Started my day off not long after daybreak, making my way into town to execute my civic duty. Our early voting precincts opened Saturday, and I was among the first wave of voters there to cast my ballot in the 2012 Presidential Election. https://twitter.com/Tara_R/status/262168918628646912 Afterwards, I kept close to home, looking for places to photograph … Continue reading Welcome respite
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Turpentine pines
It was gorgeous this weekend. When I headed out on my photo hike it was a crisp 55F, and it only rose to the low 70s. The skies were cloudless and pale blue. I went back to Grayton Beach State Park to hike along the lake trails. The evergreens there are remnants of the turpentine groves … Continue reading Turpentine pines
A cannon’s view
I traveled out to Fort Pickens State Park, near Pensacola, over the weekend for my photo hike. I've traipsed around the fort before, but this time, I went off the normal path and checked out some of the outer facilities... the batteries. These were where the large cannons and ammo were housed. At Battery Cooper, you … Continue reading A cannon’s view
Color me rad: Rawking 50
This weekend I had a birthday party with more than 5,000 of my best buds. To celebrate my 5oth (that's Five Zero), my daughter and I traveled to my childhood home of Knoxville, TN to participate in a Color Me Rad 5K run. Or, as the emcee said, it was more of a walk. Very … Continue reading Color me rad: Rawking 50
Bluegrass jam
Soup spoons and washtubs Make music where you find it Share it with your friends Flew into Asheville, NC, yesterday to meet up with my daughter before driving into Knoxville, TN. While in Asheville, we went downtown for dinner at the Tupelo Honey Cafe. On the corner, this bluegrass band set up. They were incredible. … Continue reading Bluegrass jam
High wire
The Mister is the Aerospace Engineer. He understands all the logistics of flight - lift coefficient, ground speed, flight ceiling. All I know is I’m inside a 27,000 ton hunk of plexiglass and metal that is hurling down an asphalt runway, and is supposed to lift off the ground, into the sky, and stay in … Continue reading High wire
Thin spiral notebook 