Perspectives By Cathy - perspectivesbycathy

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Day One - Beautiful.jpg 2011-08-07

Day One - Birds Eye View.jpg
Day One - Birds Eye View.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Blue Flower To Be Named.jpg
Day One - Blue Flower To Be Named.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Columbine.jpg
Day One - Columbine.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Columbine2.jpg
Day One - Columbine2.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Contrasts.jpg
Day One - Contrasts.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Flower To Be Named.jpg
Day One - Flower To Be Named.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Flowers to be Named2.jpg
Day One - Flowers to be Named2.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Getting the Shot.jpg
Day One - Getting the Shot.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Governor.jpg
Day One - Governor.jpg 2011-08-07

Day One - Jagged Mountain Top.jpg
Day One - Jagged Mountain Top.jpg 2011-08-07

Day One - Lake.jpg
Day One - Lake.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Majesty.jpg
Day One - Majesty.jpg 2011-08-07

Day One - Meeting Oncoming Traffic.jpg
Day One - Meeting Oncoming Traffic.jpg 2011-08-07

Day One - Mine Remains.jpg
Day One - Mine Remains.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Mine.jpg
Day One - Mine.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Mountains Flowers Snow and Clouds.jpg
Day One - Mountains Flowers Snow and Clouds.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Muddy Trail.jpg
Day One - Muddy Trail.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Old Mine.jpg
Day One - Old Mine.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Paintbrush and Columbine.jpg
Day One - Paintbrush and Columbine.jpg 2011-07-25

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Day One - Paintbrush1.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Paintfrush and Mountains.jpg
Day One - Paintfrush and Mountains.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Pink Flowers - Unidentified.jpg
Day One - Pink Flowers - Unidentified.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Purple Flowers.jpg
Day One - Purple Flowers.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Rain Coming.jpg
Day One - Rain Coming.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Red Flower3 To Be Identified.jpg
Day One - Red Flower3 To Be Identified.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Red Flowers To be Identified.jpg
Day One - Red Flowers To be Identified.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Red Flowers2.jpg
Day One - Red Flowers2.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Rocks and Flowers.jpg
Day One - Rocks and Flowers.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Rocks and Flowers2.jpg
Day One - Rocks and Flowers2.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Storm Clouds.jpg
Day One - Storm Clouds.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Trail through Creek.jpg
Day One - Trail through Creek.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Trail to Yankee Boy Basin.jpg
Day One - Trail to Yankee Boy Basin.jpg 2011-08-07

Day One - Trail.jpg
Day One - Trail.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Tree Growing on a Rock.jpg
Day One - Tree Growing on a Rock.jpg 2011-08-07

Day One - View from the Trail.jpg
Day One - View from the Trail.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Waterfall.jpg
Day One - Waterfall.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - What a View.jpg
Day One - What a View.jpg 2011-08-07

Day One - White Flower To Be Identified.jpg
Day One - White Flower To Be Identified.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - White Flower2 To be Identified.jpg
Day One - White Flower2 To be Identified.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Wildflower Field2.jpg
Day One - Wildflower Field2.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Wildflowers.jpg
Day One - Wildflowers.jpg 2011-07-25

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Day One - Wildflowers2.jpg 2011-07-25

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Day One - Wildflowers3.jpg 2011-07-25

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Day One - Wildflowers4.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Wildlife2.jpg
Day One - Wildlife2.jpg 2011-07-25

Day One - Yellow Flower Unidentified.jpg
Day One - Yellow Flower Unidentified.jpg 2011-07-25

Main Street Ouray.jpg
Main Street Ouray.jpg 2011-07-25

San Juan Mountains.jpg
San Juan Mountains.jpg 2011-07-24

San Juan SUnset.jpg
San Juan SUnset.jpg 2011-07-24

The Trail_Monday.jpg
The Trail_Monday.jpg 2011-07-25

Black Canyon 4.jpg
Black Canyon 4.jpg 2011-07-24

Black Canyon.jpg
Black Canyon.jpg 2011-07-24

Black Canyon2.jpg
Black Canyon2.jpg 2011-07-24

Black Canyon3.jpg
Black Canyon3.jpg 2011-07-24

Black Canyon5.jpg
Black Canyon5.jpg 2011-08-07

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Black Canyon6.jpg 2011-08-07

