Olde Towne Photos

• Holidays in Olde Towne ( Portsmouth VA )

  I wanted to spotlight one of my favorite landmarks and post some of the upcoming events for the Holidays in Portsmouth, but it looks like my friend David Cartier beat me to it. He has done all the legwork and he and his wife, Betsy have composed a newsletter that [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:49pm EST
  

• Veterans' Day

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 10:46pm EST
  

• Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race - Results

  
  The results are in ! Although the Pride of Baltimore II crossed the finish line first, a handicap advantage awarded Lady Maryland with the 1st Place honors. [www.schoonerrace.org] [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 7:37pm EDT
  

• Aboard the Schooner Virginia

  * update 0700 16 Oct 2009 - The schooners are arriving in Portsmouth for this three day event. More photos later and on my Flickr Photostream .
  
  
  Aboard Schooner Virginia
  Photographer Steve Earley and reporter Aaron Applegate join the crew of the [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 1:50pm EDT
  

• Happy Birthday USN - Pirates Beware

  [clyde-boats.blogspot.com]
  
  USS Freedom ( LSC-1 ) to deploy early. Click on link for story and news release. [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 10:30pm EDT
  

• 2009 Schooner Days in Portsmouth

  
  Click on title above to sail over to my other blog for more details.
  or go to the Website for updated news and schedule of events > [www.schoonerdays.com] Schooner Days coincides with the arrival of the Schooners in the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race. [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2009, 3:32pm EDT
  

• Remembering September 11, 2001

  [www.nasa.gov]Visible from space, a smoke plume rises from Manhattan after two planes crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center. This photo was taken of metropolitan New York City the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, from aboard the International Space Station. "Our prayers" [...]
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  Posted: September 11, 2009, 10:30am EDT
  

• The Great Chesapeake Schooner Race

  
  Click on title line to go to other blog for list of participating vessels in the GCBSR 2009. Or here >
  [clyde-boats.blogspot.com] [...]
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  Posted: September 11, 2009, 1:48am EDT
  

• Railroad Museum of Virginia Updates

  Click HERE to go to updates and photos of the move of the engines in Roanoke. [...]
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  Posted: September 04, 2009, 12:53am EDT
  

• 39th Annual Seawall Art Show

  
  
  
  
  
  
  August 29 - 30
  
  The possibilities are endless - and so is the fun!
  The 2009 show features work by more than 90 artists working in media such as oils, pastels, [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2009, 9:38am EDT
  

• Hurricane Preparedness

  
  Above image - Hurricane BILL ~ Updated > 8/20/2009 ~ from NASA Project G.O.E.S.
  
  Click on Title at top for latest image. * note: It's HUGE.
  
  Check out these sites for more information' [...]
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  Posted: August 16, 2009, 8:05am EDT
  

• Hampton Roads e-Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 8

  Enclosure: [download]

  
  
  Hampton Roads e-Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 8
  
  Hampton Roads e-Newsletter is now available. Great source of information and good reading. Get to know your neighborhood. I'll bet you can't read the whole thing.
  
  [smartregion.org]
  
  " ...the answer to" [...]
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  Posted: August 15, 2009, 11:28am EDT
  

• Busy Weekend

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I've been so busy running, shooting and editing that I'm behind in my blogging and sharing. Most of the [...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2009, 7:18am EDT
  

• Don't Forget ~ National Night Out ~ tonight

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: August 04, 2009, 6:44am EDT
  

• Railroad Museum of Virginia.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: July 29, 2009, 12:29am EDT
  

• New Historical Marker

  
  Historical Marker Erected to Commemorate the Battle of Craney Island
  More photos here: [www.flickr.com]
  Picture added to Historical Markers Databse > [www.hmdb.org]
  
  See previous post for more details > [oldetownephotos.blogspot.com] [...]
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  Posted: July 24, 2009, 3:32am EDT
  

• Parade of Sail

  
  Finally, after ten thousand interruptions and Fibromyalgia inconveniences, I have posted the photos I made during the Parade of Sail / Harborfest '09 in my Flickr Photostream / Events / Sets / Parade of Sail. I shot all the images in the RAW format, thinking' [...]
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  Posted: July 12, 2009, 8:45am EDT
  

• Happy Independence Day

  
  Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 menwho signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; [...]
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  Posted: July 04, 2009, 1:57pm EDT
  

• Project ChildSafe

  
  Children shooting children makes no sense to me, especially when the Portsmouth Police Department is giving away free gun locks.
  
