from places where we count the numbers of days it rains with our fingers). The "raindrops" are actually ice.

December 19, 2012

 

Zoo Lights

A trip to Phoenix's Zoo Lights
(along with 12,000 other folks last night)

December 22, 2012

On the Road again...

Driving from Sterling, Colorado to Denver. Decided I needed to take a break and stretch my legs. Took the next exit in the middle of nowhere and found... it went nowhere! A one lane tunnel under the highway and  livestock gates on both sides.
That was all!
(and there is an exit there because... ????)

December 14, 2012
(photo geeks: fun with new high-def wide angle attachment!) 

Fire and Fantasy... revisited

Fire and Fantasy... revisited

(click here to see the original Fire & Fantasy)

November 24, 2012

(click here to see the original Fire & Fantasy, January 15)