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I’ve been wanting to photograph some Pow-Wow activity for some time, so when Bucky told me that a group of Delaware were going to present a program at Wilson Elementary School in Bartlesville I jumped on it. I’d still like to get to a more formal gathering but this was very enjoyable. I especially liked the small ones who are just learning the traditions. Clicking an image will show a larger version.

In the days before the Civil War, brick forts were America’s main defense against overseas enemies. In one two-day battle during the Civil War, new technology proved its superiority to brick forts. The Union army used rifled cannons to compel a surrender by Confederates inside Fort Pulaski. No one ever built a brick fort again after the battle. Fort Pulaski was built to defend the harbor of Savannah, Georgia. The brick walls still show the scars of the Union Forces cannonballs.

The brickwork construction shows the incredible craftsmanship of these mid 1800′s builders.

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The oak  lined one and a half mile entrance Lane to the former Wormsloe Plantation near Savannah, Georgia is a much photographed scene. Constructed around 1890, it is truly a thing of beauty. It is currently operated as a State park by a group of photo Nazis (ask me). Here are a couple of HDR attempts (My first). Click to enlarge.

Have not posted here in a while. Too much effort being spent trying to come up with shots for the Picture-A-Day site. Here’s a link:

Phrank’s Picture-A-Day

Here’s a shot of some skittish Ducks that would not let me get close.

Not a lot going on with all the ice and snow moving in. So, grandson and I went for a tour of the county to see what’s happening…Click an image to enlarge.

Every morning (usually between 7:00 and 8:00) a group of four Deer, sometimes eight, crosses our back yard. They are going from their nighttime field to the woods across the street behind the Baptist church. I have wanted to get some good photos of this migration but despite sitting in the freezing cold for long periods, I’ve been thwarted. Today they waited a little too long and by the time they made a try, the church traffic scared them back to the field. I took some shots then but the fog made them unusable.  It was after 2:00 PM that they finally got brave enough to try again, and I was able to get in a couple of quick shots.

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