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Jean and I spent a few days in Durham, North Carolina attending a Diving Fatalities Workshop sponsored by the Divers Alert Network. After the last day’s meetings, we decided to visit the Sarah P. Duke Gardens located on the grounds of Duke University. Beautiful day, gorgeous gardens. The photos don’t do this place justice…here is the link to their website

Here is something that might be of interest to some. you can have slideshows of your photos shown on digital cable TV…The system in called Photoshow TV and it is a new, easy way to share your digital pictures and videos with friends and family, right through your computer and TV. PhotoShowTV is FREE for Time Warner Cable customers with both Road Runner High Speed Online and Digital Cable services. My first show is currently being shown on digital channel 1110 under the Outdoors category. Here is the link to create your own show.

We spent the day today driving up to Westfield about 90 minutes north of Madison to visit Prairie Nursery. We are going to transform a part of our back yard into a native plant prairie. The nursery is well known for their native Wisconsin prairie plants. They feature show gardens with well marked plants and expert advice on what conditions each plant requires. Since each prairie plant blooms at a different time of year, only the late summer/early fall plants were in bloom when were there. Even so, lots of photo opportunities.

I got up early today to take advantage of the cloudy conditions and shoot some wildflowers at one of the local parks…..I thought the use of flash combined with the cloudy skies makes for some dramatic shots.

I had the opportunity to shoot the Great Circus Parade wagons which were at Veteran’s Park near Milwaukee’s lakefront. These magnificent antique wagons are put on display for a few days before the Circus Parade, which is coming up July 12,2009. I really like the bright colors, carvings, performer’s costumes, and details…..

Another experiment today after reading the Strobist blog yesterday on how to photograph water droplets with one speedlight (flash). Pretty neat effects and results. Comments are always welcome!