JIM IN THE 2010TH CENTURY!!!

Monday, May 24, 2010

NOT MUCH HAPPENING SO A LOOK BACK AT WASHINGTON, DC!

I have been living in the DC area for many years now and one of my favorite things to do is walk around the Monuments and take pictures. Lot's and Lot's of pictures, so here is a little retrospective of the way my eye works in the Nations Capital. It is a wonderful place to visit and pay homage to the men, women and events that have molded our Nation into what it is today.

THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL

Over the years this Memorial has grown due to some controversies, it now consists of an additional two works, The Three Soldiers Statue and the Vietnam Women's Memorial are additions to the wall that was constructed in 1982.

The Memorial Wall

The Three Soldiers

The Vietnam Women's Memorial

I can't emphasize enough that if you have never been to DC to visit the Memorials you must do it at some point. They are amazing creations in honor of the men & women they are tribute to.

THE KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL

Faces of War.

Not these two....

Mom and Dad reflected in the Memorial Wall.

THE WASHINGTON, DC CHERRY BLOSSOMS

Although I do not think they qualify as a Memorial, these truly remarkable gifts from Japan are a symbol of the budding US/Japanese relations of the early 1900's. A gift from Tokyo's then Mayor, Yukio Ozaki, they continue to bring an unrivaled beauty to the city's landscape year after year. They attract tourists from around the globe each year for the Annual Cherry Blossom Festival, one of the largest annual events in the DC area.

The United States, in return, gifted the Japanese people with flowering Dogwoods. In 1981, the cycle of giving came full circle, Japanese Horticulturalists came to DC to take cuttings from the trees to replace Yoshino Cherry Trees that were destroyed in a flood. In 1999 a new generation of cuttings was planted along the Tidal Basin. The cuttings were taken from a 1500 year old Cherry in Gifu Prefecture (Central Japan).

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?

Most people that know me, know I usually have a camera in my hand, snapping pictures to document everything possible in life. I love photography, however, I am in every sense of the word an"amateur". I hope to change that and possibly integrate my hobby into a side business in the future. Pet photography would be right up my alley. So this post is just an online portfolio of some of my favorite shots from the past, all from the digital age, I hope you like them!

Beneath the George Washington Bridge

One of the amazing statues on the DC side of the Memorial Bridge

A bridge over the Rock Creek Parkway

Salvia in the garden

A beautiful mossy groundcover

One of my favorites, Acer Palmatum (Japanese Maple)

Japanese maple

Starting to see a pattern here?

A cute little baby Mantis

Across from the house

Ladder 8

Utility ropes

The Pole at Station 33/8

Drivers obstacle course

Truck 8 reflection

Mom and Dad reflected in the Iwo Jima memorial

Cherry Blossom DC

Jeremy looking quite Angelic despite being a little devil!

Dino in the snow

Dino ready to play

Sweet Sophie

Monkey head Herman

Spike and his deflated basketball

Ernie Bernie Mack and Cheese

Baby girl Samantha

Cutie Raheim

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

JIM IS FEELING A LITTLE NOSTALGIC, SO LETS GO BACK TO SCHOOL!

SCSU, Southern Connecticut State University, one of Playboys top 10 party schools in the 1980's. Boy I miss those people and those days, life was so much simpler then. What a blast we all had, I lived in Hickerson Hall, had a bunch of great friends that I am fortunate enough to keep in touch with til this day, thanks to Facebook! Chris, Flounder, Sheryl, Joan, Karen, Triskamania, Michelle Pags and a whole shitload of other friends. I am still trying to track down more pictures of "Van Hickerson" and all of the people from those days, but here is what I have for now, enjoy!

The "End of semester cake and beer fight" I think it was also Chris' birthday, I was scrubbing dried cake and beer off my room floor for 6 hours the next day!