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#8 Adolescence

2009-07-27T17:47:00.000-04:00

I would guess these young geese are in their adolescent stage.

#105 Follow the Leader

2009-07-26T17:43:00.002-04:00

I got these geese crusing through a parking lot in Fayetteville one morning.

#262 Road/Street

2009-05-05T09:15:00.000-04:00

I was afraid to spend much time on this road because I am already afraid that I am on the road to the poorhouse! You think it would be easy to sell a house on this road?

#180 March to a Different Drummer

2009-05-04T08:15:00.000-04:00

This guy has been hanging out on streetcorners since I was 16 yrs old. He shouts, he preaches, he looks to the sky and paces back and forth. I have to give Steve credit for this picture, he snapped it for me, I was driving. I like how he has a cigarette in one hand and his Dr Pepper in the other - multitasking?

#326 Things With Wings

2009-05-03T08:00:00.000-04:00

Back to the Air Show again. This is one of the Blue Angels F-18A Hornets.

#28 Blue

2009-05-02T08:45:00.000-04:00

I found these blue canisters at Victoria High School.

#12 Antique

2009-05-01T08:45:00.000-04:00

A typewriter at Victoria High School. I guess the principal's secretary used it to type letters to send home with the 'bad' students. This keyboard is a lot different than the one I'm using now!

#14 Artificial

2009-04-30T09:00:00.000-04:00

This apple was on the principal's desk. It fooled me into thinking it was real with the dew drops on it. I realized it wasn't real when I picked it up.

#268 School

2009-04-29T08:20:00.000-04:00

Steve and I attended his high school reunion this past weekend. His alumni association actually owns their high school. The high school was going to be torn down a number of years after Steve graduated. The alums raised enough money to buy the school and preserve it. We toured the building and this is the principal's office. One of his classmates remarked that it seems smaller than he remembered it. I've had the same feeling when I went back to my school.

#289 Smoke

2009-04-28T08:00:00.001-04:00

This is smoke from the Blue Angels before their takeoff.

#228 Patriotic

2009-04-27T08:15:00.000-04:00

If you don't feel patriotic while watching the US Navy Blue Angels perform, then you don't bleed red, white and blue.

#231 Perfect Alignment

2009-04-26T22:26:00.002-04:00

Kudos to the US Navy Blue Angels. They performed for us at the 2009 Wings over Wayne Seymour Johnson Air Show. Thanks to all of our military for serving and doing what I don't have the guts to do!

#211 Oops!

2009-04-20T18:00:00.001-04:00

Oops, this is Chicken Scampi from a popular Italian restaurant.
Someone forgot to remove the sticker on the pepper before cooking it and putting it on my plate. I guess that means the food is fresh.

#266 Rusty

2009-04-18T14:26:00.001-04:00

A rusty water fountain.

#241 Private

2009-04-17T17:37:00.000-04:00

This beachfront property is private. Oh, it would be nice to have my own little slice of heaven, maybe one day.

#234 Pink

2009-04-14T05:30:00.000-04:00

I found these tulips blooming at a local shopping center.

#150 Holes

2009-04-13T17:00:00.000-04:00

#131 Groceries

2009-04-11T09:52:00.000-04:00

Some fresh produce at a roadside vegetable stand in NC.

#154 Humor

2009-04-10T05:15:00.000-04:00

I hadn't seen a daffodil like this before. I showed this picture to my Mom and asked her what was it called? Her reply, "scrambled eggs". I gave her a funny look and said, "what?" She told me yes, that is what they called them back home.

#179 Magical or Mystical

2009-04-09T05:25:00.000-04:00

#212 Open

2009-04-08T16:34:00.000-04:00

This tulip was open and almost past its prime. But I think I captured the details so well, I want to show it off!

#103 Flowers

2009-04-07T20:42:00.002-04:00

#19 Chair

2009-04-07T18:16:00.000-04:00

I would love this to be my yard. I could see myself sitting in these chairs looking at this view every day for hours. I caught this picture during the NC Azalea Festival Garden tour. If you have a spare million, the house next door was for sale for 1,495,000 dollars.

