2023.03.17—Blake Shelton Concert This weekend had all the promises of being a fabulous weekend. Our plans were to go to Oklahoma City (OKC) on Friday afternoon with Chet and Amy, meeting up with Chuck and MaryAnn for dinner and then to see Blake Shelton at the Paycom Center in downtown OKC. We are with awesome…
Bash the Winter Blues-Europe Edition Days 8 & 9 Frankfurt Follies
Day 8—March 3, 2023 Frankfurt, Germany Time to head back to Frankfurt for the last couple of days of our adventure. We took an Uber from the hotel to the Paris Est to catch the ICE train back to Germany. When we arrived at the train station, we were eating breakfast at the restaurant in…
Bash the Winter Blues-Europe Edition Days 5 – 7 Paris Promenade
Day 5—February 28, 2023 Frankfurt, Germany / Paris, France On the morning of the fifth day, we boarded a Lufthansa flight in Warsaw bound for Frankfurt. We were scheduled to get on a train to Paris where we would stay a few days before heading back to Frankfurt for a couple of days to close…
Bash the Winter Blues Europe Edition: Days 2 – 4-Lublin Look-Around & Warsaw Wandering
Day 2—February 25, 2023 Lublin, Poland Our first full day in Poland was exciting. Neither of us had ever been in Poland, although it was always on the bucket list. Audra was here visiting colleagues and seeing the operations of the relief efforts for the war in Ukraine. I had the whole day to explore…
Bash the Winter Blues Europe Edition: Day 1-London Layover
Day 1—February 24, 2023 London, England & Lublin, Poland Before we left Jekyll, we wanted to get one more sunrise on the beach. It was stunning, as usual. We grabbed some breakfast and headed towards the airport. We had about a 6-hour drive to the airport in Charlotte. Our flight to London did not leave…
Bash the Winter Blues-Jekyll Island Edition
Charleston, SC Days 1 & 2 If we do not drive to Jekyll Island, we fly normally fly into Savannah and stay a couple of days then drive to Jekyll. We have a few places we like to normally stop on the way. We also use our adventurous nature to find new places along the…
2022.07.12 Full Moon
It was a beautiful evening in the middle of a July heatwave and the moon was full. A cool refreshing breeze blew across the Lark Street Observatory Deck in south Springfield. .and it was amazing.
Graffiti Wall-St Louis, MO
Several weeks ago I did a photo shoot at the Graffiti Wall in St. Louis, Missouri as part of my final project for my black and white analog photography class at Missouri State University. My project was titled America’s Graffiti. It was a play off the timeless classic coming-of-age film American Graffiti. The project was…
America’s Graffiti
As part of my Minor, I took ART 255 Analog Photography at Missouri State University. This course is old school film photography with black and white film. My final was a collection of photographs from various places and my subject was graffiti art. My project was titled America’s Graffiti. Its name is a play off the…
Jekyll Island, Georgia
A couple of years ago while visiting the Brunswick, Georgia, I discovered Jekyll Island. I had heard of Jekyll Island and its intriguing history, but was unfamiliar with its enchantment. Audra was in a conference so I was checking out the area. I decided to head south on GA-25/US-17/US-85, crossing the Turtle River on the iconic…