Black Canyon7.jpg
Black Canyon7.jpg 2011-08-07

Black Canyon8.jpg
Black Canyon8.jpg 2011-08-07

BW - Cretaiole Chimneys - 11x14.jpg
BW - Cretaiole Chimneys - 11x14.jpg 2010-05-28

BW - Pienza Altar Candlesticks 11x14.jpg
BW - Pienza Altar Candlesticks 11x14.jpg 2010-05-28

BW Pienza Gato - 8x14.jpg
BW Pienza Gato - 8x14.jpg 2010-05-28

Color - Capella di Vitaleta -20x11.jpg
Color - Capella di Vitaleta -20x11.jpg 2010-05-24

Color - Pienza Doorway - 8x10.jpg
Color - Pienza Doorway - 8x10.jpg 2010-05-28

Color - Tuscan Villa - 20x23.5.jpg
Color - Tuscan Villa - 20x23.5.jpg 2010-05-24

GE - Creatiole Courtyard_Painted - 11x14.jpg
GE - Creatiole Courtyard_Painted - 11x14.jpg 2010-05-24

GE - Morning Walk - Tiled - 16x11.jpg
GE - Morning Walk - Tiled - 16x11.jpg 2010-05-28

GE -Pienza Vespas Mosaic 8x10.jpg
GE -Pienza Vespas Mosaic 8x10.jpg 2010-05-28

Wanda at Library


Floral Background


Fireplace Portrait


Fireplace Pose


Windswept


Casual


Fall Foliage Background








Formal Piano Background


Profile


Livingroom Portrait


Living Room Rocking Chair


Staircase


Dressed Up


Oh La La


She Loves the Coat


This Coat Makes Me Happy!


Sultry

Lightening
Taken from the Patio Door - North East

Lightening
Taken from the Patio Door - Facing North

Lightening
Taken from Patio Door - Facing North

Lightening
View from front door - Looking South

Lightening
View from front door - Looking South

Lightening
View from front door - Looking South

Lightening
View from front door - Looking South

Lightening
View from front door - Looking South

Lightening
View from front door - Looking South

Lightening
View from front door - Looking South

Lightening
View from front door - Looking South

Lightening
View from front door - Looking South

Lightening
View from front door - Looking South

Lightening
View from front door - Looking South

Street Parking near Hotel Assisi
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Arch of Constantine
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Colosseum
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Colosseum
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View from Colosseum


Piazza Della Republica
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Santa Maria degli Angeli
DSC_0015.JPG 2010-05-31 - This outside doesn't begin to give you a clue as to the amazingly beautiful interior.

Santa Maria degli Angeli
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Santa Maria degli Angeli
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Santa Maria degli Angeli
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Santa Maria degli Angeli

DSC_0037.JPG 2010-05-31 - This photo is of a Meridian Line, a sundial laid down along the meridian that crosses through Rome, at latitude 15º. At true noon, about 12.15 pm (1.15 pm in summer time), the sun casts its light on this line. Part of the cornice on the right side of the transept wall has been cut away to provide the effect. 

Santa Maria degli Angeli
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Santa Maria degli Angeli
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Santa Maria degli Angeli
DSC_0054.JPG 2010-05-31 - I though the artwork here was unique.  It had a ghostly appearance.

Santa Maria degli Angeli
DSC_0066.JPG 2010-05-31 - This organ was built in the 1990's.

Santa Maria degli Angeli
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Fountain on Piazza Dello Republico
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Yes the Cows made it to Rome

A couple of years back these were all over Kansas City.  What a surprise to see them in Rome.  The first one spotted was in the Termni Station upon arrival.

The Spanish Steps
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Fountain at Spanish Steps
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Look Closely there are bubbles
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Piazza de Spagna

I included this to provide a sense of how big a tourist area this is.  Along an adjacent street is high end shopping - Gucci, Armani, etc.  Needless to say, I only window shopped!

