It's a picture a day.

GRand Canyon National Park, Mach, 2007.

Ok, ok, i get it!

at least until i put up more:




Sunset, Gand Canyon. March, 2007.

I took maybe, 30 pictures in that hour as i walked a couple miles along the rim. It was cold, misty, dreary, uplifting, dramatic. At times i couldn't see 20 feet in front of me; Mule Deer would suddenly come into view, another hiker enjoying this lucky moment would appear and vanish, leaving me alone again in the silence along one of the wonders of the planet. Did i spend too much time looking through the camera and not absorbing my surroundings; i don't think so, though it would have been a different expierience without the technology.

Sunset at the Grand Canyon, March, 2007.

These were down by the railroad; where there were two last year, there are three now, plus a couple more a little ways away. Alledgedly edible, but No Thanks!




Actually, i'm not sure this is a puffball, it's shape is different, still pretty big.




am i the only one who has already has a tag for fungas?

Greene County Courthouse, Xenia Ohio. 1901/02. July 4, 2011.

You say Greene County to people of a certain age in Ohio and they look at you blankly; mention Xenia and it's a different story. In 1974 Xenia was flattened when a tornado cut through it's center, leaving 34 dead. The courthouse was damaged, most of the buildings around it were destroyed. But people rebuilt and Xenia seems a pleasant town.

This was the extent of our July 4 roadtrip, it was late, the camera batteries were tired, so were we; and we had miles to go before we slept.

If you could only smell them!



I think the slightly blurry quality fits in with the intense, dizzying, aroma that you get from lilacs. Breathe this in too strong and they'll knock you down.

White Pine, snow and ice.

March 11, 2011.

February 12, 2011.

We've been here before:( Read more... )

February, 7, 2011.

This picture has lots of sparkle.

February, 7, 2011.