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| best photos of 2015 |
| Posted: December 31 |
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| These photos represent my choice of
the best photos I have taken this year. |
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| B&W Photos of the Tetons |
| Posted:
November 21 |
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| I have taken a number of photos in Grand
Teton National Park over the years and, even
though I liked them in color, I decided to
try them in black and white. |
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| fall colors |
| Posted: October
25 |
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| Rick Scheussler and I decided on a
photo outing to Shaw Nature Reserve and Lone Elk Park
along the Highway 44 corridor. |
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| Mackinac island, Michigan |
| Posted: October
15 |
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| We drove from Harbor Springs to Mackinac
City today then took the ferry to the island
for the day. |
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| Drive to Harbor Springs,
Michigan |
| Posted: October
14 |
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| We drove up to Harbor Springs MI today. We saw some
beautiful fall colors. |
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| Drive to Traverse City,
Michigan |
| Posted: October
13 |
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| We drove up the western portion of Michigan
today on our way to Traverse City MI
where we spent the night. |
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| Meijer Garden |
| Posted: October
12 |
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| We took the day to tour Meijer Garden and
some of the town of Grand Rapids. |
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| grand haven, Michigan |
| Posted: October
11 |
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I arrived in the Grand Rapids area a day
early and decided to take a drive to Grand
Haven and Holland for the day.
In Grand Haven I found the public beach
area. It was pretty windy and there were
quite a few folks who were kite surfing just
off shore.
From there, I went to the home of my good
friends Liz and Mike Margulus in Grand
Rapids. |
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| grand Teton national park |
| Posted:
September 7 |
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| Today we went over to Grand Teton National Park for some
sunrise photos. |
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| Teton valley sunset |
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Posted:
September 5 |
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| Rick Schuessler and I went out tonight to
catch the sunset here in Teton Valley. |
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| Teton valley, Idaho |
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Posted:
September 4 |
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Today we spent most of the day working on
home improvement projects and watched part
of the first Washington University
volleyball match which they won 3-0.
After those were completed, we drove the
west side of Teton Valley as Rick had not
seen that before. |
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| grand Teton national park |
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Posted:
September 3 |
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| We drove over to Grand Teton National Park
today and hiked the String-Leigh Lake trail
and then hiked to the Old Patriarch Tree. |
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| grand Teton national park |
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September 2 |
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| I had an airport pickup today and I thought
I would drive over early and try to catch
some early morning light. |
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| folks who have visited |
| Posted:
August 23 |
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Over the years I have had many folks visit
me at Casa Budde West... 137 to be exact.
Pictured left are my godson Jim Scharff, his
wife Tiffany and
his kids Emma, Ben and Lily. |
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| sunsets over the years |
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Posted:
August 22 |
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Over the years I have experienced some very
nice sunsets here out West. I have even been
able to capture some in photographs.
The past few weeks we have been having a lot
of smoke from the western forest fires which
makes for some pretty miserable landscape
photography. But there is a "silver" lining:
we have had some nice sunsets here on the
west side of the Tetons that have been
enhanced by the presence of the smoke.
This photo inspired me to dig through
my archives for my best sunset photos to
accompany it in a blog post. |
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| music on main |
| Posted:
August 13 |
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Tonight was the last Music on Main for the
summer.
The music was provided by Niki Blum & The
Gramblers. Good job! |
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| bluegrass festival |
| Posted:
August 9 |
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| This weekend was the 28th Annual Targhee Bluegrass Festival. |
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| cascade canyon |
| Posted:
August 2 |
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| Today my guests, the Alberts family, and I
hiked Cascade Canyon in Grand Teton National
Park. |
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| Yellowstone visit |
| Posted:
July 30 |
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The Alberts family, Dean, Shari, Megan, Alli
and Ian, are making their second visit this
week.
This was daughter Megan's first visit as she
was not able to make the trip six years ago.
Today we visited Yellowstone National Park. |
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| Yellowstone adventure |
| Posted:
July 27 |
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| My guests, Rich, Rosemary and Anna Bryniarski,
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I decided to do Yellowstone today. |
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| Scharff visit |
| Posted:
July 22 |
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Jim, Tiffany, Emma, Ben and Lily Scharff
drove up from their place in Granby, CO to
spend some time with me.
During their visit, we hiked in Cascade
Canyon in Grand Teton National Park, drove
through Yellowstone National Park and spent
some quality time at Casa Budde West.
A good time was had by all. As they drove
away, six folks were observed to have tears
in their eyes. |
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| Targhee fest |
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Posted:
July 19 |
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I attended Targhee Fest this weekend. The
weather was kinda funky but I had a good
time anyway.
The music was great (as usual) and there
were many photo opportunities.
