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Posted on April 21, 2011
Here are a few shots I took while playing with a new lens I recently got.
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Posted on May 28, 2010
Today was graduation day for one of my granddaughters – graduation from preschool! She’ll be off to the exciting adventure of kindergarten this fall. She’s been wanting to to “big school” for three years. When her older sister started kindergarten three years ago, this one sat down in a desk and said, “I stay school!’ She almost cried when she found out she couldn’t stay.
They were all so cute! My granddaugther spied me taking photos and started trying to look over the heads of the other students so I could see her. At one point I changed locations. After looking to the place I had been standing several times, she started slowly going around the room. Her eyes lit up and she started waving when she found me . When she got her diploma she turned around and gave me a quick smile for the camera. They grow up too fast!
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Posted on May 15, 2010
When the water receded the cleanup began. This isn’t the dump….it’s some of the debris from one house that was flooded two weeks ago in the worst flood in Nashville’s recorded history. 13 inches of rain fell in two days causing the area rivers to rise as much as 13 feet above flood stage. This is the sight on many streets and some entire neighborhoods around Nashville. Several houses on one side of this street were flooded. All are in the process of cleaning up, making repairs, and getting on with life. From the road, you can see construction dumpsters filled to overflowing behind these houses. On the roadside, awaiting pickup by the garbage trucks, are the remnants of people’s lives.
I’m proud to live in the Nashville area. People here pull together and get things done, even when faced with disaster. Neighbors helping neighbors, doing whatever it takes. That’s the way we do it here.
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Posted on May 12, 2010
I spied this robin while I was out at lunch today. It was looking for lunch too, pecking in the ground looking for worms.
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Posted on May 4, 2010
I kept it simple tonight. I was up way too late working on photos last night. I grilled tonight and had fresh corn on the cob. When I was removing the husk from the corn I realized I didn’t have my photo for the day. So today is a macro shot of corn. I love fresh vegetables!
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Posted on May 3, 2010
As most of you know by now, Nashville had record breaking rain this weekend and is now suffering the worst flood in recorded history of the city. The Cumberland River has crested at just under 52 feet. Flood stage is 40 feet. I live close to Stones River and the J. Percy Priest Dam. I went there and took photos after work. I’ve never seen it so high. I took some photos around the dam back in January, so I pulled some of those to post for comparison. Thankfully my house is on a hill and is undamanged. Lots of people aren’t as fortunate. The big scare now is fresh water. One of our two water treatment plants is flooded and inoperable, so everyond has been asked to conserve water. Glad I have plenty of bottled water! Now for the photos…..
Nashville Shores Water Park in January
Nashville Shores Water Park underwater May 3, 2010
Lake side of the dam in January. There are benches and walkways.
The benches and walkways are underwater. This was made from the parking lot. There is a long stairway down to the area with the benches. About half of it is underwater.
Not a great photo, but notice the access walkway with the railing on the right near the top. I would estimate it is at least 15 feet to the water.
From the I-40 bridge you can see the water is almost up to the access walkway. It's the white strip right at the water under the Corp of Engineers sign.
This tree is in the area where the benches and walkways are. The lake is usually about 30 feet past this tree.
Same tree under water.
This is what the lower (river) side of the dam usually looks like.
Right now the entire parking lot and the bank are under water.
Both lower sides usually look like the previous photo of the bank with all the rocks. This is what it looked like today.
The I-40 bridge over the Stones River from the top of J. Percy Priest dam. The river is usually between the columns on the bridge.
Another shot of the lake side of the dam. The Corp of Engineers has scheduled a controled release of water tonight. If none is released, the water will go over the top during the night. If too much water is released too quickly, it will make the flooding in downtown Nashville even worse because Stones River feeds into the Cumberland.
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