Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Train Tuesdays This is one of our favorite O. Winston Link photos, the class J-led Train No. 17 Birmingham Special passing a giant oak at Max Meadows, Virginia. It hangs above our fireplace mantel. This image is also displayed for February in the O. Winston Link Steam & Steel 2013 Wall Calendar calendar. by
Train Tuesdays My wife gave me the 2013 O. Winston Link calendar for Christmas. It’s a great calendar if you like b&w photography and/or trains. I had been waiting a number of years for the Solitude print to appear in this calendar. While several O. Winston Link posters are available, the calendars are also useful [...]
When the shuttle flew into Dulles recently, I heard this topic come up on the radio. People were massed around… everyone holding up a cellphone or camera to take pictures. Quote from a Washington Post article: “I wanted everyone to put down their cellphones and cameras and just look at the thing with their own [...]
Saturday, January 21, 2012
We had snow/sleet/freezing mist last night that left some neat rime ice formations on the trees. My other Virginia Wildlife and Weather Photoblog has the photos. Quote of the Week is from Audrey T. Hingley in the January 2012 Coop Living magazine’s Saying NO to the e-Addiction: I want to have a life and as [...]
Weekend Links Facebook, the uncertain future: Facebookâs rapid growth has shown its first signs of deceleration. The social-media site recently faced its first domestic decline in users in a year, with a loss of 6 million accounts in May… Have a safe and relaxing Independence Day Weekend! See: Photo of Festivities at Low-Tech Times HQ [...]