Clouds & Lightning

I really liked the outline of the cloud and the two lightning strikes in this photo I took back in the middle of last August, so in the absence of anything recent it's my Skywatch Friday entry for the week.

I'm frequently asked how I get my lightning shots - go to this post to see my explanation.

Airplanes & Engines

For Our World Tuesday this week, here are the last of the photos from the Wings Over the Rockies museum, here's an airplane!

I took lots of photos of assorted engine-related things.

They even had an X-Wing fighter, smuggled here from the distant future!

And that's the Wings Over the Rockies museum, a good way to spend an afternoon.

Kona Hotel View

Back in 1997 when we were in Hawaii, this was the view from our hotel room just north of Kona. To an Englishman like me, this looks like paradise! (I still remember the tsunami evacuation signs, something I've never seen anywhere I live.)

It's another in my never-ending series of scanned photos.

Stanley Park Beach

Going back to last summer's trip to Vancouver, here are some photos from a beach in the magnificent Stanley Park.

And I think this qualifies for a Scenic Sunday post.

Word Verification Back On

I tried turning the comment word verification off yesterday to see how it would go (I've had people indicate it's causing them trouble). Unfortunately, within a few hours I already had several spam comments, including links to pornographic sites and fake sites to sell assorted products. As a result, I've decided to turn the word verification back on. My blogging time is limited and I don't want to spend it sorting though spam comments. I apologize for the inconvenience, as these spammers really frustrate me and take some of the joy out of blogging. But I really enjoy my real readers' comments so please keep them coming!

Maybe blogger can come up with a better spam filter...

August Sunset

I'm going back to the archives for this Skywatch Friday post, for some photos of an August sunset when I was walking our little dog Socks.

I've turned comment word verification off for now as a lot of people have trouble with the new verification style Blogger is using. I'll see how it goes as in the past I've had lots of spam comments, some with links to unpleasant sites. I don't want to spend effort approving every comment, as my blogging time is very limited.

Airplane Closeups (and a Bomb)

From our visit to the Wings Over the Rockies museum last year, here are some closeups of airplane parts. Here's the light at the end of a wing.

This one speaks for itself.

This looked like something that would measure windspeed.

And I have no idea about this last one, it was on top of a wing.

And finally, here's an atomic bomb (presumably disarmed since it's in a museum).

Okay, that last shot isn't of the bomb (it was behind an engine), but I thought it was appropriate, and it's my entry for Tina's PicStory theme of "Creative." And it's also part of Our World Tuesday.