From Last Summer

Spring is in the air! I'm looking forward to getting back hiking in the hills this summer. To that end, I ran into a very well done and interesting photo blog. It's Atom's Picture Blog and if anyone who visit's here likes this blog, I think that you'll very much enjoy Adam's too.

Fast food arches? Perhaps in neolithic times. This is a whalebone arch, taken in Barrow, Tuesday, (4/6/10)looking out on the Chukchi Sea.

Here's a little something from Dillard & Clark, 'Train leaves Here this Morning' and 'In the Plan.'
It's off of a great album they cut back in 1969, 'The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark'. If you don't know who Doug Dillard and Gene Clark were, you should. Anyway if you like bluegrass/country give it a listen. If you don't, give it a listen anyway. These guys were exceptionally good.



One more track by Allison Krause and Robert Plant of 'Through the Morning, Through the Night' which gives the Dillard & Clark standard a run for its money.

Springtime in Alaska

Waiting For Spring

This Past Fall

Listen to your Mother!

Foggy Evening

2009's Ship of Fools

HAPPY NEW YEAR'S
Again, while I try not to divert to politics on this photo-blog. Sometimes circumstances compel you. Here's hoping that 2010 ends up better than 2009.
Here's a collage of jokers for 2009.
Perhaps I'll do a whole 52 card deck of jokers? That's it! No one card outranking the other! Total gridlock! How does one win? Easy! Bribery, graft & back room deals! Just like the real congress!
Or perhaps an ever expanding poster. The possibilities are endless.
Here's hoping for change.

Top Left to right: Pelosi, Obama, Reid
Middle: Waxman (a.k.a. Batboy), Our new symbol, Geithner holding Bernanke's head, Alaska's junior senator Boy Begich
Bottom: Frank, Biden, Hillary

This link takes you to some stunning photos by George Steinmetz, who took them while up in a motorized para-glider. They are spectacular. If you have a few moments to spare, you won't be disappointed.

Dawn

TheStart!

San Francisco in the distance

Surf's Out

View From The Porch

late afternoon, incoming storm. Canon Rebel Xti

Yum!

Sunlight & Shadow

Canon Rebel Xti
Focal Length: 55.0mm
35mm equivalent: 90mm
Exposure: 1/200
Aperture: f7.1
hand held
p.p: Adobe Photoshop Elements 7

Lazy, Hazy Summer's Day on the Ridge, Eklutna Lake

Looking East

Here's your "Orwell must be spinning in his grave report"

No media bias though.




Finally, some Talmudic quotes, courtesy Neoneocon's site;

"The truth is a heavy burden; only a few can carry it."

"The world is in the hands of fools." Indeed it is, look no further than Washington.

"Two farmers each claimed to own a certain cow. While one pulled on its head and the other pulled on its tail, the cow was milked by the lawyer."

"The thief who has no opportunity to steal thinks he is an honest man."

"Buttered bread always falls dry side up."

"If someone is coming to kill you, get up early and kill him first."

"Whoever teaches his son teaches not only his son but also his son’s son, and so on to the end of generations."

"A dream which has not been interpreted is like a letter unread."

"To save one man is like saving a world"

In another form:

"Whoever saves a single life it is as though he saved the universe."

Row Upon Row

I took this photo yesterday (7/1) from the top of Wolverine Peak, looking south.
Yesterday was a beautiful day, Which I had already taken off. So, I decided to hike up and have a look.
This was shot with my Canon xti and a 55-250mm lens.
Focal length: 90mm
35mm equivalent: 257mm
aperture: f10.0
1/400sec.
hand-held

Along The Canal

Taken in Ohio last monh, along the Ohio-Erie Canal, which was originally built in the 1820's.

A new layout. I hope you like it.

Eye on the Ball

Yes, it's that time of year again!