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SmugMug > popular today > 12/23/09 Pure as the snow.
SmugMug > popular today > my Christmas hair up all night; took a shower and washed hair; at the dentist for 3.5 hours; a bad hair day this is definitely NSOOC merry Christmas and happy Hanukah to all pancha Ganapati and happy Kwanzaa to all happy holidays to the rest to all my friends here at dp: thank you for your fellowship and friendship; may you and your families stay safe and secure and blessed in the coming year
SmugMug > popular today > December 23, 2009 - "Garden Key And Ft. Jefferson" This is pretty much the extend of the land surrounding Ft. Jefferson. More about the forts use during the Civil War will follow with posts after Christmas. For those interesting in a birds eye view of the fort go to http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Fort-Jefferson_Dry-Tortugas.jpg From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In late December 1824 and early January 1825, about five years after Spain sold Florida to the United States for $5 million, U.S. Navy Commodore David Porter inspected the Dry Tortugas islands. He was on the lookout for a site for a naval station that would help suppress piracy in the Caribbean. Unimpressed with what he saw, he notified the Secretary of the Navy that the Dry Tortugas were unfit for any kind of naval establishment. He reported that they consist of small sand islands a little above the surface of the ocean, have no fresh water, scarcely enough land to place a fortification, and in any case are probably not solid enough to bear one. In May 1829, Commodore John Rodgers stopped at the Dry Tortugas to evaluate the anchorage. Contrary to Commodore Porter's experience, Rogers was delighted with what he found. The Dry Tortugas, he reported, consisted of 11 small keys and surrounding reefs and banks, over which the sea broke. There was an outer and an inner harbor. The former afforded a safe anchorage at all seasons, and was large enough to let a large number of ships ride at anchor. Of more importance, the inner harbor combined a sufficient depth of water for ships-of-the-line, with a narrow entrance of not more than 120 yards. Rogers said that if a hostile power should occupy the Dry Tortugas, United States shipping in the Gulf would be in deadly peril, and "nothing but absolute naval superiority" could prevail. However, if occupied and fortified by the U.S., the Dry Tortugas would constitute the "advance post" for a defense of the Gulf Coast. A series of engineering studies and bureaucratic delays consumed the next 17 years, but the construction of Fort Jefferson (named after the third President, Thomas Jefferson) was finally begun on Garden Key in 1846. The new fort would be built so that the existing Garden Key lighthouse and the lighthouse keeper's cottage would be contained within the walls of the fort. The lighthouse would continue to serve a vital function in guiding ships through the waters of the Dry Tortugas Islands until the current metal light tower was installed atop an adjacent wall of the fort in 1876. The original brick lighthouse tower was taken down in 1877."
SmugMug > popular today > December 29 2009 Oh the weather outside is frightful The park near my daughter's house. My grandson goest to school in that bulding in the lower left. I grabbed this out the car window on the way to their house. Ominous weather forecast for the next several days here. "Wintry mix" today, heavy rain tomorrow changing to snow on Christmas day. Airlines are advising passengers to re-book :-)
SmugMug > popular today > This is sunset at the 12 Apostles on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. Driving the Great Ocean Road has been on my todo list for over 20 years and the raw, untouched beauty more than lived up to my expectations. The pile of rock towards the middle of the frame is the "apostle" which fell down in 2005 and I think it's the perfect example of the awesome power at work in this part of the world.
SmugMug > popular today > 12.23.09 = Gracie and I set out for a walk the other day in the city. It was so quiet and peaceful. There was no hustle or bustle, just a few joggers and fellow dog walkers. I just loved how the trees seemed to hold hands over the pathway. It’s like they have been growing and growing just tall enough to reach each other. How nice of them to grow together now and shelter our way. “Friendship is a sheltering tree.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge
SmugMug > popular today > 12/23/09 Christmas Time The Christian Science Building and the streets of the city are aglow in the snowy aftermath of this weekend's nor'easter.
SmugMug > popular today > Djazz in the Snow - Dec 22 2009 Djazz loves the snow... if it was up to him he would stay out all day. Had some long exposure shots of traffic today, bit none of them were any good... so Djazz makes the dailies again.
SmugMug > popular today > I was out late shopping tonight...but I think I finally finished!! Rainy weather now and for the next few days...so here's one from last week!
12/23/09 Pure as the snow.
> 12/23/09 Pure as the snow.
12/23/09 Pure as the snow.
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