PhotoHunt # 90: Messy

This image was taken at Providence Metropark in Grand Rapids, Ohio three days ago. I find it disturbing that this trash is allowed to accumulate and nothing is done about it. I suspect the park officials hope that the river floods and takes this messy sight with it. It is absolutely amazing what the river will wash up.

Christmas Eve Walk.......!

I walked St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg N.C. Christmas eve while home celebrating the holidays with my family.

Blewett Falls Dam...

I have fished at this dam since my youth and the memories I've made here are immeasurable. Blewett Falls Lake may be the largest undeveloped land-locked lake on the east coast and is the storage reservoir for the Blewett Falls Hydroelectric Development (FERC Project No. 2206). The Blewett Falls dam is located at approximately mile 195 on the Yadkin-Pee Dee River in Anson and Richmond counties in central North Carolina. The dam has a maximum height of about 50feet above the river bed.
The Blewett Falls development began operation in 1912 and is owned and operated by Progress Energy. The surface area of Blewett Falls Lake covers about 2,560 acres. At full pool elevation Blewett Falls Lake contains approximately 34 linear miles of shoreline. Total generating capacity of the hydroelectric plant is 22 MW.

Natures Beauty: Daylily

I found this beautiful daylily walking the grounds of St. Andrews Presbyterian College located in Laurinburg NC on Dec 23, 2007. The flowers of most species open at sunrise and wither at sunset, possibly replaced by another one on the same stem the next day. Daylilies varieties number in the thousands.

Thursday Lunch...Roche de Boeuf...

The rock was used by Native Americans as a place to hold their councils, and they met there before the battle with Anthony Wayne in 1794. The General built Fort Deposit on the nearby bluff of the river now a park in Waterville Ohio. The bridge was completed in 1908 and was considered an engineering marvel, and there was a lot of opposition to its partial destruction of the legendary rock (even then some people cared). An electric trolley ran across it connecting Toledo to points south for the next 30 years.

The Cost of Freedom...

As of today 3895 American Solders have died in combat operations in Iraq since the beginning of hostilities. The human sacrifice for this flag is very high. I pray its not in vain. God Bless This Flag.

B2B Search Engine...

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2007 Winter Storm in NW Ohio....

This winter storm barreled thought NW Ohio dumping 7 inches of snow in our area over a 18 hour period Saturday night into Sunday Morning. Sunday afternoon I managed to get into Oak Openings Metropark and walked this snow covered forest 2.5 mile trail. The crunch of snow under my feet along with the swirling winds rattling the upper branches of the trees made my adventure wonderful.

PhotoHunt #88: Tiny

These tiny creatures are hands down the the toughest creatures in nature. This Ant colony was photograph in the local Metropark near Swanton Ohio and is my entry into this weeks PhotoHunt.

Early Archaic - 7,000 B.C. Bifurcate Point

This is one of the oldest documented bifurcates found in the eastern United States. It was excavated at the 6,880 B.C. levels at the St. Albans site in West Virginia where this type was named the St. Albans side notched point. This Archaic point was found in Providence Township, Lucas County NW Ohio Nov 28, 2007 by my friend Paul who used a 1908 silver dime he found as a reference.

Thursday Lunch...

I was looking for something unusual to photograph and the river did not disappoint. Rain has melted the ice storm we experience last week and the river is starting to rise and flow very fast. I saw this tree floating swiftly by and was past me before I could get the camera turned on. I did however manage to get this photograph showing a small piece of the strength of Mother Nature.

Ice Storm 2007.....

The first ice storm to hit the NW Ohio area in several years. It was not severe but was very slippery. I managed to get into Oak Openings Metropark and take this photograph.

PhotoHunt #87: Long

The McKinley National Memorial, a landmark in Canton, Ohio, United States is the final resting place for the 25th President of the United States William McKinley and his wife Ida Saxton McKinley and visiting the McKinley Memorial this summer I was impressed with the long manicured lawns and the long row of steps leading up to the tomb. Simply Stunning...!

Friday Lunch.....

For lunch I tried to find something special to photograph hoping to share a special moment with a friend. At the time I wasn't disappointed in my effort but I was in the results. However upon my return to the office and downloading the pictures I did manage to take I found one I wish to share.

First Winter Snow....

The first winter snow of 2007 and it was 2.5 inches. This picture of the Maumee River was taken at SideCut Park in Maumee, OH.

Anne Frank's tree given reprieve...

The chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank while she hid from the Nazis during World War II was to be cut down Nov. 21 because it is too diseased to be saved was saved Tuesday by a Dutch judge who disagreed with Amsterdam officials about its safety and ordered the city and preservationists to negotiate to try and find a compromise that would save the tree.

Thanksgiving Day Artifacts...

On Thanksgiving Day my friend Paul invited me to walk two fields 100 acres each. This was our finding for that day. I found the two pieces on the left, the tip of a stone ax, and a point missing its tip. Paul found the killer Adena point (4,000 years old), a 1909 dime, a piece of slate (look closely see the drilled hole and tally marks) and a hide or bone scrapper, Paul was on a roll.

Monday at lunch....

I went to the Fallen Timbers Battlefield monument and took this picture on a very cold winter day. The results of this battle gave the young expanding country room to grow. We acquired Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin.

New room on the space station...

I read that on November 21 two spacewalking astronauts wired up the International Space Station's newest room and kept the next shuttle visit on track for early December. Commander Peggy Whitson and Daniel Tani spent hours connecting power and heater cables and fluid lines between the station and the Harmony compartment that was delivered by the shuttle in October. NASA cannot launch another shuttle until the bus-size harmony is hooked up. Atlantis is set to lift off Dec. 6 with a European lab that will dock to Harmony.

Virginia tribes....offer tributes

The governor for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Timothy Kaine, was given buck deer and other gifts by the Mattaponi and Pamunkey tribes at an annual ceremony, which honors the treaties of 1646 and 1677. The gifts are given to the governor every year on the day before Thanksgiving in lieu of taxes on the lands held by the tribes. Both the Mattaponi, one of the oldest reservations in America, and the Pamunkey tribes still live on state reservations.