Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working on new photo galleries, mostly from Colorado and some from as far back as 2004.
I’ll be posting a few images from these galleries over the next several weeks.
Except for photos while we are traveling, most of the images that I post from my photography are randomly selected from my on-line galleries.
I am currently publishing images on alternate days on two blogs, exit78 and Haw Creek Out ‘n About. Except for photos that may have been posted during a trip, photos are only published on a blog one time and the images are not replicated between the two blogs.
We will be traveling again this year and will be visiting new places as well as old favorites – and, of course, I will have a lot more new photos.
Colorado
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
- Cripple Creek, Old Colorado City, Manitou Springs, etc. – August 22, 24, & 27, 2004
- Dome Rock State Wildlife Area – August 29, 2004
- Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument – August 24, 2004
- Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs – August 22 & 23, 2004
- Gold Belt Byway – August 29, 2004
- Mueller State Park – August 28, 2004
- Ouray and Vicinity – September 8 & 10, 2009
- Pikes Peak – August 25, 2004
- Royal Gorge – August 23, 2004
- Silverton and Animas Forks area – September 6, 2009
Kansas
Oklahoma
Windows Area, Arches National Park, Utah – September 24, 2007
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Gallery: Arches National Park
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Virginia Beach ocean front, Virginia, May 10, 2009
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Gallery: Virginia Beach, May 10, 2009
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Farmers’ Market in Madison at Wisconsin State Capitol, August 20, 2008
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Gallery: Dane County Farmers’ Market on the Square – Madison, Wisconsin, September 13 and 20, 2008, on the streets around the state capitol building
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Thistle blossom and yellowjacket, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, September 2, 2009
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Gallery: Fall River and Trail Ridge – September 2, 2009
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OK. I guess that’s a little overstating it. I’m not really unemployed. The job is over and the contract is up; I can’t sign up for unemployment because I’m making too much money – from my pension.
Students at a nuclear power plant simulator – photo rendered as a painting.
This was my second contract since I retired a little over three years ago. Both have been for about 6 months and both have been doing part of the job that I used to do before I retired – teaching license operator candidates in the classroom and in the simulator.
The class did well in the simulator operational exams administered by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week. The last day of the operational exams was Thursday, which was also my last day on the job. I had my box packed and was out the door by a little after 6 PM.
I suppose it will take a little time to get back into the swing of not working.
I think I’ll be up to speed by sometime Monday morning. 😉
I’ve got quite a lot of work to do around our place this spring, summer, and fall. Of course, we’ll get a little bit of traveling in, too.
Then, sometime in January, it looks like I’ll probably be back at work. That’s about the time the next class should be at the point where I’ll be needed – if they allocate the funds, which I think is quite likely.
I’ve worked a total of about 13 1/2 months out of the last 36 – and when I do work, it’s doing something I know well and get satisfaction from.
Rocky Mountain National Park, September 6, 2009
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Gallery: Fern Lake Trail – September 6, 2009
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Irwinville Farms, Georgia
1938 May.
John Vachon, 1914-1975, photographer.
photo information based on neighboring file image
Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress) hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a03422
Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, September 13, 2007
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Information: Yellowstone National Park information
Gallery: Around the Upper Loop, September 13, 2007
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Elk, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, September 13, 2007
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Information: Yellowstone National Park information
Gallery: Around the Upper Loop, September 13, 2007
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