Huntsville, Alabama – home of NASA, Rocket Scientist Werner Von Braun, The US Space & Rocket Center, Redstone Arsenal and King Cotton – provides many stories that are locally inspired but that are often of national interest as well. Topics include current Mayor Tommy Battle, The Historic Huntsville Depot, and picturesque Big Spring Park.
Photo Caption ICEBERG! I had to trudge through miles of arctic tundra, snow, blizzards, and sub-freezing temperatures to get this shot of an iceberg in Big Spring Park. But, it was worth it. I’ve always figured that if temperatures drop as low as 10°, then I am entitled to snow. Not this year, at least […]
Australia, you know, was founded by Westerners as an English penal colony. No wonder she’s a little chiselly, she must be the progeny of some pretty unscrupulous characters!
Cold Gold Fish In Big Spring Lagoon
The Huntsville City Bus Station Reveals Cold Temperature
And I used to think I was some kind of narcissist because whenever I find a reflective surface when I’m out taking photographs, with a standard old fashioned digital camera, I stop and take a snapshot of myself.
The moral of the story is: Whether you go strolling through Big Spring Park, or go surfing the liberal TV network, wear your flip flops and watch out for the bird Poop.
Being from Huntsville, I like to revisit this one this time of year. It really takes all kinds, and this time of year they all seem to come out of the woodwork.
My 2013 Christmas Card For You
I’m pretty good with Adobe, so I can usually tease out a good shot.
The Other Catfish Pond
This photo shows where an enclave of “professional” journalists, apparently the remnants from The Huntsville Times, now working for “AL.com” have set up shop in downtown Huntsville – only three blocks from the original “Times Building.” Last week a senate panel approved guidelines in order to define what a journalist is under the new media […]
There was even so much smoke that traffic on the Parkway ramp that merges just above there was also slowing down to a crawl.
