Christmas Season

From Thanksgiving right into the Christmas Season.  I love it!

I've made some new Christmas desktop wallpaper.  I hope you enjoy!

Free Christmas Desktop Wallpaper

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

Autumn Decorations

Wishing everyone a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving week!

Pretty Fuchsia Blooms!

Here's my Fuchsia still blooming! I've had this flower since May and it has been blooming the best ever this month. I knew this flower liked cooler weather....

Mums!

This is part of a display at Rountree Plantation. Beautiful Mums! A great place to shop for flowers, plants, statuary and garden decorations.

HDR

The Leonids - November 17th & 18th

Just some info for the people that enjoy watching the night skies.

November 2010 has been a great month for meteors so far. Next up ... the famous Leonid meteor shower. They'll be best after moonset - on the mornings of November 17 and 18.

November 17, 2010 Leonids
Historically, the Leonids have produced some of the greatest meteor storms in history, with rates as high as many thousands of meteors per hour. These storms sometimes recur in cycles of 33 to 34 years. Most years, the Lion whimpers rather than roars, producing a maximum of perhaps 10-15 meteors per hour. Although the waxing gibbous moon shines till after midnight, the Leonids will likely be at their best after the moon sets for the night. Like the October Orionids, the Leonids ordinarily pick up steam after midnight and put out the greatest meteor numbers just before dawn. So here’s our suggestion for 2010. Try watching between midnight and dawn on November 17 and November 18. The most Leonids will probably fly in the wee hours before dawn, or after moonset.

EarthSky Leonids

Tall Panoramas

I've started doing some new panoramas that are tall instead of wide. Let me know what you think!

This is uptown Charlotte from Elizabeth Avenue.

Deer Ate my Pansies!

I just got my flowers planted on Saturday afternoon and the deer ate my pansies in one of the big pots I have at the front door. Overnight they're gone!

UPDATE!  I found out that putting dryer sheets in your pot/soil will keep them away.  It's working so far.

Another Beautiful Day!

I finally got around to planting my pansies, trimming the roses, butterfly bushes and putting away my perennials.

Now I'm pooped!

Streets in Charlotte

This is autumn in Charlotte right now. Shot taken yesterday around the Freedom Park area.

Charlotte in Autumn

Charlotte skyline shot taken this week. Caught all the fall color and Carolina blue skies!

This includes the two new towers that went up in 2010. The Duke Energy Center Tower and the Bank of America Office Towers are new this year.

Happy Veterans Day

Veterans Week

This is Veterans week and I'm very thankful for what our military does for me, my family and this country.

God Bless America!

Autumn Dogwood

The Dogwood tree is beautiful in the Fall!

Pumpkin Patch

Pretty orange pumpkins and haystacks. This image is great for graphic designs. Download the jpeg file.

Large Elk

Vote!

Get out and vote tomorrow!

Bugling!

Here's the big bull elk bugling! I think he has at least 12 points on him.