Of special note: on Friday, Taj Mahal was
scheduled to perform the second to last set
of the day. They had to cancel so Warren
Haynes of Government Mule played a solo
acoustic set before the whole of Government
Mule closed out the night. Quite a treat! |
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| music on main |
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Posted:
July 16 |
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Tonight the New Dubliners were the feature
band. They were great and the crowd loved
them.
Pictured left is actress Daniela Ruah from
"NCIS: Los Angeles". |
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| Victor Fourth of July Parade |
| Posted:
July 4 |
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Today was the annual Fourth of July Parade
held in Victor Idaho.
There were a lot of parade participants as
well as spectators. There were marchers,
horses, old cars, local activity groups and
merchants in the parade. The oldest resident
in the valley was also featured and got a
great ovation from the spectators.
It seems everyone had a
good time especially the kids. They
scrambled to pick up candy being thrown by
folks on the floats. |
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| music on main |
| Posted:
July 2 |
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Music on Main had more folks in attendance than
last week. Unfortunately the musical group
didn't "grab" me.
I had a nice conversation with actor Eric
Christian Olsen's dad. Eric will be arriving
in the valley tomorrow but his wife Sara and
young son are on location filming a movie in
which she will play Tom Cruise's wife.
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| music on main |
| Posted:
June 25 |
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This was the first Music on Main concert for
the summer.
The attendance was great. Everyone was having a
good time. The band was great. |
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| raptor fest |
| Posted:
June 21 |
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I attended Raptor Fest in Wilson, WY this
afternoon.
This is an annual event that is held on
Father's Day. The birds are on display along with music,
food and drink. |
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| arches national park |
| Posted:
June 3 |
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I spent three days in Moab, UT.
On May 21 and May 23, I
photographed in Arches National Park.
I had been to Arches some twenty years ago
but that was before I owned a camera. |
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| dead horse point state park |
| Posted:
June 3 |
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I photographed in Dead Horse State Park in the morning
of May 22.
Here is a link to an
article I ran across regarding Dead Horse Point
Start Park. |
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| Canyonlands national park |
| Posted:
June 3 |
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| I photographed in Canyonlands National Park the
afternoon of May 22. |
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| Bryce canyon national park |
| Posted:
June 3 |
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| I photographed in Bryce Canyon National Park on
May 25. |
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| capital reef national park |
| Posted:
June 3 |
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I photographed in Capital Reef National Park on May 24.
I was very impressed with Capital Reef. I
did not expect to be. The drive through it
was a winding drive with each turn
presenting another fantastic view. |
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| Utah highway 128 |
| Posted:
June 3 |
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I photographed along Utah Highway 128 (just
north of Moab) on May 23.
This drive was quite a pleasant surprise.
There was some very nice scenery along the
road. |
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| red canyon |
| Posted:
June 3 |
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I photographed along Red Canyon UT on May
26.
Red Canyon is on Utah Highway 12 on the way
to Bryce Canyon National Park. It is a very
stunning drive that include a short tunnel.
I spent quite a bit of time there working
the various features for nice compositions. |
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| Kolob canyon - Zion national
park |
| Posted:
June 3 |
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| I photographed in the Kolob Canyon section of Zion
National Park on May 27 and May 28. |
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| big lee birthday celebration |
| Posted:
May 9 |
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| The St. Louis Chapter of
BARF, Inc. gathered to celebrate the birthday of one of its
founding members. |
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| st. Louis zoo |
| Posted:
May 5 |
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Went on a Zoo outing today. My good friend,
Lee Phillion, wanted to get together to
discuss photography. She has an old Canon
30D and wants to get a bit more into
photography.
We talked photography in the Living World
building and then went out into the Zoo for
a quick photo tour. |
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| Teddy Scharff 1st Birthday Party |
| Posted:
April 12 |
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Today a party was held to celebrate
the 1st birthday of one Teddy Scharff.
Teddy was wide awake all afternoon and seemed to enjoy
himself immensely. |
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| new harmony Indiana |
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Posted:
March 15 |
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| On the way back from Crestview
Hills, KY we stopped by New Harmony to see the town and
take some photos. |
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| photographing the milky way |
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Posted:
March 15 |
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| I found a link to a very detailed and well
written article on the topic of Photographing the Milky Way. I
hope you benefit from it as much as I have. |
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| Cincinnati, OH |
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Posted:
March 14 |
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| Cincinnati, OH is just across the Ohio River
from Kentucky so we decided to kill some time and take some
photos of Cincinnati as I had never visited before. |
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| A step back in time |
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Posted:
January 17 |
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| Awhile back I had driven through the
neighborhood where we lived until I was nine
years old. The apartment buildings were
blighted but seemed to offer some bit of
character to them. |
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