Summer Days

Taken during a short hike this afternoon.
It was too nice to stay at work. What can I say.

Some oldies for a Friday night.
They still hold up, in my opinion anyway.
Better than a lot of new stuff.

July 4th Parade

I'm hoping that everyone had a good Independence Day!

Lifted from Daphne's site (Jaded Haven. THanks again...

The Raconteurs "Old Enough" Featuring Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe from Miky Wolf on Vimeo.

The Bus Stopped Here

Hand held HDR.
Here's some Fridaynight videos,

The Mountain from TSO Photography on Vimeo.

Magnus from Meradi Omar on Vimeo.

Summer!

OK, not Alaska. Taken in south central Minnesota.

If you have a few minutes, watching Conan O'Brien's commencement address at Dartmouth is well worth your time. It's a great speech...


This too is worth a few minutes...

The Memorial Day weekend was gorgeous. My wife and I went and rode the Bird to Gird bicycle trail along Turnagain Arm. This image was taken near the Girdwood end.

And now for something completely different....

Weinergate! The song...

Rockstar

On this Memorial Day weekend,let us remember those who sacrificed all for their country and let's not forget that all threats are necessarily external.

Playing around with Photoshop and textures.

Go here to see some truly incredible photos of the Nyiragongo Crater in the heart of the Great Lakes region of Africa. It's worth a few minutes of your time.

From a link I found, courtesy(Small Dead Animals), here are some amazing sports photos, enjoy...

Spring time

Early spring evening...



This past week, the last movie star died. Elizabeth Taylor.
In remembrance, here's a photo from a time in her life when she wasn't just hot, but smoking hot. I recommend you watch "Who's afraid of Virginia Wolf?" and see how great acting looked. She and Richard Burton seem so real, you almost wonder if they were acting. RIP...
H/T to Small Dead animals on the photo.

Friday night and here are two videos from an old favorite, Brian Eno.
The 1977 albumn 'Before & After Science'.
This predates MTV and the videos are a treat to watch. They remind me of Monty Python. Eno was, in my opinion, ahead of his time.

So crank up your speakers and enjoy...

First up, King's Lead Hat. My daughter (13) who's deeply into the Beatles said this was 'ok.'



Second, also from the same albumn, 'No One Receiving' I like a lot, my daughter, after listening told me we have very different taste in music.



Last up, a 1978 song from Pere Ubu, another great band.

And now for something completely different. An urban downhill mountain bike race in Valparaiso, Chile. Courtesy of Vimeo, via David Thompson & SDA.

VCA 2010 RACE RUN from changoman on Vimeo.

Soon!

Stairway to Parking

The Windward Shore

Happy New Years!

Here's hoping that 2011 is a better year, in all ways, than 2010 was.
This is an HDR 'View from the Porch.'Taken at sunset, new year's eve.
Hand held.

And of course, another edition of 'Separated at birth'

Merry Christmas!

Here's hoping that everyone has a Merry Christmas.

We end the year with 'Big Sis' punishing a citizen speaking the truth and the FCC trying to reign in free speech by attempting to seize control of the internet.

To compound that, yesterday, I learned some very sad news indeed. Dennis the Peasant (see links below) will be signing off. His was a clear and bright voice in the political blogosphere. His writing was clear, crisp and on point. Never one to mince words, he called them like he saw them and did it with his unique and razor sharp wit. I wish him well. I for one will miss his voice and his music posts. He turned me on to several artists who I now like very much. I plan to leave his link up and I hope he leaves his blog up. They are worth reading.

Below, it's time to present, "separated at birth",

R.I.P. Captain Beefheart (1941 - 2010)

Some music to listen to on Friday night. Some of my favorites who still sound as good (to me) now, as they did back in the day. First up is Return to Forever. A band that should have been far better known.



Next up, Pat Metheny. Probably one of my all time favorites. Doing 'Third Wind' from the Still Life Talking album. Enjoy.

Denali and the Chulitna River in the foreground.

May everyone have a happy Thanksgiving. Here is a site showing some of the entrants to the National Geographic Annual Photo Contest. It's well worth a few minutes of your time.

Also, a rare voice of sanity in the climatic change debate, which has consisted mainly of over-hyped scare tactics and the shouting down of any who question the doom-sayers. This too is well worth the listen. H/T - Small Dead Animals;

The Light at the End of the Tunnel...

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church (the old church) in Eklutna.

Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall...Literally!

A hand held HDR. Taken early this morning while killing some time waiting for my daughter's hockey game to begin.

It's Open!

I saw this over at Jaded Haven (see link below) and I had to embed it over here also. This is beautifully done and worth watching. The video is simply stunning and the music, I like too.

Last Walk Around Mirror Lake - Boom Bip (Boards of Canada Remix) from FroschYankee on Vimeo.

An HDR image taken last weekend near Portage. The haziness is from the rain which was coming down in a fine penetrating mist, being driven by a very high wind with almost knock you off your feet gusts. I didn't even think of trying to use my tripod in that setting and could barely hold the camera still. I didn't think that it would work, but it seems to have come out alright.

Powerline Pass

Taken this past Friday night while out on an evening mountain bike ride with my daughter.

Have a safe & happy Labor Day!
An appropriate image for laboring.

Preview of Coming Attractions

Taken last fall.

The View From Penguin Ridge

World War One Explained as a bar fight...
H/T - Theospark.net

Germany, Austria and Italy are standing together in the middle of the pub, when Serbia bumps into Austria, and spills Austria's pint.

Austria demands Serbia buy it a complete new suit, because there are splashes on its trouser leg.

Germany expresses its support for Austria's point of view

Britain recommends that everyone calm down a bit.

Serbia points out that it can't afford a whole suit, but offers to pay for cleaning Austria's trousers.

Russia and Serbia look at Austria.

Austria asks Serbia who it's looking at.

Russia suggests that Austria should leave its little brother alone.

Austria inquires as to whose army will assist Russia in compelling it to do so.

Germany appeals to Britain that France has been looking at it, and that this is sufficiently out of order that Britain should not intervene.

Britain replies that France can look at who it wants to, that Britain is looking at Germany too, and what is Germany going to do about it?

Germany tells Russia to stop looking at Austria, or Germany will render Russia incapable of such action.

Britain and France ask Germany whether it's looking at Belgium.

Turkey and Germany go off into a corner and whisper. When they come back, Turkey makes a show of not looking at anyone.

Germany rolls up its sleeves, looks at France, and punches Belgium.

France and Britain punch Germany. Austria punches Russia. Germany punches Britain and France with one hand and Russia with the other.

Russia throws a punch at Germany, but misses and nearly falls over. Japan calls over from the other side of the room that it's on Britain's side, but stays there. Italy surprises everyone by punching Austria.

Australia punches Turkey, and gets punched back. There are no hard feelings, because Britain made Australia do it.

France gets thrown through a plate glass window, but gets back up and carries on fighting. Russia gets thrown through another one, gets knocked out, suffers brain damage, and wakes up with a complete personality change.

Italy throws a punch at Austria and misses, but Austria falls over anyway. Italy raises both fists in the air and runs round the room chanting.

America waits till Germany is about to fall over from sustained punching from Britain and France, then walks over and smashes it with a barstool, then pretends it won the fight all by itself.

By now all the chairs are broken, and the big mirror over the bar is shattered. Britain, France and America agree that Germany threw the first punch, so the whole thing is Germany's fault . While Germany is still unconscious, they go through its pockets, steal its wallet, and buy drinks for all their friends.