Picture-A-Week-2015 - Week 40

[c230k]

Pictures taken between Monday September 28 and Sunday October 4.

 

Tom :cool:

[dileep]

 

Monday morning

 

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[Krazy Kruizers]

I don't want to see all that snow -- it is too soon.

[RealNorwegianCruiser]

just a small walk in the area where I live..

 

[TLCOhio]

Our oldest grandson just had his fifth birthday today in Charlottesville. We had a nice web/video chat with him and he is enjoying his waterproof/digital camera that we got him as his birthday gift. The two grandsons and our son are planning a Columbus visiting later this month during when my birthday happens here.

 

Yesterday was a birding/travel show in Columbus that involved time with the publisher of Bird Watcher's Digest that is based nearby in SE Ohio. See one picture below in connection with this program and the various experts they had attending, doing presentations, etc.

 

Then this afternoon, we took our two dogs for a walk at a nearby Metro Park. It was a beautiful, perfect weather day!! Tomorrow should be about the same. See some photo examples of fall in Ohio below. This day turned out as sunny, low 70's temperatures, etc.

 

THANKS! Enjoy! Terry in Ohio

 

From our Jan. 25-Feb. 20, 2015, Amazon River-Caribbean combo sailing over 26 days that started in Barbados, here is the link below to that live/blog. Lots of great visuals from this amazing Brazil river and these various Caribbean Islands (Dutch ABC's, St. Barts, Dominica, Grenada, etc.) that we experienced. Check it out at:

http://www.boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2157696

Now at 29,405 views for these postings.

 

 

At a birding/travel show in Columbus sponsored by the nationally-respected Bird Watcher's Digest, here was a visitor talking with a travel/tour operator from these dramatic, southern parts of Chile and Argentina. You can see on the table, the map of that areas where they operate such nature tours. Lots of high-end optics were on display at this program. Birding experts like those kinds of "tools".:

 

 

 

Here are our two Labs, Roxie and Rudy, enjoying their walk in the Metro Park and getting a sampling of "fresh smells" that they both love so much. Roxie is the Black Lab, female age twelve with that white markings coming on strong as she ages. Rudy is the Yellow Lab, male, age nine.:

 

 

 

Here are some samplings as nature changes to fall as seen from walking around this park in Central Ohio. Grasses and leafs are starting to turn. There is some illuminated Goldenrod shown and another wild plant turning as the fall season approaches fast.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TLCOhio]

From going to a local, family-operated pizza operation that has won many top Central Ohio awards and high ratings over the years, I took a couple of pictures. It's Rotolo's Pizza! Is it really family fun? Below are two picture evidence examples.

 

Luigi and Mafalda Rotolo both immigrated to Columbus from Cerrito, Italy, a small village near Naples, the birthplace of pizza. Mama Rotolo, who came here in 1955, is still there working at their business. Her son, Dominic, now age 50, runs the daily operations. Her husband passed away 19 years ago. Both mother and son are pictured below with our pizza that I picked up and that we enjoyed tonight. Plus, good news, we will have some left-overs for lunch later this week. More on their history, food, etc., at: http://www.rotolospizza.com

 

THANKS! Enjoy! Terry in Ohio

 

Enjoyed a 14-day, Jan. 20-Feb. 3, 2014, Sydney to Auckland adventure, getting a big sampling for the wonders of "down under” before and after this cruise. Go to:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1974139

for more info and many pictures of these amazing sights in this great part of the world. Now at 122,417 views for this posting.

 

 

Here is Mama Rotolo and her son, Dominic, presenting our pizza this evening. It's pepperoni with extra cheese, plus half sausage and half mushroom. Very good!!:

 

 

 

[zackiedawg]

Back to the wetlands for me, after my Disney World photos in the last few threads...

 

Our pink beauty queen here in Florida - a bird many think should be the state bird rather than the ubiquitous mockingbird...this is the roseated spoonbill, up close and personal:

 

Red-winged blackbird, posing on an orange-leafed stalk in front of the green wetlands background:

 

Red-shouldered hawk, hiding in the dappled shadow and sunlight of the pine forest, hoping small birds won't notice him and come into the canopy where he can grab them for lunch:

[TLCOhio]

Back to the wetlands for me, after my Disney World photos in the last few threads...Our pink beauty queen here in Florida - a bird many think should be the state bird rather than the ubiquitous mockingbird...this is the roseated spoonbill, up close and personal

 

Appreciate the wonderful and fun bird visuals you have shared. In Ohio, we do not have all of those super interesting birds.

 

THANKS! Enjoy! Terry in Ohio

 

For details and visuals, etc., from our July 1-16, 2010, Norway Coast/Fjords/Arctic Circle cruise experience from Copenhagen on the Silver Cloud, check out this posting. This posting is now at 186,967 views.

http://www.boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1227923

[Krazy Kruizers]

Great bird pictures.

We don't have great birds like that here in southwestern PA.

[MarTex]

Great bird pictures.

We don't have great birds like that here in southwestern PA.

 

You have the Penguins, don't you?

[Krazy Kruizers]

Yes -- we have the Penguins -- just hope they win tonight.

[pierces]

This lighthouse at Peggy's Cove is the most photographed one in the world. After some thought, I came up with a way to peel away the ordinary.

 

Peggy's Cove

 

Dave

[mnbruce]

 

Monday morning

 

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Beautiful photos!

[mnbruce]

This lighthouse at Peggy's Cove is the most photographed one in the world. After some thought, I came up with a way to peel away the ordinary.

 

Peggy's Cove

 

Dave

 

Very nice!

[kenevenpar]

just a small walk in the area where I live..

 

 

Where in Norway?