Christie & Jeff's Wedding

Some of the pictures of my daughters wedding has been posted so yes I did snip a couple so I could post. Can't wait to see the rest.

I Love Winter and Snow But.....

Today - Snow beginning tonight.
Tuesday - Freezing Rain & Snow.
Wednesday - Snow Flurries
Thursday - Take a breath.
Friday - Snow.
Saturday - Ummmm yep you guessed it, SNOW.
This is the craziest December I can remember. Coldest on record too, yippie, can't wait to see what January brings.

Northern Kentucky Mini Storm

I took these photos with my point & shoot. I've come to realize that point & shoots are really only good for those times when you can't really carry your dslr. Or in this case when you are just plain lazy.

We didn't get the full impact of the storm, about 4" of snow tops. Missed most of it mostly because it happened over night. Greg tried to go to work but the roads were so slick he turned around and ended up coming home. Kentucky DOT decided it really wasn't necessary to pre-treat the roads, ummmm who ever made that decision should be fired.

Radar as of 10:34p.m.

According to the radar the storm is here but nothing is hitting the ground so maybe the air is still to dry.

Woot Woot!!!

Another storm is a comin. This has to be the most storms I have seen in December in the Cincinnati area since I moved here in 2001 and it is only December 15th. Stay tune for pictures, I'm sure they will be pretty. Snow in the woods is always beautiful, not to mention how peaceful it is.

Playing in the snow.

This video was taken as the snow was just starting to get good. We have had several inches since then. Can't wait to wake up in the morning to see how much snow we really have.

First Real Snow Fall of the Season in Northern Kentucky

Thought I would go out tonight and take some night time photos with my new point & shoot. Didn't do badly. Some of the snow has already melted but it looks as though we got few inches, at least it looked that way this afternoon. I did not do any post processing, not sure I'll ever do much of that with my point & shoot since I cannot shoot in RAW.

Jasper being lazy on a rainy day

Gloomy Day at the Cabin

I need to go out but all this rain makes me want to cuddle up on the couch and watch tv.

The bird feeding station is empty. Guess they don't like the rain.

Cincinnati All Lit Up

The Bengals played a Monday night game so I thought I would take advantage of the city being so lit up. Not exactly pleased with the results but here are some of the photos I took that night.

In Loving Memory 04-Oct-1922- 26-Oct-2010

I love you and miss you, say hello to dad for me.

Arrived in San Diego

I arrived this evening in San Diego, the flight was just perfect, no turbulence, it took 3.5 hours air time, it was a little long for my first time since 2003 but I handled it almost like a pro...almost.

Thank you Delta for such a great flight, while checking in at the kiosk I had a real nice conversation with a Delta employee that helped me get checked in, she gave me a free voucher for a drink or headset, I used it for a free headset. The flight attendants were great and let me stand in the back to stretch, I probably bothered them a bit but they were so nice and didn't let on that I was annoying.

Again Thanks Delta, you're my favorite airline.

Happy Birthday Mike

Today is my son's 29th birthday, he is celebrating in San Diego.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE

San Diego or Bust

I'll be heading to San Diego in just 3 days, my daughter is getting married to a fantastic guy. I'm extremely nervous about flying which is difficult, what a mother will do for her children.

Stay tuned for many pictures next week, I'll be back on the 12th.

Please think good thoughts for a non eventful flight please.

Happy Birthday Mom

Mom is doing well, still going for lots of tests, her attitude is amazing, spirits are good as well. Today is her B-Day...Happy 88th Birthday Mom!!!. Praying for many more to come.

Taking a Break

I will be taking a break from my blog temporarily. Unfortunately my mother's cancer has spread and I will spending a lot of time in Michigan. At 88 years old I can't imagine that her body will be able to fight for itself as easily as if she was younger. I only hope and pray that she does not suffer. I will be bringing my camera as Michigan does offer some very nice photographic opportunities, especially with fall foliage arriving soon. Photographing is good therapy for me, as I can not imagine that this journey will be an easy one, emotionally and physically for my mother as just emotionally for myself.

