Find today's most popular photos by PhotoRank from over 759368441 : June 29, 2009 - "Guenther House Piano" (inspired by Jeff Groves and Miguel A. Urech daily posts of pianos) & (thanks for logo suggestions on yesterdays post, I am working with the idea) The Pioneer Flour Mill was founded in 1851 by Carl H. Guenther. I recommend lunch here at the Guenther house in San Antonio, very good and reasonably priced. The restaurant is on the ground floor with display rooms and shops upstairs. From The Guenther House website- Carl H. Guenther first built his San Antonio home, now known as The Guenther House®, for his growing family when they moved from Fredericksburg, Texas, in 1859. Over the next 127 years, the house served as, respectively, the family home, a test kitchen, administrative offices and a storage facility. Then, in 1986, with traditional family pride and dedication, the Guenther family and the family-owned C.H. Guenther & Son, Inc. began to restore the home to its former glory. From King William Association website: KING WILLIAM NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT The King William area was originally farmland, irrigated by acequias flowing from the San Antonio River, owned by the 1718 Mission San Antonio de Valero. By the beginning of the 19th century, the missions were fully secularized, and the land belonging to Mission Concepcion was bought, sold, and divided into tracts by land speculators, beginning in the 1840s. One of the earliest to settle was Carl Guenther, a German immigrant who built Pioneer Flour Mills on the lower bend of the San Antonio River. A number of other successful and influential German immigrants discovered the area and began building mansions, using Greek Revival, Victorian, and Italianate architectural styles. Ernst Altgelt, the first to build on current-day King William Street, is credited with naming his street after King Wilhelm I of Prussia. When neighborhoods to the north began drawing King William residents away in the 1920s, many of the grand mansions were turned into apartments and the district fell into decline. But in the 1960s, creative young professionals rediscovered King William and began a renaissance, which continues to this day. The district was expanded in 1984 to include a more eclectic neighborhood of cottages south of Alamo Street.

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SmugMug > popular today > Lost in Music - Jan 6 2010

A sight we're all familiar with... uncountable are the people with earphones and mp3 player whom seem cut off from the world.

SmugMug > popular today > suspension
This is a shot that was triggered by something I saw Maryann(fotomom) do. Reference her marbles & grape juice. This is some mosaic glass beads in a glass fruit cup. This is what happens when the mad scientist mixes soap and club soda. I wanted a "few" big bubbles and this was the result. Rather cool. The colors are all from the beads reflecting the light from an LED flashlight. I did color correct and this was the result, as I saw in the viewfinder. As my wife mentioned look sideways and you will see a smiley face :) This is #2 in the series I did with the beads.

Thanks much for all the well wishes!!! I think I spent most of yesterday asleep so I have some energy back. I have 4 meetings so I am off to work today. Still a bit rough but I have a doc's appointment at 2(already scheduled) so I will make the best of that visit.

Have a great day!

SmugMug > popular today > 12/07/09 - Little Bull Run in B&W
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A black & white rendition of yesterday's daily photo - http://ed-k-photo.smugmug.com/Photo-a-Day/2009/2009-Daily-Photos/6988948_kjHp8#733474817_iLkYi - converted using Nik's Silver Efex Pro.

SmugMug > popular today > 01-07-2010: Why is 8 afraid of 7????

one of the fun things about having grade school aged kiddos in the house is that they love to tell jokes... at least mine do.. the 9 year old's make sense.. sometimes and the 5 year old's... well.. he's just trying to be like his big brother.

the 9 year old often comes to us with jokes that we laughed at as kids and is astounded when we tell him so.

this photo is one that i took in november, at august antiques in the houston heights.. those of you that were viewing my photos then may remember a shot i took of a bird sitting on what looked like a ruler, the one that was part of a balance scale. the metal in the foreground is the "container" for the scale.

this is one of the only photos i've shared with you that have actually been "severely" cropped... those others that look like i just got right on top of the object and clicked.. well, that's what i did.. :)

weather for today... high of 52.. i know, i know, that's warm for y'all.. our low.. 27... still warm for some of you ;)

i'll be bundling up today...

thank you, thank you for all the wonderful comments you left on "tea?".. i had wine, instead, i must confess...

hey, why don't we all eat something sinful for lunch...

SmugMug > popular today > Portrait of Quinn - another shot from the photoshoot of my granddaughter, Quinn. I liked this shot and probably created about ten different versions of it. This is not necessarily the best but is somewhat different, so I thought I would use it for my daily today.

Thanks for the comments on my shot of the airstream trailer. It is very cold here, as it is in much of the country. I'm certainly looking forward to spring! Hope your day is great...can't believe another weekend is nearly here.

SmugMug > popular today > "Blue Gray Gnatcatcher"
Day 310, Thursday, January 7

Another winter visitor to Southern Florida. This little 4.5 inch bird is a Blue Gray Gnatcatcher.

By flicking its white-edged tail from side to side, the gnatcatcher may scare up hiding insects or by catching them on the fly. Note the white eye ring.

West Palm Beach wind chill factor..... 31 degrees.... I'm going back to bed,
Norm

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SmugMug > popular today > January 7, 2010 - "Whitney Lake"

I really remember this hike - it was a difficult 2.3 mile climb up 1,856 ft. to 10,956 ft. - but beautiful once reaching the lake. What I remember was my lesson learned - as we neared the end of the return leg, it started to storm. I made the mistake of running and becoming airborn. Luckily no broken bones or camera. Lesson learned - "Running down a mountain is to be avoided for non athletic folks".

SmugMug > popular today > 01.07.09 = Apples and Oranges
After shooting and processing these two, I have a whole new appreciation for the saying “Comparing Apples to Oranges. The orange kept rolling around, until I used a little stick um’ under it. The apple has a funny little tilt to the side, but it you photographed the backside, it had a large dent in it. While processing this image the tone and color was all out of whack. The smooth skin of the apple vs. the texture of the orange also gave me some fits. Again, I have a new appreciation for that saying.

Thanks again to all my fellow Smuggers. I really am having a lot of fun with this series and so glad you are enjoying it. A fellow Smugger asked to see my set-up and I am always happy to share what I do. I will get some more shots of my set up and create a new gallery. I’ll let you know when I get it up. (Probably not until the weekend.)

A hit for tomorrow’s post: Fuzz.

Lost in Music - Jan 6 2010

A sight we're all familiar with... uncountable are the people with earphones and mp3 player whom seem cut off from the world.

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