June 17th

I've been watching a blog called "The People of Detroit" for a while and it gave me the idea to make some pictures in his style (imitation is the sincerest form of flattery).  He takes a photo of someone and then puts their name or what they do, on the photo.  Check out his blog.  It's cool.

Actually I've only done one so far, and it's of my wife Kim.  The reason the post is titled "June 17th" is because her promotion to Captain on the Charleston Police Department won't be official 'til that day.  She's a Lieutenant right now, but it's only 8 more days, so I thought, "what the heck".  We're really proud of her!!

The photo was taken on Capitol Street just before we picked up our delicious, large pepperoni pizza from Graziano's.  The best pizza in the world!

Rednecks On Vacation!

We got a chance today to go out and shoot my wife's new AR-15 she bought last month.  We had a ball.  My cousin brought a couple of his pistols.  The one pictured is a .480 caliber, Taurus model 480, Raging Bull.  That thing is awesome.

Carper's Castle

Do it yourself...

...ear piercing gone wrong.  I was outside workin' in the yard this afternoon after school and yelled in the house and asked my daughter to bring me something to drink.  When she came to the door she was all teary eyed and had a piece of ice on her ear and big straight pin stuck through the cartilage of her ear.  She had the neat idea of putting one more hole in it. :-)  It went through but she couldn't get it out.  My wife got home and we went in the bathroom and I pulled the pin out and she stuck an earring in real fast.  I think everything's gonna be OK.  My daughter said she thinks she has enough holes in her ear for now.

STANDPIPE

I like the colors in this shot.

Two Happy Girls

On our way to a wedding  reception last weekend.

Two by Two

A few more from the air show in Beaufort, SC last month.

Main Street Reflection

Ragin' Red!!

Chevrolet

There was a car show on the street behind the fire station today, so we went up to check it out.

Clay Center

Part of the floor in the lobby.  I took this before the show last night.  We had great seats.  First row of the second balcony.

Steve Martin...

...and The Steep Canyon Rangers.  We went to see them at the Clay center tonight.  Awesome bluegrass show!!

Empty

Spires

Had to go to Charleston today to run some errands and parked in the MacFarland St. parking garage.  I'd like to know how many photographers have shot this same scene.  I know I've taken a bunch at different times of the day and the year. 

Shells

This is a picture I had on my LX-5 that I had forgotten about.  Hunting Island, SC about two weeks ago.

Bricks

Rhett House Inn

A little patio area  beside the Rhett House Inn in Beaufort, SC.

The Last Track Meet

When it was over, I swear I heard a choir of Angels singing hallelujah!!!  Actually it wasn't that bad today.  It wasn't freezing cold or Africa hot and Molly ran more events than usual, so there was less waitin' around.  Today she ran the 4 x 100 meters, the 800 meters, the 3200 meters and threw the discus.

Fat Albert

V-22 Osprey