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Being a member of a family full of "Train Nuts" - I dedicate this gall ...

Updated: Dec 28, 2012 5:24pm EDT

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Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - an ...

Updated: Apr 13, 2013 6:03pm EDT

Classic Wheels

Old cars that we've all known and loved.

Updated: Apr 13, 2013 6:02pm EDT

Your Bio

I have a real passion for taking pictures (it started as a teenager with a Swinger Poloroid camera). After all these years, I am still a passionate amateur photograher, and get a big smile on my face every time I pick up the camera.

I have probably 100,000+ photos that I've taken over the years - mostly film photos, but I graduated to a cheap digital camera in 2004, then a better one in 2006 and now my newest one purchased in late 2010.

One of my goals is to scan those film photos & upload to smugmug, or at least get them on a CD for my kids & grandkids. Another goal is to master post processing - soon I hope.

I love seeing everyone's photos and studying the textures, colors and treatments. The Smug Mugger's are AWESOME! Thanks for all the gorgeous photos that you share with us. I wish I had much more time each day to shoot photos & look at all the fabulous dailies. Best wishes to all - keep those wonderful photos coming to Smug! I really appreciate you leaving any comments and critiques of my photos too.

All photos are copyrighted and can be used with permission from me. Contact: noelxgood@sbcglobal.net

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January 7, 2012

This shot was taken just after sundown somewhere along the Mississippi coast of the Gulf of Mexico. We had stopped to walk on the beautiful white-sand beaches and take some photos. Just as we left, we stopped at a nearby marina to put gas in the car and I couldn't resist taking this photo. Frame added in Picnik.

I hope you enjoy this tranquil setting captured in this photo - it's going to be one of my favorites from our recent vacation.

Check it out in X3 for all the color, reflections and details. Thanks for your comments!!!

Have a fabulous weekend!!!

Linda

March 10, 2011

Up close & personal with a real classic beauty. I'm sorry I didn't get the details on this lovely car, but I was too enthralled with it to snap a photo of the tag. I really loved the colors and the reflections in the front fenders were amazing. One of my all time favorites, and that's high praise for as many classic cars as I've seen.

Hope you all enjoy, and that this beauty brings you a happy smile today.

Thanks to everyone for your very kind comments on my photos over the last few days. I'm still on the road, and working hard. I've not been able to comment as much as I'd like to and enjoy all of your wonderful photos, but the plan is to get caught up this weekend.

Have a good one!

Linda

June 11, 2011

This is the same abandoned station where the marching line of gas pumps were found. You can see that shot posted on June 5th here if you missed it. I know many of you have seen it because of the wonderful comments which are very appreciated.

http://lgood.smugmug.com/Other/Daily-Photos-2010/12484643_ezMcC#1367630283_kkxm8S9

This is another set of gas pumps that are older in style, and were in front of the abandoned station. As I mentioned before, there were 100s of pumps around this place. It was so cool.

And here's an old sign that was in front of this old place- http://lgood.smugmug.com/Other/Signs/7752337_483tx//1061733754_#1376000970_H7MsspG

This was such a cool place and it brought back lots of memories for me from days gone by. I hope you all enjoy it.

Linda

March 29, 2011

A Hunk of American Steel and loads of chrome on this beauty. This is a 1958 Buick Super and a fantastic car, totally gorgeous. It's an example of the iconic American cars of the 1950's.

It's one of my favorites that I see often - it belongs to our friend Ted who is in our same car club.

This shot is from Saturday's car show - hope you enjoy.

And.......... here's an extreme PP of this shot here: http://lgood.smugmug.com/Cars/Classic-Cars/12442807_L6QVo#1230532693_N8wot

Hope you enjoy!!!!! Let me know which version you like best.

thanks a million for all your great comments!!!!!!!!!!!

Linda

Late edit June, 2012 - Mr. Ted Phelps who owned this car passed away this week. He was a wonderful man, he loved his Buick and he and this lovely car won lots of awards all over the U.S.A. RIP Ted.

June 30, 2011

Here's another one of the 'reflection' photos that I enjoy seeing and snapping shots of. The red 1950 Ford pickup is reflected in the hub cap of a 1940 Chevrolet. I thought it was pretty cool because the red accents in the wheel really set the red of the reflected pickup off nicely. And don't you love those big white wall tires?

If you check this out in X2 or X3, you'll be able to see lots of neat details and reflections.

Both vehicles are owned by our friend Gary, and were at the recent car show. To see a larger photo of the Chevrolet car, click here:

http://lgood.smugmug.com/Cars/Classic-Cars/12442807_L6QVo/#1355627499_DRdWCbv

We are enjoying our vacation. Sorry for the very little commenting I've been able to do, but I'll catch up as soon as I can. You guys are posting some awesome shots this week!!

Best regards,
Linda

November 28, 2010

Hello to everyone!!!!

First let me say thanks to all the comments on the last few Daily photos I've posted this weekend, particularly the scary spider shot. I've certainly enjoyed browsing and commenting on the OUTSTANDING photos that you all have posted in the last several days.

This is a shot of some roadside weeds (or maybe some sort of grass) that I shot in the late afternoon. I liked the way the sun seems to make the fine strands glow. The shadows were adjusted and I added fill light with Picassa. Hope you enjoy the effect.

Have a wonderful Sunday evening!

Cheers,
Linda

PS - Papa says this is Green Foxtail. Thanks Papa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

POTD February 14, 2011 - Best viewed in X2

This classic Ford truck is really red, but I was experimenting with PP - just playing around really. But I kind of liked this effect. I particularly liked the reflections of the Mustang in the side, the grass in the wheels and the understated color of this beauty.

Best viewed in x large to see the fine detail.

Here's the 'original' shot straight out of the camera:
http://lgood.smugmug.com/gallery/12442807_L6QVo/#1187288707_Bu2oA

Thanks for all you kind comments this week. Have a good one!!!!

Best regards.,
Linda

Surreal.... this is what I think when I look at this photo.

What a wonderful place for a walk on an isolated beach. It is near Bandon, OR - it was indeed surreal. We stumbled upon it when we were traveling south from Seattle to northern California. I was enchanted with this spot, and so loved the view & colors of the late evening.

Best viewed in X2 large.

There's some PP here, but not a whole lot, just a little tweeking, I had the good fortune of great light.

I love the inclusion of the people walking on the beach as they give scale to the shot. Hope you enjoy, and hope you can visit this mystical place sometime soon.

Have a fabulous Sunday!!! Thanks for all the great comments.

Best regards,
Linda

September 10, 2011

Remember the story that I talked about yesterday where we ran into the rain storm and then came into the little town of Encino, NM and chased the train? Well here is one of the shots of the train & a lightening strike.

