In and Around Northern Kentucky 2.0: January 2016

Who the Heck am I

Welcome to my blog, I ran out of storage space on my last blog so instead of purchasing more space I decided to start another.

Photographing is one of my biggest passions in life. I've been a photographer for 20+ years. Although I have sold some of my work I consider myself an advance amateur. Which means I'm pretty good at pretending to know what I am doing. I arrived from Massachusetts to Northern Kentucky September 16, 2001. I hated it, for months I complained about living here, besides all the redneck jokes I would get there was nothing about Northern Kentucky I enjoyed, when I got over myself I dusted off my camera and headed for the hills, literally, I never fully understood what a beautiful place this is until I was given my first digital camera as a Christmas gift. In all honesty you couldn't get me to move out of this state.

Living so near to Cincinnati (I live right across the river) no other city can offer me more. Art museums, Cincinnati Zoo, symphony, theatre, aquarium, amusement park, Dozens of parks, one of the largest and most amazing firework display in the country and so much more. If you are from the area you know what I am talking about, if you're not, believe me when I say In and Around Northern Kentucky is worth the visit.

I know you will want to check out my other blog, I have shot photographs at the Behringer-Crawford Museum, Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati Zoo, Creation Museum, Eden Park, Findlay Market, Fountain, Square, Krohn Conservatory, Rabbit Hash, KY, Railway Museum, Smale Park, Spring Grove Cemetery and much more. Just click on the link below.

Friday, January 15, 2016

God Blessed Us Again Today

Born very early this morning, my first grandson, my second grandchild. Welcome little man, how handsome you are!

Friday, January 8, 2016

Some Late Summer Photos

Some photos that were taken late summer 2015.

Visiting Cincinnati September 13th, 2015

The USS LST 325 has been in operation since 1943. This ship served during the North African operations, the Invasion of Sicily, the Invasion of Salerno, Italy. The USS LST 325 also participated in the landings at Omaha Beach, Normandy France for D-Day June 6th, 1944 and made the landing on June 7th. On December 28th, 1944, the LST 325 rescued 700 men from the torpedoed troop transport ship the Empire Javelin, earning Comdr. Mosier a Bronze Star.
Information provided by http://lstmemorial.org/

A Peeping Possum

Dogs were going ballistic at the back slider, very unusual considering all you can see is the fence. Took a bit before realizing we had a possum. First possum I've seen in the city, well that was alive. He stayed a bit after posing for his portrait.

Saturday, January 2, 2016

Trip to Devou Park

Today was one of those not a cloud in the sky days, the last sunny day that we had was Christmas Eve day, a long time without seeing the sun. I decided it was time to get out, get some fresh air and stretch these ole bones. Devou Park is always a great place to do just that. Not wanting to be around other humans I decided to head to the old stumping ground where we would take the dogs when we lived in the cabin. The area is now over grown, bamboo is starting to creep out of the woods, it wont be long before the bamboo will take over a lot of the landscape.