Recent Posts Tagged With 'history'

• Oil slick, black water

  Posted on Wednesday December 16th, 2009 at 20:30 in Photography, history, pollution, straight out of camera, oil slicks

  Wordless Wednesday’s photo was not ice, water here in Florida doesn’t often freeze over. It was an oil slick. An oil slick created by a long derelict fishing boat lying partially submerged near a popular local fishing pier. Across the s...

• Weekly Winners ~ patriot edition

  Posted on Saturday November 14th, 2009 at 19:57 in family, Photography, history, air show, blue angels, weekly winners, straight out of camera, nas pensacola

  For Nov. 8-14 (Shot with a Nikon D60) The men folk and I went to see the Blue Angels Naval flight demo team in their homecoming air show this weekend aboard NAS Pensacola. We been to at least one show a year since moving to Florida, but this one was...

• A crisis of faith: unanswered questions

  Posted on Saturday October 10th, 2009 at 07:31 in religion, family, friends, questions, Faith, history, Belief

  As far back as I can remember I have had questions, maybe not full fledged doubts like I have now, but an undeniable nagging uncertainty about basic tenets of my familial religion. Questions I have never gotten real answers to. It’s not that I ...

• Day 731 ~ another year gone

  Posted on Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 01:00 in family, blog, Personal, friends, history, anniversary, true voice

  July 16, 2007 to July 16, 2009 (731 days, and no, my math is not off. Remember 2008 was a Leap Year) Amazingly I’ve made it through year two. I’m too lazy to do a year(s) in review post ~ more to the point, I’d rather forget some o...

• Reunion

  Posted on Tuesday July 7th, 2009 at 20:44 in family, Parents, friends, history, family reunion, memories, cousins

  The best thing about turning into your mother is that when you can finally return home after an extended absence, everyone recognizes you even if they can’t quite remember your name. They at least know who you ‘belong’ to. The young...

• Weekly Winners ~ trip home

  Posted on Sunday July 5th, 2009 at 01:10 in family, Photography, Tennessee, holidays, friends, vacation, history, family reunion, meme, oak ridge, weekly winners

  More Weekly Winners photo galleries can be found at Sarcastic Mom. While you’re there, please leave our hostess Lotus some comment love. For June 28-July 4 (Shot with a Nikon D60) Having spent the majority of my childhood growing up in Tenness...

• Weekly Winners ~ Forts and Fleurs

  Posted on Saturday May 30th, 2009 at 23:15 in family, Photography, friends, history, meme, pensacola, butterflies, navarre, weekly winners, fort pickens

  More Weekly Winners photo galleries can be found at Sarcastic Mom. While you’re there, please leave our hostess Lotus some comment love. For May 24-30 (Shot with a Nikon D60) I spent Saturday morning meandering around Fort Pickens in Pensacola....

• The Sound of Freedom

  Posted on Monday May 25th, 2009 at 05:00 in family, holidays, friends, military, Army, Navy, history, freedom, air force, service, thank you, memorial day

  I live in what could only be termed a military town. Within a 60 mile radius there are no less than four military installations ~ two Air Force bases, a Naval station and an Army post. The major Air Force Base is the largest, in total area, in the co...

• Random Wednesday ~ legacy

  Posted on Wednesday April 22nd, 2009 at 05:33 in family, children, Parents, friends, fathers, history, memories, mothers, remembering, legacy

  I often worry about how my children will describe their lives with me and their father when they have families of their own. Will they tell their own sons and daughters wonderful stories filled with happiness and love, or will a cloud scub across the...