We were parked within about 40 feet from the track that was elevated above the road we were sitting on. The train was racing by and I was snapping photos.

It was raining pretty hard by this time, and I took lots of shots of the train out of the windshield of the car. I was lucky enough to catch a lightening strike on this shot. The sound was deafening.

This is not the best quality photo in the world, but I liked the way it turned out with the lightening, the train car and the dark sky.

Thanks so much for your wonderful and overwhelming comments on the road in New Mexico shot from yesterday. That "road" shot was a precurser to this shot for today.

You guys rock!!!

I'm home today & part of tomorrow then have to go to Austin TX for a week long class at the University of Texas. I'll do my best to keep up with commenting on your wonderful photos. I'm sure that will be WAY more fun than the homework we'll be expected to do in the evenings. :-)).

Have a great day!
Linda

December 6, 2010

Hello everyone - I didn't expect to be posting tonight, or this week at all because I was scheduled to be in Northern California all week; however, due to an unforeseen event, the trip was cancelled and so I am home this week, and the NoCal trip will be rescheduled sometime next year. I'm home and happy!!!!!!!!!!!! It's nice to be home after all my travels over the last several weeks. Road warriers need to restore the batteries at home some, and that's what I'm doing!!!! YAY!

This is a custom car and I don't know what it started life as, but it was a real beauty. The rainbow colored paint was amazing. As you walked around the car it would change in color from black to dark midnight blue then to medium blue and then almost a tourquoise color, then it would shift again to a light maroon and a red. There were several other color changes in between too. It's hard to describe all the color variations. It was at a car show and as you can see it was sprinkling rain and I felt sorry for the owners who were trying to keep their cars wiped down and dry. I liked the rain drops on the car and the reflection of the other car beside it. The beauty of the colors are best viewed in X3

Have a great evening Smugmuggers.

Linda

Another shot today of the Canna blooms that are still unfurled. They have such great color it's hard not to frequently shoot & post lots of Canna photos. No PP on this - just great evening light. Thanks to everyone for their wonderful comments on my photos. HAGD - Linda.

June 23, 2010
These Mimosa blooms look so wispy and fragile, but the trees I think are very hardy. This is best viewed in the larger formats. Today was just another day of not much time to take shots, but I wanted to play some more with my new macro lens, so this is the best I could do for today in a very little bit of time that I had to "play".

Thanks to all of you for your comments on my last couple of days of daily shots. They are much appreciated. I am just amazed at the talents of our Smug Mug family. I can get lost in the galleries for hours - if only I just had hours to spare.

Have a great evening. Linda

August 23, 2011

hi everyone! Thanks for all of the great comments. We are loving the weather and low daily highs of around 80 degrees in New Mexico. The vacation is going great. Many times we are in areas with no cell coverage - which is ok, except that I also don't have the use of my iPad to comment with. So forgive me for the sparse comments.

This is a shot of the floor of the Texas State capital building in Austin, Texas. It was taken a couple of months ago but I really liked how it was a little off kilter. Check it out in X2 - I think you'll enjoy the details.

THE QUEEN!!! (September 26, 2010)

She is such a beauty & is poised so delicately on this wildflower in North Texas.

Hope all the SmugMuggers enjoy this butterfly pic. Found her while tromping around the woods near our house today.

Thanks for all the wonderful comments on the twins "swinging" shot last night.

Have a great Sunday evening.

I'll be back on the road tomorrow (a 7:20 a.m. flight from Dallas) and not back to Big D until Wednesday, October 6th.

But I'm taking my camera to Birmingham, AL and Louisville, KY. I figure the Louisville portion of the trip may give me some opportunities for photographs.

I'll try to comment while I'm on the road, but won't be able to post pics.

Take care,

Best regards,

Linda

July 8, 2010

Hey All!

After a couple of days on the road for business and no opportunity to shoot photos - I was fortunately able to get out and take some pictures this afternoon late before the sun went down.

This is a picture of the beautiful butterfly that I spotted. (Chika or Papa - help me with the name of this beauty?)

Post script - Chika says this is a "Queen" butterfly. Chika rocks - she knows her butterflies. Thanks Chika.

This beauty was sitting on a wildflower out in a field near my house. It was a difficult shot to get because the wind was blowing so hard that the flower stalk was swaying backwards and forwards pretty violently the whole time I was trying to take the photo. But I got lucky on this one when the wind died for just a second. Otherwise, I have maybe 2 more good pictures of the queen, and the rest are blurry due to the high winds.

There's a hair of a crop on this picture, but it's very tiny. I just got lucky on this shot.

We've been having high winds & late afternoon/evening thunderstorms here, so this was a lucky catch. With all the storms around my trip to & from Minnneapolis was fraught with delays. I finally got home last night around 1:30 a.m. Makes for a long day - but I'm very happy to have a job. :)

Thanks to everyone for your kind comments on my photos - even though I've been off line for several days.

Have a great Friday tomorrow,

Linda

This photograph is protected by the U.S. Copyright Laws and shall not to be downloaded or reproduced by any means without the formal written permission of L Good - noelxgood@sbcglobal.net

September 3, 2010

I don't know what this cute little bug is - but it caught my eye today on the weeds near my house. I loved his big, black eyes. I hope you enjoy too. There's no crop or post editing on this one - just got lucky. Check it out in X2 - it's pretty cool.

Have a wonderful evening & a great Labor Day weekend Smug Muggers. We are headed to another car show tomorrow, but this one also includes vintage WWII airplanes - so it should be fun & provide some great photo ops.

Sunday is my daughter's 34th birthday, Gee that makes me feel old! LOL - but she's a wonderful daughter, so Mom is so proud. We will have my daughter (Chenoa - American Indian name that means White Dove of Peace). her husband & two girls, Bill's children and grandchildren mid afternoon on Sunday. We'll have a great time grilling hamburgers to celebrate Chenoa's birthday & Labor Day. When Chenoa was a littl girl, she always thought that the big Labor Day Weekend Celebrations - were all about her & her birthday. That made me smile. Many years later, she figured it out & just shares her birthday with the country. :))!

Between Bill & I we have 7 grandchildren ranging in age from 16 years old to 4 months old. So Sunday's celebration will be loads of fun - count the parents, grandparents, kids & grandkids - we'll have 15 people for dogs & burgers on Sunday!!! I'm looking so very forward to it.

Then on Monday, Bill & I will be taking our cars to another car show in Burleson, TX. So next week - watch for lots of vintage car shots.

Love the Smug Mug community & all your fabulous photos. Have a great holiday weekend!!

Best,
Linda

It's a Bee's Butt photo!

Just running through some old photos - and this one of the bee's butt in the cactus flower made me laugh. You've heard about 'bee's knees' but you don't get to see a bee butt very often I hope it makes you laugh too.

Best viewed in X2

September 2, 2010

COMING IN FOR A LANDING!

I think the hummer was saying to him/herself, "Whoa, whoa, whoa - slow down, there's danger ahead!"

This shot was not the greatest quality, but it made me smile. I laughed at the hummer's position coming in for a landing.

I think perhaps the hummingbird has seen the wasp on the other side of the feeder at the last minute & is trying hard to "put on the brakes" before encountering that scary little flying stinger on the other side of the feeder.

The end of the story is that the hummingbird scared the wasp away and he/she got her fill at the feeder. When the hummer left, the wasp came right back immediately & parked itself on the feeder again.

I hope this gives all the SmugMuggers a smile today. Thank you all for you comments on my shot of Chika in Bill's 1966 Fairlane. It sure was fun meeting she & Hiro & Papamugger.

Have a wonderful evening!

Linda

August 20, 2010

What the heck kind of bug is this???

Whatever it is, it's truly ugly in X3, but I couldn't help snapping, then posting this photo.

Spotted this really ugly fellow on my husband's 1981 Ford truck's window wipers. I have no idea what this guy is, but he is really, really ugly. Let me know if you know what this guy's name is. Hope he gives you a laugh today.

Thanks to everyone for your comments!!!

Linda

PS - see the comments below: Pulsman's friend thinks it's a Dance Fly (that's pretty cool, he does seem to be dancing - sort of), and Macropixels agrees with Pulsman that it is the fly family Empididae, a Empis Tesselata. Cool to know.

2009
OK everyone - I "bit the bullet" and bought my first macro lens - it's a Nikon 105 VR. This is my daily today and it was shot hand held of the Texas Prickly Pear blooms. Many of my shots with the new lens today weren't great - I guess I was shaking. I didn't particularly like the comp, but loved the colors. Still learning this new lens. Anyway, I'm loving the experience. Thanks for all your comments. Have a wonderful day tomorrow.

Best viewed in Xlarge or 2X

Linda

April 22, 2012

My Earth Day contribution - thanks L Perry!!!! Wildflowers are the salt of the earth and sustain the beauty there over.

What kind of Texan would I be if I didn't post a photo or two of our beloved Bluebonnets? So, here is a wonderful field of bluebonnets near my house. The bluebonnets are the state flower of Texas. The orange flowers that are sprinkled throughout the field are Indian Paint Brush wildflowers, and they are the state flower of Oklahoma, the state where I was born.

From www.statesymbolsusa.org: "The bluebonnet was designated the official state flower of Texas in 1901. Also called buffalo clover, wolf flower, and el conejo (spanish for "the rabbit"), bluebonnets are to Texas what the shamrock is to Ireland."

Further, this website states: " The bluebonnet is not only the state flower - Texas has also designated an official bluebonnet city (Ennis, Texas), festival (Chappell Hill Bluebonnet Festival), and trail (also in Ennis). The bluebonnet flower is named for the color and sunbonnet-shaped petals."

"The home of the bluebonnet - the North American prairie - is one of the most endangered ecosystems on earth. The grasslands of North America began to form about 20 million years ago, but in some areas up to 99 percent of the prairie has been destroyed (in just the last 125-150 years). Wildflowers are the jewels of public lands - tread lightly, take only photos and memories - do not pick flowers or dig up plants."

Ennis, Texas is very near my home in Waxahachie, Texas. However, the beloved bluebonnets are found all over the state of Texas.

I would like to salute the absolutely gorgeous bluebonnet photos that have been posted by Dakotacowboy, Firefly, Papamugger, Webstersway and others. Their shots were incredible and shared with our Daily Community in the height of the bluebonnet season, which is fairly short. You guys did a magnificent job showcasing our state flower! Thank you.

Have a "wildflower" sort of day today my friends, and stop to absorb the beauty around us, for it is a gift each day.

Linda

Posted 1/20/11 for my daily of 1/21/11

Hey there all my SmugMugger friends!

I have to leave tomorrow morning (Friday - 1/21) on a flight to Phoenix, AZ at 6:30 AM CST - and I won't be back in Dallas until midnight Friday - or is that Saturday morning? Those one day trips are killers.

Because of my trip. I am going to post my second daily photo today (forgive me) so I won't loose a day of posting to the Daily Photo Community because of my crazy travel schedule.

So please count this as my Daily for Friday, January 21st.

Even though I get back to Love Field (home base = Dallas) at midnight tomorrow, I still have to get to my car in the remote parking lot, and drive home. The drive home is an hour, and so I'm at my house 1:15 a.m. I'll not want to post a Daily or comment at that time in the morning, so I'm posting tonight.

Even though I'll miss commenting on Friday (tomorrow). I'll catch up on my commets on your fab photos Saturday afternoon.

This shot is from the archives, and is a 1939 Chevrolet that was gorgeous - I liked the smattering of rain drops on the car. The pearl white color was perfect, and the interior was magnificent - I liked it in B&W treatment.

Thanks for your comments on my recent photos.

Best regards,
Linda

Old but not forgotten!

September 16, 2010

I really loved the looks of this old GMC truck - I don't know the year. But the grill, the pretty blue color that I guess it once was painted when it was new, and the rust just gives it tremendous character in my books. I really loved this photo a lot.

The blinker signal on top of the head light was another detail that I thought was cool - it looks almost plastic, but I'm sure that it isn't. Hope you enjoy this old classic that someone is still driving and loving each day. It's so neat to see that we are saving our past and not throwing it away.

Have a great evening!!

Thanks for all you comments in the last couple of days on my grandson picture & the self portrait/reflection in the hubcap. Take care!

UPDATE - one of my friend's friend says this is a 1947.

Linda

November 7, 2010

This is another gorgeous 1950s something Cadillac convertible that is a beautiful burgundy color. Unfortunately, I failed to get the details on the year of the car, and it's options. But I wanted to share with everyone because I thought it was such a pretty car.

It was a difficult shot because there was so many distractions and people around the car. I couldn't get a clean shot. I almost sent this one to the trash can, but then I looked at it several times & liked the clarity of the people that were admiring this beauty.

So I decided that I would go ahead and post it because the reflections in the side of the car of all the people standing around & talking amongst themselves was kind of interesting. I guess most of you know how much I love reflections.

Even though it's not a pure classic car shot, I did think there's some measure of interest in the shot, and I'm short of time tonight. I think it's best viewed in the larger sizes.

Hope you all enjoy. Your comments on my 'hat' shot yesterday were very appreciated, and I thank you very much.

Best,
Linda

April 6, 2012

"A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it." ~ George Edward Moore

A true statement indeed. I have lived my entire adult life in Texas - so it is home.

But I spent my childhood in Oklahoma.