#256 Reflections

2009-04-07T17:47:00.002-04:00

This little guy kept swimming closer and closer to me. I knew he was looking a snack; but all I wanted to do was take his picture. I found him swimming in a retaining pond in a subdivision in Wilminton.

#296 Song Lyrics

2009-04-07T05:55:00.000-04:00

"Hey, you, get off my cloud!"

I caught this cormorant flying in to knock this pelican off his piling. The pelican wasn't having none of it. He told that bird to find someone else to knock off or maybe...pick on someone your own size!

#331 Times Gone By

2009-04-06T17:55:00.001-04:00

One of the attractions of the NC Azalea Festival are the belles. Each belle is sponsored by a member of the Cape Fear Garden Club. Southern belles like good old southern family values are a thing of the past; but every now and then you see them come back!

#365 Yellow

2009-04-06T17:45:00.000-04:00

The hibiscus is one of my favorite flowers.

#300 Spring

2009-04-06T17:38:00.000-04:00

In North Carolina, the blooming azaleas signal the start of spring.

#141 Hangs on a Wall

2009-04-06T17:10:00.000-04:00

#111 From Ground Level

2009-04-05T15:11:00.001-04:00

I was playing ball with Sandi on Friday and inspiration struck!

#3 A Movie Title

2009-04-02T20:20:00.000-04:00

Not very original or creative. I posterized this in PSE. It seems to have cut down on the reflections that I saw in the original photograph.

#41 Canine Companions

2009-04-02T20:15:00.000-04:00

This is my companion, Steve and our canine companion Sandi. As you can tell Sandi has a tongue and knows how to use it. Just who taught dogs to kiss humans with their tongues? This one was born knowing how! I think Sandi may love him a little bit!

#40 Candy

2009-04-01T21:41:00.000-04:00

I didn't notice this when I took the picture: but there's a cute little girl in the top right corner staring admiringly at this candy! This could have went for rainbow too! But hopefully with a little luck of the Irish (LOL) I will see a real rainbow this year!

#53 Clocks

2009-04-01T21:34:00.000-04:00

Seems like every downtown area has a clock. It also seems that it is always in front of the jewelers. My hometown has one. This clock is in downtown Wilmington, NC.

#16 Award

2009-04-01T21:21:00.000-04:00

Certainly not my best work so far. But the company I work for rewarded everyone that passed the LEED AP exam the past quarter with a dinner at An in Cary, NC. I must give them an A for the presentation, but as for the flavor, I wasn't impressed. The rice is wrapped in a leaf that made a bowl. I was able to be funny and pick up the rice in the leaf and place it next to my chest as if I was pinning it on as a buttoniere. Wouldn't that be funny, if guys could wear buttonieres with snacks in them ? It might make more want to be groomsmen............
PS I took this with my camera phone, I was embarassed to go to the car and get my camera for fear that my cohorts would think that I hadn't eaten a meal in a restaurant before!!! Shame on me!

#172 Lines

2009-04-01T21:14:00.000-04:00

On the roof again, the lightweight concrete has not been poured yet and the sheathing hasn't been placed on the studs. So the studs are lines, the decking makes lines, the safety cable is line around the perimeter, the structural steel itself makes a line. When I saw this, I saw lines everywhere.

#46 Chalk or Chalkboards

2009-04-01T21:02:00.000-04:00

A chalkboard menu on the street in downtown Wilmington, NC

#249 Rain,Rain, Go Away!

2009-03-30T20:50:00.000-04:00

Double posting on this theme, forgot I'd fulfilled it. So I will use this one as a free theme. I wanted to capture the raindrops hanging on to the tree limb. I think the gray in the background emphasizes the rainy day.

#24 Bent

2009-03-30T20:46:00.000-04:00

I Was Tagged

2009-03-19T12:27:00.000-04:00

My sixth folder is called 2007 Pics. This is Sandi with her Aunt Lisa in the office I used to work in, actually it was an old duplex house on Seymour Johnson AFB that will be torn down soon. Ah, the memories. Sandi was still a baby - only five months old when this picture was taken. She really didn't have much hair !

