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I was interviewed for an article on Easter bonnets by a Suburban Journal reporter, and a photographer took pictures of me in my best bonnet.

'Flags-In' at Arlington National Cemetery for Memorial Day 2008

'Flags-In' at Arlington National Cemetery for Memorial Day 2008
Originally uploaded by Army.mil.

The photographer says:

(Arlington National Cemetery - May 22, 2008) -- Master Sgt. Steven Colbert places a flag on a gravesite with his son's assistance. The 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) began their rounds to place a small American flag into the ground in front of every grave marker at Arlington National Cemetery for the Memorial Day observance. (Photo by Adam Skoczylas).

www.army.mil (The official website of the US Military)

In St. Louis where I live, the Boy Scouts help place the flags on each grave at Jefferson Barracks Cemetery.

Memorial Day at Madingley American Cemetery Cambridge

Memorial Day at Madingley American Cemetery Cambridge
Originally uploaded by Snapperz.

Madlingley American Cemetery in Cambridge, England set of photos by Tony Margiocchi.

Thanksgiving is many circles of love: A story of one Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is many circles of love: A story of one Thanksgiving
Originally uploaded by controltheweb.

collage by "controltheweb"

getting ready for the Tartan Day parade

getting ready for the Tartan Day parade
Originally uploaded by MBK (old skool).

Tartan Days in Saint Charles, Missouri.

National Night Out August 7, 2007

NationalNightOut-8-7-07-023
Originally uploaded by ryan.damage.

It was really hot on August 7, but some intrepid cyclists celebrated in fine style. "Ryan Damage" took the photos.

Happy Tartan Day

tartan days pipers
Originally uploaded by MBK (old skool).

from the photo set
Missouri Tartan Days in St. Charles, Missouri, April 1, 2007

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

st. patrick's day carpet
Originally uploaded by pbo31.

I haven't been blogging much at all lately, spending most of my online time on Flickr.com uploading photos of my own every day. This is a photo that someone else took; I found it on Flickr by searching for "green" and "Irish" to find something suitable to the season.

Carnivale

Another lady in black and pink
Originally uploaded by Alaskan Dude.

from the photo set Carnivale 2007, Venice by Alaskan Dude

It's Carnival Time!

BreakingTheBoredom
Originally uploaded by *eSThER*.

In St. Louis, Missouri, the "big" Mardi Gras parade will take place very soon. Right now it's snowing. I haven't decided yet whether to brave the weather, and the crowds, and the lack of places to park, in order to see any of the parade.

Mardi Gras in the Soulard neighborhood of St. Louis used to be a small intimate affair. As the yearly celebration grew, the things that I really enjoyed, like being able to freely walk along taking photos of whatever caught my fancy, became impossible with the huge number of people coming into the narrow streets of Soulard. Now you must choose a spot to stand and stick with it. Photos are harder to get because of all the people jumping in front of you and reaching up to catch beads. The Soulard bars make more money now. But it's harder to find a place that features the traditional Mardi Gras music that I prefer to the vanilla pop and rock sounds that most of the taverns or parade floats blast into the street.

This morning I'm watching the snow fall as I browse around Flickr.com looking at photos from Rio de Janeiro, Barkus pet parades, and other colorful stuff. Here's some of the stuff I found so far:

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: Carnaval by bossa67

Carnaval 2006 by Tonspi

Carnaval 2006 (Rio) by OLD SKOOL Cora
Carnaval, Rio by OLD SKOOL Cora
More Carnaval (Rio) by OLD SKOOL Cora


Mardi Gras 2006 (New Orleans) by toff murray

Barkus 2007 (New Orleans) by golly4wally


Barkus 2006 (New Orleans) by Okaggi (a photographer from Washington state)

Krewe of Barkus 2006 (New Orleans) by rosie rose

New Orleans by Scharlachrot (J.N. Darby)


Barkus (New Orleans) by mistiesanzen

Mom's visit (New Orleans) The first weekend of Mardi Gras 2007: Oshun, Pygmalion, riding with the Vespa krewe in Shangri-La, Carrolton, and Barkus, by photosharp

Barkus (New Orleans) by Nola Tom

Barkus 2007 (New Orleans) by boxchain

Krewe of Barkus 2006 (New Orleans) by boxchain

Barkus 2007 (New Orleans) by annamarie504

Riding with Krewe of King Arthur, Feb. 11, 2007 (New Orleans) by Maitri

Mardi Gras 2006 Parades & Antics (New Orleans) by Maitri

barkus (New Orleans) photos by Mamish

Barkus 2007 (New Orleans) by pinkmartini15

Krewe of Mutts (Baton Rouge) by mfreyder


Barkus 2006 (Soulard) by bfelice

Mardi Gras 2007 (Soulard) by Herkie

Barkus Pet Parade (Soulard) by nutmeg021

canines (St. Louis) by danzeye

The snow is letting up a little bit. Maybe I'll make it to Soulard yet!

