Weekly Photo Challenge – Forces Of Nature -Tornado Damage – Photography

05/08/2015 by

Forces Of Nature – Tornado Damage (3 pictures)

There’s nothing pretty here.  This is relatively minor damage from a 2011 F4 tornado that skipped along the ground for at least 7 miles.  A half mile from here a portion of a subdivision was completely flattened.  Hundreds of other homes were damaged, some so badly they had to be torn down.  Pictures don’t begin to show the force these storms have.  Be safe when they’re around.

Tornado Siren - He did his job first

He did his job first

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Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly – Photography

05/07/2015 by
Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly

Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly

Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly is my best guess for this guy which is most likely a female.  She decided to land on a damp sandbar along a lake long enough for me to take her picture.  Thank you Spicebush.

Gosling Nap Time – Photography

05/05/2015 by
Gosling Nap Time

Gosling Nap Time

No photo contest today.  It’s just, well, who could resist?

Weekly Photo Challenge – Intricate Ice Branches – Photography

05/04/2015 by

Intricate Ice Branches

Ice Covered Branches

Intricate Ice Branches

Weekly Photo Challenge – Intricate Paper Wasp Nest – Photography

05/02/2015 by

Intricate Paper Wasp Nest

Paper Wasp Nest

Paper Wasp Nest

Their bite is also intricately painful.

Weekly Photo Challenge – Ice Falls – Photography

04/30/2015 by

Natural frozen motion.

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Ex Machina – Movie Review

04/26/2015 by
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

This is a heady science fiction film.  Before people reach for the X button on their browser, good science fiction is neither about science nor about fiction.  It’s about us. To alleviate any fears that may exist from the word heady, the film contains beer drinking, vodka drinking, nudity (female only) and a disco scene.  I can’t explain the last.

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Weekly Photo Challenge – Bird Motion – Photography

04/25/2015 by

Back to the bird feeder this week for the motion challenge,  but no more squirrely photos.

Bird Motion

Bird Motion

Holland 1839 Lager – Beer Review – ALDI

04/21/2015 by
Holland 1839 Beer - ALDI

Holland 1839 Beer – ALDI

This is an okay European style lager imported to the US from Holland.

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Trader Joe’s Kenya AA Coffee – Food Review

04/21/2015 by
Trader Joe's Kenya Coffee

Trader Joe’s Kenya AA Coffee

There’s nothing wrong with this coffee.  But then there’s also nothing that jumps out about this coffee either.

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