Although I have been away from Oklahoma for many, many decades it still feels a little bit like home when I return for occasional visits. Recently, we were traveling to Oklahoma for my little sister's 50th surprise birthday party (oh gee - how much does that age me?). It was a rainy day, and we were taking our time and exploring many small back roads to see what we'd never seen before. As we were traveling along a railroad from northern Texas, across the Red River and into south central Oklahoma - we saw a train traveling beside us.

See tomorrow's potd of the approaching train.

We raced ahead of the train, and stopped at a small and very rural town in Oklahoma located just a mile north of the Red River and the border with Texas. This little town (Terral, Oklahoma) had a RR crossing near the highway that provided easy access for us to get close to the train for a series of photos.

As the train came by, I was shooting the cars and attempting to show the speed at which the train was traveling. I upped the ISO on this shot so that the darkness didn't impede the light of the shot. All the while, the train cars "ripped" past me at high speed.

I was thrilled with this shot. I love the way the train's speed is evident here, but I was really pleased that I was also able to catch a great "stationary" shot of the crossing sign, the road and building just past the speeding train - and what one could see between the gaps in the train cars as they flew by me.

Needless to say, our family of train nuts really liked this shot a great deal. Particularly the 5 year old grandson, Case - he dreams of being a Train Engineer when he grows up. :-))

Check this out in the larger sizes.

P.S. - today I once again traveled to Oklahoma and the land and towns of my childhood to attend the funeral of my beloved cousin Billy Max Stephens. Thank you to everyone that have sent your prayers and hugs. I really appreciate them. Today was a difficult day, but I know he is in the arms of our Lord and this land was his life and it is a good land, made some better by his having walked over it.

I wish you all a wonderful day where all your dreams come true!

Linda

May 9, 2012

I don't know what it is - but if nothing else, it certainly is unique!!!!!

Here's the Beast car, seen recently at a classic car show. As I said before - I don't know what this car was 'born' to be, but here's what it is today. I looked for an information card that might give me a clue to make, model, year - but there was none.

So suffice it to say - it's probably one of a kind.

Have a unique day full of pleasant surprises!

Linda

November 22, 2010

I didn't have much of a chance to shoot photos tonight, so this is a quick shot of one of our Red Oak trees in the backyard - best viewed in xLarge.

We planted this tree about 4 years ago & it's done so very well. It and it's brothers and sisters have thrived in our backyard so well, that we planted 5 more about a month ago. Bill & I are leary of planting trees that take a long time to grow - we'll probably not be around to enjoy them in 50 years, but after seeing how fast & well these Red Oaks have grown, we went for 5 more. We planted the new 5 trees around the playground/swings that we made for the "Grands" so they'll be able to enjoy them for years to come.

Here's a link to Grandpa's self designed and self built playground for the grands that includes a rock climbing wall, 9 swings, a sand box, a little people's picnic table and a slide fabricated at Grandpa's factory. http://lgood.smugmug.com/Grandchildren/The-Grands/7751694_Rnfu9#1061717912_wcUJR

It's hard to see in this photo that there are four "very little" people swings (all red) to the left, and four "big kids" swings to the right.

The colors of the Red Oaks are so great this year, I guess for some reason the leaves have much more color than in past years.

Hope you enjoy. Have a great evening!!!!

Linda!

PS - Thanks for all the great comments on yesterday's Indian Motorcycle shot. I'm a little short of time tonight, but I'll try to comment.

July 5, 2011

Here's an interesting shot from near Espanola, New Mexico. It was an old store (that was closed) and it had loads of really interesting things sitting all around. This line of old gas pumps was but a 'tiny' portion of the old pumps that were all over the place. There was probably 200 or more. I liked the way these looked as they stood facing the highway all lined up for passersby to admire.

The frame was created in Picnik. Check it out in X2 or X3 - there's a lot of detail and rusty old memories in these pumps for those of us who remember them. Enjoy!

Have a great week, and thanks to everyone for your comments on my hot air balloon photo yesterday, it was really appreciated!!!!! There's a couple of more balloon shots that I'll post later.

Best,
Linda

January 9, 2011

OK, here it is..........I'm not a big fan of my own SP, but I wanted to be up to Janet's challenge, so I put the new camera on the bar in the kitchen, set the timer, then sat my "old" self down on the couch - here's the result.

I wasn't too sure I'd do the SP - I'm WAY more comfortable behind the camera, but I had an extra cup of coffee this morning, and gave it a try.

I will say though that so far this morning, I'm really enjoying the SPs of the smugmuggers, and the creativity that some of you have used.

I didn't get creative with my SP. Maybe some other day I will (when I have that 4th cup of coffee in the morning) when my creative juices will kick in.

Anyway, thanks to everyone for your kind comments on my cotton gin photo, I really appreciate them and too, it was nice to hear from those who commented whether they liked the one I posted on the Daily better, or the over saturated one I posted in my Building's folder. Thanks again!!!!!

Have a great Sunday - I'll comment a little later today.

Linda

May 29, 2012

"Faith is like a kernel of wheat." ~ Joe Bob Briggs

An up close and personal look at a wheat field near our home.

I love the look of wheat in the fields as the winds blow gently and moves the sea of golden stalks slowly to and fro. The wind and the light provides a most exquisite rippling sheet of nature in all her glory. I hope you all enjoy this nature shot today.

Best viewed in X2 or X3.

Have a golden day today my friends,

Linda

April 7, 2012

WOW - thank you all for your kind comments on my speeding train shot yesterday. I was blown away! And it was a much needed lift to a day that was so painful.

Once again, I traveled back to Oklahoma, and to the place where I spent my childhood to attend the funeral of my beloved cousin Billy Max. It was a painful day, but I knew that he was finally out of pain and reunited with some of our family. Thank you for your kind comments and prayers for our family in our time of sadness.

This shot was taken near where he was laid to rest and posted some weeks before his death. Here is the commentary I wrote then about this shot.............

This photo reminds me of the song by Journey called "Midnight Train" - but it was just an early evening train that's coming toward you.

As mentioned in yesterday's post of the "speeding train shot" it was getting dark while I was taking photos of the tracks and the approaching train.

I thought this was a pretty cool shot because you can see the light from the train's engine clearly on the rails for quite a good distance ahead of the engine.

Have a "bright light" sort of day my friends!

Linda

September 5, 2010

Vintage Flyover.

This is a shot from yesterday's Warbirds on Parade show. Bill & I went and took our cars (the '66 Fairlane 427 and the '69 Mach 1 Mustang). But the stars of the show were lots and lots of vintage WWI and WWII and later airplanes & helicopters. The car show was just a minor part of the event (even though there were about 100 classic cars there) The planes stole the show, and we had such a great time looking at them. We took two of the grandboys (age 2 and 4) and they were just beside themselves with excitement over the planes at the airport in Lancaster, TX. It was wonderful day.

