Happy New Year Near and Far!

I hope everyone has a safe New Year's Eve, no matter whether you are partying or spending a quiet night at home. Here's to leaving 2019 behind and moving into a brand new year 2020. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy Independence Day America!

My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.

Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrims' pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring!

I captured this image last evening during Hendersonville's Freedom Festival Fireworks Show. I love the reflection on the water. Thank you to all the men and women who died so that we could live in this great country free. God Bless America. Have a safe and Happy Fourth of July! ENJOY!

Happy Independence Day!

Everyone have a wonderful 4th of July! Triple digit heat indices across America this holiday weekday. Pop up thunderstorms are a daily occurrence here and bring added fireworks. Here is an image from the fireworks display as they light up across Old Hickory Lake from Drakes Creek Park here in Hendersonville. Stay hydrated all and be safe on this Independence Day! ENJOY!

Happy 4th America!

As I sat on the lawn near the end of the boat launch, I watched as one after another the fireworks lit up the night sky over Old Hickory Lake in Hendersonville, Tennessee tonight. Each firework leaving a trail of light as it rose in the sky, then bursting open and spewing out in streams and falling gently to the ground, they lit up the water in the foreground. What a beautiful sight. God Bless America. Hope each and every one of you have a wonderful and safe July 4th. ENJOY!

Happy New Year!

To all of my friends and followers across the States and the globe, Happy New Year! Be safe. ENJOY!

Thunder Over Louisville!

Thunder Over Louisville starts out like this.Next thing you know, the bridge starts to fire up.
And now the bridge is fully engulfed . . . so to speak.
More fireworks.
And then you have the finale!

It isn't just a fireworks show. It's 'let's light up the bridge with fireworks coming off of it and dripping down from it.' And that's what they do every April in Louisville which launches the Derby festivities. It's truly the most amazing sight you could ever see in a fireworks show. The Second Street bridge closes two days prior to the event so they can rig the entire bridge with cables. It takes thousands of feet of cable. There are two barges that are also rigged with fireworks that sit next to the bridge. If the wind is blowing south Louisville fireworks viewers get smoke in their direction or if the wind blows north, Southern Indiana viewers get the smoke. There is themed music choreographed to the fireworks show. And there's also an air show by the Air Force during the afternoon. I guess you could say we take our fireworks kinda serious around here.

These images were taken using 800 speed Kodak film and using my Pentax manual camera. I had never shot film at night. I really felt lucky when I found these images actually looked pretty decent.

Currently in Louisville, however, we have flooding. The floodgates went up late last night. Apparently the Ohio River water levels increased significantly late last night, to the surprise of our sewer management guys. Fortunately my condo is situated on a bluff so I'm up high. However, less than a mile down the road from me Floyds Fork Creek went way out of its banks yesterday so much so one of the television news crews were out late yesterday filming the situation. Please Mother Nature, I'm begging to the weather Gods, stop all of this rain. ENJOY!

Happy 4th of July!

I wish you scrumpious burgers or crusty steaks off your backyard grills and plenty of juicy watermelon or the all American favorite, strawberry pie, for dessert. Oh, and you thought I'd forgotten, fair weather for your fireworks. HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY AMERICA!