The house on the hill

This is the hill on which my boyhood home stood. We move from there, I believe, in the Summer of 1964, maybe 1965. I'm not sure.

As a young man I use to describe the hill being 100' above the Stillwater River, it was more like 50, maybe 60 feet at the most.

The two slump rocks at the bottom were actually huge bolders made of fossils cemented together with a limestone. The one on the left actually has a divet in it which was good for a couple of young boys to sit there with cane poles in hand and fish for bluegill.

I did notice that the river is much, much cleaner now than it was when I was a boy. It looks and smells much better. We can thank Richard Nixon for that - he created the EPA.

Wisp Resort Golf

This is a reduction of a panorama shot taken at the Wisp Resort in McHenry, Maryland.
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JEF & Family

Here are some selected photos of their family while at their cottage.

Panoramas at Pine Lakes Lodge

The valley to the east.


The valley to the west.

The Todd - Keefer Wedding

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1946 Packard Limo

While stopping by America's Packard Museum to drop off some photos, we found the timing right to take a couple of the cars out and make some more photographs.

This time I got to drive one - it was a 1946 Packard Clipper - a limo in size. Of all the photos I made, this is one I find most appealing.

The only effects used in this image is to change it to black and white with an infrared type filter. This gave the sky and clouds a little more definition, lightened up the leaves on the tree and put more contrast on the car with the blue sky and white clouds reflecting off the black paint.

Col. Greg Johnson, Astronaut

Astronaut and Space Shuttle Pilot on mission STS-123, Col. Greg Johnson was a guest at the Engineers Club in Dayton, Ohio. I got to take a few photos of him along with fellow members of the Club. Greg said that the Engineer's Club is "the best club in the universe." I believe him.

Here is pictured with Debbie Desch Anderson (daugter of Joe Desch), Amanda Wright Lane (great grand niece of Orville and Wilber Wright), Harry Siefert (Past club President) and Harry's Grandson.

I usually wouldn't post a posed group shot - but I happen to like this one because it's balanced and I'm not too ashamed of the composition. Even though Greg is in his 'pajamas', my eye falls on the face of the youth, with an expression of "Me too someday!"

Alison

Sings, dances, acts. Incredible stage presence.

Goddess of Speed

The sculptured radiator cap became the hood ornament of modern cars. This is from a Packard from the 1930's.

Packard Motor Cars

Eldean Road Bridge

Let me tell you something about this bridge. For a covered bridge, it very long. In fact, it's believed to be the longest Long Truss bridge in existance. Long Truss. Long was a man's name who designed the truss system in the bridge. The trusses are not unusually long at all. They just are Long trusses.

Shane & Michelle's daughter rides her bike