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And bonus...
My synchronicity shot (yes yes, very late, but I only just now got the chance to get the roll developed.) And the sunset from Mothers Day.

I was driving to Bristol, TN the day of the shot.  We pulled over for a potty break and I was standing in front of the car when the timer went off.  We were out in the country and this is what I saw.   I looked up the hill and couldn't resist shooting this.

Sean (my 6 yr. old) was yelling out the car window, "Mom, what the heck are you doin'?".  

I couldn't resist adding this photo.  We pulled off the interstate at the exit for Bristol.  I'm trying to read mapquest directions and not run myself off the road at the same time when I hear Sean say, "Mom!  Look!  It's the Statue of Liberty!".  
To which I reply, "That's in New York.  Now, shush, Mommy's trying to drive."  (Somehow silence is supposed to help me not be lost?)
Sean:  (Indignent) "Mooooooom.  It IS the Statue of Liberty!".  
Me:  "No it's not!  THAT Statue is located in ........Oh...."

After a weekend away of the Internet, here are finally the shots of the project Syncro:

After an incident with my backpack being stolen and some raining, I finally got out the house to try making the picture...

Around six o'clock I was around a small villa hidden in the middle of Paris calledpetite Alsace. Finally, at the moment of the picture i was just crossing the door of the villa, trying not to call the atention of the warden.

Finally, after not having such a great picture as I expected and being robed (all in the same weekend), I played with some candles, some zooming and finally, my girfriend.

By the way, great shots for the Syncro project! Thanks again tomi for the idea...

The Purple Rhodie on the side of my house was out and about and looking good at 9:00 AM here yesterday for the click of the shutter.

This again is that 50mm Canon lens at F11.  I did some playing with it the other day and I think it is actually sharper than my high dollar 28-135mm IS lens.

I was on a golf course, officiating the Idaho Golf Association Men's State Fourball Championship. Hole #7, Burley Golf Course

Driving home tonight I was listening to the BBC. At 10:00pm Idaho time, the radio announcer said, "It is 4:00 GMT." Tomitake's table said 5:00GMT = 10:00MDT, so now I'm confused. Anyway, I took a picture.

I was hungry.Synchronicity 5:00 P.M. GMT

and two bonus shots
BUSY waitress
Stop and GO

On the run all day.  Guess where I was at noon.

I'd been out in the pouring rain all morning, and had to clean up before heading over to MY MOM'S... not pretty, but it is accurate!

It's difficult to say which one of our walks is the favorite, they change constantly and offer their own special something. Today we chose the Beaver Pond Trail with a connector to Heron Pond to be part of the synchronicity shoot.
Wildman has been shooting this brook for  at least two weeks, not quite satisfied, but this is his shot at 12 noon EST WILDMAN BROOK

I kept going down the trail making it to Heron Pond in all its rainy beauty.
BIRDIE HERON POND

AP News Bulletin: At exactly 5:00 PM GMT, (12noon EST) photographers around the world clicked their shutters in the first ever syn chronic photographic statement.  Tomitake, located in Japan, of Photographica.com, a photographic Internet community where photos are shared, had proposed the idea and all members of the community had joyously embraced it.  Photographs were shot at exactly 5:00 PM GMT by over one hundred people as far away as Singapore and Australia.  Our Brooklyn correspondent questioned Pablo Jonsey (French pronunciation as in Joansay) located in Little Odessa and he stated "The cable guy came at 11 and stayed till 11:50, giving me 10 minutes to synchronization.  He kept asked me what my favorite channels were.  I realized I might be in the elevator at 12, so I stepped out on to my balcony.  When I pressed the camera shutter at exactly 12 noon, with the church bells pealing, in sync with all my cousins located throughout the world, the hairs stood up on my forearm."

Tomitake plans to repeat this event in the near future.  When pressed to congratulate Tomitake, Pablo Jonsey uttered a Japanese "thank you" that sounded a little like Hadeki Matsui.

