Crunching about in the woods this last week with a crisp carpet of fallen leaves beneath my feet I…

I’ve not visited many of my normally daily read websites in the last week or so. I’ll claim I’ve…

The rusty reddish brown’s of an Oak Tree in late Autumn on a rainy day…

This has been a protracted Fall. It seems to be happening in stages with some nice foliage colors at…

“People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.” ~~ Anton ChekhovDuring…

No matter what you’re political allegiances I have to believe having the presidential elections over…

I’m selling some camera gear, probably eventually on eBay, but I thought to give any readers of this…

This past week I spent time interviewing and then training my replacement for the IT Manager…

I’ve been in the process of evaluating a Nikon D600 FF camera as a possible upgrade to my D700…

I’ve noticed a few website’s either down or very slow. Even this blog, physically hosted at a data…

When we first adopted our dog Maggie riding in a car was her least favorite thing to do. She would…

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change…

With the 2013 church calendar photo project completed and the photos turned in, I’ve added them to…

I finished photographing the 22 local churches selected for the 2013 calendar of the agency I work…

It seemed a good autumn image…

A few local autumn sample images I’ve collected this week while being out-and-about. While there’s…

Yesterday I began photographing selected local churches for a calendar the non-profit organization I…

I’d travelled to photograph the raptors at the Carolina Raptor Center with a very conservative…

This was weekend was the “Fall PhotoWILD” event at the Carolina Raptor Center in Huntersville, NC…

A change up today from posting autumn photos — this image of backlit Brazilian Agate. It appears…

This website/blog is possessed! That’s about the only answer I have left after trying for five days…

In past years my eyes and brain have accepted a 3:2 aspect ratio for photos is “normal” – whatever…

It’s interesting shooting a scene along side another photographer whose work you respect. It…

We escaped to the cloudy, foggy, misty, rainy, sunny North Carolina mountains this weekend with…

“I love the sounds and the power of pounding water, whether it is the waves or a waterfall.”  ~ Mike…

“With time and experience comes a different perception of what’s going on around you.” ~ Chris…

A nice surprised awaited me this morning — an article and the above photo was publish online by an…

Back in June of this year I successfully built a PC to run Apple’s OS X operating system on.  These…

While the dam and often waterfalls are main attractions of the Cooleemee River Park, a walk above…

A couple more photos of the water cascades from Mondays visit to “Bull Hole” / Cooleemee River Park…

This past Monday I did a couple of things I hadn’t done for a long while, I visited Bull…

I was hoping to have many more nature photos to post today — but of course at this point I had to…

An enjoyable afternoon walk along wooded paths at nearby Sloan Park definitely displays signs of…

I’ve been working on a slideshow of my best photos from our recent Italy trip for after dinner…

As election draw closer the road sides are full of “VOTE FOR” signs these days. However, yesterday…

It was an interesting sky this morning at sunrise as I was walking our dog.  A cold front pushed…

The street scenes captured in these photos remind me life is not as complicated as we would believe…

Benches aren’t always the best place to be in a park.  On hot humid days finding a spot  under a…

A recent photo of a small pond located amongst woods at a nearby park.  This pond has only an…

The mystique and attraction of wine and wine tasting extends beyond the bouquet and taste of wine…

“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” ~ Henry…

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

Now don’t you just know if it was the Democratic National Convention being held in Tampa Bay, FL…

One lifetime can encompass a great deal of social, technological and environmental change. My late…

Almost every morning begins with our dog Maggie and I walking around the neighborhood.    She loves…

Sometimes the image cries out to you — take me…

From La Specia we drove northward through the Liguria and western Emilia-Romagna regions, crossing…

“The Cinque Terre is a rugged portion of coast on the Italian Riviera. It is in the Liguria region…

Several months ago I received an email from a representative of the Arbor Day Foundation stating…

Our next destination was to visit the Cinque Terre coast of Italy but for the best logistics we…