View of Rome from The Borghese
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View of Vatican City from The Borghese
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View of Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II from the Borghese
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View from Borghese
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Twins
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Fountain in the Borghese
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Pharaoh's daughter discovers the infant Moses - Borghese Fountain
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Borghese
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Piazza Del Popolo
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Lion Station in Borghese
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Piazza Del Popolo
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Piazza Del Popolo - "Twin Churches"

Arrived here as the two churches were closing for the afternoon rest.  They look like "twins" and I was really curious to see if they were the same inside or not.  The churches names are Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria in Montesanto.  The two churches were built in the 16th century and face the Aurelian Walls.  The walls were built between 271 and 275.

 

 

 

 

Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria in Montesanto
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Obelisco Flaminio
This is an Egyptian obelisk of Rameses II.  It is the second oldest and one of the tallest in Rome.  August ordered the obelisk brought to Rome in 10 BC and it was set up originally in the Circus Maximus.  It was re-erected in the Piazza del Popolo in 1589. 

Gelateria just outside Vatican City

This Gelato shop has been dubbed one of the best places to have Gelato in Rome.  This was my second visit and I wasn't disappointed! 

Distant Arched Entry into Vatican City
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Piazza San Petro (St. Peter's Square)

The obelisk was brought to Rome from Egypt in 37 AD.  It was moved in 1586  to the center of St. Peter's Square

The obelisk is also a sun dial, its shadows mark noon over the signs of the zodiac in the white marble disks in the paving of the square.

St. Peter's Square
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Directional Marker - Piazza San Pietro
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Mater Ecclesiae
This mosaic covers a window.  It was commissioned by Pope John Paul II in thanksgiving to the Virgin Mary after the assassination attempt.

Balustrade Statues
Surmounting the balustrade you'll find Christ the Redeemer, St. John the Baptist and 11 Apostles. 

Sculptures above Arch of the Bells Entrance
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St. Peter's Bell Tower
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St. Peter's
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The Colonnades
The Colonnades consist of 284 Doric columns and 88 pilasters of travertine marble. These columns, 13m. tall, are arranged in four rows.  Bernini built two straight covered wings (Charlemagne left, Constantine right) 120 m. long, to link with the basilica's façade.

The Colonnades
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Statue.jpg
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1/2/2011 7:54:04 PM - 001041822183
Seems that time flies by so quickly. We have to-do lists that we never think will get done. I've been spending my first Sunday of the new year working on a photo book for 2010 to capture the various activities and photo moments throughout the year. In reviewing the photos, I've discovered that there are few people in my photographs, so my new year's resolution as it relates to my photography is to include more people, family and friends in my photos to tell the story for the year!

10/16/2010 8:14:00 PM - 001041822183
Today I'm mixing it up a bit. Most of my photos have been travel or outdoor photography. I need to expand my abilities into the area of portrait work and during a recent visit from my dear friend Wanda, she agreed to a photo session. My newest album features her session. She was a great model and we had a blast. I have selected the best of the best for the album. Many thanks Wanda!

7/4/2010 6:52:12 PM - 003041536965
Wow, nice to see your picture of the Arch of Constantine!

There is another Arch named after me, too --- in Saint Louis!

Arch Doty

6/10/2010 1:17:18 AM - 002079309147
I love them all!!! I just didn't have the words to express the feelings. Great job!

3/30/2010 12:32:04 AM - 001041822183
I love yellow! It really signals springtime. The crocus and daffodils are just lovely this year.
I had to take some time to go out and add a few photographs to the collection. Next there will be hyacinths, and oh, the wonderful smell. Unfortunately, the camera can't capture the scent.

I had to be on the ground for some of the new photos and what I learned during my shoot is that I need to mow the grass! Oh my. I knew it was growing, but had no idea. I was hoping to delay that until after Easter, but I don't think that is going to be possible.

3/19/2010 10:00:38 PM - 003024400495
My sister and I were here and we've decided we ARE going next year with you to Italy or else. :) Oh and we snagged that recipe too while we were here.
We were drooling over your Italy pics I told her you went and were going again.

