Header Competition Season 3 # 3 - Views of Fall

The theme this week is by myself which is "Views of the Fall". 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 voting begins after that.

This weeks theme was chosen by me because we have reached peak color in our area. I love to see the leaves shining in the lake.

I do love the morning light on the lake.

The colors are just super as the leaves go through their transition.

It was a hard choice but this is what I chose as my header. The Canada Geese are getting ready for their annual migration.

What did the others show? See above at their sites.

Header Competition Season 3 # 2 - Technology

The theme this week is by Gail's Man which is "Technology". 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 voting begins after that.

Talk about a theme right in my comfort zone. It was 50 years ago that I started my Mechanical Engineering college education. Has the technology changed in that time. Why yes!!!!!! 

The first years of college I used a slide rule to do my calculation. I had a Post bamboo slide rule which I have kept. It still works and I have it set to 2*2 which equals four. A slide rules accuracy was based on where you calculated the answer on the slide rule. The left side was much more accurate then the right. Here is a photo of the slide rule.

After I started working I was able to purchase a calculator which you could work on your mathematical problems. I no longer used a slide rule. I paid $150 for a calculator which would could buy today for $10. I bought a TI30 and it was similar one to this one.

The work was done by hand on a drafting board and I had drafters to make the final drawings. When I left the Engineering profession I did the design on the computer and did all the drawings myself with the help of Autocad. My Dell laptop is much more powerful then anything I ever used to design. This is what I used for my header. I don't do designs any longer but do a lot of other things on my computer.

See what the others have to show at the above links.

Header Competition Season 3 # 1 - " 2nd Anniversary Challenge"

The theme this week is by the group is "2nd Anniversary 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 on Wednesday with no voting this week. We are doing this in groups of two this week to go along with the celebration. Gail's Man and Dave will join and Lanny will join with her daughter EBet.



It was two years ago that Mac and I started this fun little group. We have kept it small and it was meant to be a fun challenge. We have had people come and go but we have always had a great group of photographers showing there talents. My friend Mac is located at Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. A small town located on the central east coast of England. We have formed a bond as we have run the group. Mac's favorite things to do are photography and vacationing. His wife DW is also a blogger. He sent me this photo with his favorite equipment. As you can see he has some great Nikon cameras where I shoot mostly with my Canon SX100IS. He is my buddy (mate) depending who is writing. We were both with Sky Watch Fridays before we started this group.

In honor of the celebration we are showing the same header with our own posts. Mac is the best with working with photos so he developed the header. Thanks Mac.

As I thought of the post I naturally thought of the number two. I loved these two white tail bucks that came into my back yard. 

I loved these two Canada Geese on the lake.

The Mallard Duck and the blond female mallard.

A two color day lily from my daughter-in-law's garden.

Here I am with two nice Yellow Perch.

So my header is showing a double celebration. Thanks for stopping by for our fun time.

See what the others show from the above links.

Header Compitition Season 2 #52 " A Memorable Moment in Your Life"

The theme this week is by Mac which is " A Memorable Moment in Your Life".  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 on Wednesday and start the voting after that.

 This is an interesting subject. I could look at the day I caught the biggest bluegill of my life a 11 1/4" Fish Ohio fish. This is my personal record.

The day my grandson caught a Fish Ohio 10" Bluegill this year. This was his first Fish Ohio.

What I decided on is a family get together. It is not very often that the whole family is in the same country. This was a good time for all. 

See what the others show at the above links.


Sorry to say that Sandy is leaving the group, if anyone is interesting in joinig in please contact Mac or myself.