Some pictures of the Teddy Roosevelt statue and Linwood.
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Turkey Hunt
I’m known as the tree-hugging environmental whacko in my department of the Computer Mine. I have this title because I don’t hunt, voted for Obama, and want guns to be regulated. Also, I don’t actively hate our environment. I don’t pay much attention to the derision that comes my way on that front because one of my cognitive shortcuts is that when people use words like treehugger or Obamacare, I instantly assume they aren’t particularly well informed and I needn’t pay attention to what comes out of their mouth. After all, anybody can regurgitate talk radio taking points and catch phrases. It doesn’t mean that they have actually thought about an issue. I still let them speak, but I’m thinking about mayonnaise cake or something like that.
However, on the last day of April I pulled myself out of my very comfortable bed at 4 in the morning and drove to the Computer Mine parking lot to meet Micky to go turkey hunting.
Don’t be concerned. I haven’t had a radical change. I went carrying a camera and a tripod.
Here are some pictures from Micky and I’s early morning excursion.
I apologize for the last picture, but it had to be taken.
Micky
This is as close as a turkey came to us. 75 yards. Too far to shoot at even if it was a “bearded turkey”, which it is not.
What a turkey might have seen if it would have come anywhere near us.
Micky and I in the middle of the field after our failed hunt.
Micky carrying the blind out. I carried the decoys in and out.
If you look closely, you can see a deer. This is about as close as we came to any wildlife besides a squirrel.
The ladder we used to cross the fence to get into the field to hunt turkeys.
The road we drove down to get to the ladder.
At Micky’s parents’ home we saw this goose nesting on top of a muskrat hut. The next day the eggs hatched and the family was gone.
As we were leaving beautiful Lake Augustin, we came across a tract of land that I can only describe as Deer Auschwitz. I made Micky stop the truck and I took this picture of the inside of a deer’s ribcage because… it was there.
Next Wednesday will be 9 Month Old Pictures of Alice.
The Archives: Edition Seventeen
These pictures are from: Backup/Old My Pictures/Godzilla
Jay carved this pumpkin.
I used to have lots of bad double exposure ideas… Still do actually.
A better look at Jay’s pumpkin carving prowess.
Olivia knitted this scarf for Godzilla. He wears it to this day.
Next week’s folder is: Backup/Old My Pictures/Insects/
RWPE Y2 #19 – COLORFUL
There were a few submissions for COLORFUL. Here they are:
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Sara Junck
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Julie Johnson
I’ve been down to the Random Theme Generator and it gave me the following theme:
PAINTING WITH LIGHT
A look back at last year’s PAINTING WITH LIGHT submissions:
PAINTING WITH LIGHT – 2010
The best way to think of PAINTING WITH LIGHT is having an object in total darkness and then illuminating just that object. This is the most technically demanding theme of the year, so I hope there nearly as many submissions for this as there were last year.
Taiwan Times – April 2011
- Please pray for all of the children, parents, and people who were in church for Easter Sunday. May God the Holy Spirit work to create faith in them.
- Pray for the CELC churches and youth. May God bless the relationships between churches and help the youth to stay connected to the word of God.
- Pray for the people at the village I went to in China. May God provided them with supplies and education to improve their lives. Praise God for their faith and may he present opportunities for them to share it with others.
- Pray for God to provide more teachers to come and serve in Taiwan.
Mark
Personal Photo Project of the Week #67
Must Be Truth
This is kind of a simple concept for a photo, therefore there aren’t many variations, but here is what there is:
Next week’s Personal Photo Project involves Jill and the pinhole camera. I’m not going to lie, there won’t be many (if any) fans of those pictures because they are very strange, but they exist and I like them. That is what matters.
Slice of Life Vol. 49
Some pictures of the Pufferbilly Days Parade, I’m guessing. Plus a picture of my first rabbit Fluffy. Apparently not as cute as I remembered.
Or is it just that Foster Q. Bunny has ruined me for all other rabbits? Probably not, I never wrote a series of mildly successful superhero short stories about Foster Q. Bunny.
There are quite a few things I find interesting in these pictures.
1. It is weird to think about Boone’s changing skyline, but it has changed. The smoke stacks from the old power plant no longer dot the Boone skyline.
2. I don’t remember that Carlson’s building at all.
3. Wilson Tap used to be called Wilson Recreation… That is awesome!
Young Heroes
Shannon assisted me with doing the photography for the Red Cross Young Heroes Banquet.
Here are some of the images:
There are a couple hundred more pictures in the Young Heroes Gallery in the Photography 139 Store:
American Red Cross – Young Heroes
It was a very interesting and inspiring night. It is amazing what so many young people are doing to make our world a better place.
The Archives: Edition Sixteen
RWPE Y2 #18 – ADVENTURE
There were a couple of submissions for ADVENTURE. Here they are:
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Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the Journey
Mike Vest of Waxen Media
I’ve visited the Random Theme Generator is pursuit of a theme for this week. This is what it spit out:
COLORFUL
As it is warming up, this seems like just the right time for this theme.
Here is a look back at last year’s COLORFUL submissions:
COLORFUL – 2010
Good luck everybody!