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Summer Flower Thought for the Day: The measure of a man is what he does with power.Plato

Chow Line

Cooperation When there is only one doggie bowl you have to wait your turn to eat. Thought for the Day: Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good action in others.Plato

Sled Dog

Who Needs a Sled? Dogs like to be close to their human family, their pack. Whatever the family is doing, the family dog wants to be there, indoor or out. This dog didn't care much for riding on the sled, yet she wanted to actively participate in the fun. When the family made their first …

New Year’s Prank

Gazing out my back window, a bright flash caught the corner of my eye. At first, I didn't see anything, but then it flashed again ... and again. Something shiny on top of our wren house was reflecting the sun; the wind was redirecting the "flash". I walked out to the wren house and found …

Chateau Gaillard

Chateau Gaillard - 1196 King Richard I of England, aka Richard the Lionheart, and feudal Duke of Normandy, built this fortress in 1196. Sitting on a limestone cliff overlooking the Seine, it overlooks the small town of Les Andelys. A large sum of money was spent by King Richard to complete the chateau's construction in …

Omaha National Cemetery

I arrived an hour after sunrise, later than planned, but hopeful for a meaningful photo.  The sun was still low enough to provide long shadows.  The first measurable snow fall arrived over night, and I wanted a picture of fresh snow on the Christmas wreathes laid at each head stone in National Cemeteries.  Green wreathes with …

Fuddy Duddies

My camera club has a monthly photo contest and one of the categories is "Creative", where no limits are imposed on digital manipulation.  As the club rules state, "...for those who dare to explore the experimental and creative forms of photographic expression ... anything goes ...creative art ... no rules to follow." I submitted the …

Ladies’ Night

If that don't beat all, ladies playing pool in the small-town bar.  No, not just playing, but shooting pool and competing.  Whenever I'm in central Nebraska around meal time, I stop to eat at Ole's Big Game Steakhouse in Paxton.  Ole's is an oasis along I-80 in the middle of the state where fertile cropland …