Waiting for Spring

Here is a bud of a tree but I am not sure what species. It is a bud waiting to open so it can bring its color to a new season of springtime.

Face of an Angel

Here is a concrete planter that has a mold of angelic face on it. I thought it would make a good picture.

Bradford Pear Bud in Ice

Here is the bud of a Bradford Pear tree in ice. I was trying to catch a drop in mid air as it fell from the tip of the icicle but was not patient enough.

Candle Flame

I was at a wedding this weekend so I took some close up candle flame pictures.

Louisville Science Center - Whose DNA? Experiment

I helped with a BioLab at the Louisville Science Center that was teaching some high school students about DNA.

They learned about DNA as the basic building blocks of life and then how to use a pipette. They then loaded polarized dye into wells in a gel pack in this tray. The case was closed up and then 125 V DC was applied for about 15 minutes.



Here is one of the trays powered up and processing two of the four groups samples.



Here are the finished product of the four groups. Each sample was given two columns and there were three samples A, B, and C. A and C are the same and they paths match.

Hodgenville, Kentucky Birthplace of President Lincoln

Here is a picture of the round about in the center of Hodgenville, Kentucky that as several statues of President Lincoln and a museum seen in the right of this photograph.

Hodgenville is about a 60 minute drive south of Louisville, Kentucky and a very nice place to visit.

Happy Birthday President Lincoln!

This is a picture of a statue of President Abraham Lincoln that resides in the town square in Hodgenville, Kentucky. It is important because this is the area where President Lincoln was born 200 years about today.

It was taken on a cold Thanksgiving morning in 2008 with a Canon Powershot Pro1.

Young Lincoln

Here is a statue that is in the town round about in Hodgenville, Kentucky. Hodgenville is the area where President Abraham Lincoln was born and there is a nice park there to commerate that fact.

It was said that he would walk for miles to borrow books to read. I suppose this is what he is holding a book in his hands.

Rhododendron

A picture from May 2007 of a rhododendron flower. According to the Internet, the name is a combination of two Greek words: rhodos meaning "rose" and dendron meaning "tree".

Another Rhododendron Picture

Another picture from May 2008 of a flowering rhododendron.

Spring is just around the corner!

Escaping Winter with this Rhododendron

All the snow, cold temperatures, and ice have me going back in the digital album to May 2008. Here is a flowering rhododendron that I hope does not freeze to death this winter!

Wild Grape Vine Tendril in Ice

Seed Pod In Ice

Winter Storm Produces Oxymoron

Icicle Storm

The storm that has descended on Louisville has brought snow and now ice. It appears to be melting but more snow appears on the way.

Ice Coating a Peach Limb

This peach tree limb tip is encased in ice after a storm has passed through Louisville.

Dehydrated Plastic Medallion

Here is a special type of plastic that can be dehydrated. When the water is extracted it contracts into a smaller shape. In this case, this drawing of a dinosaur contracted into a smaller shape that can be used as a medallion. It is a pretty neat process and people can buy a product like this in the store called Shrinky Dinks.

Sundog

A sundog that showed up in Carroll County, Kentucky.

Conularia

Here is an ancient sea creature I am trying to draw. It is called a Conularia and existed in the Mississippian Period. It is not known what it actually looked like some thought it might be some sort of jellyfish that floated around. Specimens have been found where the tip or apex had a stem on it. So it might have been like a crinoid with tentacles.

Check out this link at Harvard for more information about this creature.

The Louisville Fossils site also has an entry.




These creatures can might also be referred to as Paraconularia. You can find some more images of the Conularia on the KYANA Geological Society website:

http://www.kyanageo.org/Fossils/mississippian/other/Conularid_Coral_Ridge1.jpg

http://www.kyanageo.org/Fossils/mississippian/other/Conularid_in_nodule_Coral_Ridge.jpg

http://www.kyanageo.org/Fossils/mississippian/Corals/conularia.jpg

This link shows a nice specimen from Missouri.

