These are this week’s award winners. Horse Looking at Me from Vienna Austria. Pond Reflections from Lettuce Lake in Tampa Florida. The color image is The Platzjabbeck from Cologne Germany. It is a puppet that appears at the top of Town Hall every hour and sticks it’s tongue out at the town below.
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In 1982 my wife and I visited Nova Scotia. Mostly we camped except for three nights in an inexpensive motel outside Halifax Nova Scotia. Through the yers we have traveled extensively only occasionally returning to previous locations. However, we vowed one day to return to Nova Scotia and this year we did just that. The population of Nova Scotia was just 971,395 in 2019 not much of an increase in 40 years since in 1982 it was 859,038. One of the reasons we were eager to return was the population density and friendliness of the people. In that regard it remains unchanged.
On our previous trip we stopped in the small fishing village of Peggy’s Cove on our way from Lunenburg to Halifax. We were the only people there when we stopped. Peggy’s Cove is still beautiful but now crowded with a tourist center, restaurants and shops. Unfortunately in 2005 Swissair Flight 111 crashed 8 km (5 mi) off the coast of Peggy’s Cove. This tragedy cause a curiosity boom and a lot of tourists.
It is still a beautiful spot and worth the trip and the area outside the tourist center is still quite rustic and undeveloped.
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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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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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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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Proud to once again to be selected to be included in The Photo of The Month contest at Noir International Photography Magazine. This month’s winner was taken at the covered bridge at McConnells Mill state park in Pennsylvania.
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On our way back from Chicago we had a wildlife adventure and visited The Wilds in Ohio. The Wilds is comprised of almost 10,000 acres of reclaimed strip-mined land. It was donated by AEP and is located in southeastern Ohio, in the foothills of Appalachia. It was created by Jack Hanna and is managed by the Columbus Zoo. The Wilds has been involved in the reintroduction of a species once extinct in the wild and is creating prairie habitat for wildlife species that have disappeared from their former ranges.
There are a number of adventures you can embark on including an amazing zip line over the preserve. We opted for a two hour tour in a customized open air bus that holds about 25 people. You can stay overnight in luxury yurts or in a deluxe lodge. It was a wonderful experience to be this close to the animals and see so many endangered species being cared for and learn about the successful breeding programs.
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We missed the annual Orchid Show at the Phipps this year. However the Orchid Room is always fascinating any time of year. Here are some images from our visit during the Spring Flower Show.
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Pittsburgh has had its share of famous people in music and the arts. However in recent years few have been more popular than Billy Porter. William Ellis Porter II is an American actor, singer, writer, and director. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama, and he achieved fame performing on Broadway before starting a solo career as a singer and actor. This year he has come home to produce a play, perform on stage and curate the spring flower show at the Phipps Conservatory.
The show was to close last week but because of its popularity will be held over until the end of July, All the seasonal flower shows at the Phipps are amazing but this one is extra special. If you can get there you will not be disappointed.
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I like the way dolphins look swimming under water. If the water is clear as it is in New Zealand the movements of the animals make an artistic impression
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