My Best Friend

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In May, 2009, we stopped at the Nantahala River on the way home from visiting friends. I took this picture of Betsy on a pedestrian bridge across the river at the Nantahala Outdoor Center

A Tropical Paradise

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In 1987 I was able to spend a few days at a beach-front resort on the island of Bali. As a farm boy from Indiana I was mesmerized by the palm trees, the ocean, and the waves breaking over the reef. It was a few days in a tropical paradise.

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Moon and Clouds

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I've enjoyed getting photographs of the moon over the past week or so. It was interesting to watch the changes in the moon as it approached becoming a full moon.

Friday night was very cloudy and overcast and I had just about decided that I wasn't going to get a picture. But just before getting ready for bed I noticed that the clouds had thinned enough to get this picture. The picture is 'moody', but I like it.

Azalea Blossoms

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One of the nice things about Spring on the Plateau of Tennessee is the profusion of azaleas that we can enjoy. These pretty blossoms are from our yard.

White-Water Rafting

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It's been so hot and humid for the past week or so that everyone is trying to find ways to cool off. This looks as if it might do the trick. I took this picture at the Nantahala River in North Carolina in May, 2009.

Upper Big Branch Falls

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Betsy and I have been to the area around Erwin, Tennessee, in northeastern Tennessee a couple of times to check out the waterfalls. Most of the waterfalls are small -- like Upper Big Branch Falls -- but they are pretty nonetheless.

Sun Gold Tulip

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I'll try just about anything to beat the hot, humid weather we've been 'enjoying' for the past few weeks. I captured this tulip, Sun Gold, earlier this year in one of our flower beds on a very pleasant morning.