#206 Occupation

2009-03-16T21:15:00.000-04:00

Not being a nautical person, I can't tell you what these guys are doing besides in laymens terms - -- tying up the sails? Is that it? They are on the boat, the peacemaker. You can read more about her here http://www.peacemakermarine.com/ Basically, these young men are earning a modest salary but the main goal is to teach young men comaraderie, basic ship skills and teamwork.

#237 Polka Dots

2009-03-16T20:50:00.000-04:00

I am not a big fan of polka dots. This swimsuit was on display at Dillards - which is where it will stay.

#249 Rain,Rain, Go Away!

2009-03-16T20:40:00.000-04:00

I would guess that is what these two ducks are wanting, even though it was raining, they were just floating along.

#357 What's for Dinner?

2009-03-16T20:35:00.000-04:00

In the barren tree, was this hawk. I believe he may have been trying to figure out what's for dinner?

#22 Barren

2009-03-16T20:30:00.000-04:00

A barren island with barren bushes, trees and barren trees around the pond.

Free Theme #7 The Bradford Pear

2009-03-13T09:39:00.000-04:00

I liked this picture, it didn't seem to fit any of themes. I have some other ideas for spring that I hope will come to fruition soon. I've always seen these trees flower at spring time and decided to do some research on them. They could be called angels or devils...one of the websites I pulled up described the flowering bradford pear tree a devil and just don't plant it. The reasons being: the foul odor (yes I agree), it's life span (30 yrs), and it's inability to resist winds. I did notice a lot of broken trees. It also puts out suckers underneath that will tear up a lawn mower. Oh what a price to pay for springtime beauty.

#55 Closely Cropped

2009-03-13T09:36:00.000-04:00

#9 Advertisement

2009-03-12T21:15:00.000-04:00

"Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need."Will Rogers

"Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art."William Bernbach

A limo always get attention, now paint it pink....put some rims on her......she won't be able to hide anywhere.

#57 Clown

2009-03-12T21:00:00.000-04:00

I was afraid of clowns when I was a kid. Actually, I still am!
I'm starting to feel that this challenge has become somewhat of a scavenger hunt, I'm searching for items to take pictures of that will fit a theme. I'm losing some inspiration or maybe creative juices. This is just a picture of a picture, not too exciting. This picture was in McAllister deli and hey it's a clown. However, I didn't notice when I took the picture that the clown is actually a wino!!

#207 On My Table

2009-03-12T20:45:00.000-04:00

Being born and bred in the South, there is always sweet tea 'on my table' at every meal. The past weekend, I got to try McAllister's deli. The sweet tea was the best and the best value. I think this cup probably held 20 oz of the popular southern survival juice.

#267 Sandy

2009-03-10T20:45:00.000-04:00

This is Sandi on the sandy steps of the pier.

#356 What Am I?

2009-03-10T20:37:00.000-04:00

What am I will probably have to be the eternal question unless one of you can tell me what it is. I saw this over the weekend in Wilmington so it won't be possible for me to see what emerges.

#112 From the Sea

2009-03-09T22:48:00.000-04:00

So this is what I find on the seashore. I always hope to find a nice sand dollar, starfish or a conch shell. Some seaweed, fishing wire and weight.

#209 On the Water

2009-03-09T21:45:00.000-04:00

I have never gone sailing, maybe one day.

#233 Photographer

2009-03-09T21:38:00.000-04:00

Here's Lisa with her camera. She's real good at spotting subjects to fill my themes. Maybe I will get her talked in to participating in the challenge by next year! ;-)

#164 Kite

2009-03-09T21:34:00.000-04:00

No this is not a dolphin jumping out of the ocean. It is a kite. The March winds have arrived. Of course, I think it is always kite flying weather at the beach. I've never been to the beach when the wind didn't toss my hair around.

#351 Warnings

2009-03-09T21:27:00.000-04:00

Duh! At least I hope that you can evacuate. But I didn't know beaches in NC had tsumani potential.

#304 Stop The Action

2009-03-09T21:16:00.000-04:00

#55 Coin Operated

2009-03-09T21:00:00.000-04:00

A parking meter in downtown Wilmington.

#35 Bridges or Tunnels

2009-03-09T17:04:00.000-04:00

The Cape Fear Memorial Bridge over the Cape Fear River in Wilmington,NC.
If you are a movie buff or TV fan, you may have spotted this bridge before.

#79 Doors

2009-03-09T15:06:00.000-04:00

Not your everyday typical double doors. At least, not anymore.

#4 A Pair of .....

2009-03-09T14:47:00.000-04:00

really BIG anchors.

#221 Outdoor Seating

2009-03-09T12:27:00.001-04:00

I'm using that nice zoom feature to much on my camera. The balconies were located on a second story. Something I just realized is that there's not much sitting area on one balcony.

Free Theme #6/52 Yawning to Law Enforcement

2009-03-09T11:02:00.000-04:00

Sandi says hurry up! I want to get out of this car. How long does it take to write a ticket anyway? She only barked at the deputy once. I was afraid that she was going to bark incessantly at the deputy and he would throw the book at me for having an unfriendly dog!

Free Theme #5/52 Innocent

2009-03-09T11:01:00.000-04:00

Lisa says she was just riding. Didn't even know we were speeding!! The Lincoln rides like a dream.

#155 Imperfect

2009-03-09T10:55:00.000-04:00

As a reminder to myself and everyone else, I'm not perfect. My best friend and I took a trip to Wilmington,NC and one of the goals was to snap some shots for my blog. This guy's goal was to give me a speeding ticket. Cruise control will be my new friend!

#27 Black & White

2009-03-04T21:38:00.000-05:00

This is Scruffy waking up from a nap. She is the mother of Tommy, the cat in the previous post. I gave her to my Mom for Mother's Day five years ago. I brought her in my Mom's house wrapped up in a sweatshirt. She couldn't wait for my Mom to unwrap the sweatshirt and meowed to give away the surprise. She has been my Mom's 'cat' ever since. She has just started to warm up to my father recently. Another interesting character trait about Scruffy is she is JEALOUS of her OWN children. My parents kept two of her kittens. She does not like them to receive attention.

#97 Feline Friends

2009-03-04T21:33:00.000-05:00

This is one of my parents' feline friends. His name is Tommy or in this picture, fat and happy. He actually has an amazing story. He was hit by a car almost a year ago. He survived with a broken shoulder and wore a splint on his arm for a couple of months. He still likes to go outside, so my parents are lucky she still has him.

#153 How About this Weather?

2009-03-04T21:27:00.000-05:00

Hopefully, this is the last cold snap we will have and spring will be on its way. After all, it is Spring Forward this weekend, time to set your clocks forward one hour. These icicles were hanging off the porch deck on the job trailer I work in. The temperature has been in the teens the past couple of nights and didn't get over 40 during the day. Wow, winter did come to eastern NC this year.

Free Theme #4 / 52 Cute

2009-02-17T23:04:00.000-05:00

So I am trying to catch up. I would've gotten out this past weekend to take some pictures, but I had to work then was sick. I feel very behind in this challenge and I've made it a personal goal to keep up with it.

This is Sandi, I thought there should be a cute theme. She gets groomed every two weeks and they always give her a bandana. She knows it is her bandana, because if you take it off of her, she comes to my lap and holds her head and sticks her chest out so I can put her bandana back on.

#319 The Games We Play

2009-02-17T22:42:00.000-05:00

My first hockey game. The Carolina Hurricanes played the Columbus Blue Jackets. They lost the game (5-1).

#213 Orange

2009-02-17T21:34:00.000-05:00

A very 'orange' sunset over the Carolina pines.

#123 Go Fish

2009-02-17T21:16:00.000-05:00

These pelicans seem fitting for the theme "Go Fish! "

#229 Sleepy or Sleeping

2009-02-17T21:00:00.000-05:00

This is sleepy Sandi and she was trying to sleep, but I kept taking pictures of her. That's my North Face jacket she is sleeping on along with Pooh baby blankets.

#255 Red

2009-02-14T14:04:00.003-05:00

Not my best work. Maybe that photography class I'm taking will teach me something about taking pictures of flowers indoors, or maybe not. Flowers were meant to be outdoors?
A red rose for Valentines Day.

