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I was wallking in the field with this beauty, under 30 ft away DSC00225_copydoe1 when she showed me what she thought of me DSC00224copydoe2 

Once a year I go on a 3-day silent retreat at the White House in South St Louis County.  It is run by the Jesuits.  Fortunately, the retreat is always the 3rd weekend in October - the peak of the Fall Foliage season in St Louis.  The grounds are beautiful this time of year.   It's like God decided to give me the best light and color imaginable each year.  I leave for the retreat in two weeks.  Here are a few of my favorite shots. 

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I was cooler on Friday so it was time for a visit... harriet   She's our other baby giraffe...she's 2 month older that Adrea...moving right along...this Lulu the mom of all our Tiger cubs... lulu_2_1004   How about a little Hippo love... odie He was just coming up and the water on his head made me wish I had brought my old star filter! I looked in on the Gerenuk... female_gerenuk Then I walked down to see our Snow Leopard Gail... gail 1004  

I have one for the challenge... pink_path

Short Jokes

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Comments Welcome!

Blessings!

as the saying goes...snails and shells and puppy dog tails...

well,

sometimes little girls are too!

love,

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Guys, I'm thinking about pulling some of my older stories...whatcha' think?? Anyway this little digicam I have now is really producing some decent shots and some of my older stories are just messy. I'd like to save them to my files but that's not possible, huh??

So here's some street and road shots for your opinion. First, here's a couple shots that seem typical at first glance, but the archs really do get smaller DSCI0022  DSCI0028

 
Here's another orphan kicked to the curb DSCI0006  

 These are Stanley Marsh signs, the first being on his ranch, Toad Hill. DSCI0016    DSCI0002

Could anything be more discouraging than having... DSCI0003 ???

Finally for the weary traveler DSCI0012

So, there's yet another story posted from my corner of your world! Enjoy!

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Savannah, Georgia.

Just when you thought they could not read traffic signs.....Wrong!

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And perspective.

Some people look at this as the end of a journey;

while others see it as the start of a trip.

When I go crabbing
I'm always wishing
Some crab will be my prize;
But while I'm crabbing,
The crab are wishing
   Otherwise.

And all the wishes
Of all the crabs
Seem always to come true;
So all my wishes
To catch some crabs
   Never do.

Have not post here for a while. I could make all the excuses in the world but the reality is that I have not been inspired enough. Not that I have not been taking photos, Just not a lot.

Here are two from my attic window. we have had some beautiful sunsets this fall.  attic_window_sunset   and  DSC_4052   (this one is a bit cluttered but I like the tower form Canada in it)

And here are two nature shots from my yard.  grasshopper   and  Mushroom_slug  

Thank you for the comments and

have a great photo day. ;)

Went to my favorite rat rod car show again this year in Lebanon, TN.  I had so much fun, much more than last year and I'm super pleased with how my shots came out.  I'm going to try and make these as painless as possible so I'm going to split them up between two different slideshows (hopefully I'll have the other images ready soon to post too).

Welcome to the Redneck Rumble

Let me know if there's anything I can do to improve these, I plan to make my visits as annual as the show itself.  Also, thanks for looking!  Have a great Monday!

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Thanks You!!

i sprung mom from the rehab joint and took her to the first annual rt 66 festival in st. louis.  it was held at the old chain of rocks bridge (which was part of rt 66 from '35 until '65).  lots of cars and a beautiful day in the sunshine.

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Wow...It's been a long time since I've posted.

Thought I'd share a few pictures from the retreat I just came back from.

Every year our region for the corporation I work for, does a team building retreat. This year we went to the Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch just outside of Loveland, CO. We had a blast It is so beautiful up there. Really nice to get out of the city and enjoy some clean air.

 IMG_0087 Big Thompson River. It runs right through the Ranch

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Then of course the horses  IMG_0200

Beautiful ponds stocked with trout  IMG_0081

And amazing scenery  IMG_0153

Just watch out for the bears.......they will break into your car. Fortunately, this one did not get broken into despite the window being half way down and french fries in the back!  IMG_0198 We're pretty sure it was a baby.

Hope you're having a great weekend!!

Please keep your horizons level.