Reflections in that rain puddle

The oak tree is rapidly shedding its leaves!

Oct 31st

The hydrangeas continue to prosper, adding color to the...

Oct 31st

The rain, heavy at times, has taken many leaves to the...

Oct 31st

Another rainy, cool day. A few images taken this morning and...

Oct 31st

I enjoyed the NASA Gallery Image of the Day. In fact,...

Oct 31st

Another fall leaf image.

Oct 30th

There seems to be continuing concern in the U.S. about the...

Oct 30th

Before the grand interstate freeways, route 66 was the...

Oct 30th

October Afternoon in our side yard.

Oct 30th

Autumn leaves on Maryville College woods. Taken by the...

Oct 30th

When I was dramatically younger and my older son was not yet...

Oct 29th

Chartsbin is another excellent website devoted to graphic...

Oct 29th

The Census Bureau has a website up for the 2010 Census.

Oct 29th

Photo of Abbey on her way to the afternoon dog walk. She...

Oct 29th

Photo taken in Maryville College Woods yesterday by the...

Oct 29th

Appealing New Series Begins

Farrell, S.L. ~ A Magic Of Twilight ~ DAW, 2008 ~ 546 pages ~ Audience: adults, some teens ~ Rating:...

Oct 28th

The Hubble Gallery website has added some genuinely...

Oct 28th

Another fall image tweeked with Filter Forge.

Oct 28th

Photo tweeked in Elements. Taken just a few days ago.

Oct 28th

“Dark Colours” for a dark, rainy day....

Oct 27th

Pittsburgh Public Library has an excellent teen books page.

Oct 27th

Sixty Symbols provides clear descriptions/characterizations...

Oct 27th

“Bad Headache” created in Elements, tweeked with...

Oct 27th

“Halloweeen” began as a NASA rocket launch image...

Oct 27th

The Dramatic increase in mashups using maps and governmental...

Oct 26th

In case you missed it, this Consumers’ Report on the...

Oct 26th

“Drips” is an image created in Elements and...

Oct 26th

Taking Sunday Off, Back On Monday

Tomorrow is a personal holiday and I’ll try to keep my hands off the keyboard. Here are two...

Oct 24th

For those interested in relatively recent conflicts abroad,...

Oct 24th

Autumn image taken yesterday when the sun suddenly appeared....

Oct 24th

This recent NASA image from their image of the day feature...

Oct 24th

“Tribal bindings” created with Elements and...

Oct 23rd

“Strange Tides” created in Elements.

Oct 23rd

Art Through Time should have wide appeal, including adults...

Oct 23rd

Those with a serious but amateur interest in science will...

Oct 23rd

Same image, but different filter.

Oct 22nd

Lost caverns began as a flower photo. Heavily filtered with...

Oct 22nd

Contrary to what the Master Gardener says, I’m not yet...

Oct 22nd

Those with a serious interest in the economy will find these...

Oct 22nd

Another, similar pattern.

Oct 21st

Simple, but bright [too bright] pattern.

Oct 21st

Some great images at the Hubble website.

Oct 21st

Not too many Fall flowers, but these small purplish-white...

Oct 21st

FDIC State Profile provides quarterly information on the...

Oct 20th

Consumer Reports brief analysis/description of consumer...

Oct 20th

“Alien city” created with Filter Forge.

Oct 20th

“Fall storm” photograph heavily filtered.

Oct 20th

“Structure” created in Elements.

Oct 19th

“Blue skies again” taken from a photograph taken...

Oct 19th

A guide to competitive intelligence resources in their...

Oct 19th

The latest edition of the Government Manual, in both hard...

Oct 19th

I found a color table/chart on the web for web designers...

Oct 18th

Another good health/wellness list — top 25 websites....

Oct 18th

I’m not often interested in academic philosophy, but...

Oct 18th

Image taken this morning of pistol creek with temperature in...

Oct 18th

As an almost teen I read Andre Norton SF and fantasy mass...

Oct 17th

If you have not visited the Library of Congress digital map...

Oct 17th

Hydrangia with color inversion filter. Taken this morning...

Oct 17th

Touch of mid-fall.

Oct 17th

The Burning Bush is one of my favorite shrubs. Most...

Oct 17th

Solid New Series Begins {YA}

Knudsen, Michelle ~ The Dragon of Trelian ~ Candlewick, 2009 ~ 407 pages ~ Audience: older children,...

Oct 16th

Library of Congress has issued an excellent illustrated...

