Category: Holidays and Fetes

Whatever Weds. Fireworks

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For July 4th we went down to Southern CA. to visit Big Baby Boy and the Dark Haired Beauty. We went to the beach to watch the fireworks that were being shot off the San Clemente Pier.

Here are a few images of my favorite fireworks and where I was set up. I thought it was a good spot and since high tide wouldn’t be in for hours I thought I’d be good. Ha! I forgot about rogue waves. I got hit by 4 of them. By the end of the night my shoes were soaked and my jeans were too up to the top of my shins! My tripod and camera were just fine.

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I hope you are having a great week!

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Merry Christmas!

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Wishing you the warmest, merriest Christmas!

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From our house to yours!

and, Happy Holidays to all those who don’t celebrate Christmas.

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Thursday Doors-Christmas Doors

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This week we’re sharing favorite Christmas Doors. I went up to Carson City to photograph and see the Governor’s Mansion display of lights.

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Here’s a closer look at the doors, well as close as I could get.

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After viewing some of the lights downtown I stopped in Scoup’s a local Ice Cream and Soup cafe for a bowl of soup and saw this door hanging on the wall.

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Next week we’re sharing favorite 2024 doors then we’ll have a break until next year.

This post is part of the Thursday Doors challenge hosted by Dan Antion. If you’d like to see more Christmas doors from around the world head on over to his blog here-https://nofacilities.com/2024/12/12/osv-gingerbread-doors/

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Whatever Weds. Lighted Golf Cart Parade

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As I mentioned last week we were going to be treated to a Lighted Golf Cart Parade in my community by several neighbors that have their own golf carts.

It was a small but festive parade with just 6 golf carts. Myself and my neighbors waited outside in the cold for the parade to get to our end of the street. It was dark by the time they arrived. Here are a few images of the parade.

Here they come!

Santa!

…and quick as wink they were gone.

It was fun, and I hope they do it again next year!

I hope you’re all enjoying the Holiday lights and spirit of Christmas, and having a good week!

Nikon D810| Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D| PS CC 22.0.1

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Whatever Weds. Happy Thanksgiving!

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Tom Turkey

I’ve had #1 Grandson here with us since Saturday. He’s on a Fall or Thanksgiving Break from school this week. He’s so excited waiting for the storm which is supposed to bring 6 inches of snow to our neighborhood. It’s stalled somewhere and isn’t here yet. He really, really wants to make a snowman.

Baby Girl and the Handsome Surveyor and our littlest will be with us for Thanksgiving and I can’t wait to see them and hold our Littlest.

I’m finally over or nearly over a miserable cold so I am feeling very grateful for my health at the moment, and for my family, friends, and the friends I’ve made here.

About the image of Tom Turkey. This is to date the biggest Turkey I have ever seen in the wild! It was huge!! It was taken in Amador County, CA while on the back from a Spring wildflower excursion. No luck with wildflowers that year, but he was a welcome sighting and made up for the lack of flowers.

I  wish all my friends here in the blogosphere that are in the USA a very Happy Thanksgiving!

I wish the rest of you a wonderful week and week-end where ever you are!

Nikon D90| Nikkor 70-300mm| SanDisk Digital Film| PS CC 21.0.1

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Christmas Cheer!

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Laura Macky started a post that invited everyone to post something they love about Christmas and I decided to play along.

One of my favorite things about Christmas in addition to the presents are the decorations.  I love Santa Claus, trains, the Christmas Tree, lights and Nutcrackers.

Here’s an image of my very first Nutcracker, but I only have a few. I usually set this one and my others on my mantle.

Christmas Nutcracker

What do you love about Christmas?

To find all the other images shared on Laura’s post click here;

Nikon Df| Nikkor 50mm| Hoodman Digital Film| PS CC 2017

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Happy New Year!

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Wishing you all a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2016!

Happy New Year!

Nikon D700| Nikkor 35mm@ f8| 1/20 sec| ISO 200| SB60| Manual Priority| Hand-held

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