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The government built 24 concrete ships during World War 1. The problem with concrete ships is concrete can't be repaired. An expensive lesson. The coast guard put this one in Galveston to mark the channel. It's no longer needed so it was put up for sale..) Only the government would think someone would buy it. Someone was actually living on it for a while. Anyway, it's still sitting there and the Coast Guard is trying to figure out what to do with it. They need to find something else to worry about. It's a tourist attraction now, plus the fisherman love fishing around it. Oh, the sale price is now at one dollar..;)
SS Selma
Called the “Flagship of Texas,” the Selma was an oil tanker that hit a jetty off the coast of Tampico, Florida. The government sent Selma to Galveston for repairs, but the shipwrights had no experience with concrete. She was taken to Pelican Island, Texa in 1922, where she sits today.
I had some fun with this one and learned some Photoshop tricks while I was doing it. As soon as I get another boarder staying here I'm going back to the coast. Just seems like there's just a lot of cool adjustments I can do to coastal shots.
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I stayed with the fog for one more image ..;) I do like the way it came out. Simple and relaxing.
Happy Sunday. Hope everyone in the Northeast is doing alright with that nasty weather. I saw a few pictures posted on Flickr. It looks really ugly
HSS!!
I kinda like this shot, so I may post it again later in the week. It wasn't really a night shot, but with the magic of Topaz, it is now..;)
Most of the rain missed me. The power did go off. I woke up wondering why I was hot and than I realized I couldn't see anything. It was a little nerve racking. The weather man says we're getting more tonight. Yikes. I'm suppose to go hiking on Monday. We'll see if that happens.
If you click on the image and look at the top of the grill, you'll see something from yesterdays image. I swear I didn't put it there. I think it's becoming a thing..;))
Happy Slider Sunday
I'm having fun with these compositions. I feel like doing them is going to make me think about angles and positions when I'm taking a shot.
Hope your weekend is going well.
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Don't really remember where I shot this. We were traveling from one town to another and it was one of those, let me make the block and go back and take that shot.
Hopefully, all the freezing weather is over for us. My garden didn't fair to well. Even the plants that are suppose to be year around seem to be struggling.
I was surprise to see this guy fishing for shrimp so close to the bank. I just didn't realize shrimp live in shallow water too. Admittedly, I don't know how deep the water is right there..;) Must be deep enough..;)
I took my tripod with me to Corpus because I new I would be doing some night shots. It was really windy, so I'm surprise the boats came out in focus
Happy Slider Sunday
I've only been posted one a week because my day off is Friday & Saturday. I get my errands done on Friday and then Saturday I put something together.
I still try to look at your images during the week.
Getting close to Fall. I'm ready for some cooler weather, just as long as it doesn't get crazy cold.
Happy Weekend everyone
Some people thought that I was serious when I said somebody needs to fix this weather. I fully realize there aren't enough people wanting to change things and that weather changes are just going to get more extreme.
Anyway, I just got over Covid. I had all my shots so it was nothing like you see on TV. The first night was the worst. Well, that night and all day. Pretty much just stayed in bed. I was so happy when I finally tested negative. It did leave me with an annoying cough.
I haven't been in here much because I've been wallowing in self pity. I was just diagnosed with cancer and it's located in my neck. The doctor is pretty sure it's curable and he has a 5 year plan. In the mean time lots can happen. I'll probably lose about 30 lbs, could lose most of my teeth and could lose the ability to talk. I'll be starting radiation and chemo later this month. It still hasn't completely sunk in and I'm still having trouble talking about it. I'll still be looking at your work but I just may not be contributing as much
This place may or may not look just like this..;) I tried flipping the image and it oddly enough, looked better, but the words were backwards so I flipped it back. Really ugly day here. Grey skys and light rain all day.
Happy Weekend Everyone
Happy Slider Sunday
I took all these shots so I have to use them..;) I enjoyed myself while on this mini vacation that I decided it would be great to have another house on the coast. Well, the realtor gave me a heads up. She said," You can't be just looking. You have to get pre-qualified and ready to write the check." I'm afraid I'm going to have to put living at the coast on the back burner. I just not able to invest the amount of time it would take to find the right place.
