Monday, November 9, 2009

Twenty Years Gone

Berlin '70 Brandenburg & Wall
Today is the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. In honor of that great event here is a post of a portion of the wall at the Brandenburg Gate. The picture was taken from West Berlin.
Date: August, 1970 (Scanned from slide.)

Friday, November 6, 2009

Church at Night

Salzburg '70 Augustiner Church
The Augustiner Kirche in Salzburg, Austria, at night.
Date: Summer, 1970 (Scanned slide)

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Out at Home

HoleAtHome
All that's left after home plate was removed from the Metrodome following the last game.
Date: 10/11/09

Monday, November 2, 2009

All Saints & All Souls

JSCemetery
Yesterday (Nov 1) was All Saints' Day. Today is All Souls' Day. We remember our families and friends who have gone on. This is the cemetery in my home town of Jersey Shore, PA, where many I remember were laid to rest.
Date: 10/31/04

Friday, October 30, 2009

Two (+) Trees

TwoTrees Along Root River Trail
Fall. Trees. Color. From along the Root River Trail last year when we really had a fall.
Date: 10/3/2008

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

GranadaAcrossTracks
Tracks, mountains, buildings and clouds. The view from the train station in Granada, Spain.
Date: 4/10/2002

Monday, October 26, 2009

Bridges and Boats

VNBridge
The Verrazano Narrows Bridge taken from Liberty Island. Lines, people, water, boats- a lot in one picture.
Date: 10/14/2006

Friday, October 23, 2009

With the Double Eagles

Double Eagle1 Rochester, MN
During the first snowfall of the season a week and a half ago I looked out and there were the two eagles in the tree across the lake. The hints of color still in the leaves contrasted nicely with the snow and black and white of the birds.
Date: 10/12/09

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Downtown

Reflection from Metrodome
Crowd at the Metrodome in Minneapolis with the city skyline in the background before the last Twins game.
Date: 10/11/09

Monday, October 19, 2009

Florida Flower

FlaFlower2
The colors of the near tropics in Tampa, FL.
Date: 4/22/06

Friday, October 16, 2009

Middle of the Rhine

AlongRhine
I believe this is Pfalzgrafenstein. It is a picture from 1970 when I spent the summer in Austria and Germany. More recent pictures show this castle as white.
Date: July 1970. (Scanned from slide.)

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Flowers of Fall

Mums by Mayo Clinic Rochester MN
Mums planted by the Mayo Clinic in downtown Rochester, MN. Flowers of fall!
Date: October 19, 2008

Monday, October 12, 2009

Along the Trail

Baby Crane along Great River Trail in Wisconsin
A baby sandhill crane along the Great River Trail in western Wisconsin. Mom and dad were nearby and soon got reunited.
Date: July 5, 2009

Friday, October 9, 2009

Awesome Memory

Glacier2
A glacier at Grossglockner in Austria in 1970. I had never seen anything like it. A short hike down the mountainside and it was still huge and I was small.
Date: July 1970 (Scanned from slide)

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Looking for Food

Heron2
A green heron up close and personal in the Cannon River along the Cannon Valley Trail.
Date: 9/13/2009