Every Picture Tells A Story

"If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; . . . If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same . . . Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it." Jerry and George in a shop window in St. Augustine.

Dreamlifter, Boeing's 747 wide body Cargo Freighter landing at Charleston, SC Airport. (yeah we landed just ahead of it in a Cessna 172 and I took this from the taxi-way just off the side of the runway)

Damp weather threatened Memorial Day weekend but skies cleared and a good weekend was had by all.

It's the season for weddings and this past weekend there were two weddings. Rain threatened to dampen the ceremonies but then nature cooperated and the night was dry.

Support our troops. This flag is made up of the names of all those who died on 9/11/01. Never forget

The actor who voiced Mickey Mouse for more than 30 years has died, with his wife — who is the voice of Minnie Mouse — by his side. Wayne Allwine, 62, died on Monday of complications from diabetes, the Walt Disney Company said. “Wayne dedicated his entire professional life to Disney,” the Disney chief executive, Robert Iger, said. “Over the last 32 years, he gave so much joy, happiness and comfort to so many around the world by giving voice to our most beloved, iconic character, Mickey Mouse.” Rest in peace Mickey

The Doulton Fountain is the largest terracotta fountain in the world, as well as the best surviving example of its kind. The fountain has been beautifully restored and relocated to the front of the People's Palace. The Doulton Fountain was gifted to the city by Sir Henry Doulton, and first unveiled at the Empire Exhibition held at Kelvingrove Park in 1888. The fountain was then moved to Glasgow Green in 1890.

Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, Scotland The Auditorium was featured in the animated sitcom The Simpsons. The episode entitled "Springfield's Got Talent" was a parody of the infamous Susan Boyle audition. [wikipedia]

Ahh summertime, porches, flower baskets and sunshine... Now Mr. & Mrs. bird, these baskets aren't for housing development...

Starbucks, Glasgow Scotland

This guy doesn't need Twitter to tell his friends what he's up to.

Yesterday was Armed Forces Day in the US and I forgot, did you? Uniforms of WWII on display at the Palm Springs Air Museum Display of model airplanes at the Palm Springs Air Museum

Feel like joining Mr. Ted Bear for a cocktail? Hmm...maybe not.

So they say... The General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National Park is the largest (by volume) tree in the world. Computing the volume of a standing tree is the practical equivalent of calculating the volume of an irregular cone. For purposes of volume comparison, only the trunk of a giant sequoia is measured, including the restored volume of basal fire scars. Using these accepted standards and actual field measurements taken in 1975, the volume of the Sherman Tree was calculated to be slightly over 52.500 cubic feet (1486.6 meters). http://www.nps.gov/archive/seki/shrm_pic.htm

In 1999 almost 8 million fish died in a single day. Twice as large as Lake Tahoe, the Salton Sea was created by a 1905 engineering mistake that sent a torrent of Colorado River water pouring into a salt sink. Long publicized and politicized as an ecosystem in failing health, the sea has no natural drainage and is a sump for agricultural runoff. The fish were stocked in the 1950s to promote tourism.

In 1845 it took as long as 6 months and as short as 6 weeks to deliver a letter from the east coast to the west. Today it takes seconds to transmit a message via the internet.

Some of us search for the fountain of youth. When you find it, don't drink the water. Seriously, the water tastes horrible. For more information about the Fountain of Youth visit it's website http://www.fountainofyouthflorida.com/

Summer days are upon us when we visit our islands of tranquility... Nantucket Airport, Nantucket, MA

This morning I'm breaking from tradition of posting my photos and posting a picture of the incredible Allison Iraheta from American Idol Season 8. If you listened to her sing out song you'll realize this girl was robbed and should have been in the top 3 and maybe even winning this whole competition. Girl, you got it going on!

Don't you wish they made cars like this still. When did style disappear. A classic car is defined as a car that is 25 years old, but when have you seen a classic car show where they showed a car from 1984? Will classic car shows someday be no more?

Put on your sombrero, pour yourself a Margarita and proceed to PAR-TAY!!! Today is May 5th, a day we Americans celebrate more so than in Mexico because, well, we'll celebrate just about anything. Enjoy the day.

One of the seven wonders of the world. Can you guess what it is?? The Great Wall is the world's longest human-made structure, stretching over approximately 6,400 km (4,000 miles) from Shanhaiguan in the east to Lop Nur in the west, along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia, but stretches to over 6,700 km (4,160 miles) in total. It is also the largest human-made structure ever built in terms of surface area and mass. At its peak the Ming Wall was guarded by more than one million men. It has been estimated that somewhere in the range of 2 to 3 million Chinese died as part of the centuries-long project of building the wall. http://www.greatwall-of-china.com/

hang your hat, put up your feet and maybe your Rhett will join you.

The word comes from the French language, literally meaning "frontage" or "face". What "face" do we put on every day. Is it a reflection of our true selfs or like these buildings only a "front" with no real substance.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Daughter of Heaven and Earth, coy Spring, With sudden passion languishing, Teaching Barren moors to smile, Painting pictures mile on mile, Holds a cup with cowslip-wreaths, Whence a smokeless incense breathes. The air is full of whistlings bland; What was that I heard Out of the hazy land? Harp of the wind, or song of bird, Or vagrant booming of the air, Voice of a meteor lost in day? Such tidings of the starry sphere Can this elastic air convey. Or haply 'twas the cannonade Of the pent and darkened lake, Cooled by the pendent mountain's shade, Whose deeps, till beams of noonday break, Afflicted moan, and latest hold Even into May the iceberg cold. Was it a squirrel's pettish bark, Or clarionet of jay? or hark Where yon wedged line the Nestor leads, Steering north with raucous cry Through tracts and provinces of sky, Every night alighting down In new landscapes of romance, Where darkling feed the clamorous clans By lonely lakes to men unknown. Come th...

Smile, you're in the movies.