Dragon Fly

 

On the south wall outside this morning.

Manfrotto MKC3-H01

My new travel pod.  I’m really liking using it since it was delivered by Santa.  It’s 3 pounds, 18″ folded, 61″ maximum height, and has a ball head with pistol grip for less than $60.

The Arsenal

The irony is that the only remaining digital camera left in the house with which to shoot this photo is a small, old 8mp Nikon s202 of my step-sons.

Little Sand Creek, Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi

 

That moment when…

you are going one direction and your hair is still going the other…

Ok, I should have used a little faster shutter speed to freeze the action sharper, but I still think it’s a fun photo of my youngest doing what she does best…enjoying playtime.

The Pat & Mac #3

The P & M Number 3 is a steam locomotive (2-8-0) that worked the Patterson & McInnis saw mill in Florida until sometime in the 50s .  She originally burned wood but was later converted to oil and rests with her tender alongside Hwy 19 in Gulf Hammock, Florida.

St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hwy 1 Louisiana

Star D Conquest “Tiltall” by Davidson

My father’s Davidson Star D Conquest tripod purchased in the mid 1950s.

The trademark star with the stamped D on the swiveling crank handle.

Sometime after the invention and production of the Tiltall design by the Marchioni Brothers in the 1940s and before the sale of the design to Leitz (Leica), Davidson produced their own version of this longstanding excellent design.  This one is over 60 years old, is solid as a rock, functions as well as it did when purchased, and has outlasted several of my own.

Update:  I found the original manual in Dad’s stuff…

 

 

BETHEL A.R. Presbyterian Church, f.1856

 

Bethel Associate Reform Presbyterian Church, Oak Hill, Alabama

Steeple

Oak Hill Fire Department

This building is out back of the community school photographed earlier.  I really wanted to open it up and look inside, but didn’t.