Birds

It's a rainy Sunday and I can't get motivated to go out and do what I had planned for today so in an effort to accomplish something, besides putting the roast in the crock pot, I went through my photos looking for bird photos. Here is an assortment. Nothing of too much importance, but something to say (to myself really) that I accomplished something today!

Japan in B&W

Thanks to my friend Kim yesterday giving me a B&W challenge to show a B&W photograph of mine on Facebook, I started to think about which of my photographs might be interesting without the color. I pulled some from a trip to Japan I took and I think they turned out well in black and white. I hope you enjoy them!

Link to black and white photos - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICLINK TO: TOYKO FISH MARKET

Bluegrass on Saturday

Cartersville, Georgia - in  northwest Georgia, population just under 20,000, that's where I spent my Saturday this weekend at the 2nd annual Cartersville Bluegrass and Folk Festival. I do not play a musical instrument but hubby does and I'm game for seeing something new and taking photos. Here is the event through my lens.

LINK TO CITY OF CARTERSVILLE SITE

LINK TO WIKIPEDIA ON CARTERSVILLE GEORGIA

LINK TO FESTIVAL SITE

Biking Silver Comet Trail

Today was a gorgeous Saturday. Hubby and I went biking and drove to a portion of the Silver Comet Trail in Atlanta area.

I took my camera of course. I will say this, bike riding is not really conducive to a good photo opportunity because frankly I was too lazy to get off my bike and back on too many times. As I rode though I think what stood out to me the most were the wonderful shadows and highlights from the sun through the trees. I took a few shots with this in mind but I am a LAZY photographer when it comes to making sure my settings are correct so I photoshopped a few... I hope you enjoy them anyway and get just a bit of a feel of bike riding on the first cool crisp day this year in Georgia!

Link to info on SILVER COMET TRAIL

Washington D.C. - Two Days, Sore Feet, So Much to See

On September 5th I had the pleasure of flying up to Washington DC with my sister Suzanne to have a quick get away and meet with another sister, Janine and her family. I, of course, used the opportunity to take some photographs. Since I allowed my sister Janine's words to fall on deaf ears about the amount of walking we would be doing,  choosing vanity over substance in choice of footwear - I thought that starting with this sculpture from the National Gallery of Art was appropriate. Our Saturday trek throughout the city was great and many, many miles, and although I did pay for my vanity, I had a great time. Yet our first stop in the city, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has a place in my experience of this trip that doesn't fit into the category of a "great" experience. The description would be more profound and moving. I wondered how I could include those photos I took there with the site seeing ones and decided that I would only because it was the start of the trip - but I in no way equate that visit with the rest of the site seeing. If you have not had the opportunity to visit that memorial, do. So here are some of the photographs I took on that two day visit.

(some photos are from scans of museum brochure)

Bought in the bookstore

Some photographs of the sites we visited.

Lincoln Memorial

View of Washington Monument from Lincoln Memorial

The White House

After the visit to the Holocaust Memorial - which I suggest you take two hours to tour and be prepared to move through individually, prepared to read quite a bit - we went to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.

On Sunday we took a bus ride on a tour bus with an open second story. I appreciated the great view for photographs and tired feet - although the bus driver did not seem too concerned if he knocked our heads off under low clearance bridges!

Just some random shots while walking by.

Friendship

Metal tree in sculpture garden

Navy Memorial

Sculpture garden

And last visit Sunday - the National Gallery of Art. I was absolutely floored as to what a large, first class art museum this is. And we only had 1.5 hours. That is the only disappointment of the trip, not having enough time to experience it, or even see a fraction of the exhibits.  I plan to go back and take the day to tour it. What a fabulous place!

LINK TO:   UNITES STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

LINK TO:   NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART