Flight 93 Memorial

30 Monday Jul 2012

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Flight 93 National Memorial, memorial, Pennsylvania

Some friends and I spent the past weekend in Pennsylvania and made a stop at the Flight 93 Memorial on Stoystown.

The memorial is architecturally clean, modern and completely fits the surroundings.

Before any of this took place, God filled this grave site with flowers. The pictures don’t really do it justice. The wildflowers were everywhere.

This is probably the most peaceful memorial I have ever been to, making it a fitting resting place for these heroes. Everyone there was quiet and respectful. The volunteers were passionate and well-informed (the one our group talked to had been a part of the investigative team working the site and volunteers in his spare time).

One of my favorite things about the site is that the public is not allowed on the field, but family members of the fallen are allowed out there.

For information, visit the Flight 93 Memorial Website or http://www.honorflight93.org/.

Just another afternoon

25 Wednesday Jul 2012

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bear, fox, hedgehog, hyrax, lion, norfolk, Norfolk Zoo, virginia, Zoo

…at the Zoo. I apparently spend an abnormal amount of time visiting zoos for a single person without children, but I love it. I do tend not to go in the summer very often as I detest the heat, but I’ve visited a couple times for a class project already this summer.

Anyway, here are my favorite shots from my latest visit, which included a few nice surprises (such as the tiny hedgehog tenrecs watching me take their picture instead of hiding in their little logs, or baby hyraxes—not sure what the plural is—or the lion hiding in a perfect photo spot) that made the venture worth my sweaty, blotchy, it’s-way-too-hot-outside face. Seriously. I look gross when I’m that hot.

Back from the rabbit trail…here are the pictures.

Not the cutest pic, but these guys are super adorable. Now I want a hedgehog. (They’re on top. Baby hyrax on the bottom. No fangs yet.)

angry otter! (Actually, I think he was just winded. Play break.)

You couldn’t see him from above unless you went to the corner of the viewing area through a cleft in the rocks. It was a perfect shooting spot.

favorite of the day. I love these little guys. [Fennec Fox]

So there are some new animal pics. I love them. What’s your favorite animal to visit at the zoo?

Color Theme – Teal

18 Wednesday Jul 2012

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color, Photography, teal, turquoise

Teal, turquoise. This was my alternate choice to white for my last class project.

I was originally planning to shoot more of an aqua-teal color, but those shades are much harder to find. I have a few, but those will come later. These are the shots I had edited to turn in before white was chosen as my final result.