Big Leather Couch

So, I promised to participate in Roger's Photo Contest more and today I shall...at the same time many of my friends play along with this "Looking At The Sky On Friday" thingy that Crazy Working Mom hosts, and I had a shot I took a few weeks ago, so I thought I would show you that also...

So I decided HECK-A-DOODLE!, let's just do Freakin Friday Fotos! (Maybe I need to do some sort of graphic for this, but HECK-A-DOODLE! I just did not have time today...)

Click on the graphics to get over to the sites and see what others are doing...(and click on the photos to see them larger...)

First off...Sky shot, taken a few Sunday's ago. It had poured all morning and I had to go out to the store for something or other and when I went in, it was still raining...by the time I came out, the sun was beginning to shine and this is what the sky looked like...right off the cell camera...

I toyed with the colorization a tad to give it more of an artsy feel...hope you likey...

And, of course, I could only play
one song with that...

ENJOY...



Have a most wonderful weekend.

Be back on Monday with another Tuneage Tutelage - New Music Monday!

"AMERICA"
Simon & Garfunkel

Some want to travel to Europe, and that would be nice, but I feel like it would be a sin to do that before seeing all that my incredible Country has to offer. Now I have been to many States (25 actually) and seen some incredible things.

The map below shows all of the states I have actually spent a night in over my life. Have I seen the natural beauty of all of these states? Unfortunately no, as some stays have been due to business, but I have seen many wonderful sights, including: (click to enlarge all photos)

In New York, south of Rochester is Letchworth State Park, (left) a relatively unknown work of nature. It is the largest canyon east of the Grand Canyon (a place I have never been to), and is full of nature at it's best.

Also the Finger Lakes region of New York State. Lush forests, beautiful lakes, wineries to tour...so much to do.

The caverns in Virginia, specifically Luray (right) and Skyline (the website seems to be down now, but you can try it HERE or read about the caverns HERE). I visited them as a child and had the opportunity to bring Matt to see the Luray Caverns when he was about the same age as I was.

The incredible White Mountains of New Hampshire, (left) on fire with fall colors...colors that I did not even know existed in nature. The Adirondacks of New York. The Smokeys of Tennessee (left below) and North Carolina. The Rockies in Colorado where I was able to ski at 13,000+ feet at Arapahoe Basin, (right below) above the tree line in a complete white-out where you skied with your feet and not your eyes.

The incredible beaches of Long Island (left below) where I grew up. I have always thought East-West beaches were the best. The wave action and the sand is different from North-South beaches. But you can not discount the beaches of the New Jersey Shore, Daytona Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami Beach, or The Keys (center below) of Florida and Hampton Beach in New Hampshire and the Outer Banks (right below) in North Carolina.


The beauty of Boston (left below) and Philadelphia (center left below) and Washington, DC (center right below) and Gettysburg (right below). Our history literally unfolds in front of your eyes.


What is the one place in the US that you have visited that struck you as the most perfect natural beauty? For me it has to be Niagara Falls.


What is the one place in the US that you have not been to, but want to visit before you leave the world? I think the Grand Canyon,


But after viewing the video linked below there are so many others also.

I received this incredible video from Dad Vince yesterday and wanted to share it with all y'all...

Enjoy....