Snow at the Cabin

Snow is Coming

Stay tune for some snowy pictures, by the time I wake up in the morning they say we should have a couple of inches on the ground. It is beautiful here in the woods when we have snow.

Ice Rink at Fountain Square

Mike and I headed to the ice rink in hopes of finding someone crashing & burning, no such luck. I do like the blur effect though.

Carew Tower Photos

While Michael was here visiting I took him to the Carew Tower where I wanted to get some photos of the city and Northern Kentucky at dusk. I still need to go back, I wasn't all that happy with the results.

Michael

My son decided it would be fun to surprise me with a visit. I hadn't seen him in over 2 years. He brought with him gifts, tickets to the Bengal/Lions game. We had so much fun. He is invited back anytime but don't forget the Bengal tickets.


Taken at Fountain Square
The picture below was taken at the Westin Hotel. We found out that is where the Detroit Lions were staying. We managed to get a few pictures. Michael was trying to match some of the people we saw to the Lions roster.
Below are photos of some of the Detroit Lions, at least we are pretty sure,I'm sorry to say I do not remember who they are, been living in the Cincinnati area way to long but my heart will always belong to the Lions.

Homeless in Cincinnati

Pretty sad to see homeless people living in tents. I'm sure this will become more common as the economy gets worse and worse. Click on photo for a much larger view. Please give generously to your local food pantry, their are a lot of people out there that need your help desperately.

Moon Over Covington Kentucky

These photos were actually taken on the 3rd of November. It was such a beautiful evening and when the moon started rising in the distance how could you not photograph such an event.

My Daughter at Halloween

What a great job on the makeup, hope you terrified a lot of children, you make me proud.

Photos compliments of Christie.

Cincinnati's Fountain Square

We decided to head to Fountain Square in Downtown Cincinnati this evening, we arrived about an hour before the Halloween party was to begin. It really started to get cold so we only stayed about a half hour, wasn't very many people there anyway, at least not worth photographing so I took a few of the fountain & the horse drawn carriages. I plan on going back tomorrow to take more photos of the fountain, I just really dislike the pink background. What were they thinking when they moved the fountain?

Family Picnic

Found this on my mother's camera, thought it was pretty funny, I missed this years family picnic but at least I have a little something.

Thanks David for taping this video, sorry your not in it as well. Although maybe that is a good thing. :)

Jessie & Jasper Winter Snow 2008

No we haven't had snow in Northern Kentucky yet, I found these pics and could not resist putting them on the blog, they are just so adorable. If you hadn't noticed the kids love the snow.

Covington Kentucky & Cincinnati Ohio

I headed up to Devou Park to take some photos of Cincinnati & Covington at Dusk, I just love the photo of Covington, don't forget to click on the picture to get a much larger version of it, I have to admit it is a pretty nice photo. Unfortunately I couldn't finish my shoot, the park ranger told me it was time to go, will have to try to get another angle another time. Hopefully I wont get noticed this time.

Fall Around the House

It has been a real cold October here in Northern Kentucky, already had our first hard frost last week. Decided to take some photos of the yard, the colors of the leaves are fantastic. Rained a lot today so we lost many leaves, am glad I live in the woods, I don't have to rake the leaves.

Leaving for Michigan

Will be heading to Michigan on Friday for a week to visit Mom. I'm sure I'll be taking some photos as well.

Happy Birthday Mom who turns 87 on Sunday.

Happy Birthday Mike who turns 28 on Tuesday.

Elk Lake

Here is a picture of Elk Lake in Owenton, Kentucky. It is a nice community situated on a man made lake. I would like to come back here after the leaves have fallen, I bet the lake area is beautiful.

Owenton, Kentucky

Went to Owenton, Kentucky today, was really nice to get away, came across these Texas Longhorn. Click on the photo to have a better look at them. Thought they were beautiful animals. Wanted to get a closer look but that meant stepping on private property, not to mention that the fencing really didn't look all that secure. Curious, if they live in Kentucky are they now Kentucky Longhorns?

My Babies of the Non Human Kind

Meet Jasper, Jessie & Luke

Still really crappy around here weather wise, hoping for some sun soon, thought I would take some pictures of my little babies. First photo below is Jasper, he is a black lab mix, we rescued him from an old gentlemen who went into senior housing but couldn't take him with him, his original name was Bob, couldn't handle that since my brother is Bob as well.