Oct 16th

An interesting global map showing Internet traffic.

Oct 16th

An excellent exhibit of contemporary Civil War drawings.

Oct 16th

Image attracted me so I dabbled with different looks. Again,...

Oct 16th

Ornamental grass is droopy now with so much rain. Here is an...

Oct 15th

Forgive me, but I’ve fallen in love with NASA’s...

Oct 15th

To what degree does a name make a...

“We are excited to propose that SLA change its name to the Association for Strategic Knowledge...

Oct 15th

Uncertain how successful this judicial archive will be, but...

Oct 15th

While I suspect that there is limited interest in the World...

Oct 15th

If you’ve missed this one, it is quite a goldmine. The...

Oct 14th

I’ve long had a casual interest in WW II. Here is...

Oct 14th

Keyboardr is a good choice for a home page if you do much...

Oct 14th

It’s gray with  heavy rains at the moment, but here is...

Oct 14th

Using one of the recent NASA Gallary Mars images and Filter...

Oct 14th

Mr. Darcy is our only inside when he wishes and outside when...

Oct 13th

Another look at the Bing search engine in a reference mode.

Oct 13th

Quite an interesting visualization of job loss in the United...

Oct 13th

The Wizard of Oz and the other Oz books by L. Frank Baum...

Oct 13th

Away, Away

We’re away this morning to visit grandchildren and parents in Alabama. Hope to resume posting...

Oct 10th

Solid Series Concludes?

Dickinson, John ~ The Fatal Child ~ David Fickling Books, 2009 ~ 548 pages ~ Audience: Teens, some...

Oct 9th

I’ve really enjoyed the images on the NASA image...

Oct 9th

The U.S. Energy Information Administration has a very nice...

Oct 9th

Surprised to see this image of an all-electric [battery...

Oct 9th

Digital books receive a growing number of comments,...

Oct 8th

Often, we tend to think of inventors as men in corporate...

Oct 8th

Just a few sunny flowers continue to do well.

Oct 8th

Some shady flowers continue to do well.

Oct 8th

Congress Speaks is another look at Congress and the words...

Oct 7th

Capitol Words counts the words and phrases in the...

Oct 7th

“Moorish Wall” created with Elements and tweeked...

Oct 7th

The NASA Image Gallery continues to show dazzling images....

Oct 7th

TextureVault is a great source for textures useful for a...

Oct 6th

“Solar storms” created in Elements, tweeked with...

Oct 6th

“Cave Painting 2” began as NASA mars image,...

Oct 6th

WorldMapper provides thematic maps for the globe on a...

Oct 5th

Capitol Words is another useful website for those interested...

Oct 5th

Allmyfaves is a colorful approach toward providing web users...

Oct 5th

“Bad picture” created in Elements, tweeked with...

Oct 5th

The NASA Image Gallery image of the day is the glorious...

Oct 5th

An Elements created image with a small image of myself...

Oct 4th

Muckety is another interesting graphic visualizer showing...

Oct 4th

Evidently, using avatars to represent one’s...

Oct 4th

A closer view. I like the serigraph filter.

Oct 4th

The Master Gardener also creates flower arrangements for...

Oct 4th

Morning Dog Walk

We’ve had three very nice fall days in a row. Cool enough in the morning to wear an outside...

Oct 3rd

The New York Times has a great feature on Toxic water that...

Oct 3rd

Those who have enjoyed Ken Burn’s series on the U.S....

Oct 3rd

Mr. Fluff faces surgery on Monday. We hope for the very...

Oct 3rd

The MasterGardener takes a flower arrangement or two to the...

Oct 3rd

“Dark Flowers” is a pattern created from an...

Oct 3rd

“Colored Windows” is a texture/pattern created...

Oct 2nd

Futurity is a website hosting science research news from...

Oct 2nd

For those gathering Halloween web resources, this is a good...

Oct 2nd

In case you missed it, the Anne Frank House provides new,...

Oct 2nd

One of my early landscapes created in Terragen .9. Probably...

Oct 1st

The MasterGardener seems fascinated by the stray mushrooms...

Oct 1st

NASA seems to be in a “down” period at the...

Oct 1st

This Day In Technology at the Wired website provides an...

Oct 1st

Steampunk Adventure Beneath the Sea and...

Hunt, Stephen ~ The Kingdom Beyond The Waves ~ TOR, 2008 ~ 556 pages ~ Audience: adults, some teens...

Oct 1st