  Project Childsafe – FREE Firearm Locks
  May 29, 2009 by Officer S. D. White
  Beginning on [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2009, 4:34am EDT
  

• June 20 ~ Battle of Craney Island Commemoration, Fort Norfolk, Norfolk, Va.

  
  
  
  [www.dhr.virginia.gov]
  [www.norfolkhistorical.org][www.norfolkhistorical.org] [www.nao.usace.army.mil]
  
  
  HM Sloop OTTER, Inc.
  [www.hmsotter.org]
  A 501.c.3 Educational Organization
  
  A group of dedicated living-historians, who share a [...]
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  Posted: June 17, 2009, 6:25pm EDT
  

• 11th Annual Phelps Brothers Music Festival

  
  
  
  
  
  11th Annual Phelps Brothers Music Festival
  
  The 11th Annual Phelps Brothers Music Festival will be held Sunday, June 14 from 1-6pm at the beautiful Lakeside Park located at 1441 Bainbridge Blvd in [...]
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  Posted: June 14, 2009, 2:16am EDT
  

• The Race to Cock Island

  
  
  
  
  *Race Results Here > [portsmouthboatclub.org]
  
  The 22nd Annual Race to Cock Island ( and back ) will get underway on Saturday, June 20 at 0900 ( That's 9 AM for you landlubbers' [...]
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  Posted: June 13, 2009, 1:30am EDT
  

• Smart Region.org selected for collaboration with PBS NewsHour

  The Hampton Roads Partnership, in association with WHRO, is joining PBS NewsHour and the Christian Science Monitor's Patchwork Nation project to provide coverage of local economic impact, building a local-national collaboration model that incorporates "citizen journalists," i.e. bloggers.
  
  Click on post title for more information or copy and paste' [...]
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  Posted: June 11, 2009, 4:32am EDT
  

• Anybody Going to Harborfest ?

  
  This will be an open-ended post for new events and suggestions. I have a chance to be in the Parade of Sail, but then I won't be able to get the pictures I want of the parade from the shore. Decisions, decisions. Here is a' [...]
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  Posted: June 09, 2009, 11:16am EDT
  

• 42nd Anniversary of the Attack on the USS Liberty

  Full story in my other blog. Whatever Floats Your Boat [...]
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  Posted: June 08, 2009, 7:38pm EDT
  

• June 6, 1944 - D-Day

  D-Day: The Lost Evidence
  
  On June 6, 1944, Allied aerial photo reconnaissance flew 25 sorties along the Normandy beaches to record hour-by-hour progress of D-Day. Recently rediscovered and included in our 2-hour special, the photographs had only been seen by a handful of people. Now, for the first time [...]
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  Posted: June 06, 2009, 7:12am EDT
  

• National DONUT Day

  
  Did you know...
  National Donut Day is celebrated on the first Friday in June? In 1917, Salvation Army female volunteers known as “lassies” prepared thousands of fresh donuts to the homesick soldiers that served in France during World War I. National Donut Day was officially [...]
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  Posted: June 05, 2009, 11:55am EDT
  

• Happy ...

  
  
  Happy 191st Birthday, Mr. Davis
  
  President of the Confederate States of America
  
  
  
  [www.civilwarhome.com]
  
  [www.jeffersondavis.net]
  
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  Posted: June 03, 2009, 2:17am EDT
  

• Hampton Roads is one Smart Region: It's Officially SmartRegion.org

  
  
  It's Officially SmartRegion.org
  
  Posted: 02 Jun 2009 12:13 PM PDT
  This blog has moved to [smartregion.org].SmartRegion.org is the answer to the call from Hampton Roads’ citizens for one regional focus, one reliable source of information (think “Wikipedia”),' [...]
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  Posted: June 03, 2009, 12:52am EDT
  

• Memorial Day Parade Photos

  
  I have posted some of the ( unedited ) photos from the 125th Memorial Day Parade in Portsmouth VA in my Flickr Photostream. Click on link below. Let me know if there is any problem please.
  
  [www.flickr.com] [...]
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  Posted: June 02, 2009, 5:20am EDT
  

• Chesapeake Bay Police Motorcycle Rodeo

  
  
  Chesapeake Bay Police Motorcycle Rodeo
  
  On Saturday, May 30th beginning at 8:00 am, the Portsmouth Police Department will be hosting the Police Motorcycle Skills Competition at Wal-Mart located at 1094 Frederick Blvd.
  
