My birthday (November 8th) started out on a low note. My lovely wife had decided to spend the weekend with her sisters at the annual Pumpkin Chunkin in lower Delaware. My older daughter had spent the weekend at RIT in Rochester and was driving home and my younger daughter had played laser tag into the wee hours of the morning and spent the night at a friends house.

I woke up alone to an amazingly bright November day. Took my trusty old D80 with my 18-200 VR lens and went for a walk. My D80 is l… Continue

Please take a moment to reflect, and think of those families who relive this nightmare

Doug's slideshow montage

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went out with my young son,a father and son bonding time,and i told myself should i bring my camera gear? or not,waling the trails i didn't think it would benefit the extra gear,nursing a sore back,but i thought to myself,what theheck,i have my cell phone with me,then the drive home,CRAP !!!, a great shot could have been made a windmill standing in a field freshly cultivated grain with the sun going down behind it,was one,then two different times a combine cutting down his field so close to the… Continue

In honor of the Anniversary of the Surrender onboard the USS Missouri.Japanese Sign Final Surrender

The battleship USS Missouri becomes the scene for an unforgettable ceremony, marking the complete and formal surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945 in the Bay of Tokyo. Watch the Universal Newsreel of this event featuring the background music "With Honour Crowned" by Albert Ketèlbey.… Continue

We just returned this afternoon from our extended trip (surprise surprise) out on the boat. Originally we were only going out for a week of excitement in the Canadian Gulf Islands but the weather here turned to HOT. 108 degrees here in Seattle, Victoria and Nanaimo in BC were over 100 when we were moored (did a lot of swimming to cool off) and the last thing we wanted was to sit here at home and try to beat the heat, the seas were calm and Lea’s Gall Bladder pain level was kept minimal so off we… Continue