I had intended on going out to take photos of the eclipse, but instead found myself enthralled with the total view of the night sky. This, my friends, is why you move out to the country.
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Here’s the Eclipse, nearly full.
So, Volkswagen has a concept crossover vehicle along the same lines as the Dodge Caliber that’s been leading my next car [practical] list – the Concept A. The production version should be shown sometime in the next six months and available here in calendar year 2007. Expect pricing to start around $22,000 in the U.S….
I was cruising around Club3G the other day, posting up for sale some spare parts I still had laying around from the Eclipse, and I ran across a thread with one of the old Eclipse commercials in it: The commercial was a nice bit of near-term nostalgia, but several of the people in the thread…
The Sun’s editorial this week echoes my viewpoint from a month ago on the Foit’s property. Hamburg’s known as the town that friendship built and most folks outside of the town say Hamburg definitely is a “pro-business” community. But when it comes to an issue involving a Hamburg business owner and a prime piece of…
It’s a beautiful snowy Sunday out here in the country. Here’s a simply modified photo, using only Picasa’s Focal B&W and soft focus filters. I think it makes a relatively dull photo (below) into something much more interesting.
The Starry Night photo is very, very nice! That would make a nice large framed and matted print.
Derek, wonderful pictures.
I lived in Holland as a kid (Hi!) and remember more than a few starry nights when the only light was from the Fisher Price factory on the other hill. Your pictures were much better than any I ever took back then!
I saw you commenting in my brother Paul’s blog, and couldn’t resist responding to a fellow Dutchman ;>
Oh – congratulations on the new expectant arrival.
Joe