  There are several other agencies participating from [...]
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  Posted: May 28, 2009, 9:40am EDT
  

• Library of Virginia

  
  New, updated website. Check it out.
  
  Library of Virginia [...]
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  Posted: May 28, 2009, 5:01am EDT
  

• Hurricane Season

  http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=48532
  
  As Hurricane Season Nears, States And Local Governments Ramp Up Preparedness Efforts
  Release Date: May 27, 2009
  Release Number: HQ-09-056
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With the beginning of the 2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season upon us, hurricane prone states across the country are doing their part to help prepare [...]
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  Posted: May 28, 2009, 4:53am EDT
  

• Memorial Day

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: May 20, 2009, 8:01pm EDT
  

• Memorial Day Parade

  
  
  
  
  The nation's oldest annually held parade turns 125 this year! The City of Portsmouth presents the 125th Annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday, beginning at 11 a.m. in downtown Portsmouth.
  
  Annually, the Memorial' [...]
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  Posted: May 19, 2009, 11:47am EDT
  

• Your Source for Everything HR

  
  
  
  
  
  
  About Hampton Roads PartnershipThe Hampton Roads Partnership is a public-private organization that was formed on May 15, 1996. The Partnership represents ten cities, six counties, and one town, equaling nearly 1.6 [...]
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  Posted: May 19, 2009, 4:18am EDT
  

• PPD Gets NIXLE

  
  
  
  
  Portsmouth Police Department offering NIXLE - Safe and secure communications.
  The Portsmouth Police Department is launching a new Community Information Service designed to deliver important and timely information to residents in our area using the latest technology. Residents of [...]
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  Posted: May 14, 2009, 11:28pm EDT
  

• Harborfest 2009

  Reminder: the 33rd Harborfest is gearing up for the weekend of July 3rd > 5th
  
  Norfolk Harborfest® began more than a quarter century ago when the Norwegian Tall Ship Christian Radich came to call on Norfolk, a waterfront community that had no city-owned property on which to dock a [...]
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  Posted: May 09, 2009, 11:46pm EDT
  

• Military Spouse Appreciation Day

  
  101 Ways to Thank a Military Spouse [...]
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  Posted: May 08, 2009, 12:31pm EDT
  

• Great Dismal Swamp Birding Festival

  
  
  
  
  International Migrating Bird Day May 7 - 9, 2009
  
  Great Dismal Swamp Birding Festival
  
  Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge homepage
  
  The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is located in southeastern Virginia [...]
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  Posted: May 08, 2009, 11:42am EDT
  

• Life Explained

  On the first day, God created the dog and said:
  
  'Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in
  or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years.'
  
  The dog said: 'That's a long time [...]
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  Posted: May 07, 2009, 1:50pm EDT
  

• Gosport Arts Festival < click for info

  
  Gosport Arts Festival Event Information
  Festival Hours: 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Saturday / 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Sunday.
  
  Two-day juried art show
  More than 130 Artists
  Show benefits EDMARC Hospice for Children
  38-year-old benefit show donating approximately $400,000 [...]
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  Posted: May 07, 2009, 9:57am EDT
  

• The Portsmouth Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony

  
  The Portsmouth Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony will be Thursday, May 7th at 2:00 p.m. at St. Mark’s Missionary Baptist Church at 2714 Frederick Blvd. It’s an annual event wherein we honor and remember Portsmouth law enforcement officers and employees who have died in the line of [...]
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  Posted: May 06, 2009, 12:21am EDT
  

• The Most Beautiful Spring-Flowering Shrubs

  Click on the Title above for Better Homes & Gardens article with 19 photos and related links.
  
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  Posted: April 29, 2009, 5:08pm EDT
  

• Barquentine 'Peace Maker' visiting

  
  The Flagship of the Twelve Tribes , Barquentine Peacemaker is in port until the 26th. If you are anywhere in the area, take time to visit this unique and beautiful vessel. More information and photos in my Flickr Photostream. Click on the links [...]
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  Posted: April 17, 2009, 5:48pm EDT
  

• Photo Ops This Month

  
  
  
  These are just a few of the upcoming events. Check the calendar for more.
  
