Where have I been?

It has been too long since I have posted, however I do have an explanation. The events of early 2011 were repeated starting in August 2011. Another trip to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester this time lasting nearly 3 1/2 weeks they did figure things out and today (March 4th, 2012) I am well on the mend. I just saw a Mayo Dr. (Scottsdale) and she told me that my numbers were headed in the right direction, She also stated that I looked healthy for once.

2012 promises to be a much better year for my health and photography. And yes that is me behind the camera.

Where have I been?

Well I am finally getting back to near normal. The first couple of months of 2011 were spent being very sick and in multiple Doctors offices trying to figure out what was wrong. Eventually I had to visit the Mayo Clinic to find out what was wrong with me, although we may never know what caused it. Long story short my recovery period is a long road but I am feeling better each day and am itching to start photographing again. The creative juices had to take a back seat for about three months and are starting rise to the surface once again I am looking forward to creating new images again so stay tuned.

About the photograph with this post, several years ago while living on the big island of Hawaii some friends were visiting from the mainland. The four of us were down in Wapio Valley when our wives found this old boot and pointed it out. I feel like the last three months I have been like this old boot......covered in moss! Well it is time to shed the moss and be more like a rolling stone.

Website Revamp!

I’m in the process of giving my website an overhaul, I hope to have it finished by the end of the month, I will let everyone know when it is ready.

Recently we were in Lee Vining California, which is on Mono Lake just east of Yosemite National Park and came across this interesting product. ORGANIC WOOD! I did not know there was such a thing as non-organic wood. Who ever thought this one up must be laughing at the gullible consumers thinking they are buying something special.....Come on people think about it.

Thanks to my brother Cole Hawkins for getting the photo. We saw it as we were leaving town.

Smooth one Duluth

So my wife, daughter and nine year old grandson were among the hordes of humanity down in canal park for the tall ships parade of sail yesterday.

After it was over my grandson wanted to buy a souvenir of the event. So they searched Canal Park and found that the only place to buy such a souvenir was in the Festival grounds. Ok but you had to pay to get in to the festival grounds area, NICE! Way to go Duluth make people pay for the privilege to shop for souvenirs. I think there is something seriously wrong with this. In my travels throughout my lifetime I have never heard of any thing so stupid.

Busy Week New images to follow

Well This promises to be a very busy and interesting week here in Northeastern Minnesota.

With in a couple of days we have 9 Tall ships coming in to Duluth for several days. On Saturday Split Rock Lighthouse is Celebrating it’s 100 birthday. So as you might imagine I will be running wide open later in the week. Some time in August I will be getting the images from this week up one the web site. I will post a blog about the images and send out an e-mail as well. take care.

Shake rattle and roll Easter In Yuma Az.

It was Easter afternoon and we had a small group of friends over and I had just taken the meat off the BBQ and was carving it up when the ground started to rock and roll, It lasted for what seemed to be several minutes. Cars were Rocking our motor home was rocking even park models were moving. It shook us all pretty good and one of our friends complained of being sea sick. When it was over those of us that had been standing felt like we had just gotten of a boat and had sea legs real bad.

We all will be on our way to different states and Canada soon and for some including my wife not soon enough. The epicenter was about 63 miles from us.

Well hope you all had a less exciting Easter than we did here in Yuma.