Mestwick66 Break Dancing Santas

Mestwick66 Break Dancing Santas
Originally uploaded by NYCArthur.

Merry Christmas!

happy flamingo holidays
Originally uploaded by MBK.

Giant Turkey Suggests Pork for Thanksgiving

IMG_7129
Originally uploaded by abp7.

My sister snapped this one in her neighborhood in South St. Louis.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

work release - governor's mansion

work release
Originally uploaded by bfelice.

more ghoulish sights from the mansion.

Temple Sunset

temple sunset
Originally uploaded by Sara Heinrichs (awfulsara).

The photographer, Sara Heinrichs, says:

Riding back to the guesthouse on my rented bicycle from a day of exploring and photography when the sky turned amazing colors. Stopped and hustled off the road to these, the nearest temples, set the camera on a low wall, & took this shot.

This photo is one of many great shots in her photoset those you like best. Sara includes in that set her photos that have been "faved" by 50 or more people. Every one of them is well worth viewing.

I don't have any photos on flickr faved by that many people, but I do have quite a few that at least one person marked as a favorite. Many of these "faved" photgraphs must hold some kind of significance to the person doing the "faving" that I cannot fathom. Maybe the subject matter reminds the person of her childhood, or the favoriter used to work down the street from the old shack in my photo.

Of all my photos (over 24,000 so far), this one has been favorited the most:



Just wait till I get time to scan in all my old photos from my days of taking film shots. Most of my photos on Flickr are from June 2005 up to the present time, and shot with a little digital camera with only 1.3 megapixels. The quality of the images ranges from decent to pretty awful. I rarely delete anything, but I certainly don't expect anyone to look at my entire ouvre. I put lots of my photos into sets, so that you can click on a set that looks like it might interest you and see all the photos in thumbnail view. If they don't look interesting enough to click on individually, you've at least seen a little overview of what I took.

I will take a photo of just about anything except roadkill or other dead animals. Unless the dead animal is cooked for food. I take lots of photos of buildings, skies, and things that look interesting or strange to me. Lately the majority of my pictures are taken from the car.

I could spend hours on the Flickr.com website. There are all kinds of pictures, groups of photos, and discussions of photos, it would take several lifetimes to check it all out. I wish I had the time to work at my real job, sing in the choir, do my radio show, add things to this blog, take photos, hang out with my friends and family, get enough sleep, and still have the time to browse around on the Flickr site.

Bloggers create emergency blogs...

fat kills germs
Originally uploaded by MBK.

to fulfill their solemn vows to blog every half hour for 24 hours, some of the blogathon bloggers have had to start whole new blogs on the fly!

SJ's emergency blog

I'll try to catch up to what SJ is doing, I had gone out for breakfast and came back to see only one post on SJ's regular blog, The Write Coast.

I found her emergency blog at the Blogathon site.

Blogathon 2006 starts soon...

nipper and touille dog
Originally uploaded by MBK.

I won't be one of the almost 400 bloggers who will blog every 30 minutes for 24 hours. Starting at 8 AM Central Time, these intrepid folks will be blogging for charity, and preblogging is not allowed. They have to actually stay up for the 24 hours. Monitors will be watching!

I will, however, be checking out as many of the blogathoners as I can, especially my friend SJ of The Write Coast, who will be blogging for Puppies Behind Bars, a charity who helps dogs and prison inmates both, by training the inmates to raise puppies to become guide dogs for the blind and explosive detection canines for law enforcement.

I have pledged my support for SJ and Puppies Behind Bars in memory of my dog Touille.

...more information about the Blogathon...

Good Luck, Bloggers!

fireworks @ the arch 2006

fireworks @ the arch 2006
Originally uploaded by paparutzi.

I haven't been blogging here lately. I had to have my little dog Touille euthanized at the end of May. She lived a good long life. This is my first Independence Day without her. Touille had always hated fireworks or any loud noises. A year ago, the firecrackers set off by the kids in the immediate neighborhood, right near our house, didn't seem to bother her so much. I knew that she must be losing her hearing.

This photo shows some of the spectacular fireworks by the Mississippi River that St. Louisans saw on Saturday, July 1. There is another fireworks show scheduled for tonight, if the rain stops in time. It's raining right now at 7:20 PM.

new product at the local walgreens

Creative Marketing Strategy
Originally uploaded by idahostudios.

A local photographer found this sign and declares:

NOT A FAKE----Found at a South St. Louis (Bayless) Walgreens. No Kidding.

One of the commenters on the photo directs us to this website:
Chicken Poop

I Passed Eighth Grade Math (in the blogosphere)

You Passed 8th Grade Math

Congratulations, you got 8/10 correct!

Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?

Now, I didn't even understand one of the questions in the quiz. It used a sort of carat symbol, the meaning of which was a mystery to me. Instead of just guessing, I left that one blank. So the other question that I got wrong? Who knows?

It's been a pretty long time since eighth grade.