Yearly Archives: 2005
Say Cheese!
USS Torsk (SS-423) was built at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The keel was laid on 7 June 1944. The submarine was launched on 6 September 1944. For many years it was customary to name U.S. submarines for fish, although this custom no longer exists. World War II submarines were named for everything that swam, from <i>Albacore</i> to <i>Whale</i>. The <i>Torsk</i> got its name from a gadoid fish, allied to the codfish, which is found in the North Atlantic. The name <i>Torsk</i> is Norwegian in origin. The <i>Torsk</i> has the distinction of firing the last torpedo and sinking the last Japanese combatant ships of World War II.
Warehouse Water Tower
While waiting for my train to depart, I took a walk around the train station in Toledo. The sun was just rising and was postitioned behind the water tower.
Traveling Companions
Necole and Jennifer, 2 wonderful people I met on my recent train trip to Chicago. We chatted for about 4 hours and had a great time enjoying each others’ company. They continued on to NYC, after I detrained in Toledo. You meet the greatest people while traveling on the train.
Turtledove Babies
Two turtledove baby birds hatched the other day. Momma is very protective of her young and kept a watchful eye on me as I took this shot. I think papa even did a fly-by to make sure his brood was safe. You can see one of the babies to the right of momma and the other to the left, just his/her tail feathers. Took about 20 days for them to hatch. It has been a wonderful distraction from my office window.
Children at Play
My friend’s daughter, Courtney, and her new best friend, Ava, at play on the park’s fire engine. Innocence is a wonderful thing to watch…I took a few shots and then all of a sudden, Ava leaned back and looked through the pipe holder where the fire engine steering wheel use to be. Perfect, couldn’t of planned it any better. This shot was done poking the camera through the grill of the fire engine, which provided natural framing. This is one of my all time favorite shots. Hope you enjoy it as much as their mothers did!
New Friends
My friend brought her daughter Courtney over to the park to play. Courtney met Ava at the park and the two of them played all afternoon together. We can learn a lot from children at play.
Turtledove
The turtledove, or mourning dove, is a grayish-brown, swift-flying wild dove (Zenaidura macroura) of North America, noted for its mournful call. I’ve been watching a pair make their nest the past couple of days and she is now sitting on her eggs.
Snowy Tulip
This tulip is thinking that Spring has lost its mind. An unusual snow storm in late April.
Redbud Under Snow
The American Redbud tree, sometimes referred to as the Judas tree as it dates back to biblical times. No April Fool’s joke here, this is snow in Spring, April 24th!