Category: photos
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Total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024
I had seen and enjoyed a dozen or so lunar eclipses before 2017, but it wasn’t until the Great American Eclipse of August 21, 2017, that I got to understand why people say that it’s impossible to appreciate exactly how amazing a total solar eclipse is until you see one yourself. Since then, I’ve been…
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Cats sticking their tongues out
So many cats have stuck their tongues out at me over the past couple of years that I thought it was time to make a gallery of pictures of them doing that.
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Virginia and beyond
Perhaps the best time to see the Mill Mountain Star in Roanoke, Virginia, is when there’s a full moon directly behind it. Kudzu taking over the highway sign in Charlottesville. I stopped by the Ridgeway Service Station on US 250 in Afton, Virginia, to get a tall glass of cool, refreshing Teem, but it appears…
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Assorted animals
Some favorite photos of 2023. Three from the Abilene Zoo: Gloria, on her way to the vet’s: Lady, the black-tailed white cat who lives nearby: Hobbes, the friendly Virginia farm cat:
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Bugs!
I took a lot of pictures of bugs this year. Here are some of my favorites. First up is a lightning bug (or firefly, if you prefer) that was peeking into my kitchen window. A grasshopper on a front porch post: An ailanthus moth sharing a goldenrod patch with some colleagues. Bugs love goldenrod! A…
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Annular eclipse of October 14, 2023
I had never seen an annular solar eclipse before, so I went with my family to Midland, Texas, to see the eclipse the October 14, 2023. Midland was very close to the center line of the eclipse path, which meant that if the clouds stayed away (and thankfully they did) we should be able to…
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The big fire
Om April 11, 2023, a massive fire broke out at a recycling processing facility in Richmond, Indiana. It burned for several days before being brought under control. I happened to be out taking a walk shortly around the time the blaze started. As I crossed the US-40 bridge over the Whitewater River on my way…
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Signspotting
I was driving in Miami County, Ohio, one day and this amusing sign caught my eye. Doesn’t give you much warning, does it? As a big fan of Lonely Planet’s Signspotting series, I felt I had to submit the picture to them for their consideration. I was very excited to see it published in the…
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