Ken Interviews Major General Schloesser

This week I had the privilege of interviewing one of the Army's top generals.

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Encounter With a Muscovy Duck

I had this encounter as I was photographing ducks at the local lake. This muscovy took issue with it. (A story in five frames. Read the caption below each picture.)


La la la la la ...



(Hmm. What's this guy doing?)



You lookin' at somethin', buddy?



Shove off!



(Guess I told him.)

The Fountain of Fountain Hills

The world famous fountain in Fountain Park, Fountain Hills , Arizona reaches a height of 560 feet. I shot this from the air as we were about to land.



I later drove out to Fountain Hills and took this from the ground.



Dick and Melba, this post is for you.

Lots of Rain

Cold rain, mixed with a bit of snow. Had flashflood warnings yesterday and flood warnings all day today.

Here's a slideshow of my most interesting sculpture shots, according to Flickr. Click on slideshow.

Churches and Cathedrals

Agios Konstantino in Greece

This is one of my favorite photo subjects. This slideshow has an auto-generated set of those that Flickr considers my most interesting ones tagged "church." They are from all over the world, with many more not yet uploaded. Watch by clicking on the word slideshow.

Happy Valentine's Day From Ken and Peggy

(and Perky)

Weather Update: Breaking Grass

Here's a brief clip of me walking on our lawn ... and breaking it! It snowed lightly throughout the day. Tomorrow morning will be brutal, but we are supposed to hit 40 and have a thaw later in the day.

AG Headquarters Closed for Second Straight Day

Power outages, accidents ... Ice storm may rival the storm of Jan. 2007. We are already losing trees, shrubs. We are holed up in our house waiting it out. Our driveway and walk are skating rinks.












The photo is from the front page of FoxNews.com. Sunshine Street is the main street closest to our house.

My Favorites - Slideshow

Watch this slideshow of some of my favorite photos by other photographers on Flickr.

Do it. I promise you will not be disappointed.

Click here.

Michael H. Shows Us How to Relax

Here is Mike H. in California the last time we were there. We just had to make the sad decision to not go to Italy this year, but we will be with Mike and Sheri at the beginning of our Sept. California trip.

Sundown on Drummond Lake

Shot this today as the sun was setting. The sun came out very late in the day and I zipped out to the lake to see what I could find to photograph. I was thinking birds; the sunset was unexpected. (There are ducks in the shot.)

Milestone: 30,000 Page Views

My blogs hit a milestone today with the 30,000th page view since I started blogging last August. (This is only for my Blogspot blogs, not those on Wordpress or AGblogger.)

Thanks to all of you who have visited.

Notre Dame, Paris

As the heat turns to tornadoes, thunderstorms and maybe snow in Missouri, on Super Tuesday, take a look at my slideshow of Notre Dame in Paris.

Springfield Breaks Heat Record

Today was the hottest Feb. 4 IN SPRINGFIELD, MO since 1891! 117 years since this date has been this hot.

But things change quickly in these parts. We just got hit with a severe thunderstorm warning and tomorrow ... they're predicting snow.

Winter Cardinal

It really warmed up today, melting most of the snow. There were lots of cardinals out on the trail near our house.

Wat

Wat
Originally uploaded by manolinlao

When I was at Angkor Wat in Cambodia I was not yet doing my own photography. I regret that. It's probably a one-time trip and it was an amazing place for photography. It was also the place where I became the sickest of anywhere I've been in the world.

This gorgeous shot is of another Wat, but similar.

Snow Shots From Today

Got significant snow last night. I was off today so headed to Drummond Lake to see what I could photograph. Very cold since I couldn't wear gloves. Hands were so numb I had to look to make sure my finger was on the shutter. Nothing great but here are a few shots.