I saw these planes taking off and thought they were going home (it was late in the afternoon), then I heard them coming back over the airport for a fly over. I had about 6 seconds to throw the camera up, focus & shoot. I'm pretty pleased with the result here.

This is best viewed in large or x-large format.

Great birthday party today for Chenoa & all of our kids & grandkids. The weather was just perfect for hot dogs & hamburgers on the patio. And then we all lingered over the Oreo Cookie cake & ice cream.

Have a happy Labor Day,

Linda

July 4, 2011

Happy 4th of July to everyone!!!!! I hope you are celebrating with family and friends, we plan to do that too this afternoon.

Many of you read last week about our vacation to Taos, NM and that we were going to take a hot air balloon ride one morning, well we did, and Oh Boy, was it ever fun. I'd never done it before, and didn't know quite what to expect, but it's very cool. Watching the people get the balloons ready and filled was quite interesting. We flew over the plains near the mountains outside of Taos, then down the Rio Grande Gorge - it was beautiful. I took so many shots, it's hard to choose just a few to post, but there will be a few more in the coming days. But this was one of my favorite shots.

This is an SOOC shot of the inside of the balloon when it was almost full & ready to take off. You can see the flame from the propane burner blowing into the huge cavity of the balloon. There were 4 balloons taking off about the same time. More balloon and other vacation photos to come.

Check it out in X2, it's pretty cool.

Here's a few more SOOC shots of the balloon before it took off flying over the Rio Grande:

http://lgood.smugmug.com/Humor/Random-Somewhat-Odd/7752400_GGnJ9#1366418501_7z3X7qK

http://lgood.smugmug.com/Humor/Random-Somewhat-Odd/7752400_GGnJ9/1103525553_#1366425992_CPBHmn7

Have a great & safe holiday!!

Thanks for all your wonderful compliments and comments. I learn so much from our Daily Community.

Linda

November 19, 2010

An old train car that we found in a Train museum near Louisville, KY. I loved the rust and the colors of this one.

Thanks to everyone for your kind comments on my upside down, Alien - the Praying Mantis photo last night.

Have a good weekend!!!!!!!!!!

TGIF,
Linda

January 8, 2010

Hello everyone. Thanks so much for all your kind comments in the last few days. It's earlier than normal for me to post, but I'm NOT at the office "woo hoo" - I'm enjoying this lovely Saturday. It's a beautiful day with lots of sunshine and 56 degrees, but the weatherman says tomorrow is going to bring us a chance of snow.

This is a photo I took last week of an old cotton gin in Ellis County Texas. This area was a major producer of cotton at the end of the 19th and through most of the 20th century. It still does produce some cotton today, but nearly as much as in years past of course. This is the Five Points gin named for the five roads that all come together in this location.

I boosted the color in Topaz to play up all the rust on the building, and erased a distracting phone line. Other than that, I didn't adjust any other items.

Best viewed in X2.

Click here for another view of this gin where I really pushed the PP, I'm not sure which I like the best. I'd really like your opinion. Thanks.

http://lgood.smugmug.com/Architecture/Buildings/7752393_XHYji#1150677966_yxCiH

Hope you enjoy. And here's wishing everyone a great Saturday!

FLAMES!

POTD for February 6, 2011

I've had a lot of requests lately for more car photos - so I dipped back into the archives for this one that was taken last summer at the Fort Worth, TX "Cruisin for the Cure" car show. I really love the flames on the side of this old classic, and the reflections from the bricks on the street and the old buildings downtown just (in my opinion) add to the character of this beauty.

Best viewed in X3. Here's another shot of this classic: http://lgood.smugmug.com/gallery/12442807_L6QVo/#1182801726_eFAby

There's some new car shots in my Classic Wheels gallery - click here to see the gallery: http://lgood.smugmug.com/Cars/Classic-Cars/12442807_L6QVo#1163099923_DAfsZ

Thanks to everyone for your wonderful comments on my recent photos - SmugMuggers Daily Community membes are "the Best".

Have a wonderful day!

Linda

September 22, 2011

Here's another wonderful find along some of the backroads of New Mexico. We stopped in a small town called Cimarron. This is a neat little town with lots of history. We stopped at the St. James Hotel for lunch and were enchanted by the interior that was like a step back in time (some interior shots will show up on Smug Mug in the future). This hotel has had many famous visitors such as Buffalo Bill Cody, Annie Oakley, and more. The hotel was built in 1872.

Nearby we found an old grist mill that was built by Lucien B. Maxwell (quite a famous man in his day in New Mexico) in 1864. Originally, the mill was erected in order to provide ground grains for the Maxwell Ranch and the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation. The building was later converted to the Aztec Mill Museum. It is a treasure trove of early artifacts from the area. We spent a couple of hours there enjoying it.

This is an old tractor that was one of many old machines and farm implements on the grounds of the museum. I loved the old machine and it's evident signs of age. I thought it had a lot of character and also it had a little bit of a mystic quality about it - primarily because I was standing there admiring it, and I began to wonder about the family that used it and the many acres of ground that it was used to work on in this area, and wished that it could speak. What stories I bet it could tell.

I hope you enjoy this, and that someday you'll get the chance to visit this wonderful little museum.

I'm posting late again this morning, it's been one of those days already! Whew! But all is well. I have a customer event tonight, so I may not have much time to comment, but I'll do my best to get caught up in the next couple of days.

Have a fantastic Thursday my friends!!!

Linda

BOOTS! Not the cowboy kind - but Rain Boots!

POTD May 31, 2011

We recently had company from out of state (not from Texas) and we took them to the Stockyards in Fort Worth. We were roaming around the streets and the stores, and stopped into the famous Leddy's store, and I saw these beauties and fell in love.

I wanted all of them - but there's not much need for rain boots in Texas. But............I did buy one pair - which one would you guess I bought?

Thanks for all the comments -

here's the answer to which one I bought = the 4th from the left - the pink plaid. But let me say, "it was hard" I wanted all of them!!!!!!!!!!!

IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, NO......IT'S SUPERBOY!!!

View in X2

This one of our grandkids, Benjamin, who is flying off the bed into the 'pillow pit' created by his 11 year old cousin Ashlee. It's certainly not the greatest of quality photo that I've ever done, but it's a funny one that made me laugh, and I hope it gives you all a giggle too.

Here's the backstory........We had Benjamin (2.5 years old), his older brother Case who is 4 years old, and Ashlee, who is 11 years old - 3 of our 7 grandchildren. They all spent the night with grandma & grandpa Friday night. Saturday morning Ashlee helped make a big breakfast and then they were getting restless to play, but the weather was dreary, cold and pouring down rain.

