How very haunting and sad.
I wonder what the circumstances were...the dates of death were so close.
Was there a grave stone for R.A. Thomas?
Your discovering these graves was an invitation to write the story, Cher.
Where are the graves?

Wow, Cher. Of all graveyard pictures I have seen or taken, those stand out. It makes you wonder about katie and her baby, and her poor husband.

Thanks for looking and commenting, guys. I have yet to get Katie and her baby off my mind. I have begun writing about them and hope to write more this weekend. The graves are in Evansville, IN, and I hope to make another trip down there soon in order to check on the husband's stone which, I think, is the large one next to Katie's stone. I was so blown away by these 2 that I didn't think to look for his. There truly is a story here.

Cher

What's really interesting to me is that mom died shortly after giving birth. Then the baby died a few months later. Very strange. Also (file in the really weird section), I recently wrote a song called That Water Came. In it, I have a mother and baby who die in a a flood (cheery, I know). I wrote the mother's name as Mary, but have recently been singing it as Katie (my #3 is Mary and it's just too weird for me to sing that way).

Weird.

Looking forward to hearing more about this Cher.
J

Taken on a cold, cold and windy Saturday. At least the sun was shining!


Vanderburgh Co. (IN) Courthouse

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Cher

very nice, cher!

Thanks, Kylie Jo. I nearly froze my tush off getting that and a few other photos that day!

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Cher

Ooh, Cher! I like it! I'm a sucker for some good architectual (spelling?oops.) shots.

Here's a couple more of the courthouse using the DX7590's zoom and the 1st one in B&W:


Vanderburgh Co., Courthouse2


Vanderburgh Co., Courthouse3


Vanderburgh Co., Courthouse, B&W

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Cher

very nice cher.
really good composition.

nice photos cher.
what town/city is the building in?

and here's a photo from kylies living room, when i stayed there this past weekend for the otr shows in kentucky,
and was greeted in the morning by cats scurrying about and this sunrise through the windows.

those are some great windows.

Ha. I thought, "hey kent has windows like mine!"

Nice shot.

now

You know, Kent, I really like this one. We're just getting rain, possibly severe thunderstorms/tornados later this afternoon. We haven't had any snow this winter, and I'd really love to see some.

Thanks for sharing!

Cher

Kent! Snow... ew!! Nice picture, tho.

I need to get my ace out and take some photos. I'm bored with my camera... she doesn't turn me on anymore. I need more. Heh.
...
Only pictures I've taken recently. And I honestly don't think much of them, so it's ok if you don't.

here's a few more from today.
we'll end up with around a foot of snow or so.
march is definitely coming in like a lion.

ok sue, we need to get rid of that flag


countryside near the house


are you sure we're on the road?


still coming down
this was all plowed 3 hours before, so 3-4 inches in that time

geez, kent. no wonder you're getting so much snow... def. take the flag down. burn it.
...

the cat knocked over a jar of beads, so i thought it'd be a good opp to play with manual settings.

From this evening:


Silver Lining4

and one in B&W:


Silver Lining4, B&W


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Cher

wow, nice shots cher and kylie.

The moon, from last night:

(Happy lunar eclipse/full moon tonight!)

Boomer and I were restless this afternoon...









It was a good day.
J

(more on the blog if you're so moved)

Bruce, it looks like you and I were thinking alike last night.

I'm afraid.

You probably should be!

And me!



If you look toward the upper left corner of this one, you can just make out a lone bird. If I'd been a been quicker, I could have caught the flock as they crossed over the moon!



No eclipse visible here today. Too much cloud cover.

Cher

the eclipse was over by the time the moon rose here, but I took some photos of the yellow moon anyway. they're on my other camera though, which I don't have with me at the moment. so for now I have some flower pictures that I took earlier. springtime, anyone?

Moon pictures are hard to take! That's what I've learned...

Those flowers are gorgeous!!

yes bruce, it's easier to "shoot a moon" than "take a moon."

I get my best results using the manual settings on the camera. Automatic almost always overexposes the full moon with my camera.

This month's challenge at the Kodak site is "Fun With Food." Here are 2 entries I set up today:


No Use Crying


Popeye & Olive Oyl (they yar what they yar!)

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Cher

I was experimenting a bit with some night photography while in DC.

oooh, I like it Jen.

Me too!

Cher,
I think the milk jug photo is the best photo you've ever posted on these forums.

Wow, thanks Aaron that means a lot.

Cher

thanks rach and cher.

the first pic is a sun set on HWY 71 comming home from I' Falls and the other was just a cool cloud i happened to catch at my parents place over spring break.

ooh, i like the second one.

First magnolia shots of 2007:


Nest and Blossom


Stages


Upswept

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Cher

oooh, i like the last one best!

fun with a cameraphone, my bathroom mirror, and photoshop.







and the grand finale...

We're moving to Saint Louis. Here are some pictures of our new place and of StL from atop the arch.

http://www.duke.edu/~bct1/images/STL/

I'm not gonna use all the bandwidth, but I particularly like a couple we took:



and

Regal


Magnolia


Frilled to Meet You

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Cher

Beautiful shots, guys..thanks. Cher...those flower shot are so clear they hurt.
T xo

I LOVE the first one Cher.

And the third one too, because on one side, it's pavement, and on the other, mulch.
In between is a lovely looking flower.
It just has good balance. :]

I just got back from my trip through the Grand Canyon, I will post some pictures soon.

These aren't mine, but here are a couple of nice concert photos my Austin pal Winker took at SxSW last week.

For Julie:



Let's see who can name this famous artist from the 60s, center (I'm betting Brian knocks this off before finishing his coffee):

Thanks for looking and commenting, Trudes. Looks like spring's here at least until this weekend. It's supposed to be in the high 70's all week and then back to the 50's this weekend.

Cher