#152 Hours, Days, Months, Years

2009-02-14T13:13:00.000-05:00

This countdown clock tells us just how long we have left to complete the project. I used PSE to blur out the confidential details of where I'm at.
I think it would be interested if it self destructed at the end.

Update

2009-02-13T13:17:00.000-05:00

So I learned today that the helicopter was looking for a flasher. He was reportedly seen in the area, so the law enforcement officials, even animal control, swarmed the area.
Umm, seems like a lot of taxpayer dollars for a flasher. He got away and wasn't found.

I hope he comes my way and I can take him down. Wouldn't that be funny, if one little girl did what 20 or 30 cops (and one helicopter) couldn't do ?

#34 Breakfast

2009-02-12T21:00:00.000-05:00

Bojangle's a locally owned franchise, serves heart shaped biscuits on and around Valentine's Day. I was pleasantly reminded that cupid day was just around the corner when I opened my biscuit and found the heart. The first time I got one of these, years ago, I wasn't aware of the heart shaped biscuit campaign and thought someone had a crush on me there! Ha!Ha! Bojangles is where I go for breakfast almost every morning. Yeah, I need to get that exercise plan started!

#168 Law Enforcement

2009-02-12T13:41:00.000-05:00

Here is the state trooper helicopter in the Carolina Blue skies. The heli was hovering nearby today, so it gave me an excellent opportunity to get this shot and fulfill the law enforcement theme. I wasn't sure how I was going to get this theme before, because I try to stay away from our law enforcement professionals.

#332 Tools of the Trade

2009-02-11T16:27:00.000-05:00

So I had to post this picture. I conquered a fear. Here I am on the roof of the building we are constructing. The tools of my trade ALWAYS consists of hard hat, safety glasses, and safety vest.

#259 Repeating Pattern

2009-02-10T08:21:00.001-05:00

I had shaky hands when I took this one, so I had tried to straighten it in Elements. I don't think it worked too well and I had to crop some of it. I have always been amazed at how the pier looks from down below. So I learned a lesson to take my time, hold the camera still, and who cares who's waiting on you?

#342 Underneath

2009-02-10T08:09:00.000-05:00

I liked this pic and I wanted to use it. Of course, the fact that I got started late and I'm behind has nothing to do with it!!! I searched the list a few times to figure out what theme it would fall under...no pun here...underneath it is. I was 'underneath' the pier when I took the picture.

#360 Who Put that There?

2009-02-09T21:29:00.000-05:00

So here's a shopping cart that someone rolled up over a curb and left outside of a construction site. I guess that would explain why some places want you to put a deposit down on the cart.

#297 Spelling Errors

2009-02-09T21:20:00.000-05:00

I saw this misspelled word sitting at the stop light waiting for the light. I looked up the spelling for absorbent just to make sure.

#284 Silly

2009-02-09T16:22:00.000-05:00

I thought this little fellow had a silly look on his face. It's as if he is looking at me and saying, hey I've seen one of those before and they usually have food. He was heading my way, but decided to go off another direction since all I could do was play with some little black box.

#353 Water

2009-02-09T13:37:00.000-05:00

I have always enjoyed watching the waves roll in when I go to the beach. This is my favorite way to see the 'water'.

#84 Empty

2009-02-09T13:19:00.000-05:00

Johnny Mercer Pier, Wrightsville Beach, NC

I loved this picture so much. The pier is empty in winter at sunrise. No fishers!

It used to be a wooden pier. It is the first pier I ever walked down and I clutched my mom's hand so tight because I looked down and could see the water between the wooden slats. My mother told me not to look down and of course, I didn't listen.

The wooden pier was destroyed by Hurricane Fran in 1996. The new pier, as shown here, is constructed of concrete and cement.

#311 Sunrise

2009-02-09T13:11:00.000-05:00

I took so many pictures of this sunrise. It was hard to choose just one. I decided on this one with the waves in it. This was the first time I had actually seen the sunrise over the ocean. Probably the first time I've seen the sun rise!!!

