Great Smoky

Scottish Shore

2013-10-26T18:53:00.001-05:00

Rosslyn Chapel

2013-09-17T16:22:00.000-05:00

Rosslyn Chapel - of "Da Vinci Code" fame

Rosslyn Chapel - near Edinburgh

Detail of carved gargoyle - Rosslyn Chapel

Blickling Hall and Estate

2013-09-17T16:17:00.000-05:00

Blickling Hall and Estate. Former home of the Boleyns (as in Anne).

Gay Street Bridge - Knoxville TN

2013-07-11T22:04:00.000-05:00

Looking out from the windows at Calhoun's on the River.

Run, Chloe, Run!

2013-06-05T10:49:00.001-05:00

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Originally uploaded by wordjunky.

She loves to get in the woods and off the leash.

More Connecticut Flowers

2013-06-05T10:46:00.001-05:00

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Originally uploaded by wordjunky.

I don't know what these are - a type of pansy perhaps? They were stunning in any case.

Dogwoods in Bloom. Torrance, CT

2013-05-26T15:27:00.001-05:00

Spring was in full flower when I went to Connecticut in May to visit my Daughter.

Books you don't need in a place you can't find.

2013-05-12T21:56:00.002-05:00

Montague Book Mill - Montague, MA

"Books you don't need in a place you can't find"

McAlmon-Hill-Hawkins Reunion

2013-04-06T16:26:00.001-05:00

This lovely lady is the matriarch of My wife's family.
Her name is "Hondey Hill McAlmon"

And Here is the rest of the family.

Houston Dynamo Stadium

2012-10-28T16:12:00.000-05:00

Houston Dynamo Stadium

Simple and Minimal

2012-09-01T01:27:00.001-05:00

The sky and the buildings were just right in downtown Houston yesterday morning.

Taken with my iPhone.

Martin Hunt - "The Old Dog"

2012-08-30T18:55:00.002-05:00

Martin Hunt - "The Old Dog" - an old friend, a Knoxville institution, and a man who has lived his own life his own way.

WDVX Blue Plate Special

2012-08-28T21:48:00.001-05:00

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Originally uploaded by wordjunky.

WDVX in Knoxville TN has live music every day at noon. usually fantastic Americana / Bluegrass / Celtic.
http://www.wdvx.com/

RIP Simba 1996(?) - 2012

2012-07-31T23:40:00.003-05:00

Norris Dam - 2003

2012-07-15T15:35:00.001-05:00

In 2003 East Tennessee had a very wet spring. I was there to see this rare occurrence of Norris dam with the spillways fully opened and allowing water to flow over the dam in a more or less controlled manner.

This is what it normally looks like:

Dance With Me

2012-07-04T15:18:00.000-05:00

Omar and Andrea were our dance teachers for about a year. They were great to work with. I took this picture shortly before they left Houston to pursue their dreams. Where ever they are now I wish them the best.

Omar and Andrea

Hiding Hibiscus

2012-06-28T20:42:00.001-05:00

Our front garden has a mass of plumbago and a few hardy hibiscus. They seem to flourish no matter how hard the other flowers try to strangle them out.

Koolkitty Jewelry

2012-06-05T19:32:00.000-05:00

My wife is quite handy with beads and wire. This is one of her creations.

Supermoon 5-5-2012

2012-05-05T22:30:00.001-05:00

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Originally uploaded by wordjunky.
I wanted to try out my new lens (Zuiko 50-200mm f2.8-3.5). The "Supermoon" was a perfect way to do it. It looks better on Flickr - they compressed it during the post.

Ellen HS Recital 2005

2012-04-26T23:59:00.001-05:00

Ellen's HSPVA Recital 2005

Ironic Christmas Ornament

2012-03-05T00:32:00.000-06:00

Next year we are hoping to find one of BOB Marley's ghost.

Extra credit if it plays "Bad Boys" when it's near the Scrooge ornament.

Irish Castle

2012-02-28T01:02:00.000-06:00

Christmas Poinsettias

2012-02-25T22:13:00.000-06:00

Christmas Poinsettias

Wordcamp Houston. Matt M. Keynote #wchtx

2010-08-07T17:37:00.001-05:00

The first Wordcamp Houston got off to a great start with Matt Mullenweg - the developer of Wordpress - giving the keynote. Matt is from Houston so his talk was more hometown focused than it would be if he were somewhere else.

The sessions went well too. Several tracks for bloggers, developers, business users, and case studies. Extremely well attended. All the seats were sold out. It was held in the really neat venue of the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

Testing... Testing... New fonts from Google

2010-05-24T12:16:00.007-05:00

Last week google released 18 fonts along with instructions on how to embed them into web pages and get free from the "usual suspects" of Times Roman, Arial, Verdana, and (God no!) Comic Sans.

A number of Web designers -- if not all readers -- are excited that newer browsers support downloadable fonts so sites can use more than the handful that it's safe to assume are installed already on people's computers.

For every eyeball-searing grunge font and blood-pressure-raising instance of Comic Sans, there's a tasteful use of an artful logo or distinctive text.

But font licensing rules mean a Web designer can't necessarily upload any old font for a site. This is where Google's move, announced at its Google I/O conference, comes in. The company released 18 fonts and also announced an interface that lets Web sites use them.

I took a wild hair and decided to try it. Surprise! It works. The blog title text and the post titles are now displayed in the “IM Fell English SC” font. I may play around a bit more, especially if more fonts show up as available for free. So do not adjust your set, we know what we are doing.