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      • Cellphone photo stream part 2
        09/29/09
        The photo stream continues...



        Bold Witness. This driver has Bible verses all over the truck. I didn't look, but I suspect even the top of the trailer declares the gospel!



        Someone had the right idea, setting up this old chair beneath the lone tree

      • Cellphone photo stream part 1
        09/27/09
        I back up the little card in my cell phone regularly, as with my wife's phone (and my GPS, and everything else). I had a lot of neat photos in there, so I figured I'd share a bunch of them.



        Spotted back behind St. Alexius Medical Center, near the Emergency Room entr

      • Forgotten stories lie south of Mandan
        09/24/09

        It's telling that this stone stands within sight of the capitol grounds. I'd bet only a handful of people know it's here, or that it's one of only a few remaining at the old Greenwood Cemetery.

        I wrote before about this cemetery, located south of Mandan near my

      • Neat things attached to Bismarck-Mandan vehicles
        09/22/09

        I've seen a few things lately that caught my eye, and a few of them have one thing in common: they're attached to vehicles. Let's start with this bumper sticker, which made me smile.



        Amen to this one. As you know, I'm a cheerleader for our men and w

      • One more time, without the bugs
        09/22/09

        Bummer that I have to resize these photos and videos to 500 pixels wide, because they're really cool full size! For instance, yes, there IS a guy standing next to the hook on that crane. Someone has to guide things into place. Naturally the crew takes lots and lots and LOTS of safety p

      • I hope to see one of these on each side of the bridge soon
        09/21/09

        I remember hearing a long time ago that the memorial area on each end of the new Liberty Memorial Bridge will contain a chunk of the original historic bridge in addition to the other interpretive features. This may be one of those pieces.

        Each memorial area (the Bismarck one is nea

      • Some bug removal required
        09/18/09

        I took an HD video camera and my still camera up to the wind farm north of town Thursday to capture a time lapse of some turbine assembly. Look down a couple of posts and you can see that I knew there were a few ready for the final stages of construction, so I was confident that leaving work

      • View from laying on the sidewalk...not bad
        09/17/09

        This past weekend I had the idea to take my 10mm wide angle lens and attempt to capture the Veterans' Memorial, located on the west side of the new bridge, from the lowest point possible: on my back upon the sidewalk. The skies were somewhat dramatic as the sun tried to punch through the

      • Little boy, big blades
        09/15/09
        Update: I've been told by the company which assembles these big wind turbines that they don't want people approaching the work sites, even if nobody is there working, for safety reasons. While the roads to these sites weren't marked with any warning signs when I was there, they are

      • Signs of the season
        09/14/09

        Yep, this was the weekend that rummage sale fanatics wait for. The Folkfest Parade kicked off the morning, the Pow Wow ran all weekend, and the rummage sales were going full blast through it all. I, of course, used it as a perfect opportunity to get as far away from any residential neighborh

      • Memo to all you pusillanimous liberals: We're calling it the Global War on Terror, kthx
        09/10/09

        Tomorrow a new memorial will be dedicated at the entrance to Fraine Barracks, near River Road. It's a memorial whose progress I've watched eagerly since its announcement, and now it's finished. It's a memorial to North Dakota military personnel who perished during the Glo

      • Garden of Peace
        09/08/09

        This statue sits at the center of the Garden of Peace, a cemetery feature organized by the Medcenter One Foundation for grieving families who have lost infants or small children. It consists of a little walkway and memorial area in the cemetery on Century Avenue. You can find more informatio

      • Tall sunset
        09/08/09

        The sunsets of this weekend provided quite a variety of color, but the key is being there at just the right instant! The sun sets quickly once it nears the horizon, and an ambitious photographer needs to be in position for that fleeting moment. I wasn't the only one staked out on the hi

      • What to do with all those dam cars
        09/03/09

        I have actually seen a couple of these lately. This one caught my eye early one morning, and I stopped for a little bit to catch some of that golden sunrise light illuminating the row of cars.

        You can click on this picture to get a double-sized version (opens in a pop-up window).
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