Our Dad

This is a picture of our dad. He was a navigator on a converted C135 used for tracking space shots from Cape Canaveral. Prior to this he was in SAC (Strategic Air Command) where he flew on B-52's and before that B-36's and before that B-29's. As a B-52 flier he was the bombardier, could function as the navigator and the ECM position (electronics for the plane).

There is commercial on TV where a kid puts his dads helmet on. It reminds me of when my dad brought his gear home, flight boots, suit, parachute and helmet and leave them at the back door as he was on alert. My brother and I would put his helmet on and try to walk in his boots.  We were stationed at Loring AFB, Caribou, ME. at the time and the "Cold War" was pretty hot at the time. Regular exercise at school was hit the floor and get under your desk, like that was going to stop the bomb. 

We didn't get to see our dad much during those times. He was in the air waiting for the command to fly a one  way mission to Europe with weapons readied, fortunately this never happened, or in a bunker on base or asleep at home after flying for many hours. By the time the Cold War had settled down and he got out of SAC my brother and I had gotten older and started to find our interests in the world of friendships and activities. This is true no matter what your parents do. When you're young you want them and their attention but they are busy trying to make their way in their jobs so you can have everything you want or think YOU need. He would be 91 today and there are so many things I don't know about him.

He was a veteran and he was our dad

Spider Webs

It is amazing how spiders keep building their webs in the same place overnight after you knock them down. Only ones we really knock down are those up on the deck. The ones in the yard stay, they capture those pesty nats at night along with mosquitoes.

1/2500 VS 1/500

Right out of the camera except for the watermark.

1/2500

1/500

Not Bad For A Messed Up Shot

I was going for depth of field and got my f~stop set wrong. I liked the shot anyways.

A Croaking Night Ahead

It's a little hard to tell the size here but this little fella is no more than 1-1/2 to 2 inches long. What a set of lungs, he can and does disturb TV watching on some occasions. Hopefully he will keep the bugs down around the deck....go get those spiders.

Blurry because I didn't know where is was and couldn't focus in the dark.

The balusters are 1-1/4" square.

On the arm of a chair.

 

Not where you would expect to see a frog. Little suction cups on his feet to hang on with.

Night Sky

Nice clear night to take some pictures. Took these at about 10 PM. Combo of city lights and sun still going down gives a nice blue glow. The Big Dipper surprised me. Sky had very little haze, tomorrow will be different because it is to get humid. Both pictures were without the aid of a tripod. The moon says we won't be getting any rain soon. My dad always said that when the moon leans back so that water can't run out over the bottom lip rain is not in our future.
Click on them to get a better view.

Fifty-five

Back when baseball, apple pie and Chevrolet meant something when in a phrase together.