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My first new car, a 1959 Saab 93b or, as a friend called it, "Small, Black and Ugly." I took no offense, it was true. My father took every opportunity to tell me, "I told you so," whenever I had…
Two eaglets born about 10:45 am Eastern, 3/29/14 in New Jersey. From L to R; Dad's talons, Eaglet One, Eaglet Two, Egg for Eaglet Three (Subsequently hatched), Mom's beak. They need a name, so I've…
And, The Dude's up and coming young competition. No contest for The Dude! Residence, Steinhatchee, Florida.
A late afternoon shot of The Dude. Anyone or anything else claiming to be a dude is a fake. Residence, Steinhatchee, FL.
After a little "fun," this male (right) and female leopard went on to this very stressful encounter, followed by more "fun" and potential baby leopards.
Baby pygmy goats learn head butting. If everyone had two or three of these lovable critters, there would be no wars, no violence, no hate!
Toots on a laundry pile - Zzzzzzz! Toots defined the term "laid back."
A Nova Scotia rural church. I snapped the photo in about 1964. Somehow it seems very ethereal and other worldly.
Gus and a stray dog that loved him. Taken about 1952 with a kid's cheesy camera.
Stark tree on road to nowhere. Taken from the bottom of a thankfully dry ditch in rural Illinois about 1962.
Diego Homem map of Europe & North Africa from about 1563 .
Diego Homem map of North Atlantic, 1558.
Picture by my paternal grandfather taken in approximately 1908. I hasten to add that I'm not in the picture; I didn't even exist, nor did my father actually. Taken facing east on 79th Street from…
Ceramic rabbits play music in New Mexico. If you tilt your head to the left at 45º you can hear them play. But, you gotta believe! Perhaps you should click your red ruby slippers three times?
Deer running from predator in NW Illinois. Not a great shot technically; lucky to get anything as he ran unexpectedly about 15 feet from me.
I own a Subaru Outback. If I owned two of them, I would own two Outbacks. If I owned a VW Jetta and then bought another, I would own two Jettas. There used to be a car made by Nash called the…
Diego Homem 1559 map of the Black Sea.
A Ferrari 1962 If Only. The If Only Ferrari is the car I'd have if only I had a few million to flush away. The more usual and formal name is a 1962 Short Wheel Base 250 GTO. I consider this one of…
Library of dreams.
Map room in Britain during WW II. Note red telephone for chatting with Winston.
London pub skylight.
Ebenezer Scrooge.
English Springer Spaniel. The most regal dog around. And, he knows it!
Who else, Popeye.
Veranda.
Arbor
Antique roll top desk. Only really, really important things can be done at this desk.
Snow drawings on mail boxes. Unfortunately, not my artistry. Cool, literally and figuratively.
The latest in airport body cavity searches. Just for you who are air traveling these days.
Apple River Canyon State Park in Jo Daviess County, Illinois. For my money, the prettiest, most peaceful place in the world.
My ceramic tile fish picture in the lower level bath in the "across the road from the lake house."
Me, the dog, piloting a flying saucer in New Mexico (where else?). This piece was at Shidoni, an indoor and outdoor…
A favorite early (1960?) shot. An exterior door to a court yard in the University of Chicago area.