On the bright side, I get my 2nd shot this week. Has anyone else had there 2nd shot. Just wondering if it's any different then the first one.
HFF!!!
Just so everyone knows, I've turned down the treatment. I'm 74 and live by myself in the country. I just couldn't see doing that to my body when I may not have that much time left anyway. Tomorrow I have a meeting with a surgeon to talk about removing the cancer. I'll probably still have some down time but I'm more comfortable with the possibilities and the outcome.
This is Waller Creek in Austin. With the help of Topaz, it looks pretty good. Can you believe my Fence Friday pic was in Explore. They always seem to pic my worst look pic to put in there. Anyway, Happy Sunday Everyone
I had a little fun with this one. I'm just barely am getting this one up for Slider Sunday. I started working on it early but then I just kept getting interrupted.
Happy Week Everyone
Happy Slider Sunday
I had such a great time in Galveston that I've already booked my hotel room for my November vacation. It would be really great if any of you want to come with me. Off season prices..;)
I keep trying to do different looks to force me to try different things. But, I feel like I'm starting to get fixated on these shrimp boats and sunrises.
I thought my medical deal was on Thursday but It's on Friday. Ugh, one more day to think about it.
Seems strange to be running the air conditioner in February.
I know it's early but I am bored ..:)
Monday I had to go to the hospital so markers could be installed on my Prostrate for the radiation treatments. Luckily, they put me under. However, it still hurts today and I wasn't expecting that. I thought it was just a simple thing. Guess not. Anyway, in a couple of weeks I'll start the radiation treatment to kill the Prostrate cancer. And, that should fix the last of my medical issues.
I was going to use this for slider Sunday, but I decided I liked it like this. It seems so fragile as is. I did use a little Topaz to add just the right look.
Happy Weekend All
I played around with this so much in Photoshot and made the file so large, I couldn't load it up in Topaz. So, I just went back to Photoshop and finished it up. I wasn't going to do a Slider this Sunday but then I decided, why not ..:)
I wonder if we could petition Flickr to bring back the people link? People that load 3 or more images a day really make the new system difficult
Hope the new week goes well for you
It's really for Slider Sunday but I'm so bored, I decided to post it now. Can't go out because the wind is gusting at 40 to 50 miles an hour and I've pretty much done everything I can do around the house. Put the last load of clothes in the dryer ..;)
The processing on this one became a much bigger project then I anticipated so I just gave it a promise. The promise was, I'll do better next time ..:) I had fun doing it and that's all that really matters in the end
Most of the snow has melted. A lot of my neighbors don't have water. Some were gathering snow from the drifts and melting it to get water. I'm still having to boil the water before using it. The weather's warming up. The Internet is coming in and out and there still isn't a lot of food or bottled water in the grocery stores. The roads are clear, only because the sun melted the ice and snow because we don't have snow plows.
Happy to see February get here. That means Winter is almost over..;) March is usually windy but doable. The hotel prices go up at the coast starting tomorrow, soooooo no more trips to the coast for a while..;(
Happy Week Everyone
This didn't come out exactly like I wanted but since it's SS and it's getting late, I figured, why not ..;)
We're doing Labor Day weekend here in the states. Schools are out on Monday and a lot of people are off work. How do other counties celebrate Labor Day?
Here's a webcam link to the place. Looks like they added a restroom since I was there
www.webcamtaxi.com/en/usa/texas/conn-brown-harbor-aransas...
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Coming back into the marina after the dolphin tour. Full disclosure, it may not have looked just like this..;)
We had snow today. I know, not a big deal for some of you but for those of us that live in Central Texas or lower south, it's a big deal. Just ground cover but it was so cool watching it just drift down out the clouds. It'll be gone by morning and it'll be years before we see it again. Even better that I'm working from home and didn't have to be out in it
Happy week everyone
I'm still here..:) Start chemo next week and radiation the week after. The Veteran's Medical system moves really slow.
OK, I shouldn't have said anything about the weather. Sunday & Monday, we are suppose to have record breaking cold her in Central Texas. With, the possibility of up to 4 inches of snow. So I went to the grocery store like I do every Friday and sure enough, people were loading up on toilet paper. It' only going to last for 2 days. And, yes, schools are closing. This isn't our kind of weather. We aren't prepared for it.
