Fun With Lorikeets

Camera Phone Dump #2

Just a bunch of old pictures from my phone.

Mother and Foal at the 2012 Burton Fair

FOOD TRUCK at the 2013 Earthfest
(P.S. Pretty sure that's my thumb but I had to share this awesome truck all the same)

Calf at the 2013 Earthfest

D.C. Photo dump

The last of the D.C. photos I promise!

For now anayway, muhahaha!

Sexy Lincoln

Fabio ain't got nothing on this dead sexy dead president!

Mark- This get's me thinking; I wonder if there is a market for historical figure romance novels? 

The Internet- Of course there is, Rule #34! 

Internet 13,242

Mark-0

Working with Fossils

When I was a kid I wanted to be a paleontologist so this guy would have been Mick Jagger!

Appearance is Everything

The Supreme Court Under Construction

The People's Monument

4th trip to the Lincoln Memorial and I never realized there is a
small museum underneath it!

Awesome Bikeshare program!

Had to try these, and I am happy to say that the Capital Bikeshare program is an awesome way to see our national capitol!

For those of you wondering what a bikeshare is, simply put, it is a bike you can rent for nominal fee from an automated vending machines placed around an area of interest.  You pick up bike at one place ride to another machine and drop it off, easy!

D.C. Visitors

Get it? Cause it's from outer space; yeah I'm feeling a bit corny!

P.S. I will be releasing the last of my D.C. trip pictures this week so stay tuned!

D.C. is for the Birds!

Who would have thought I would have to go to the National Mall to get pictures of birds!

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

A family trip to the reflecting pool

Splash!

Seen here: A lot of Statues

All of these statues are from the U.S. Capitol building.  Hope you enjoy!

Freedom & Ward

A statue of Joesph Ward of South Dakota and a cast of the statue of Freedom in the U.S. Capitol building visitor center.

Hawkeye state Civil War Govenor Samuel Kirkwood

Women's suffrage pioneers in the rotunda

Early Man

An amazing sculpture of early man in the Smithsonian Natural history museum. 

So, I'm back and I went to Washington!

Ok, So I know I have been MIA for months but hopefully I can make up for it with new pictures.  These are from my recent trip to Washington D.C.

The Lincoln Memorial At Sunset

Removing a fossil from rock at the Smithsonian 

The Library of Congress

Goose!

Saw this guy down at the waterfowl lake at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo the other day and thought you might enjoy the picture!

I'm Back Baby!

I know it has been a while since I posted unfortunately but I haven't had a lot of time for traveling or photography lately.  Now that that is out of the way, on to the pictures!

 

Camera phone drop

Took this chilly shot at work the other day. Enjoy!

My Traveling Buddy

I'd like to introduce you all to one of my traveling companions, Dakota!

Dakota is an 15 year old boy husky mutt who loves accompanying me on my adventures; he also loves getting in the way of my shots from time to time (lucky me!).

Seen here: Photobombing dog

Sometimes it works out nicely though!

C'old Man River

The frozen Rocky River.  

Lake Isaac Trek

This week's weather can't seem to make up it's mind; a few days ago it was in the 60's and today it was  well below freezing (not that I am complaining!)

Took these shots on a quick stroll around Lake Isaac the other night.  Not to much wildlife out, but who can blame the animals with such screwy weather.

Angry Squirrel

Came across a pair of  tree squirrels in the park the other day and thought I got a few good shots.

This guy was very interested with who I was...

This guy was not.

Please Help Identify this Bird!

So I'm not a bird guy.  Not that I don't like birds, I just don't know a darn about them.  That being said I was hoping someone could help me figure out what I have here.

This little fellow was in a tree overhanging my driveway early this week and making quite a racket.  I am guessing he is some type of hawk, but I can't be sure. Any help identifying this species would be appreciated!

p.s. Sorry for the poor quality of the pictures, I was in kind of a rush!

Old Graffiti

As I was enjoying the soggy break in cold weather we had Tuesday and came across some really neat and really old stone carvings on some boulders surrounding the Rocky River.

Stairway to Heaven?

I live very close to the park, but I think this guy may be on to something!

More Zoo Pictures

I got so many great pictures from the frozen zoo trip last week that I wanted to share a few more.

Enjoy!