Coney Island W5th Bay

I went to church this morning to help clean. When we finished, a friend and I decided to go for a ride to the beach. I realized we were not going to be off this long road before 11:00AM CST, so I was trying to find something else to shoot. I looked down and there on my chest was the perfect subject. So, I turned the camera on myself and took a couple of practice shots. At exactly 11:00AM, I got this shot. We got to the beach about 10 minutes later, and I spotted this huge  cactus. I got out of the car and took a  couple pictures. As I turned to leave, I spotted this  wood with the rusted cable wrapped around it. Didn't get anymore beach shots. We had to turn around and head home - Mother's Day gifts to buy. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOTHERS AND MOTHERS-TO-BE OUT THERE!

My plan was to go to the mountains this morning and be there at noon.....seems as though a lot of my plans do not pan out.  Yesterday afternoon took some pictures of the sky/clouds and when I looked at them later, could see more dust spots. So Instead of the pleasure trip had to go to K-town, the only place close that has a camera shop.  They were not able to help me, but while there had a few of my pictures printed so had time to kill...The camera shop is in a mall and I knew I would still be there at noon.....just sat down on one of the benches inside of mall and was going to take a picture of people walking by, then looked up and saw this shadow--so, no people shot.  This view is what I was observing at 12 noon today--thought it might also work for the theme.
  A few minutes later walked to the food court and just had to get some   Food.
  Am going to need to send my camera out to be 'cleaned' but am going to wait a few weeks,
     Hope each of you have a good evening and Happy Mothers Day to all mothers and to the dad who may be mom and dad both.

I was surprised that I remember to take the shot at the specific time. We were at my sisters college graduation and I thought that it would be nice to take a Wide angle view of the whole eventfor the shot. The students were still coming in and it was a nice short ceremony.

It's pool filter cleaning day (I swear). . .
Straying

Trying to get ready for vacation, but this exhibition of Natural Light caught my eye, and I couldn't resist.
Leaf spaces as little lenses

Local Festival for Kids

Saturday at 12 PM eastern daylight time I was at a luncheon for my Ladies of Grace group (Red Hat Ladies).  It was our first anniversary.  We were eating at an old church that has been made into a restaurant and is always decorated for Christmas.  You will see a purplish red silk rose for the group and some red and purple balloons.  
Noon Saturday

Also have a question about what kind of flowers these are - they grow on a low bush type plant.  They are planted around the standing stone at my school and several of the people have wondered what they are.

flowers at school

I was out in the Huron National Forest. Rain was falling and I was photographing Trilliums and Other subjects...when my alarm went off...1 minute to Noon EST...so I set up a quick shot of Springtime in Woods.

Well this got me up and away from the house this morning. I was hoping to capture a shot of our local eagles that nest but they move fast! So at 9am westcoast time I was hereWhiskeytown,but the fun had just begun as I walked on 9:15amto find beautiful blooms. After climbing over downed trees I reached the lakeside 9:20at 9:20am and also found a lone shoe? FootlooseAt around 9:35am I looked to the skies across the lake and this caught my eye look to the skiesthis shots a bit blurry as it was so far away. Even the trees are blooming here Tree Flower. It was time to climb back up the hill  and I heard a strange sound??  Yes, it was...HUMANS Row Teama wonderful group coming back in from rowing, but it was near 10am now and I needed to get home to the kids. We live just a few mins. from this beautiful lake and spend our summers here so I will be sharing more pictures later this year.

There was a county wide "Rapid Water Rescue" practice this morning. The weather was terrible, i.e., cloudy, drizzly, wet, etc. The same is being predicted for the next week or so.

Anyway, while at the practice I had casually mentioned that I had to take a picture at exactly 11:00 CDT. That was a mistake, as I kept hearing this same voice over and over saying, "Can I be in the picture? Please, please, oh please. Can I, can I, huh, can I? Pretty please?"

Well, being the kind sort that I am, I finally gave in and said, "Okay, I guess so."

So, here it is.

Synchronicity of Photographica

Was it just me, or was there a distinct drop of availabe light as I snapped the shutter. Almost as if light all over the world was being sucked up at that very instant.