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Fred’s Pond in August

A recent photo of a small pond located amongst woods at a nearby park.  This pond has only an over-flow pipe as an outlet so in dryer periods the water tends to become stagnant but certainly the surrounding plants don’t…

Photos and wine tasting

The mystique and attraction of wine and wine tasting extends beyond the bouquet and taste of wine.  The history of winemaking, the acquisition of skills for judging wines, and the casual intimate social experience all contribute to it’s overall appeal…

Departing the boats, caught in the nets

“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Fishermen and photographers may have a lot in common. Your thoughts?…

Blue boats in the late evening

A final post, this one of “blue boats” just before the sun sets…

Get your boat out of the water…

Now don’t you just know if it was the Democratic National Convention being held in Tampa Bay, FL, next week the Republican Right Wingers would be saying tropical Storm/hurricane Isaac (a Biblical name no less) was being sent to express…

Riding the tides of change

One lifetime can encompass a great deal of social, technological and environmental change. My late father, born in 1919, experienced both directly and indirectly four major wars, industrialization, the rise of the automobile in american society, man’s first visit to…