My Photo Journal

In Memory of 9/11/2001

2006-09-11T15:49:00.000-07:00

This was a bronze statue to honor fallen firemen. It was commissoned by a fire dept. in another state, and was being transported to them when 9/11 happened. The statue ended up staying in New York City at that time, and became one of many impromptu memorials that sprang up all over the city then. This photo was taken less than 2-1/2 weeks after the attacks on the World Trade Center towers. We were able to be there and witness with our own eyes, this tragic time in America's history. I'll be forever grateful for that. And will always help me "remember 9/11"

God Bless America!

Beautiful Lake Tahoe-Calif. side

2006-08-12T21:39:00.000-07:00

The blues and turquoise of the water are spectacular!

The view we had from a wedding at So. Lake Tahoe, Calif.

Dining riverside on The Riverwalk-San Antonio, Tx

2006-06-12T13:29:00.000-07:00

View from the balcony at Casa Rio restaurant on the Riverwalk in San Antonio, Tx. Fun place to go to, had good food and fun to walk all around the river and the different restaurants, shops and all the hotels that line the Riverwalk.

The River Center Mall-San Antonio, Tx

2006-06-12T13:18:00.000-07:00

Catching a river taxi at the mall, taking the "Riverwalk" tour---fun, fun!

Beautiful landscaping at The Alamo

2006-06-12T13:11:00.000-07:00

This is just a small part of the beautiful landscaping and park like setting of The Alamo.

Touring The Alamo

2006-06-12T13:06:00.000-07:00

Touring another section of The Alamo. Very interesting place to visit. Love history, and old buildings, etc. So fascinating!

The Alamo-shrine

2006-06-12T12:58:00.001-07:00

This is one of the buildings on the Alamo grounds, now a shrine with flags from several, if not all, states and flowers all around too. Everyone inside pretty quiet, as it is a shrine to the fallen heroes of the Alamo. Very interesting to view.

The Alamo at night

2006-06-12T12:54:00.000-07:00

View of The Alamo at night, San Antonio, Tx

Peek-a-boo sunset

2006-03-26T18:53:00.000-08:00

Sunset peeking through the palm leaves-Le Kliff restaurant (Puerto Vallarta)

Gorgeous sunset at Le Kliff restaurant

2006-03-26T18:26:00.000-08:00

One of the most beautiful sunsets experienced in Puerto Vallarta, as seen from the Le Kliff restaurant.

Le Kliff restaurant-Puerto Vallarta

2006-03-26T18:21:00.000-08:00

Dining cliff side at Le Kliff restaurant-outside Mismaloya (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico)

Beautiful scenery in Puerto Vallarta

2006-03-26T18:18:00.000-08:00

Another view from the open dining restaurant, Le Kliff-Puerto Vallarta

Brightly colored flowers at Le Kliff-Puerto Vallarta

2006-03-26T18:14:00.000-08:00

View from the restaurant, of a variety of brightly colored flowers and the ocean below.

Sunset Shadows

2006-03-26T18:07:00.000-08:00

This sunset captured at the Le Kliff restaurant, outside Mismaloya (Puerto Vallarta)

Puerto Vallarta sunset-2

2006-03-26T18:04:00.000-08:00

One more of many beautiful sunsets in Puerto Vallarta.

Boating at sunset

2006-03-26T18:01:00.000-08:00

Boating at sunset in Puerto Vallarta. Lots of fisherman will head out to open sea for fishing, and can be seen returning to the bay before sun sets. Photo taken south of downtown Puerto Vallarta, heading toward Mismaloya.

Puerto Vallarta sunset

2006-03-26T17:54:00.000-08:00

This was just one of many beautiful sunsets in Puerto Vallarta. This one taken south of town, heading toward Mismaloya.

Views of Puerto Vallarta

2006-03-26T17:49:00.000-08:00

This is the view from our 8th floor balcony at Costa Sur in Puerto Vallarta. We were about a 5-10 min. ride to downtown. You can see it across the bay (back of picture).

2006-03-08T20:56:00.000-08:00

This was an adorable penquin and baby that someone had created out of the recent snowfall we'd had. Sadly, it only lasted for a day and a half. The temps hit the low 50's and didn't take long to melt. There's more snow on the way this weekend, so would be fun to see if the penquin and baby return. This shot was taken at night; there was a blue light on it for emphasis. I'd hoped to get back the next morning to get a day shot, but didn't happen.

Happy Valentine's Day!

2006-02-13T20:31:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day

This is the Valentine's day spread of goodies I had at a "Wine and Choclate" tasting party one year. What a blast!

2006-02-05T12:47:00.000-08:00

This was one of the late blooming roses from my front yard, still blooming well into November. Beautiful, and nicley scented roses. Don't remember the type, but they are Jackson-Perkins brand roses, and they are the best ones I've ever had. Always bloom profusely, and always into late fall, until first real hard freeze.

ABC News: The 411 on Park City, Sundance

2006-01-31T23:32:00.000-08:00

Came across this article about the Sundance Film Festival (Park City, Utah), and it reminded me of our visit there for the 2002 Olympics. Really liked the town, old mining town, pretty touristy, but lots of fun things to see and do. When we were there for the Olympics, they had a huge tv screen at the end of the street in above photo, could watch Olympic events on it. It was snowing, and they were having fireworks too. All pretty cool, but bizarre too, to be happening in the snow. Really had a great time. Anyway, link below takes you to news story about Park City (home of the Sundance Film Festival) and how it all got started.

ABC News: The 411 on Park City, Sundance

Late season sunflowers

2006-01-13T21:34:00.000-08:00

Taken down the alley from our house

Rain drops on summer greens

2006-01-13T21:31:00.000-08:00

Refreshing rain drops after a summer storm

Lady Bug, lady bug..........

2006-01-07T20:40:00.000-08:00

Lady bug close up, notice the small white dots that are its eyes.

Blue Tahoe

2006-01-07T20:27:00.000-08:00

Snow capped peaks over Lake Tahoe

Tahoe Sunset

2006-01-07T20:22:00.000-08:00

New Year's Eve flooding in the valley

2006-01-05T21:05:00.000-08:00

Another view of the flooding in our valley. This photo was taken from the road, there shouldn't be water anywhere in this picture, but now looks like a shallow lake, and covers one lane of the road.

My new Photo Journal

2006-01-05T19:22:00.000-08:00

After having not posted on my journals for several months, I too have decided to move my photo journal from AOL to here. Several of my fellow photo journalists have done the same, after AOL decided to put ad banners across the top of our journals there. It is very distracting from our photos, and just looks tacky.

Photo: New Year's eve (12-31-05) flooding in the valley. This is normally a pasture for cattle and horses. Now looks like a lake.