They are all in their pajamas and Case & Ashlee are talking about what kind of game they could play. All of a sudden, Ashlee says, "I've got it" and they all whispered togher, then the three of them go to the back of the house.

I'm in the kitchen cleaning up the dishes and I see them come carrying as many pillows as each on could hold. Off into one of the bedroom they went. I didn't say anything - I just watched.

Then they come back out of the bedroom again, and go back through the house, and gather up all of the other pillows - probably 25 of them, and start their trek back to the bedroom.

The next site I seeis this little army troop coming down the hall loaded up to their ears with lots of blankets, quilts, and the comforters from the beds. They are marching down the hall across the kitchen & into the bedroom.

Grandma says to Ashlee as the troop come through the kitchen, "What are you all planning?"

She said, "I'm building us something to play in." with a big grin on her face. I expected that it might be a tent or a fort, or something like that.

Then I asked her, "Are you going to make a mess?" The 11 year old had a very serious look on her face, thought about it for a moment, and finally said, "Yes, probably" - but then the 4 year quickly adds "But we'll clean it up grandma." And off they marched with their 'stuff'.

In just a few minutes I heard gales of laughter & giggles, so I had to go investigate.
Here's what I saw: They had built them a pillow pit & they were jumping off the end of the bed into the pillows, blankets, etc. Ashlee & Case were jumping feet first, but then I saw 2.5 year old Benjamin (the daredevil) dive into the pillow pit. He didn't jump, he FLEW off the bed into the pillows.

Of course I grabbed the camera and this is one of Benjamin's flights in midair. Let me just assure everyone that none of the children were hurt in this fun little game, and I can say that they had a some great time. I wished that I had an audio recorder to capture their infectious giggles.

Thanks to everyone for you kind comments on my sunrise shot of yesterday, they are much appreciated.

Have a wonderful evening!

Linda

October 13, 2011

I've posted several signs that we saw along the roads in New Mexico that reminded me of what the old Route 66 must have looked like in its heyday, and this is another one. This was in Vaughn, New Mexico (or nearby) and was after a pretty heavy rain. You can see that the clouds were still pretty dark, but the sky was beginning to clear to the left of the shot.

I thought this a very interesting sign as the arrow seemed to be pointing away from the building that I "presume" was the old Ranch View Motel that you can see in the background. Perhaps it was pointing at the "Ranch" behind the fence in the background. It would have been a highly visible sign to travelers when it was new and covered in neon. If you look closely at the yellow arrow you can see holes in it from the top to the bottom. When we looked at it more closely, we could tell that they once had light bulbs in them, and I imagined that they came on in sequence to catch your eye.

Also, if you look closely at the building, just below the Cafe sign, you'll see another sign that says "Color TV" - remember when that was a novelty? I'm sure that travelers passing by looking for a motel to stay in decades past could have selected this motel JUST because it had color TV.

Hope you all enjoy the continuing shots from this trip through the great state of New Mexico. Thank you for all your kind comments on my shots the last couple of days - You guys ROCK!!!

Best regards,
Linda

January 24, 2012

"Yee Haw, ride 'em cowboy"

Have you ever seen a horse & rider jumping off a building?

No, me either.

As we were driving the tiny roads & highways through east Texas into Louisianna on our recent vacation we stumbled across this site. I'm sorry I can't recall the town that we found this cool piece of art in, but I can tell you it was a town on either the Texas and Louisanna border - Just not sure which state it was in.

As we went through the town, I spotted this horse & rider flying off the side of the building. And Bill was his patient self (I'm saying, "U-Turn for Photo Op) & he calmly circled the block, positioned the car so that I could get a shot of this unusual site.

On this day it was rainy and very cloudy, so it was tough to get a great shot, but I wanted to show you all this piece of rural whimsey.

I do recall that the lower floor of this building there was a sign that stated this building was a saloon and boarding house that was opened in the early 1920s and catered to the railroad men & cattlemen that frequented the area.

Don't you think this is a quentissential advertisement for an old saloon?

Have a great day my friends,
Linda

Late 1/24/12 Update: Thanks Boobaby - she identified the town - it was Logansport, LA - just 18 miles from her hometown.

January 20, 2012

"ZOOM, ZOOM"

This shot is sooc and taken from our moving car (and through the windshield) as we were driving at about 70 MPH through a tunnel somewhere near Biloxi, Mississippi. Talk about leading lines............there's plenty of those to see in this shot.

LATE DAY UPDATE: THANKS Donna McCommon! I couldn't recall exactly where this tunnel was, and both my husband & I thought it was near Biloxi, but as soon as you made your comment that it looked like the one under the river in Mobile - I knew you were right!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for getting my geography correct!!!

I wasn't sure this photo would come out OK or not. But I rather like the way it is - not the greatest, but with some interest.

I liked that you can see the brake lights of the car ahead and their red reflection on the roof of the tunnel. And if you look closely (in X2) you can see just a faint outline of another car coming towards us. And then too, I liked that it looked like a long streatch of the tunnel was somewhat unoccupied.

I'm not a big fan of tunnels - I like to see the sky above me when I'm driving, even if it's dark I like to see the stars & moon. Nevertheless, I did OK going through this tunnel - because when I didn't have the camera in front of my face, my eyes were closed. ;-)) It's a pretty short tunnel............thank goodness.

I'm not a big fan of catscans (CT Scans) either. :-))

Check this out in X2 or X3.

Thank you to everyone who commented on my sunset shot on the Gulf of Mexico, yesterday's potd. And, thanks too for bringing back the old daily from October of that big, beautiful New Mexico sky and cloud shot. You all are so kind, and I learn so much from you each day.

Have a great day my friends!

Linda

December 8, 2011

Too far gone, but still pretty cool!!! SOOC shot. Check it out in x2, lot's of details to see.

Bill and I found a car graveyard of sorts near Nocona, Texas (known for the home of Nocona Boots). There were probably 40 old cars there, all of them too far gone to tackle restoration, which was sad. But probably 65% of them were old Hudsons.

This is a Hudson Terraplane. I have no idea how old it is. According to Wikipedia, the Terraplane was built by the Hudson Motor Car Company in Detroit Michigan between 1932 and 1938. It was originally called the Essex-Terraplane, but changed to just the Terraplane in 1934. I couldn't see the Essex name on this one anywhere, so I will have to guess that it was built from 1934 through 1938.

I hope you enjoy the photo of this old classic, I'm sure in a few years there will be even less of it left, as the rust is eating it alive. And that is sad because I think this car had a lot of style for one that was made from 73 to 77 years ago.

Take care,
Linda

December 27, 2010

The year of 2010 is winding down, and I just want to say how much I have enjoyed the Daily photo community. I've learned so much and have enjoyed the photos that Smugmugger's post each day.

