Independence Day is one of my favorite holidays. Except for the fireworks. I used to love fireworks as a kid. However now I realize how upsetting they are to veterans and also to pets, I have revised my opinion. However it is a good time for a great barbecue with friends and usually great weather helps us appreciate our freedoms and hopefully we can hold on to these in troubling times.
I realize that wars are necessary sometimes. However it now seems that we are engaged in forever wars and the military industrial complex prefers to have conditions of permanent warfare, something I do not support. However the people that do battle for our country deserve nothing less that our full support and respect.
Memorial Day is a day when we pay tribute to all that went to battle on our behalf. Thanks for your service and to the families that have lost loved ones, thanks for your sacrifice.
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One of the first things we did as we emerged from the pandemic was to renew our membership to The National Aviary. We are blessed in Pittsburgh to be the home of the only independent indoor nonprofit aviary in the United States. It is also the country’s largest aviary. Eventually some images will be uploaded to my commercial gallery
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Hard to believe it has been ten years since we published our first novel, DreamMap! To celebrate we have lowered the price of both our novels on Amazon. Both novels are available in Kindle, paperback and hardcover. You can buy both Kindle versions for under $5.00 and both trade paperbacks for under $20.
You can find links to all versions on my author’s page.
For the second year in a row I received a Silver Camera Award and selected as Photographer of The Year by Noir Magazine. 310 photographers were selected from over 85,000 members with submissions of almost 200,000 images. It is quite a selective group.
This years winner was The Wrigley Building in Chicago Illinois. Last year’s winner was the model and the cyclist. Both are available for purchase on my commercial site.
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2023 was a special year for us. Early in the year we traveled to Australia and New Zealand for the first time and experienced Summer in January! I took almost 1000 images and sure many were bracket exposures and multiple angles but it is still difficult to pick the ten best images. So I may revise this topic but here are my current selections for my best ten images for 2023.
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I want to wish everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year as the sun sets on 2023 and we look forward to new adventures in 2024. This sunset is at The David Lawrence Center in Pittsburgh.
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Wishing all a joyous solstice event of your choosing and a happy and healthy New Year
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Wishing everyone a healthy and happy Thanksgiving Holiday with family and friends.
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Last week we returned to the National Aviary for the first time since the COVID Epidemic. We happily renewed our membership and were a little giddy to be back with our avian friends. We were wondering if some of the flamingos were the baby chicks we saw years ago. here are a few images from our recent visit.
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