3/15/2010 1:44:54 AM - 001041822183
Laura Caponetti’s Biscotti

Original Recipe as dictated by Laura

600 grams of almonds, roughly chopped
600 grams of granulated sugar
6 eggs
1 cup of oil
1 ½ serving tablespoons of baking power
1 kilo of flour

Ingredients were weighed as listed above and measured into American measures.
Following is the converted recipe:

4 cups of whole almonds, roughly chopped
3 cups less 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
6 eggs
1 cup of oil
4 1/8 teaspoons baking powder
8 cups of flour

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare baking sheets with silicon liners so biscotti won’t stick.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the chopped almonds, sugar, eggs and oil. Mix well.
Add baking powder and half of the flour. Mix to combine, but don’t over stir.
Add remaining flour. Mix until most of the flour is incorporated.
Turn the mixture onto a clean work surface.
Gather small amounts kneading the dough and form them into logs, 1 ½ wide and 8-10 inches long and no thicker than 1 inch. Place the log onto the silicon mat and continue until all the dough has been shaped.

Place cookie sheets into the preheated 350 degree oven. Bake for 45 minutes.
At the conclusion of the baking time, the cookies should be nicely browned. Turn off the oven, but do not remove the biscotti. Leave the cookies for an additional 30 minutes.

Remove the cookies from the oven, move them to a cutting board. While the cookies are still warm, use a serrated knife slice the bars into 1 ½ inch cookies. If the cookies get too cool they will break. If this happens, put the cookie bar into the microwave for a few seconds to warm and then slice.

Yield: 50 servings (2 cookies)

3/14/2010 10:29:47 PM - 001041822183
Today I added two new photos. I spent the afternoon making Biscotti, which means "cookie", any type of cookie, in Italian. The recipe was dictated to me by Laura Caponetti yesterday at the cooking class. It is somewhat unique in that you don't bake these biscotti twice. The recipie does not include the chocolate chips that we used yesterday and turned out quiet well for the first test run. It made a huge quantity, nearly 100 two inch cookies. I've already bagged half of them to put in the freezer and filled the Biscotti jar in the photo and still have two small sandwich bags containing cookies! Sticking to my diet is going to be tough with these wonderful cookies around!

3/14/2010 12:38:15 AM - 001041822183

What a fun time I had today. I saw a Facebook post by Slow Food Kansas City about Laura Caponetti coming to Casa Somerset for Italian dinners and a cooking class on Saturday. For those that know me well, know that I love to cook and when I saw the post, I promptly sent Mike an e-mail registration. The class was held today at Casa Somerset.
Laura Caponetti from Tuscania Italy was our guest instructor. Laura has a cooking school in Italy.  You can learn more about Casa Caponetti here. 

Our instruction started off with discussions regarding salting water for boiling pasta.  Soon we were all in the kitchen gathered around the island and the hands on work began. Chopped celery, carrots and onion were added to a pan already prepared with olive oil and butter. These aromatic vegetables were sauted with a few bay leaves that Laura brought with her. They were so much more aromatic than our dried jarred version from the supermarket. To the pan ground beef and sausage were added and browned, followed by whole italian tomatoes. The mixture was stirred to break up the tomatoes and left to simmer.

Next up...the preparation of cabbage rolls. These rolls contained a filling of leftover roast, ground in a food processor along with three eggs and a grind of fresh nutmeg. The cabbage leaves were blanched and laid out on kitchen towels. The meat mixture was then wrapped in the cabbage leaves, placed in a baking pan, topped with butter, and "just enough" beef broth. Normally this dish would have received a grating of Parmigiano-Reggiano,  but since we don't have "good" cheese here, bread crumbs were used instead.  The cabbage rolls were baked in a 350 degree oven "until they were ready".

Next cold boiled veal from the prior evening's meal was thinly sliced and arranged on platters. It was topped with homemade mayonnaise with tuna and capers. 

Laura shared her Biscotti recipe with me before I left Casa Somerset. I will be converting the measurements and making a trial run with the converted recipe before sharing, but I will provide this for anyone who would like it. Just e-mail me with your e-mail address and let me know.  The primary ingredients were coarsely chopped almonds, chocolate chips, sugar, eggs, oil, flour and baking powder. The main recipe does not include chocolate chips.  They were used as a filler due to having fewer almonds than needed. No one even questioned the substitution and loved it with the chocolate chips.  Afterall, who doesn't like chocolate.   Several folks had a hand in kneading the dough and shaping the cookies.

Once the cookies were in the oven, it was time to cook the pasta. While the pasta was cooking everyone sat down and started enjoying the food that was prepared.

