http://thephotogallery.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by The Photo Gallery en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:41:13 GMT 2010-01-06T14:41:13Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976473&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace I've return ed to the Midwest and single digit temperatures after ten days visiting my mother and family in my childhood home of Tucson, Arizona.  Ten days with high temperatures between 60 and 68 . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:25:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976473&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace James B. 2010-01-05T00:25:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975386&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace On the day before New Year's, I along with my good friend Nicki went into Boston to attend the day long celebration "First Night".  Taking the subway in from Chestnut Hill, our first stop was Copley . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:00:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975386&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace elizabeth e. 2010-01-04T18:00:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974653&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Frederick Childe Hassam (1859-1935) was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, now part of Boston and was the leader of American Impressionism.  You probably have seen some of his works because he . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:59:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974653&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace elizabeth e. 2010-01-04T00:59:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971922&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace And I am only 635 points away from it, here I go wish me luck! Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:42:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971922&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Jeana Hamilton 2010-01-02T00:42:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971394&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Is it no surprise that the City of Boston originated the First Night concept ~ an alcohol-free New Year's Eve celebration for the whole city.  First Night is an outdoor artistic and cultural celebration, . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:29:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971394&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace elizabeth e. 2010-01-01T18:29:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970849&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace I know myself. I won't do all of these. But having the list may inspire me to take more, and more creative photographs. Thanks to everyone who made suggestions! . A pair of... A long . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:47:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970849&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Erika S. 2009-12-31T23:47:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970585&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Fortunately, this was not the snowfall that occurred the weekend before Christmas that kept people snowed in their houses for days.  In Wading River it looks like only a few inches fell and I . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:57:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970585&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Christopher B. 2009-12-31T19:57:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968847&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace This morning I'm listening to a bit of James Taylor as the New Year slowly approaches and I'm thinking he really had it right when he wrote the song "Shower the People with Love".  So from . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:23:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968847&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace elizabeth e. 2009-12-31T13:23:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964162&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Robert and I got a really special treat today. We took a quad ride all by ourselves today since our friends had other commitments. As we were driving down Pyeatte Draw Road, near Payson, Arizona, I noticed . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:58:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964162&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Toni V. 2009-12-27T05:58:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964089&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace The pre-Christmas snow was fun to photograph, but even better to apply interesting effects to.  There is an effect on Dumpr called “ Alien Vision .”  I managed . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:58:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964089&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Christopher B. 2009-12-27T03:58:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962982&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Missing: One Snowman, Last Seen: Yesterday   He looked just like the above last time I saw him! > >   Today, vanished!   How much snow did we get?? . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:55:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962982&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-25T21:55:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962174&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace My 2010 calendar is now available for purchase.  All the photographs in this calendar were done by me.  Many of you have told me that I needed to publish a calendar.  I listened and it . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:21:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962174&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Trudy P. 2009-12-24T22:21:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961192&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace   To all my Gather friends, and "Weather or Not?" group members, I hope you all have a very happy and blessed Christmas and Holiday Season! May it be filled with fun, family, food and . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:47:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961192&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-24T13:47:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960276&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace I love red barns, but this one is especially pretty all decked out for Christmas. I hope you enjoy! Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:43:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960276&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Forest Wander 2009-12-23T13:43:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959115&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace brrrrr! This scene makes me shiver. I'll bet this water tastes fantastic though! Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:37:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959115&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Forest Wander 2009-12-22T19:37:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958911&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace This is one of my favorite recent photos of the Grist mill at Babcock State Park in WV during the snow storm in December 2009. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:01:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958911&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Forest Wander 2009-12-22T19:01:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958489&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Translation:  "I love snow but I detest shoveling snow." Of course I could always follow the advice found in The Jewish Guide to Shoveling Snow where famous rabbis and Jewish politicians are quoted . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:49:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958489&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace elizabeth e. 2009-12-22T13:49:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958511&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace This was taken in the Winter snow storm in December 2009.   Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:02:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958511&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Forest Wander 2009-12-22T13:02:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977948004&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace "There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of the birds... There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:00:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977948004&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace elizabeth e. 2009-12-21T11:00:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956027&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Unlike in years past , this morning I braved the weather to attend the winter solstice ceremony at Wood Hinge . Technically the solstice is tomorrow, but the park service likes to have it on the . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:16:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956027&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace The Militant Moderate 2009-12-20T23:16:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955633&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace In the early morning light Looking out my window World was clothed in virgin white While shovel red laid silent.   No need to don long underwear No need to get in snow gear No need . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:50:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955633&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace elizabeth e. 2009-12-20T17:50:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955783&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace   I recently attended my church's (St. Marks Lutheran, Sioux Falls) annual St. Lucia Festival.  This is a ceremony where a girl is elected to portray Lucia. Wearing a white gown with a crown . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:20:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955783&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-20T19:20:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955679&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace There's a whole new photoessay on my blogsite here :  http://printaphilic.wordpress.com/ Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:48:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955679&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Bill Mutch 2009-12-20T16:48:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945071&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Leaving Pinjarra, we threaded our way through beautiful grassy meadows and karri forests as we headed up the Darling Range escarpment.  Over the next 24 km I begged Magi to stop every few minutes . . . Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:03:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945071&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace elizabeth e. 2009-12-13T22:03:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944339&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace One morning, Mag and I arose early and headed south fifty miles to the area where Magi lived when he first arrived as an immigrant with his Dutch family in the early 50's.  I had read his story, . . . Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:36:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944339&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace elizabeth e. 2009-12-13T15:36:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977941335&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Coral Reef Night Dive: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Cable Beach, 2003   These photos were taken on a night dive off Cable Beach at the US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba during a full . . . Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:08:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977941335&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace David Evans 2009-12-11T01:08:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939297&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace DO NOT FEED IGUANAS. Words of Wisdom Written on the Walls NAVSTA GTMO (Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba)       . . . Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:27:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939297&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace David Evans 2009-12-09T20:27:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937955&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Last Thursday I was really excited when I went to the Post Office and found I had a box from Lulu.com.  The two copies of Roy Hilbinger's On a Cold Winter's Night - Images of Yule would make wonderful . . . Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:05:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937955&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace elizabeth e. 2009-12-09T03:05:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937987&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace How do you decorate your tree? I get matching ornaments this year purple and green, and put them on "perfectly". Well I let the boys decorate it first but after they go to bed i make it how I want it, . . . Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:44:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937987&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Jeana Hamilton 2009-12-09T01:44:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977933045&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace Waking up this morning I looked outside...we had a dusting of our first snow overnight.  The kitties were outside the door whining to come in....how dare I go to bed last night without letting them . . . Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:39:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977933045&grpId=3659174697241804&nav=Groupspace elizabeth e. 2009-12-07T11:39:10Z