Carrot Cake

Carrot Cake

For years my brother and I competed for the honor of “Best Carrot Cake.” Eventually I gave in and told him “You win! You make the Thanksgiving carrot cake from now to eternity.” He tried to get me to take on that task after a few years, but I...
Brunswick Stew

Brunswick Stew

The time honored recipe that I learned for Brunswick Stew involved 3 or 4 squirrels, a rabbit and maybe a possum (or some other roadkill). Or squirrel, rabbit and chicken at least. Needless to say, I scared a priest from New York (NYC) by explaining this before I...
Camera time and old friends

Camera time and old friends

Back in early late May/early June a friend from high school (ok, so we’ve probably known each other since elementary school dance classes) came for a few days to visit. We entertained ourselves one morning by wandering around with our cameras — love this...

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I’d like this to be the full width of the post… alas that seems to be a problem if I use the Slideshare block. Seems ok if I use Slideshare shortcode to embed. Life of St. Agostina Pietrantoni Life of St. Agostina Pietrantoni from Famvin: the Worldwide...
Mailchimp rides again

Mailchimp rides again

I use Mailchimp on some other sites to get out updates from the blog function. Seems to work ok generating an email from an RSS feed. But, there are problems: the standard WordPress RSS doesn’t send the featured images in the RSS feed. I like my images to show...
body of water during golden hour
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landscape photograph of body of water
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photo of a turtle swimming underwater
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body of water under blue and white skies
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I once studied to be an oceanographer… but alas I didn’t wind up working in that field. That doesn’t mean that the ocean is less fascinating to me. I just work with it differently.

An afternoon at Holy Trinity

An afternoon at Holy Trinity

I had some time to play with the camera today over at Blessed Trinity Shrine Retreat (Ft. Mitchell, AL). The light was bright and clear. This is truly Holy Ground. One of my special places in this world.
On to Philly and Longwood Gardens

On to Philly and Longwood Gardens

After saying farewell to Marty, and Bruce and Gene (not pictured anywhere) and departing Emmitsburg we proceeded on to Philadelphia (Germantown). Why I took no pictures in Germantown, I have no idea. But, we ventured south to visit Longwood Gardens.

Vacation Photos – second stop for visiting

Vacation Photos – second stop for visiting

After Gainesville, we spent a night on the road, and then proceeded to Emmitsburg MD to visit more friends. While we were there, we took time to explore Harper’s Ferry. We had done Gettysburg battlefield on a previous visit. The day was very warm, but still, we...