Posted by in Uncategorized Christopher Martin Photography Time spent at the Vermilion Lakes in Banff National Park is always worthwhile. It had been a while since I had watched day break there so on the weekend I drove up to do that. I went very early so I was able to make some long exposures at the second lake…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Originally posted on Marrow:
Aces and eights. A dead man’s hand. So called because that is what James Butler Hickok held when he was shot from behind in a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota in August 1876. One of the greatest gunslingers of the Old West lay dead from a gunshot in the back of…
Posted by in Health Three things can contribute to kidney disease: high blood sugar high blood pressure high cholesterol If your blood sugar remains high, it can lead to damage of the blood vessels that feed the kidneys and to the part of the kidneys that filter the blood. High blood pressure and high cholesterol puts pressure on the…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Christopher Martin Photography My son and I returned from a weekend hiking and camping with good friends in the Monashee Provincial Park in British Columbia on Monday night. Wildfires have been a clear and present danger across the province for the whole summer and west of Golden we drove between two separate fires that were…Read more »
Posted by in Earth's wonders, Fabulous Photos Posted by in Uncategorized Originally posted on Hundredpics:
A red-legged falcon has been posing several days for photographers in Tuusula, close to Helsinki.
Posted by in Fabulous Photos, Travels I woke up this morning to the smell of a fire. The sun was bright red and the air smoky. Ashes covered my deck. As I looked around, ashes were falling from the sky. I turned on the news and found out 410 hwy. was closed because of firefighters containing a fire at Crystal Mountain…Read more »
Posted by in amusing & appealing, history The following suggestions were made to women in order to survive in the Klondike. The women that were strong and stubborn that followed their husbands, fathers and brothers in the fever for gold complied this survival kit. I found it interesting and I decided to share it. Women must be properly clothed and equipped for…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Originally posted on Chaotic Shapes:
I Finished up the drawing on Thursday. There were many different guesses on what this could be. Some were correct, others close. A few were off by a lot. I’m not saying there’s a correct image of this drawing, you create whatever you want. What you see is what you…
Posted by in Uncategorized Originally posted on Marrow:
I’d stopped off for a bite of lunch in the Scottish Border town of Melrose. It was a cloudy, cool day, and as I warmed up over some homemade tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich, the Appalachian sounds of Dolly Parton’s voice drifted through the small tea shop. I can’t…
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