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Watkins Glen
05/25/2013 - Red, White and Blue Sitting on his Dual Purpose Base/Bass Fiddle Link to Photo Without Frame
Daily Photo for Sat. May 25, 2013 My "Go To" subject, the good 'ol bee on a cactus flower. They possess qualities that I admire: industrious, orderly, self disiplined, gets along well with others. He does look a little angry though, hope he's not africanized!!!
May 25, 2013. Poppy
May 25, 2013 Another night of terrible sleeping, late night work schedule and allergies are killing me but this wall planter is enough to cheer anyone up.
Portrait of a young girl in a tree, Dobu Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, PNG This girl caught my eye, not only for her perch in a tree, but for her bright dress that picked up the colours of the leaves behind her, and for her wide eyed expression of interest in our party of visitors. Arctangent remarked that many of the villagers are wearing western clothing. William Henry Bromilow, an Australian, was the founder of the Methodist mission in British New Guinea in 1891. Because of its central position, and the prestige of its inhabitants among their neighbours, Dobu Island was chosen as his headquarters. Bromilow established mission stations throughout the D'Entrecasteaux and Trobriand Islands and the Louisiade Archipelago, as well as boarding schools for girls and boys, and a training institution for local teachers and pastors. Like so many missionaries in those days, he did not approve of many of the values and customs of the Melanesian peoples and he helped to destroy traditional customs wherever they conflicted with his own moral standards. We noticed a negative correlation in the various islands between the presence of women with bared breasts (which is traditional) and the 'civilizing' influence of missionaries. The Bromilow Memorial is located on Dobu Island and a couple of photos of it can be seen here: http://goo.gl/23cF1. These are the last of the photos from Dobu Island; next stop the Trobriand Islands, the famous 'love' islands of Margaret Mead. 112 mm, 1/125 sec, f 6.3, ISO 640, flash fill
"Medal of Honor recipient Walter Edward Truemper and World War II memorials at Sunken Gardens, Aurora, Illinois" - Daily Photo - 05/25/13 Walter Edward Truemper (October 31, 1918 – February 20, 1944), Aurora, Illinois resident and veteran remembered for his sacrifice. Truemper's official Medal of Honor citation reads: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy in connection with a bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe on 20 February 1944. The aircraft on which 2d Lt. Truemper was serving as navigator was attacked by a squadron of enemy fighters with the result that the co-pilot was killed outright, the pilot wounded and rendered unconscious, the radio operator wounded and the plane severely damaged. Nevertheless, 2d Lt. Truemper and other members of the crew managed to right the plane and fly it back to their home station, where they contacted the control tower and reported the situation. 2d Lt. Truemper and the flight engineer volunteered to attempt to land the plane. Other members of the crew were ordered to jump, leaving 2d Lt. Truemper and the engineer aboard. After observing the distressed aircraft from another plane, 2d Lt. Truemper's commanding officer decided the damaged plane could not be landed by the inexperienced crew and ordered them to abandon it and parachute to safety. Demonstrating unsurpassed courage and heroism, 2d Lt. Truemper and the engineer replied that the pilot was still alive but could not be moved and that they would not desert him. They were then told to attempt a landing. After two unsuccessful efforts their plane crashed into an open field in a third attempt to land. 2d Lt. Truemper, the engineer, and the wounded pilot were killed.
5/25/13. Mourning Dove.
tide pool reflections
Watkins Glen
Watkins Glen
Watkins Glen
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