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Cee’s Fun Photo Challenge: Big and Small

Posted on January 17, 2017 by merlinjr01

Took my “little” 1953 Farmall Cub to a local dealer for some minor work. At least I don’t need a stairway to get into my seat! Cub meets Case 2166 Harvester. Posted in response to Cee’s Fun Photo Challenge: Big … Continue reading →

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Tennessee Sunrise – Morning Fire

Posted on March 30, 2016 by merlinjr01

Photo of the Week Driving along a local country road early one morning, this striking sunrise came into view.

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Silent Partners

Posted on August 12, 2015 by merlinjr01

Photo of the Week Tennessee Truck and Barn Driving around the Middle Tennessee countryside offers many photo opportunities. Over the years I have taken photos of many barns. The older and more worn, the more I like them (as long … Continue reading →

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What I Learned Today

Posted on June 30, 2015 by merlinjr01

I rarely pay much attention to FaceBook. I still do not understand how it is organized. I do know that many people like and use it, and I too use it to expand the audience for my blog. But I … Continue reading →

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Cee’s Fun Photo Challenge – Two

Posted on June 16, 2015 by merlinjr01

Two Photos, Two Sides, the Threat of Two Nations There was a time—150 years ago–when the United States nearly became (or was briefly, according to some) two nations. Reenactments like these recreate the two sides, and this is probably the … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Early Bird – Morning Light

Posted on April 18, 2015 by merlinjr01

April 18, 2015 Submitted to the Early Bird Morning Light Challenge A Great Blue Heron, truly and “early bird,” begins its day as the sun rises across St.Joseph’s Bay, Florida About/Contents A Florida sunrise submitted for the “Early Bird” morning … Continue reading →

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A Photo a Week Challenge: Dead Center

Posted on March 26, 2015 by merlinjr01

The one thing I did not like about this photo was the fact that I hit it dead center! I prefer an aircraft flying into the image space, from one of the rule-of-thirds references. This was taken at the Atlantic … Continue reading →

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Fond Memories (of Barbed Wire)

Posted on February 10, 2015 by merlinjr01
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Flat-Bottomed Skiff

Posted on January 7, 2015 by merlinjr01

Photo of the Week – January 7, 2015 Wooden Boat (Flat-Bottomed Skiff), Yorktown Virginia (December 2014) This past December, on our annual trip to eastern Virginia, we spent several hours walking around the new (to me) business district in Yorktown. … Continue reading →

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Another Walk on the Farm–and a Painful Lesson

Posted on May 17, 2014 by merlinjr01

As I grew older, my permissible boundaries were expanded (see “Walking to Susie’s”). By the time I was eight or nine, it was not uncommon for me to announce, in the morning, at breakfast, “I think I am going to … Continue reading →

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