Apr 082012
 

Last week I got to take the kids to Florida, but Patty couldn’t make it due to her nursing school. We did a lot of swimming, some mini-golf, went to the Palm Beach Zoo, and went to the beach. Here are photos from the trip.

Oct 172011
 

This post is nothing more than an excuse to try out a few different WordPress plugins that enable me to post photos that I’ve uploaded to Picasa. So my photo excuse is that on my last trip back from Charlotte to Washington, I was the first person on the double-decker bus. After trying out the [...]

Sep 202011
 

Speaking of DC photos, in June I stitched some photos taken from the top of the Washington Monument. Well anyway, I created a tilt-shift style version of the same photo. Although this isn’t a real tilt-shift photo, I still think it makes downtown Washington DC look like a scale model miniature. You really need to [...]

Aug 062011
 

Patty and the kids were supposed to visit me in Washington this week but were unable to come. So I unexpectedly had a free weekend with no particular plans. In May I played the tourist, visiting several popular attractions in Washington, DC. But except for  the World War II Memorial I had been to each [...]

Jun 012011
 

Today I took this photo of The Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, DC. More specifically, I took 4 photos with my simple cell phone camera and stitched them together later, using Microsoft ICE. Not bad for a dinky cell phone lens. This photo was taken from the 9th floor of the office [...]

May 212011
 

Today I played the tourist. I’ve been to DC over a dozen times but this is the first time I’ve gone down to the National Mall area since moving here. I started out taking the Metro down to Metro Center and walked down to the White House. I’ve been to the White House several times [...]

May 152011
 

A couple of weeks ago I got a new cell phone. I just thought I’d share a few photos I’ve taken with it recently. Click on photos to see larger and see the description below each photo. (These aren’t in chronological order)