I will never forget the day I was in Ace Hardware in Warsaw several years ago and several Hispanic men were in front of me and were talking to each other in Spanish. The teller was an older woman who obviously could not understand them. Suddenly, without warning, she pounded her fist on the counter…

Well, today President Barack Obama was officially sworn in as the 44th President of United States. Naturally, I watched the address online with my official 7-eleven Obama cup of hot chocolate. Amazing, the merchandising that has gone on about this event! Even more amazing that I participated, but I wanted to get into the spirit…

It is supposed to be one of the coldest nights of the year and where does that find me? Outside, taking pictures of the sky. Dave would be chagrined that I did not have my tripod with me, but I set the camera on the truck and shot a couple before my fingers froze off….

Most of these are night shots in the city and of fountains. Dave loves fountains and moving water, as do I, so he got out his fancy new ManFrodo the Hobbit tripod and we shot away. I love how the lights and the moving water just makes it look like flowing silk. So cool. The…