Here's a shot of the Cobra symbol from the side of a new Mustang Cobra. We were at an indoor show when I spotted this. I just loved the way the Cobra detail shows up in the shot, and then there was the added touch of the streaks of overhead lights reflecting on the side of the car.

Have a great day!
Linda

October 2, 2011

Along the many miles that we drove through New Mexico (more than 2,200 in a week) we were fortunate to see some wonderful scenery, a little bit of rain and some wonderful cloud-scapes. This is one of those cool cloud formations. I shot it from the passenger side window as we were flying down a small highway somewhere north of Raton. Even though we were probably traveling 70 MPH, I was pleased with the outcome. The sky was so dramatic and the clouds had begun to send big, splattering rain drops down upon us - the air was cool, and it was glorious. You can see some of the very large rain drops that had splatted on the window if you look at this SOOC shot in X2.

I'm back on the road again next week, and it's work, not vacation this time. I'll be in Birmingham, Alabama all week living out of a suitcase. I'll do my best to keep up with comments in the evenings.

I really do thank you all for your great and kind comments this week. They have been so cool and very much appreciated.

Everyone have a great Sunday!!!

Linda

PS : Thanks for making this my first #1 photo on the Daily Community!!!!

December 31, 2010

Happy New Year's Eve!

This is a picture of my husband Bill in our home workshop. He's "lapping the valves" as a part of the rebuild on his 427 that is going back into his 1966 Fairlane. I liked that I caught the motion in his hands and his concentration. He's very quickly rolling the tool thing-y back and forth, almost like a Boy Scout would do when trying to start a fire from scratch with a stick and some leaves.

I loved catching him in action doing something he loves. His daily job is being the owner and CEO of a factory that fabricates shipping containers - everything from gun cases to cases for airplane parts and even the transport of Barney the Dinosaur's costumes. So it's nice to see him at home doing something that he enjoys & is not "work" related.

Although I know a lot about classic cars, I am NOT mechanical - but thank goodness that Bill is. I had to ask him twice what he was doing in this photo, because I wanted to get it right in the detail of this posting. For all I know he could have been doing anything - maybe even trying to start a fire.

;-)).

It's hard to believe this is the last day of 2010. I've had a wonderful time this year participating in the Daily Community. I've learned so much from studying many of your photos & I sincerly appreciate all of your kind comments. I'm looking forward to being a part of the 2011 Daily group and seeing all your wonderful photos.

Here's wishing everyone a safe and enjoyable New Year's eve celebration. Ours will be kind of quite - headed over to some friend's house.

Linda

This is a really "gritty" photo of a Southwest airline's plane wing. It was taken out of the plane's window on one of my many, many flights this year. I've been logging thousands of miles on the road - err, rather in the air. I've traveled so many air miles this year, that I made Platinum on one airline - not a thrill, I'd rather be home taking photos. Best viewed in X2. This photo is not that great, but it is a representative capture of what we road warriers see all the time - either going away or coming home. But it is always best seen when you are on the way home.

Traveling so much makes you kind of bored with the scenery that you see on those trips. I try to keep a 'fresh eye' but sometimes the long days just blur my photographic creativity.

This is a tribute to all the road warriers out there who fly and drive many miles every year to make a living.

When I took this photo, I was leaving home and I was feeling lonely, wanting nothing more than to stay home. I'd much rather have been home with my husband Bill. But alas, I was flying away - headed to Colorado for another of those long, long business trips.

As I looked out of the window of the airplane, I was reminded of Merle Haggard's song titled "Silver Wings." The song goes like this..........

"Silver wings,
Shining in the sunlight,
Roaring engines - headed somewhere in flight
Their taking me away, and leaving me lonely.
Silver wings, slowly fading out of sight.

Don't leave me I cry,
Don't take that airplane ride."

And there's more to this great old song........the lyrics just kept running through my mind.

Have a great evening!!

Linda

You gotta LOVE THOSE FINS

I didn't have a chance to find a pink photo for Indigodreams challenge, but I found the next best thing. It's a Cadillac, and everyone knows that the iconic Pink Cadillac is out there somewhere - this one is just NOT pink, but has the same pink feelings.

This is a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz convertible. I loved the reflections of the clouds in the fins and the glint of the sun on the chrome. This is a real beauty. It has 8 cyclinders and 355 HP. It is an enormous and imposing automobile at 221.8 inches from nose to tail (18 feet, 5 inches).

Under it's solid steel hood is Cadillac's 365 cubic inch engine producing the 335 HP and it is topped with 3 two-barrel carburetors.

Luxury features include day-night rearview mirror (a TRUE luxury in 1958), E-Z Eyue automatic headlight dimmers, every power feature available and factory air conditioning too. The factory A/C was a very rare option in 1958.

Hope you all like seeing this classic & fabulously lovely car. This is a SOOC - no PP, no crop, nada. Hope you enjoy.

Thanks to everyone who commented on my 'effect experiment' cactus flower last night - I really appreciate them all very much.

Have a great evening.

Linda

March 20, 2011

As many of you probably read in yesterday's posting (early in the day), I was doing an engagement - pre-wedding photo shoot on Saturday with my #2 daughter Misty.

Our photos are a surprise for her fiance.

We took over 1,100 photos, and I've not processed any of them yet, but here's one that is SOOC and I thought it was really good.

Best viewed in X2 for detail.

Thanks for all your comments recently, they are really appreciated. I'll try to catch up on commenting soon.

Best!
Linda

December 13, 2010

Running out of time - had to go back into the archives tonight. This is another cactus flower shot. Best viewed in X2. The only PP here is a darkening of the shadows in Picassa.

I'm amazed & blown away by the comments on the macro shot of the "bee's butt" shot - who would have thought that a bee's behind would be so neat?

Thanks to everyone for your wonderful critiques and comments.

Have a great evening,

Linda.

April 25, 2011

Hello my friends, I hope everyone had a fabulous Easter. I'm back on the road again this week. Headed to south Texas and will be moving each day to a new place. I'll cover Corpus Christi, Del Rio, McAllen, Laredo and Harlingen and spots in between. So it will be a long week, but I am blessed and thankful to have a job.

I finally got around to processing all of the pre-wedding photos of #2 daughter Misty. This is one of my favorites. She is posed inside an antique store in Waxahachie called the Dove's Nest. We found this "Enjoy the Journey" sign, and I thought it was the perfect prop and a great opening page, for her photo book that she is making for her fiance.

Thanks for all the great comments on the Ranchero tail light shot. You guys are the best!

Have a great week!!!

Linda

October 18, 2011

"Nothing was more up-to-date when it was built, or is more obsolete today, than the railroad station." Ada Louise Huxtable

This shot is for the train lovers out there..... New Mexico shots continued - gotta love those trains...............