  
  Virginia International Tattoo Parade Comes to High Street
  
  The beat of the drums, the call of the trumpets, the [...]
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  Posted: April 16, 2009, 3:48am EDT
  

• PortsEvents News

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  The new Starboards Newsletter is out with boatloads of things that are happnin in Portsmouth. Follow the links to be in [...]
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  Posted: April 15, 2009, 11:15am EDT
  

• And Another One

  
  [clyde-boats.blogspot.com] [...]
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  Posted: April 15, 2009, 3:01am EDT
  

• Navy Rescues Captain, 3 Pirates Killed

  
  Bravo Zulu USN ~ More info here > [clyde-boats.blogspot.com]
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------- [...]
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  Posted: April 12, 2009, 3:07pm EDT
  

• Piracy Updates

  Click HERE to go to my other blog "Whatever Floats Your Boat" for Pirates in Somalia info. [...]
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  Posted: April 09, 2009, 11:44pm EDT
  

• Spirit of Independence - Maiden Charter Cruise

  
  
  Thanks for stopping by. Here are a few images I captured while I was fortunate to be a passenger on the Maiden Charter Voyage of the Schooner Spirit of Independence. We couldn't have asked for better weather and from what I saw, everyone thoroughly' [...]
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  Posted: April 05, 2009, 11:53pm EDT
  

• April Fool Prank ?

  This must be a mistake. If it was real, people would be flocking to Portsmouth. I think somebody needs to replace the batteries in their calculator. It should read per hundred, not per thousand.
  
  
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  Posted: April 01, 2009, 1:23pm EDT
  

• McAfee Fails the Conficker Test

  This seems to be all over the news today, so I'll post a few links.
  
  http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=778&tag=nl.e539
  
  http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-283883.html?tag=nl.e539' [...]
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  Posted: April 01, 2009, 10:48am EDT
  

• Trick (?) Photography

  Experiment in perspective. These were taken with a Canon A-1 film camera 25 years ago (before Photoshop). I posted these photos in my Flickr Photostream and didn't get any response. Can you tell me how I shot these?
  
  In the top set, the house appears to be the' [...]
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  Posted: April 01, 2009, 10:08am EDT
  

• Eagle Update

  Proud Parents
  All three eaglets have hatched and are very active. Always hungry.
  [www.wvec.com]
  
  
  
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  Posted: March 22, 2009, 2:10pm EDT
  

• Beware The Ides Of March !

  from The Life and Death of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
  
  Soothsayer: Caesar!
  CAESAR: Ha! who calls?
  CASCA: Bid every noise be still: peace yet again!
  CAESAR: Who is it in the press that calls on me? I hear a tongue, shriller than all the music, Cry 'Caesar!' Speak; [...]
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  Posted: March 15, 2009, 9:06pm EDT
  

• New Sights on the River

  
  Breaking News
  
  The Spirit of Independence Sailboat Charter Service to start in Portsmouth
  Click here for more information and recent events.
  
  * Added March 13 from the Starboards Newsletter
  Join Starboards "Sail to the Sea" Sunday, April 5, 2009 1:00 p.m.
  To [...]
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  Posted: March 11, 2009, 7:02pm EDT
  

• Meetup Photo Shoot ( SURVOPS ) at the Botanical Garden

  
  
  
  Great weather, good subjects, plenty of places to practice different settings, super companions. Aimelie, Jeff and I headed for the Rose Garden first, hoping to loop back around and regroup with Kelly and the rest of the unit. We [...]
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  Posted: March 09, 2009, 9:46am EDT
  

• M/T Emma Miller - Christening

  
  
  
  Click on the title/link above to go to this photo set on Flickr
  or copy and paste the url below into your browser:
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldetownephotos/sets/72157614291458122
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: February 28, 2009, 4:01am EST
  

• AOL & Bebo

  Why would AOL lay off people, then buy Bebo for $850 million?
  
  AOL to lay off 20 percent of workforce News Blog - CNET News
  
  Bebo Webware100 - CNET
  
  Bebo To AOL for $850 Million CenterNetworks
  
  Bebo - Company Information on Bebo
  [...]
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  Posted: February 28, 2009, 3:23am EST
  

• Founder's Day - Feb 27 & 28

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Greetings,
  Hope you can make it to one of the tours for Founder's Day this Friday and Saturday. If you think you know someone who might also like to attend and' [...]
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  Posted: February 27, 2009, 5:21pm EST
  

• Olde Towne Portsmouth

  Click on the TITLE above for some local stories that have been featured in the Virginian-Pilot [...]
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  Posted: February 25, 2009, 4:09am EST
  

• The NBG Eagle Cam

  
  WVEC-TV, Norfolk Botanical Gardens and VA Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries have partnered to bring you a live streaming view of the Eagles' Nest. Check out this kewl webcam at
  [www.norfolkbotanicalgarden.org]
  
