Avocets

Swimming spots have become slim pickens around here due to high water and fractured swimming pools, so I took the boys to Daly Lake today for a dip. It was surreal there today with the absence of wind, barely a hint blew my hair. But the Avocets...a peculiar looking bird standing 18 inches tall with a long, thin bill. I didn't realize their big wingspan until they took flight.

Bridges Through The Sky

He came to visiting us, without care of
religion, nationality, language, cultural deference.
He put the risks of the territory behind his trustful steps, he decide to travel and landing for the first time is his life in the land of tears and Pain. Challenging the hate and dark soul of terrorists by his pure love.
He came to draw a smile, to support Iraqi people even for a little while. To telling us: "Here I am, ready to stand against thousands of
kilometers between us, ready to built bridges of humanity,love and
cooperation, ready to support you, how ever you be, Arab or
Kurd, black or white,I don't care". Said Mike Simmons, The President of Astronomers Without Borders Organization in California.
Mike visited us in October.2006, but now I am really happy and honor to sharing you what Mike has done with us after he bring 100 Kilograms of astronomical equipments from California to Northern Iraq. Most of these equipments were presented directly from Orange County Astronomers to my astronomical association as donations.
These photos taken by him and by his camera during his trip to my country, especially those over mount Korek which holding the damaged former Iraqi National Astronomical Observatory.
Please my friends, give me a chance to presenting my speciall thanks to Mike Simmons on this wonderful Society, and my regards to all my faithful American friends.

FACES IN THE TREES

Ride to a Wind Farm

As per Lane's recent post, I'm posting a pic of my motorcycle. I recently cruised up north on the Duc and found the wind farm that is portrayed in the header of this blog.

OINK

clouds and wires

We've been having some Interesting clouds blow through the valley this late spring / early summer, I caught this one at sunset and was amazed by the bubbling marshmallow textures right above me. I liked the silhouette of the huge electrical pole and wires.

Brutus Dip

I was driving over the pass last weekend and took the frontage road to skip the construction traffic, and decided to stop at the Montana Grizzly Encounter facility. I was glad I did. Tthe bears were loving the nice weather we had last weekend, and caught a couple snaps of Brutus in the pool.

हर्ली's

Post your bikes...

Beside astronomy, I am always waiting for hunting some scenes of most beautiful guests of the sky, absolutely there is too much for camera's shutter to take, between the sunrise and moonrise, all of them are presenting a wonderful opera I called ( The Universal Symphony).Enjoy with them True Colors.

Random

Rainy Start to Summer

Flowers for Regret

I haven't posted on this site for months, so here's a nice flower photo for my posting regrets. After looking at the voting results for changing the website over to Wordpress, I'm looking forward to seeing this site in Wordpress format. Word...press!

Osprey

WOW!!!

I've already published these images to my personal blog- but thought I would share them with all of you on here. Amazing lightning from my front door. I love spring.