Fossilized Fern

Here is an image of an ancient fern. I am not sure if it is stored in coal or shale.

Flexicalymene Trilobite

Here is an Ordovician trilobite I found on a KYANA Geological Society field trip (www.kyanageo.org). My cousin has recently finished sandblasting it to reveal more detail.

The trilobite was called a Flexicalymene from the Ordovician Period. It is approximately 2 cm in length.

View of Ohio River from Crawford County, Indiana

Here is a view of the Ohio River from a bluff in Crawford County, Indiana.

Icicles in Crawford County Indiana

Here are some icicles that formed on a sandstone cliff face in Crawford County, Indiana.

Louisville Arena

Here is a picture taken from across the Ohio River showing a section of the Louisville Kentucky skyline. The cranes are building the University of Louisville's new arena that will be practically on the river next to the 2nd Street bridge.

Crossing the Little Blue River - Indiana

Louisville Kentucky Skyline

Here is a cloudy day picture of part of the Louisville skyline.

Small Devonian Horn Coral

Here is a small horn coral probably from the Devonian Period found in Louisville, Kentucky.

Flowers Seen in Ireland

Here are some flowers I saw in Ireland on my last trip there.

UPS Plane Flying Out of Louisville, Kentucky

Here is a UPS plane flying out of Louisville Kentucky off to deliver cargo somewhere to the northeast.

Venus

Here is a picture of a rather bright Venus in the western sky. I tried to get a picture of the cresent moon but it went down.

Tomorrow I will try to get some pictures of the moon, Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury after sunset.

Thistles

Here are some pictures of thistles growing in Cherokee Park in Louisville Kentucky in September of 2008.

Quartz Crystals

Here is some quartz crystals from a geode that was broken open.

Berries on a Dogwood Tree

Here are some berries on a dogwood tree that was growing in Cherokee Park located in Louisville, Kentucky.

Pyrite

Here is a piece of pyrite, I think from Peru. I was testing my light box one day and tried to photograph this specimen but it is not really that clear.

Ducks on the Ohio River

Here are some ducks on the Ohio River taken from the bank in Louisville, Kentucky.

Louisville Slugger Field

I took this picture several nights ago and I thought it looked neat where the baseball seems to be flying off the sign.

Space Station Fly Over

Here is a picture taken in southern Indiana near the town of Sellersburg last Friday. It is the International Space Station flying overhead from southwest to northwest. The picture was taken with a Canon Powershot Pro1 using a 15 second exposure. It is the thin golden streak in the bottom left of the picture.

John F. Kennedy Bridge

Here is the John F. Kennedy bridge connecting Jeffersonville, Indiana to Louisville, Kentucky and spanning the Ohio River.

Sparkles

Using a 10 second exposure on the camera I took a nail and a Dremel tool with a sharpening stone and started sharpening. It was in a dark garage and you can see at the end of bright lines a orange-brown object which is the filing bit cooling off. The yellowish streak is the spark trail from the filing flying away from the sharping wheel.

Shamrocks

Last time I was in Ireland, I got a chance to see genuine Irish shamrocks along a park path.

I found this picture this weekend looking for photos to put in a photo contest.

Moon

Here is a moon picture that my cousin took recently.

Lichens Growing on Persimmon Tree

Here are some lichens growing on the bark of a persimmon tree that grows in the Purdue University research complex in New Albany, Indiana.

Persimmons Growing at Purdue University

Here are some persimmons growing at the Purdue University research complex in New Albany, Indiana. This tree used to be on the farm owned by the Shine family.

Purple Flowers Growing at Purdue

Here are some purple flowers growing at the Purdue University Research complex in New Albany, Indiana.

Butterfly on Purple Flowers

Here is a picture of a butterfly on purple flowers. It was taken on the Purdue Research campus in New Albany, Indiana.

Sunset at 2nd Street Bridge - Louisville, KY, USA