  After laying the first egg of the 2009 season on' [...]
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  Posted: February 22, 2009, 3:22pm EST
  

• New Bloggers' Photo Challenge

  
  
  
  
  - The subject for this week's Bloggers' Community Photo Challenge is WINTER. Click on the link and play along. We haven't had winter in Virginia yet, but there's still hope for some photo ops. [...]
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  Posted: February 20, 2009, 3:24am EST
  

• Bert & Zelda's (click for website)

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Just got this in an email from my friends at:
  BERT & ZELDA'S -- Your place where shopping is fun.
  That's right, we come to you with our Traveling Trio Trunk Show! For over five years, Bert and [...]
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  Posted: February 18, 2009, 2:06pm EST
  

• New Posts in Photostream

  Nothing much to write about, just some new entries in my Photostream [...]
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  Posted: February 17, 2009, 8:25am EST
  

• Flight 3407 last audio communication < click

  Photo of N200WQ*
  
  
  
  
  Time posted: approx 10:17 EST. Click above for a recording between the First Officer aboard Continental Flight 3407 and the Buffalo ATC. Various contacts @ 4 minutes into the tape and 8 min 45 secs. There was no [...]
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  Posted: February 13, 2009, 3:02am EST
  

• Off-Duty Virginia Trooper Saves Girl from Wreck

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  Posted: February 11, 2009, 5:42am EST
  

• '09 Superbowl Ads on HULU

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  Posted: February 07, 2009, 3:06pm EST
  

• Starboards is Perculating !

  
  
  
  
  Six-dark-o'clock / High Street Landing / Portsmouth VA Starboards Coffee Kiosk is up and running. It's so good to be greeted by Betsy's smiling face and a cup of hot coffee to start your day. Flower boxes and' [...]
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  Posted: February 04, 2009, 6:25am EST
  

• Starboards Coffee Kiosk to Reopen

  
  
  
  Finally! Starboards Coffee Kiosk reopens Monday February 2, 2009 after a fire that occured in 2008. Stop by for your favorite Seattle's Best coffee.
  
  [www.facebook.com]
  It will be great to see old friends and get a good cuppa Joe.[...]
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  Posted: January 27, 2009, 8:39pm EST
  

• New Flickr Pix < click

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  Posted: January 25, 2009, 10:56pm EST
  

• Bloggers' Community Photo Challenge

  
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  Posted: January 24, 2009, 10:09am EST
  

• Free Coffee

  I will be at the Olde Towne Bakery & Cafe until 10:00. Stop in for a free treat. Look for the old man wearing a Schooner Virginia cap. This message will self-destruct in 3 hours. [...]
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  Posted: January 24, 2009, 7:35am EST
  

• Inauguration Pics

  Just thought I'd post this link to some awesome images in case you haven't seen enough. These are from Boston.com and worth viewing.
  
  Click on the Title above or here > [www.boston.com] [...]
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  Posted: January 23, 2009, 5:51am EST
  

• New Bloggers' Community Photo Challenge

  
  Click on Post Title Y [...]
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  Posted: January 23, 2009, 12:38am EST
  

• Happy Birthday

  
  Happy Birthday, Robert E. Lee January 19, 1807 [...]
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  Posted: January 20, 2009, 7:31am EST
  

• US AIR 1549 Down in the Hudson

  
  
  
  
  
  note: This post will be deleted soon. Save any links that you want.
  
  Here are some of the first photos taken > [ad.vu]
  
  
  [twitpic.com] - There's a plane in the Hudson. I'm on the ferry [...]
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  Posted: January 15, 2009, 4:02pm EST
  

• No Comment

  [blogs.indystar.com]
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  Posted: January 14, 2009, 2:58am EST
  

• New Photo Community Challenge

  
  The subject for the Community Photo Challenge this week is "Still Life"
  
  Go HERE for details. [...]
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  Posted: January 10, 2009, 9:56am EST
  

• Portrait Tutorials from DPS

  This is way too much to post here, so I'm just going to share the email and links and let you check it out at your leisure. Or you can go to the website and subscribe.
  
  Portraits Special Edition
  
  Learn to Take Portraits like a Pro!
  
