Family is everything

Always take pictures of your family and on this day I got a keeper

So hello Ghost goodbye Wordpress

Going from WordPress to Ghost for website service might be the move of the year for my blog.

Helicopter Egg Drop at New Life

Had a very successful day at our church with a free pancake breakfast and then 5,000 eggs dropped from a helicopter with another 3,000 eggs on the ground. We have an estimated 1,000 people joined us for this event with around 500 children. Great day for everyone.

Start walking or else

Yeah that's what I told myself, get out there and go hiking as well as taking some pictures as I got moving. The two blood clots in my left leg still hurt and I'm hoping that doing more walking will help with pray and taking my

How about Jonah

Haven't posted a picture of Jonah in awhile.

Friday night

Dempsey resting on this last Friday night in February.

Cabin in the Cove

Imagine spending winters in this cabin.

Using jpegs for Church

I enjoy minimal editing from jpegs for church shots as the fuji film simulations work so well.

Dempsey on first day of 2026

Dempsey has cancer but is still getting around. Today he sat on the couch and watched football with me. Let's see how 2026 does for him.

Our trip to the Smokies in October

Our second trip of the year to the Smokies and the colors we close to perfect in parts of the park. Even with the government shutdown, Friends of the Smokies was keeping the park open with their funds. It was a great trip and even though we saw no bears

Fuji Colors are easy on the soul

I switched from Canon to Fuji in 2016 and since that time I'm still learning how wonderful each of their camera are... but one thing that is the same for each camera is the way Fuji handles the color produced by their cameras.

Jack's Dog Quilt

Gerri created a quilt of dogs for Jack. The two in the middle of the quilt is our dogs Dempsey (a Brittany) and Jonah (a Havanese). The project took a lot of work but turned out great.