Prayers for mother is greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Oh Boy!!!

What can I say except that I'm a slacker. Heading out for sure this weekend to start taking new pictures of the Cincinnati skyline. The Great American Tower is finished from the outside, they finally took the crane down too which is what I have been waiting for, woop woop. Night time pictures will have to wait until the interior is complete, they have temporary lights installed in the building that really makes for an ugly night shot. IMO

Happy Labor Day

I spent my Labor Day holiday in fine fashion, woke up, messed around on the computer, watched a movie, went out to lunch, came home for a while, went back out to get some tea, believe it or not McDonald's has some pretty good tea, came home watched some tv, went back out to get some dinner, I had a no cooking theme going today, well that and no food in the house, so after dinner messed around on the computer a bit, got off my butt and went to the grocery store and now here I sit writing a post for the blog, as you can see no photos today. I think however, I will plan a sunrise photo opp this week, wonder how that will work out for me. We'll see.

Hope it was a safe holiday weekend for everyone.

My Evening Out

Well I headed out into the evening with lots of photo opps in mind, what I didn't expect was to leave my polarizer on my lens and ended up with photos that just didn't really make the cut. Oh well, here is one of the Roebling bridge that was just decent so I thought I would add it.

Luke

It has been so hot around here that I have rarely ventured out into the world since my last photo shoot a couple of weeks ago, I'm forcing myself tonight to get some dusk & night time photos, tomorrow it is suppose to be in the low 80's and Saturday in the low 70's, SWEET!!! going to head out.

Cincinnati Reds Fireworks Friday 13-Aug-10

I am deeply disappointed on how these photos turned out in my blog, check out my flickr page to see a much better version of my firework photos.

Grrrrrrr, sorry.

Another Morning at Spring Grove Cemetery

Went to Spring Grove this morning, I have been waiting for a cloudy day but that just hasn't happened. The only time the clouds come in is when we have a thunderstorm so I thought I would go ahead go anyway. Everything seemed to be going well until after I left the cemetery and was on my way home, I spotted this abandoned building and decided it would make a good b/w picture, got near the building and decided that it really wasn't a place for me to be by myself sooooo, went to the next corner made my right and before you know I was lost, big time, I always had this theory that eventually I would come across an interstate sign but when that didn't happen I finally turned myself around and 10 miles later I realized that I should have went straight instead of turning right. UGH!! putting maps in the car from now on.

Faygo Pop

I found this video on my facebook page, being originally from the Detroit area I grew up with Faygo Pop, hearing this commercial again after 36 years brought back some great memories, I remembered every word of that song, I don't know why but it actually brought a tear to my eyes, it just brought up a time that was good. The commercial was filmed on the old Boblo boat, but that is another story for another time.

Just had to share.

Cincinnati Reds Fireworks Friday

Boo to my visitor counter

Why is it that my visitor counter seems to just go away, I have had to re-save it in order to get it to start working again and then it resets, grrrrr.

I'm a slacker

Wow how I've been slacking, been extremely busy getting ready for my daughters arrival this Friday. Will hopefully be spending some of the time with her taking pictures as she enjoys it as much as I do. So stay tuned.

Happy 4th

Happy Independence Day!!!

Cincinnati Reds Game

So Greg calls me from work this morning and says "Kel want to go to a Reds game?" I'm thinking well, stupid question. He says " I'll pick you up so get ready." He gets home and tells me" we have free club tickets, free parking, free food," I say, "I love living here."

Fireworks Friday

I know, shocker, me taking photos of fireworks. I went to my favorite location but really messed up with background, I should have zoomed out more to photograph some of the water, the city really does not look right, my bad. Will have another chance in two weeks. Going with some of the members from my club, hoping I will learn something new. The first photo, all though I really do like it, is spoiled by all the tarps on the Roebling Bridge, taking a picture of the bridge without the tarps will not be an option until sometime November...UGH!!!