Most of you know that our family loves trains and we try to watch them whenever we can. Whenever my husband sees one in the distance, he'll generally try to get as close to it as he can to sit and watch it go by.

This in a shot of a train that we chased in New Mexico at the start of a huge thunderstorm. We were somewhere near Santa Fe one rainy afternoon. It was a pretty lucky moment to shoot the engine at just this time and catch the bird in the frame as well.

I liked the original shot just fine, but when I started "playing" with it this was the result that I really liked a lot, so I wanted to share it with you, and get your thoughts. CHECK IT OUT IN THE LARGE SIZES.

Have an amazing day my friends!

Linda

June 13, 2011

"Loop'd de loo"

This is a shot from an airshow at a local airport. But the surprise is that this is a remote controlled airplane, and not a full sized plane. It was loads of fun watching it fly.

Thanks so much to all of you for your comments on my canna shot yesterday. Back on the road this afternoon, and will be traveling all week. I'm going to do the best I can to stay up with comments as much as possible. You all a really putting up some fabulous shots.

Hope you enjoy!

Linda

February 8, 2012 - Quintessential New Orleans street entertainment.

“I'm not going to lay down in words the lure of this place. Every great writer in the land, from Faulkner to Twain to Rice to Ford, has tried to do it and has fallen short. It is impossible to capture the essence, tolerance, and spirit of south Louisiana in words and to try is to roll down a road of clichés, bouncing over beignets and beads and brass bands and it just is what it is. It is home.” ― Chris Rose, 1 Dead in Attic

There's just something about New Orleans that brings out the creativity in people I think. This is a photo of one of the street performers in Jackson Square. I loved the uniqueness of the look & of course, it was a wonderful photo op for me.

Check this out in full screen sizes - I think it's pretty unique & cool.

I hope you enjoy this & it gives you a smile today my freinds.

I'm still in Birmingham, and l'm having lots of long days and late nights of dinners with vendors. So I apologize for being remiss in my commenting - I'll do my best to catch up this weekend.

Linda

"Trees in the Trunk"

POTD for April 17, 2011

Hello friends,

This is a close up photo of the trunk of Bill's 1966 Fairlane parked under the trees at the All Ford car show yesterday. It's not the 'greatest' quality, but I liked the artistic look of it. You can see the full trunk shot here: http://lgood.smugmug.com/Cars/Classic-Cars/12442807_L6QVo#1255022475_MZqSQDq

Both photos are SOOC. Hope you enjoy.

My apologies for being so hit and miss on commenting this week while on the road, but I'll get caught up this evening. I'm really looking forward to seeing all that I've missed of your fantastic Daily shots. Thanks too for all of your awesome comments on all of my Mustang shots this last week - I'll try to find something besides cars to post a couple of days this upcoming week, but that could be difficult (wink) as cars are all that I've been shooting lately.

Have a fabulous Sunday my friends!

Linda

April 2, 2011

I'm really late posting today - but at least I did get a Daily on today. We left early this morning for another classic car show, and just got back home. The good news is that I won the Mustang class, and Bill's '66 Farilane won the Classic Muscle class. He had more competition than I did.

I have a confession.............my 1969 Mach 1 was the ONLY mustang there. So no big "Whoo hoo" but it was a fun, fun, fun day.

Here's a 1946 1/2 ton Chevy pickup. Many things were pretty cool about this truck............the color, chrome, interior - although the body was a little rough, it was still a pretty neat truck.

I kind of liked my SP reflections in the grill - the last one to the left has my SP almost whole. Best veiwed in X2. No crop on this one!

Thanks to everyone for the wonderful comments this week. I'll get caught up tonight and tomorrow.

Have a great Saturday.

Linda

This is a beautiful 1963 Thunderbird. I love the reflections in the front left bumper and the center panel.

She is a beauty & loved her green original paint.

I was going to make this a Daily later in the week, but it slipped out and got some comments before I could hide it, so I decided to leave it and here it is.

Believe me, I LOVE the comments - thanks so very, very much.
Hope you enjoy!

Linda

October 23, 2011

From the Taos, New Mexico Autumn Run Classic Car show.

This is the hood ornament from a 1934 Ford Coupe that was at the show. It was a real beauty, but I couldn't resist photographing the 'hoodie' as they are many times my favorite parts of the car. You should take a look at this in the larger sizes if you have time. There is lots to see in the reflections of this shiny Greyhound. If you look closely, you can see a distorted SP of me with the camera in my face just above the dog's right shoulder.

I'm off again for another trip - this time a week in Austin for a Leadership school, then on to San Antonio to help hubby with the National Sporting Clays event, so commenting may be a little slow for me. But I promise to catch up as I can, and I can assure you that I miss not seeing all your glorious photos each day.

Then unfortunately when we get back home on Sunday, I have to unpack and then re-pack for another trip to Birmingham for a few days. I'm hoping that after these next couple of weeks I can stay parked at home for awhile. But........it is what it is, and we all do what we must.

Thank you all so much for your inspiration to me, the knowledge I gain from each of you and the wonderful community that the Daily is. Take care!

Linda

January 18, 2011

Hello everyone! First I wanted to thank all of you for you very overwhelming and kind comments on my childhood photo and the "experiment" with the leaves that I posted yesterday. I received lots of feedback and ideas. That's one of the best things about the Daily Community - people freely share ideas and knowledge. So thank you again.

Here I have posted another it's late and I'm just now getting home photo :)) . This is a photo of the beautiful morning sky that we had last Friday. I rushed outside to get a shot of it, but didn't have time to get a clear and uncluttered shot, as I was already in a rush to get my long commute to the office started. But, at least I got the sky and all the wonderful colors - this is pretty rare for sunrises here, but I also caught the silhouette of the grand's playground and swing set. If you look very closely you can just barely see the remenants of the snow at the end of the slide.

Have a wonderful evening. I'll be catching up on comments tomorrow night.

Linda

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Loved Ones

Our extended family.

Updated: Nov 18, 2012 7:14pm EDT

Our Wedding

These photos were taken by Charlie Borella, and Vanessa Kinsala

Updated: Jun 07, 2009 7:40pm EDT

1969 Mach 1 Mustang

Our fabulous Indian Fire Red Mach 1 Mustang - all renovations done by ...

Updated: Apr 30, 2011 9:44pm EDT

Charleston, SC Honeymoon

What a beautiful city! We saw so much and had such a great time.

Updated: Jun 15, 2009 4:00pm EDT

My Smug Mug

A little about me........

Updated: Mar 29, 2009 3:19pm EDT

Wedding Reception

These photos were all taken by Charlie "Shanghi" Borella. Thanks Char ...

Updated: Jun 08, 2009 8:45pm EDT

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