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As I travel TGO on my bike with my iPhone, I am always snapping away.  But,these are from my front porch and driveway before and after bike rides. I did crop and enhance color/contrast a little.

Most kids in my school lived in Company houses in a tiny Appalachia coal town. The view out their window was of other Company houses or the Company coal train.  I felt so privileged, at Christmas, to have a view of the old homestead barn out of my bedroom window – I dreamed of the Christmas manger being there.  So, for this image, I started with an old photo from my bedroom window, added a manger scene from Fairways Drive and a photo of our Nature Center Christmas tree . ……  My wish for you & your family is that you have a great religious holiday season.

I moved this Jeep from Windsong to an orange grove and gave it new headlights. Look at the license: ORAN JEE. (Orange Jeep). There’s a curious habit that we share – bestowing names on non-human objects: a trusty boat, a cherished golf club, or maybe even a community like TGO. On my ranch, I named dozens of animals. For example: Red (Dog), Black (Horse), Gone Again (Emu), Goofy (Cow), Barn (Cat), Not Sure (Llama). Psychologist say the act of naming objects is a way of bonding with the object – extending ourselves. The named object now flows as part of us – a conversation starter, helping us socialize and share life experiences – enriching our lives.

I like our Photo-Club’s show and tell time.  For example, sometimes the purpose of my post-processing is just to have fun.  Here, I used two photos and a screen shot with the purpose of confusing the kids. Their response was:  “Where in the world is Dad? I told you he is too old to be out there on that tractor alone”

Dave Wrote:  Hi Jim, Here are some pictures for the blog. We had some snow yesterday and our feeders were very active. We had a Brown Creeper show up at the feeders. Creepers are a small woodland bird. They do not feed on seeds so I guess it was after suet that  I have put out. Here ar some pictures of the Brown Creeper. Dave

I WROTE: Today,I was testing various settings with my old Coolpix 510. On the left is a photo (at x42, aperture prioity f5.5, 1/13 sec, iso800) shot across the lake behind my house in the rain downpour. On the right is an abstract photo art I made using the photo on the left. That project was one of my rainy day enjoyments!