Sunday Stills: AWW NUTS!

O.K. I admit this weeks challenge was a bit weak! So here are my humble submissions..:-)

A quick moon shot

I’ve been super busy and yesterday I got my new laptop and am still working the bugs out of it. Of course not having an internet connection yesterday was a pain in the butt. So, today I’ll work on transfering programs and try to get some pics ready for SS tomorrow and try to come up with next weeks challenge, I have a couple of ideas going through mind..
Well here is what I could get of the moon last night, it was cloudy so it made the shot kinda creepy.
See ya all tomorrow..

Two Guns

One of my favorite spur of the moment stops was last year in Arizona to check out Two Guns ghost town. Once a stop on route 66 and before that a site of a fight between cav troopers and apaches and then a stage stop, Two Guns finally dried up in the 1940’s when I-40 was built and the stop was bypassed for travellers opting for the more modern Flagstaff. From what I could tell it was a mid sized town with a gas station, a small store and a lodge of some sort and a couple small homes and a general privy. On an interesting note the gas station has a sort of zoo attraction behind it with chicken wire enclosures. So here a few pics of the town that I pulled from my web site.

Two Guns, the bridge was built in the 30’s to connect the lodge and the gas station in the upper right of the pic.

The General Store

I’m not sure what this was, any ideas?
A hallway in the lodge.

The chicken coop in the back of the lodge, just on the other side of the walkway there is a 75 foot drop off into the canyon.

One of the last residents of Two Guns, I hope ya enjoyed the brief tour.
Have a great day…Ed

Wordless Wednesday

Shutter Priority, LED pen light, f:7.6, ISO200, 2sec,

Mindless Dribble, aka. a fly on the wall

Once again I overheard a conversation that made me want to bite my tongue. I was in line in my favorite store and heard a couple complaining that their weekend was ruined by rain, they were in the garden shop purchasing gardening supplies and were upset that the extra rain that would help their garden ruined their weekend gettaway to the Smokies. The first thing I thought was in another month they will probably complain its too dry and wish it would rain. I guess this goes along with people who eat in a Thai restaraunt and complain the food is too hot, or non-smokers who sit in the smoking section and complain about the smoke. O.K. I admit I’m a hypocrite at times and tend to say things at times and catch myself about 2 seconds after saying them and say to myself I’m an idiot for saying that, but I guess all in all its just human nature.
Hava great week…Ed

Macro Monday

Here are a few pics from mom’s garden I got yesterday, enjoy.




Have a great week…Ed

Sunday Stills: Textures

I have to admit this was one fun challenge! Not only did I find textures I got to use my macro lens..

An Albino Alligator

Moss on a tree

Fern Leaves

Some Cans

A Clown Wig

Elephant Skin

Cannas Leaves

Corn Silk
Have a great Day…Ed

Moms Garden

I did some shots in my folks garden yesterday and was impressed at how well they did this year, lots of beans, corn, broccoli, peppers, etc… They have a pretty good green thumb…:-)

Bell Peppers

Broccoli

Pole Beans

And finally some Tomatillos.

Skywatch Friday

Driving through the Virginia darkness I had the familiar feeling of what I call a Lunar Distraction. As the clouds parted I realized it was a Full moon rising above the horizon and well, I had to stop..:-)

Aperature Mode, f:6.3, ISO 200, Sigma 170-500mm maxed, tripod.

Wordless Wednesday, a day late.