I was going to volunteer again this year, but I decided not to. It was moved to October but I don't feed that it would be real smart to be in a place with a bunch of people. I'm still going to go on a vacation this year but it'll be to somewhere that doesn't have thousands of people..:) I just need to remember to cancel my hotel reservation..;)
This guy was eyeing me pretty close. Pelican's act like they hate to fly but when they do it seems so effortless.
We finally made it to the weekend. No real plans, just another day
I put this together sometime back and thought I had already posted it. But, realized today that I had not posted it yet. This is from Corpus Christi, Texas. This sleepy little coastal town has really grown up. It's really like there are two towns in one. The waterfront and waterfront area and then the other part of the city. Naturally, I prefer the waterfront area which is going through a revitalization at the moment. Hope they don't screw it up ..;)
I came out the hotel room and was going to walk over to the beach when I saw this jewel with the sign in the window, "Tough Country." I thought, yep, this car has seen some tough country..;) While I was taking some pictures the owner came up to me and said, " It's for sale." I thought to myself, I bet..;) And, probably the trailer and everything on it. I just smiled and walked on.
For those that were interested, the home cloud from W/D works fine. The only problem I'm having is that it's suppose to be on all the time, which isn't a problem during the day but at night the light on it is brighter then you might think and it makes a noise like a computer running. I have everything in my bedroom. So, I'm going to have to relocate the cloud. Will probably move it downstairs
I couldn't decide if the whole mast needed to be in the picture or not. It's more sky then I like. What do you think? Could I have cut that mast in half and not lose the effects or not?
Happy New Week everyone
Hope everyone had a great weekend. I didn't do anything either ..;) I had a lot of thoughts but nothing materialized. I keep coming up with reasons why it could wait until tomorrow ..;)
HBM!!
I took the harbor tour and the guide said this was Del Monte's banana boat. Really, as much money as Del Monte makes. This is the best they can do..:) The guide told me it brings in a load of banana's every week.
The radio station I listen to in the morning has 3 people and they play games and joke around a bit. Listening to them starts me off in a good mood most mornings. One game they play is, Today I learned. So, I'll start it off, I didn't think the pain pills were doing anything so I just stop taking them. Today, I learned, sure enough, they were doing some thing..:)
The guy isn't walking on water ..:)this was taken during that extremely high, hightide. I was going to use this for Slider Sunday but It's really pretty calm. So, I guess it'll just be a colorful pic
Happy Sunday Everyone
Well, my yellow flower worked for about a week..;) During that week we had beautiful Spring weather. Now we're back to the ugly cold winter and it's almost March. Somebody needs to fix this
Happy Slider Sunday
Someone asked me about the high pylons on some of the dock photos and thought we must have some really high tides. Not the reason. The tides in Texas range from one to 2 feet if that. So, I don't really know why the pylons are as high as they are. I do agree, they seem higher then they need to be. I'm headed to Galveston in April, maybe there will be someone around the dock that I can ask.
Happy hump day everyone ..:)
The girl on the left is Adobe Free Stock, stock.adobe.com/
and the girl on the right is Mary Agnew who has a Flickr account, www.flickr.com/photos/maryleefoxspirit06/
HWW!
I couldn't believe my luck with the Sunrise. I never remember to buy a filter for this lens. I always think about it when I'm out in the field. So, the haze acted as a filter for me.
I live in a Townhouse community so it's easy for me to catch my neighbors doing something. This is one of my neighbors on the phone.
Listing to the News, it sounds like I'm going be working from home for a long time. I thought the second wave had already come, but now they are saying it just now coming.
This year is almost behind us. Looking forward to 2.1 , as 2.0 wasn't that great.
Didn't do much for Christmas. Spent it my friends again. We just sat in the back yard and enjoyed each others company, the 3 of us..;) Cherrie pie for dessert.
Not really planning anything for New Years. No fireworks shows that I know of. Probably watch the on TV
Happy Week everyone
I stuck my daughter in the doorway of the bait house. She'll get a kick out of it when she see's it.
I have a mosquito in my bedroom but I can't find it. Every now and then it'll buzz in my ear. It's probably just waiting for me to go to bed. The little vampire will probably suck me dry tonight ..:)
Happy Slider Sunday Everyone
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