All Hallow's Eve

He's Coming...


The Graveyard






I Know She's There...

Tim's Rainbow

My niece (aka The Red-Eyed Pig) sent me a photo taken by her husband.

With their permission I am posting it here. It is a VERY unusual picture - I know I don't have anything like it nor have I seen anything close anywhere else.

Tim went out to take pictures of the rainbow, and just as he snapped, a bolt of lightning came out of the clouds...

 
Photographer: Tim Douglas
Location: Story, Arkansas 

Andersonburg (aka Painting 3...)

This is another excellent painting based on one of my photographs, as done by Karen "Buble" on DeviantArt.com.

The story behind the original image is that my son and I went camping one weekend in August, and as we were driving through rural western Perry County, Pennsylvania, I did a double-take, and turned around and went back and took this photo.

It inspires me to write something about it, but I haven't yet found the time or the words to do so. But I loved the colors and the potential behind this jewel of a building. There are so many details here - at some point this place was someone's dream.... And now, it's all grown up and seemingly abandoned. Much like the Whistle Stop Cafe in a certain movie set in the south....



When Karen stumbled upon my DeviantArt gallery she commented that she'd like to paint something that I have taken a picture of. I gave her free reign to paint anything that inspires her. So far, she's done a couple of pretty good photomanipulations... But where she really shines is with the paintbrush.

Here's her latest work influenced by my photography! Enjoy.

A big thank you to Karen at http://buble.deviantart.com

Sycamore

A couple of weeks ago, another DeviantArt member stumbled across my gallery there and commented that she'd like to paint something of mine. I was flattered, and suggested that perhaps she might paint "Heaven's Light". The results of that conversation were highlighted in the journal entry referenced at the bottom of this one. She did an awesome job of translating "Heaven's Light" into a painting.

But today, Karen "Buble" posted another of my photos as a painting. My original photo was okay, but this painting is MUCH better than the photo, and I think you'll agree!!!



Here is Karen's rendition. Check it out. A big thank you to Karen at http://buble.deviantart.com



The other painting, referenced above, may be viewed here: http://arkansawyer.blogspot.com/2006/09/heavens-light.html

Millersburg Ferry

The Millersburg Ferry has been in operation since the early 1800's.

The ferryboat featured in this picture was, I think, "reconstructed" in 1998, and is christened "Roaring Bull V". Information derived from the following site: http://www.millersburg.com/attractions/ferry.html

A few months ago, I happened to catch the ferry coming in at the end of a day of runs:



I took this shot, and framed it with text, and I do like this shot, but I was wanting to come back for more. A couple weeks ago I went back on a Saturday and happened to catch it while loading up and departing. Following is that series of photos, along with some of the comments I received on each on my dA site:







"I'd be so afraid that thing would sink!"

"It looks like a floating barn."

"It really doesn't look strong enough to take all that."

"It's pretty cool to see a little thing like that hold up two cars and people.... I wanna ride in one of those one of these days..." (my note... there were actually 3 cars on it, along with bicycles and pedestrians).

"They are very brave people to cycle onto that!"

"The thing looks like it is sinking!"

"IT IS SINKING....didn't anyone notice?"

"That looks like a nice ride."

"I'm not too sure i'd want to put my vehicle or myself on that!"

"This picture somehow reminds me of Tom Sawyer.
It is good to see something that reminds me of my childhood."

New Day

The first photo, here, was taken from my front yard... The second was taken just a little ways down the road, on the same morning.