Weather Related?

Well, spring has come and so have the rains.  Flood Watches and Warnings are out for counties all around the Dayton, OH area.  It's is amazing how we just came off one of the longest, or so it seems, snowy winters and people are having issues with driving in the rain.  Well, maybe what they need is a set of these racing rain tires used on cars that attain straight line speeds of near 200mph and corners of 100+.  Only problem is they don't like dry roads and tend to start coming apart as they and the road surface heat up.

This is Melanie Snow's car in the garage at Mid-Ohio Raceway in Lexington, OH.  She's always warning the drivers behind her that the roads are going to be difficult to negotiate with her in front of them.  At the time this was taken she and her husband shared the driving responsibilities as required by the ALMS series.  Today her husband has retired from driving so her co-driving partner now is her son. 

Taken Twelve Seconds Apart

I took these on April 1 to show how little amount of time you have when taking morning photos or evening photos.  Same is true in the evening "Golden Hour".  If you watch the sun at these times you can almost see the time lapse with your own eyes. 

 

Yes, there is a difference in the zoom but that isn't important here.  It's the glow that was showing from behind the tree line as the sun got closer to breaking the horizon.  From this advantage point it may have already done that in the top picture and I am really assuming that it may have in the second shot, just 12 seconds later.  The other give away is the darkness of the sky to the right of the where the glow would be in the first picture.  The sun will arch up and to the south as it makes its way to the west to set before beginning another day. 

 

Today, and for the next four or five days, rain is in the forecast.  It's Spring and Winter has gone bye-bye for this year here in southern Ohio.  We hope.

 

 

 

 

 

It's About That Time Again

Here it is March 30, 2014 and we had snow yesterday in southern Ohio.  We're not on the Ohio River but we have enough people from Kentucky that sometimes the area is referred to as Little Kentucky.  Kentucky basketball is a close 1st place runner up to the local Dayton Flyers, the Cinderella team of the NCAA tournament this year.  Right now Michigan is beating that team down south.  That too is a toss up on approval since this is Big 10 country and Ohio State rules.  Go Buckeyes.

Well, now that the round ball games are almost over and the only true sport is almost ready to march towards who is going to have the honors of keeping guard over the Stanley Cup, it is time for the car shows to begin.  These two pictures are from August of 2011.  The Austin Healey doesn't make it to the British Car show held at Eastwood Park.  The MGA was a Top Choice that year.

Working With Photo Editing Software

Two of the same views edited (merged together) with OnOne Perfect Photo Suite 8 with a 30 free trial.  Starts with Lightroom5.  The tree lines are the same but the zoom is obviously different.  The field in the foreground lies between the two tree lines.  Front tree line was taken on a rainy day and the back tree line was taken on a fall evening with the moon coming up early.  Little distortion but this is first attempt and not meant to be perfect.  Decision time....do I buy or not.  eBook and video comes with the package.  mmmmm!  I hate decisions, suppose to have given them up with retirement.

The Dream

You won't find this manufacturer holding back safety information for years about faulty ignition switches and if you did, there would be no  brand loyalty for me.  One should only have brand loyalty to companies that are truly honest to their customers and NOT their Elite board members and or investors only.  Oh, and their wallets for the bonuses. 

It's a Beautiful Mornin'

"It's a beautiful mornin'   ahhh
I think I'll go outside a while
An jus smile
Just take in some clean fresh air boy
Ain't no sense in stayin inside
If the weather's fine an' you got the time
It's your chance to wake up and plan another brand new day
Either way
It's a mornin'    ahhh"

The Young Rascals  circa 1968

 

 
 
 

Ahhh, to be 30 again.

This was originally a B/W that I've played around with.  It was taken 40 days before my daughter was born.  The big guy, #6 is Kurt McGlauklin otherwise known as Stan The Man The Puppet Man.  He was on a kids show on Channel 22 where he did puppet shows.  He traveled the local area as well.  On the ice he was known as The Animal.  He played Mega-City Hockey as well as being in the Junior Gems Division.  The JG's were associated with the Gems hockey team which was an IHL team.  They were part of the Boston Bruins and NY Rangers or Islanders I think.  In this picture he's checking on me as I had just taken a hard shot up top.