It was a great day.  I want to say a big thank you to Michael Hursey, owner of Casa Somerset for hosting this event and to Laura for coming and sharing her passion for great food and preparation tips with all of us. Gratzie molto!

3/7/2010 9:38:00 PM - 001041822183

The sun has been shining today and it's 56 degrees outside. The boys next door are playing basketball in the driveway; a sure sign of spring.  The crocus are blooming hinting at all the glories of springtime that we can look forward to.

 

I love spring!  Actually, I don't think there isn't a season that I don't enjoy.  It's always fun trying to remember what was planted where and waiting for the first shoots to burst from their winter slumber.  It's like being a kid again and having to wait to unwrap Christmas presents to see what's inside!

2/6/2010 5:57:10 PM - 001041822183
February 5, 2010 - Blessed with another lovely snowfall of 5 to 8 inches depending on where you were in the area. When I arrived home, I ran in grabbed the camera and headed to Frisco Lake in Olathe, which is only a few miles from my house to capture some photos. My favorite of the day is the train that I have added as the headline photo on this site. It was a heavy wet snow and the temperature was right at 32 degrees. The snow was falling from the trees. I came home very wet, but glad I took the time to go for a shoot.

1/16/2010 8:43:55 PM - 001041822183
Melting Snow, and freezing temperatures resulted in a very foggy and dangerous night and early morning. After my morning coffee, I pulled on my boots, gathered my photo gear and headed out the door. Destination - Heritage Park. I had heard the reports of black ice, accidents and low visibility. Boy were they right! Fortunately the park is not far from my home, so make sure the headlights were on and kept on going.
Once there, I ventured back to the golf course. The parking lot was very treacherous, especially when you are carrying expensive camera gear. I slipped a couple of times, but managed to stay on my feet! I got set up and was there about 30 minutes and I heard a car. Someone drove by and waved. Next thing I knew they had stopped and were getting out. It was another fellow photographer out to take photos in the fog. We chatted a bit and got busy. I went into the clubhouse and asked if they minded if I wandered around a bit, and they were fine with it, cautioning me to be careful! All in all I spent around 2 hours in the park. I have added the resulting photos to the Winter 2010 photo album. Get yourself a cup of cocoa and take a look.

1/3/2010 4:24:44 PM - 003012945199
Cathy,
I've spent a great deal of time this morning looking at all of your pictures. They are awesome. I went thru all the albums except for your trip to Europe. I only went thur a couple of those. Needless to say you are a great photographer. I need a better camera but don't know how I'd fair with one like you have. I need just a good point and click camera!
I still have a difficult time, coping, grieving. Maybe someday I will see brighter days.
Take Care, love and best wishes to you and Don!
Sheila

1/1/2010 5:12:19 PM - 001041822183
All good ideas - Thanks Rob. I may use some of these for when Wanda is out to visit next time. Others are good ideas for us when I'm visiting Indiana.

1/1/2010 5:00:04 PM - 001041822183

1/1/2010 4:49:26 PM - 003012404825
These are great! I've wanted to get into photography in the past, but never did. However, I've kept a running mental log of regional spots I'd like to capture. Sharing some of them in case a few may spark an interest: the Katy Trail in Spring and then in mid/late fall, Weston during various holiday events, Southern Illinois (Crab Orchard Lake and Shawnee National Forest), Eureka Springs ARK during Fall, storm systems over central Kansas (I love flat land contrast with chaotic weather above), a photo compilation of New Harmony IN, and some kind of compilation involving the old, small coal mining towns in southern IL/IN before they fall into oblivion (many already have).

11/23/2009 9:49:40 PM - 001041822183
I received my hard bound book of Italy photos today from Shutterfly. It turned out awesome! I can't wait to share it!

11/23/2009 9:48:37 PM - 001041822183
I spent most of today working on getting the Oregon vacation photos in albums and organized. I added a few of Don's photos as well, and they are noted with a watermark so you can easily identify his photos. It was fun to dig back into the photo folders again and relive moments from the trip.

I've changed the Feature Album to be Crater Lake.  Other aspects and areas of the trip can be found under the My Gallery Tab.

11/11/2009 12:28:33 AM - 002079309147
I just love these pictures!! So much color and artistry.

11/8/2009 1:39:44 PM - 002079309147
I like your perspectives!!!!