Irene

by now most everyone knows about hurricane Irene rolling up along the east coast with the possibility of MAJOR damage . as of this moment it is just reaching North Carolina . with the eye of the storm still forecasted to hit Albany , NY some time Monday. This is the area where I live.

arriving at work this afternoon I was handed a letter issued from the , " U.S Department of Transportation " Federal Railroad Adminstration . This letter basically gives me authorization to cross police lines , road blocks , and control points in direct suppport of any and all infrastucture which supports interstate commerce.

I can't help but think if the situation should get as bad as they say , what makes them think for a moment I'm going to be out running around trying to keep it all together? with winds calling for 65+ mph and 14 - 16" of rain here , a 150 miles inland of the ocean , I don't think so.

stay safe everyone and here is a photo from Rock harbor on Cape Cod Bay ( 2009 )and Kills Devil Hill ( 2010 )on the Outer Banks.

Water : Life begins

Babes in the Woods

I got to the trailhead at about 7am this morning , cool and a light breeze I was ready for the steep up hill climb to Rainbow falls. the wonderful , beautiful ladies jogging , jiggling and hiking along the trail this morning made the trip that much more enjoyable . God I love New York   ;o)  I came away with a full day of exercise  , took a couple of hundred photos ( I did delete every photo but the one below ) and have a lunch engagement for Friday afternoon. What more could any man ask for from a hike?

I'm going to miss New York when I retire.

In sight of the resent bear attacks around the globe , a couple of my friends , knowing that I love to wade and hike the mountain streams looking for photos have ask on a few occasions if I worry about bear attacks. I give them my standard answer , I don't think about it ! but truth be known , if I have to go down , better it be against a bear then some drug crazed kid that would shoot me down in the streets. this what was on my mind when I came across this pasifier out in the middle of nowhere. you just never know what you will come across !

Cameras are really kool toys !

I have more fun trying to figure out how to do anything and everything that cameras were never intended for. I do know they don't make very good beer mugs, even if you frost them first.

 give a kid a camera and he or she will be busy all day long.

One of the things I really like to do is take my 70-200mm lens , throw it out of focus and start searching . this lights up the last few brain cells I have rattling around in my head like free electrons , bing  bing  bing...

It's sort of like tripping back to the 60's .