Snow

Snow is coming -- it won't be long now. Thought for the Day: Dont complain about the snow on your neighbors roof when your own doorstep is unclean.  Confucius

Iowa Rice Paddy

Missouri River Flooding - 2019 In mid-March, over two months ago, the Missouri River got out of its banks from Sioux City, NE down to Hamburg, IA, flooding towns and cropland. Hundreds of people lost their homes, thousands of acres of prime farmland was destroyed, and I-29 was closed for six weeks. This picture was …

Fruit Bat

Just in time for lunch.  Cute little critter, huh? Thought for the Day:  Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.                                                                      …

The Kiss

Life magazine's iconic picture of the sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square on VJ Day is reproduced in sculpture in Key West, Florida.  It stands in front of the old Customs House, which is now the Key West Museum of Art and History. The original photo (not this one, Duh), and the sculpture,  still …

Best of UK, part 3

There are many things I like about the UK, as noted in two previous blogs part 1 and part 2, but city streets are not one of them ... for driving at least.  Yeah, they're quaint, charming and "homey", but they're impossible to drive in.  This photo is a classic city street in the city …