The middle photo is Jessie, a full bread german shepherd, we bought her from a breeder, she was the last of the litter and worth every penny, she is so much fun to play with, I hope she never grows up.

The last photo is Luke, he found us, he showed up on our doorstep, he was so tiny then, we thought perhaps he was about 6 months old at the time, we tried to find his home but no one ever claimed him, he is a great cat to have around and loves to play with the dogs, they all get along great.

Another Rainy Day

Its' been a crappy day today, actually it has been a real crappy week. Did manage to take a picture of some deer in the side yard while the sun came out this afternoon, ever so briefly. Tomorrow is suppose to be a much better day so I thought I would head to the city streets to take some photos.

Been a rather uneventful day so far, thought I would take some pictures of my yard. The first two pictures are of my side yard, the last two are pictures of my front yard. I am waiting for the leaves to fall so I can get a picture of the cabin, hard to see it this time of year.

Not much out there today. We have a lot of animals living out in the woods, deer, wild turkey, coyotes, red fox, barred owls, skunks, raccoons, snakes, chipmunks, mice. The last three we have had bunk with us in the house, ewwwwwwww.

Around Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati

Well it has been a rather crappy week, my computer crashed. I did manage to have a backup of most of my photos that I took since getting my dslr but lost the last 4 months. I have to learn to quit saying that I'll do a backup tomorrow. Now I'll make sure I backup at least once a week. Let this be a lesson. Oh well, so I have started to retake a lot of the photos I lost. I have to admit sometimes the second time around is a good thing. I am going to head back to Cincinnati & to Sawyer Point this weekend, even though Oktoberfest is this weekend I am hoping that Sawyer Point will be pretty empty. I took some photos of the Serpentine Wall and the Purple People Bridge (which at least I am lucky enough to have them on here and my flickr page)a couple of months ago, I lost them in the crash, they turned out great so I hope I can achieve the same results. Maybe I'll try a different view this time. We'll see.

Cincinnati Reds Firework Friday Last of the Season

I headed up to Riverboat Row where I've been taking the majority of my fireworks, not as many photographers this time which really surprised me since it was the last show of the season. I am not as happy with the photos this time, I just couldn't seem to really get a good focus, been having trouble with my eyes lately, time for new glasses. The Reds won by the way, I wonder if the win took them out of last place? I doubt it, I have lived in Cincinnati area for about 8 years now, the Reds had one season that looked promising until the All Star game, then went down hill as usual. Hard to live near a city where all the pro teams really just suck.

Fireworks Friday

Heading out this evening again for the last of the Cincinnati Reds Fireworks Friday. The last display before the big event on Sept. 06. Stay tuned, I'll be uploading photos later.

The Family

It's a little difficult to pin point the date but I believe this photo dates around 1964, possibly early spring 1965. One of the rare few I have when I was a little girl.

From the looks of it we were probably returning from church. My mother loved her hats back then, at 86 she still rarely leaves the house without one on. As for myself, not a single hat in the closet. Must have had my fill as a child. Looking at the picture, this is how we dressed every Sunday for church, you are hard pressed to find anyone in church these days that doesn't have a pair of jeans on. Oh well, God doesn't judge you on your clothes.






Dated 1979, I was still quite young myself. My daughter Christie on the left with her best friend Danielle.

Cincinnati Reds Firework Friday

Fireworks are a lot of fun to photograph, at first I was a little intimated but after the first try it really isn't difficult to do, I thought I would get the practice in for the big fireworks show in September, over Labor Day weekend, which is when Cincinnati has its' largest fireworks display, you will find both sides of the river filled with over 500,000 people. The first year I moved here Greg brought me to see the fireworks, I have to admit I was a little bit bias, after all how can you beat any firework show when you've seen them in Boston. I will be the first to admit when I am wrong, Cincinnati fireworks display has got to be the best in country and when you sit up close & personal like we did, it is just breathtaking. After venturing twice, Greg & I stopped going, I just couldn't handle all the people anymore, I'll watch the fireworks from Devou Park, the second best place to watch the fireworks but only a 3 minute trip home.