December 2009

Christmas: A View from the Past (Part II)

31 December 2009 Family
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This is a follow-up to a previous post.  The earlier post included a picture of the “kids” and our Westie, Sinclair.  There are some obvious differences in this photo and the one in the earlier post.  The previous picture was taken in 1997.  I thought then it was more difficult to get them to sit [...]

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Christmas Holidays: Years Past

28 December 2009 Family
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As a kid, I always went deer hunting with my father a few days after Christmas.  The picture above is our “lodge” that we shared with a few others. I am pictured to the right of the photo. This “Deer Camp” was located just north of Vicksburg, MS, on the Mississippi River. It was the [...]

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First Bloom!

27 December 2009 Photography
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This is the first bloom this winter of one of two camellias in our front yard.  It is one of the few plants that deer do not eat  at our home.  The buds from which these blooms came, survived several hard freezes, snow, and sub-freezing temps.  In past years they have not bloomed under such [...]

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Christmas: Sinclair (again)

25 December 2009 Dog
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Sinclair is the only family member to pose for a picture.  Maybe I will get everyone else later.

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