Header Competition Season 2 # 3 - Sound Creation

The header theme this week by Gail's Man is "Sound Creation". Mac, Gail's Man,Lanny, Dave and I have a little contest to show a new theme header each week. We now post anytime before 4 PM EDT and start the voting after that. 

 Darla, Martha and Tom W are on a break. Come back as soon as you are able my friends.

How could I think about sound creation without remembering our Spring trip crossing the Alps with the Shaker Heights Band. I bring back fond memories of our trip to Europe with a few views of the band creating sound. I start with a town in the foothills of the Alps - Brixen, Italy. This horn was creating a lot of sound as I crept in for the shot.

The trombones were sliding away creating the sound just right. 

Can you find a more beautiful scene then from the birthplace of Mozart - Salzburg, Austria. Quite the crowd to hear the band. It was Spring and you could hear the sound of music in the air.

One of my favorite places was Innsbruck, Austria - How I love the tuba. I stood on my head for the shot. Just kidding, but that is me in the yellow shirt.

So I chose a header of the band playing at Innsbruck in the Alps. I love the view from the plaza near the Golden Roof.

Header Competition Season 2 # 2 - Sepia

The header theme this week by Mac is "Sepia". Mac, Gail's Man,Lanny, Dave and I have a little contest to show a new theme header each week. We now post anytime before 4 PM EDT and start the voting after that. 

 Darla, Martha and Tom W are on a break. Come back as soon as you are able my friends.

How many of you know that SEPIA isn't just a way to make your photos look old. It is actually a process I used as an Engineer to make modified drawings from an original. You would use a special sepia toned paper and run it through a copying machine with your original drawing to make a copy that could be changed. You would then take the sepia copy and using an ammonia solution, that was really smelly, to take out the original dimension and put in the changed dimension you wanted. You ended up with an out of scale drawing but it could be done quickly and that was the purpose of the SEPIA. The world of computers and ACAD drawings has made the process obsolete. So today we use the SEPIA to make cool effects on a photo.


I took a photo of the lake as I set out at dawn in the pursuit of fish. Can you see the flock of Canada Geese in front of the island? Here is the original photo,

and here is the sepia of the lake, I think it is a cool effect.

I decided to use a American Swallowtail Butterfly photo for my header so here is the original,

and above is the SEPIA.


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Header Competition Season 2 # 1 - Celebration

The header theme this week by Dave is "Celebration". Mac, Gail's Man,Lanny, Dave and I have a little contest to show a new theme header each week. We now post anytime before 4 PM EDT and start the voting after that. Sorry I'm late again, computer problems that I hope are solved.

 Darla, Martha and Tom W are on a break. Come back as soon as you are able my friends.

This past weekend was Kent State's Homecoming Parade and football game against local rival Akron University.

My wife's group marched in the parade.

The Kent State Field House was turned into a CELEBRATION area. They were all waiting for the team to come through. Kent beat Akron to make the game ideal. 

The CELEBRATION I want to share is the welcoming of the EXCEL group to Kent State. It took place at our house and the games were played and food eaten.

The cake is what I chose as my header, it is the perfect CELEBRATION symbol.


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My World Tuesday Season # 3 Episode # 1

This is my posting for the My World Meme. It is hosted by Klaus, Sandy, Wren, Sylvia and myself. Won't you join in, I want to see where you live and thrive. Click to visit other sites. We have just turned TWO and are entering our 3rd season.

A special day on the lake today. I caught a 9" Bluegill which qualifies as a Fish Ohio Award fish. It took a minnow and was a good fighter.

 Here are the biggest of the 13 fish I caught. A 9" bluegill, a 11" Yellow Perch and a 12 1/2" Crappie. It was a fun day.

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Sky Watch Season # 4 Episode # 13

                                        Sky Watch Friday 

This is the place. Please check out the site and link in if you wish to participate. There were a lot of people with beautiful Sky photos last week. You can link in from my side bar or at the start of this post. You can link at 3:00 PM EDT on Thursdays. SWF is run by Klaus, Wren, Sandy, Sylvia and myself. 

My computer has been very troublesome the past few weeks. It has been hard to visit so posting has been sporadic. I wanted to try to give you a sky photo this week. This is a photo from the lake where the fish above were caught. Fall is here and the leaves they are changing. The sky was gray but the colors of the trees were vibrant.

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Header Competition # 52 - Harvest

The header theme this week by Lanny is "Harvest". Mac, Gail's Man,Lanny, Dave and I have a little contest to show a new theme header each week. We now post anytime before 4 PM EDT and start the voting after that. Sorry I'm late today, computer problems.

 Darla, Martha and Tom W are on a break. Come back as soon as you are able my friends.

I have spent 8 weeks catching loads of Black Crappie, but alas the bite has stopped and they are doing work on the lake. There is one descent Green Perch which I caught.

 So I changed lakes and also changed fish, I have gone from Black Crappie to harvesting Yellow Perch. They are running from 9" to 11 1/2" long.

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