#354 Water's Edge

2009-02-09T13:06:00.000-05:00

What I always see at the edge of the ocean. Starving sea gulls looking for food. This one was looking for breakfast at sunrise.

#25 Beverage of Choice

2009-02-06T09:05:00.000-05:00

I don't drink often, but when I do, I like a chocolate martini from the Outback. I lucked up this time and got a bartender that loves to make them and she got proud with the chocolate swirls.

#198 New

2009-02-05T16:24:00.000-05:00

I got new camera fever yesterday, so I started looking for a new one. I checked out a few websites and ended up thinking this new Sony DSC H50/B should be my new camera. All the reviews I read touted it as being almost as good as a DLSR? Yet picture taking is easy, it even has an easy shoot feature. It also has advanced adjustments on it. There are filters and lenses you can buy for it. Oh wow, this new hobby of mine is becoming a monster! I am hoping to gain more skills from this challenge, photography has always been a passion of mine, but I have never developed it.

#1 One Hundred

2009-02-05T16:13:00.000-05:00

I hardly ever win anything. I played a Super Bowl pool this year and I won for having the right numbers for the half time score. Here's the $100 I won. Helped to buy what you will see on my next post.
I used the magic wand and paint bucket to hide the wood grain of my desk.

#36 Broken

2009-02-04T17:07:00.000-05:00

Here are the icicles when the weather warms up. I saw these lying there and asked Rachel if there was a broken theme and she said there was. I know they didn't break off, but they looked 'broken' to me. I guess because they were holding on and the sunshine made them break their bond with my car.

#292 Snow or Ice

2009-02-04T17:00:00.001-05:00

Mother Nature was kind enough to send me some more snow to fulfill my snow or ice theme. So kind, in fact, that I had snow AND ice. Here is an icicle hanging from my car, you can also see the snow on the ground.

Free Theme #3 Contrast

2009-02-02T20:01:00.000-05:00

Wikipedia says concrete is "Concrete is a construction material composed of cement (commonly Portland cement) as well as other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, aggregate (generally a coarse aggregate such as gravel, limestone, or granite, plus a fine aggregate such as sand), water, and chemical admixtures"

Since I work in construction, I am going to have many opportunities to fulfill the concrete or cement theme. I chose this one as a 'free' theme to show the contrast between the newly poured concrete and the concrete that has set and cured.

#260 Rest in Peace

2009-02-02T15:08:00.001-05:00

In North Carolina, it's practically impossible to get from one town to another without going thru some farmland. On lots of that farmland are small graveyards, the past farmers that tended the soils. This was a particularly interesting tombstone, carved to look like a tree. I edited the photo to look like an old photo. I didn't get out to look at the tombstone, as I should have, but I do think it is an old tombstone. "What will you have on your tombstone?"

Free Theme #2 Scavengers

2009-02-02T14:56:00.001-05:00

Who says you need to go to the beach to see sea gulls? I live almost two hours away from the closest ocean but, the economy must be bad there too because the seagulls are making their way inland. I caught these sea gulls scavenging a local farmers' field on the way to another town.

#229 Paws

2009-01-28T18:54:00.001-05:00

Surprise, it's Sandi again! Hope you don't get tired of seeing her. This is her paws in a relaxed state on our bed. The whole relaxed state is something we don't see a lot. I took the pic as a black and white, didn't edit it too much. I liked it in its SOC state.

#106 Food Glorious Food

2009-01-28T18:48:00.001-05:00

This BBQ chicken is one of my creations. I don't cook often. Not because I can't cook, I'm just lucky to not have to cook. Usually I end up eating dinner by myself or with some friends. But I really love to cook a meal and have lots of people over. It tasted wonderful and is actually what Sandi was begging for in the previous post, anticipation.

Free Theme #1 Anticipation

2009-01-28T15:16:00.001-05:00

My dog, Sandi, is the world's worst begger. She practically talks to get your attention. I had a piece of chicken in my hand and you can tell she wants it.
I am new to Elements, so I blurred the background. I can't wait to get more advanced so I can do more things with my pictures.
I was thinking of this challenge when I took this picture, wondering if there was an anticipation theme. So no anticipation here, I am using one of the 52 'freebies'.