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Playing UNO!

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The tallship "Bounty" downtown...

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From Dad's backyard...

Dog Art

Larry Chandler was one of the most gifted animal artist to pick up a paint brush. Sadly, he has passed away but his work remains and speaks for itself.

Here are some of my favorites...











You can see more of his work at http://www.larrychandlerart.com

Goodbye old friend...Hello new friend!

Well, I said goodbye to a dear old friend...my 1994 K5 Blazer. It was just too gas hungry in these high priced times. I have to say, that old horse never let me down.

I was bummed out the day I sold it...but the next day, my wife tells me "Go look for a small truck". So I set out on the truck buying adventure with a lightened soul.

I wasn't looking for something "new" as I didn't want a car payment. It made little sense to me to get a car payment to save on gas. I would have been just changing the hand in which I was forking out the money.

I looked but couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. I started out looking for an S-10 extended cab V6 automatic. It seems that most of the ones for sale are 4 cylinder manual transmission. Nope. That won't do. So I find one that is V6 automatic but regular cab. However, it was a long bed.

Hmmm....I was thinking....This might work! But I kept on looking and told they guy, "this will be my fall back truck" and kept on searching. The whole time that little truck was stuck in the back of my head. So after looking at some real "beaters" I headed back to that lot.

He had the truck listed at $2999 "Special". I'm thinking $2999 plus tax, tag, prep etc. I'm looking at it and we were just talking in general when I made my offer. "$2500 OUT THE DOOR!" I said. He winced and thought about it for a minute or two. He said I can't do that but I'll let you have it for $2710.00 out the door. I said "No, but you can meet me in the middle at $2600.00 out the door". He smiled and said "Technically, it would be $2605.00". "True" I said, " But 2600.00 is as far as I'm going". He agreed to the terms and that was that. I'm the proud owner of a 1994 S-10 pickup with no payments! Happy days are here again! =-)

A Little Mud on the Tires!

Take a jeep...
















add some rain.









And what do you get????




Fun in the mud!!!

Kuhn's at Christmas time!

We generally always go up to Kuhn's Florist at Christmas time to look at their window displays. What better reason to visit this year than to try out the Nikon...

Go Nikon!

Nikon is racking up some nice awards!

The REAL Spiderman!

Rolling on the River...

Taxi! Oh Taxi!!














Home away from home?

Busy little street...

Old filters on a new camera...

I've had a Minolta 35mm for several years and had acquired a nice collection of accessories...however, almost all are incompatible with my new Nikon. I did find that my filters would still work quite well! Here are some shots with them...

A softening filter used on a picture of my bride...



























Here's a couple of with a "starburst" filter...cool for Christmas shots...



























Here's one with a macro diopter...

A Fall Sunset in Fruit Cove...

From my Dad's backyard, these things are breath taking...

Early Christmas pics...

We put our tree up last night and I fooled around with my camera...here's the result...

Through the eye of a Nikon D40...

Veteran's Day

We should never forget those who have served. They gave their all so we could be free...

Art!

One of my favorite painters is without a doubt Thomas Kinkade.
He picks some beautiful vistas and lays them to canvas in awesome
display. Here are some of my favorites...

Play day for the Jeep!

It's a good day! Went to the beach and enjoyed some beach riding...



Until next time...