  In' [...]
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  Posted: January 09, 2009, 1:03pm EST
  

• Biggest Full Moon of the Year: Take 2

  
  
  
  
  January 8, 2009: When last month's full Moon rose over Florida, onlooker Raquel Stanton of Cocoa Beach realized that something was up.
  "The Moon was stunningly gorgeous--and it looked bigger than usual!" she says. "My whole family noticed and watched in awe."[...]
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  Posted: January 09, 2009, 12:51am EST
  

• From The Boss

  *note: I didn't want this blog to be political, I had another one for that until AOL lost it. But I received this and thought I'd share this different angle. It makes sense.
  
  To All My Valued Employees,
  
  There have been some rumblings around the office about [...]
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  Posted: January 05, 2009, 12:56pm EST
  

• Resolutions ?

  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I thought I'd save a lot of time this year by just using the list of New Year's Resolutions from last year, since most of [...]
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  Posted: December 31, 2008, 3:43pm EST
  

• Christmas Morning

  
  
  
  
  
  
  I woke up Christmas morning and promised myself that I would try to be nice all day and not cuss. That lasted about five minutes. I dropped my favorite coffee cup that I have been using [...]
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  Posted: December 26, 2008, 12:24am EST
  

• Happy Holidays

  Christmas Eve ~ West End United Methodist Church ~ Portsmouth, Virginia
  
  ~ MY CHRISTMAS E-MAIL ~
  
  I have a list of people I know, all logged in my computer,
  And now at Christmas time I have gone to take a look.
  And that [...]
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  Posted: December 25, 2008, 11:42am EST
  

• Christmas Eve

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I noticed a warm glow down the street and I guessed it was [...]
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  Posted: December 24, 2008, 10:25pm EST
  

• Breakfast With Santa Pics

  
  If you're here looking for the Santa's Arrival or the Breakfast with Santa Pics, I am editing them now. You can see the albums here > [www.flickr.com] or click on the Title of this Entry. Prints are available at the Olde Towne Bakery. If [...]
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  Posted: December 21, 2008, 2:23pm EST
  

• Happy Holidays Veterans

  New Christmas Poem
  
  TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HE LIVED ALL ALONE, IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE.
  
  I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE, AND TO SEE JUST WHO IN THIS HOME DID LIVE.
  
  I LOOKED ALL ABOUT, A [...]
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  Posted: December 16, 2008, 5:44am EST
  

• Holidays in the City

  Enclosure: [download]

  
  Here are a few grabshots of this weekend's festivities at the 2008 Portsmouth Holidays in the City. Click on the title at the top to see my Flickr album or >
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  Posted: December 15, 2008, 12:24pm EST
  

• Full Moon

  
  
  
  BIGGEST FULL MOON OF THE YEAR: Tonight's full Moon is the biggest of the year, as much as 14% wider and 30% brighter than lesser Moons earlier in 2008. Click on the Post Title for more info.
  
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  Posted: December 13, 2008, 4:08am EST
  

• Chevra T'helim Synagogue

  
  Since Hanukkah isn't until the 22nd, I am still searching for a picture for the "Festival of Lights" challenge. There are plenty of lights in the area, but I wanted something close to the assigned theme. I shot this image in NEF (RAW) and was [...]
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  Posted: December 12, 2008, 1:40pm EST
  

• Picture This! MeetUp Photo Shoot < click

  
  
  We had a good photo shoot Saturday night along the Seawall on the Portsmouth side of the Elizabeth River. The photo above is one of the first I downloaded. More to follow. Rain was predicted, but held off long enough for us to get [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2008, 11:10pm EST
  

• Photo Community Challenge - December 4

  I'm posting my entry here so I can link it to the Bloggers Community Photo Challenge because I'll probably be changing my header photo soon. If you haven't already participated, get busy. If you'd like to join in, click on the link and take a peek.
  
  The next [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2008, 3:09am EST
  

• Grand Illumination

  
  Tonight is the night for the Norfolk Skyline & Downtown Grand Illumination and Christmas Parade. They are expecting more than 100,000 spectators. If it's like it is now ( 0500 ), 30 degrees and a 26 mph wind, I think I'll just stay at home [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2008, 4:48am EST
  

• Dead AOL Links

  
  The links in my blog that direct you to the old AOL Journal don't work anymore. AOL dumped all my photos in the swamp. I am working to restore them at several different online galleries, including Picasa, Flickr, Yuku, Kodak and Webshots. I'll post an [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2008, 6:59pm EST
  

• Well, Here I am !

  I finally made it over to Blogspot. Hopefully, I'll figure out how to get my images and/or albums transfered and get them posted as well. This was easier than I thought, thanks to the partnership between AOL and Google.
  Clyde [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2008, 3:46am EDT