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Obelisk, Jacksonville, Florida |
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Reichstag Memorial, Berlin |
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My son Rob is a major biker. In fact, he was scheduled to participate in the Mount Washington, NH, hillclimb, but it was cancelled due to high winds at the top of the mountain. This is my version of Rob on his Look time trial bike.
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 I'm
a biker, too, although not in the same league with Rob.
Here I am, struggling up Cecil Ashburn Drive - the first hill
of the Four Hills Century.
Cecil Ashburn is about a 600 foot climb. The KOM X marks the crest (and my thumping heart), with the red part of the map being the climb and the yellow, the downhill.
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A visit to the Arizona Memorial brought out some unexpected feelings and I had to write some haiku. This image is loosely based on the turret mount of the Arizona beside the Memorial structure.
December 7, 1941 |
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| On the same visit, the ribs of the
memorial itself suggest bleached bones of the dead, while the chapel
entrance below suggests eternity.
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| Dream Wall |  |
| Lake of Dreams |  |
| In Lisbon, Portugal, the ancient Brill
trolley cars climb the hills and navigate the narrow streets of the old
town. This trolley was nearing the top of the hill when I took the
picture. I imagined it to be ghost-like because of its age and
setting.
Lisbon Tram 1 |
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| In Chattanooga, TN, the
Walnut Street Bridge has been converted to a pedestrian bridge across
the Tennessee River.
Turnbuckle |
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Early one morning, I saw drops of dew glistening on the grass in an interesting pattern. Closer examination revealed that it was actually a spider’s web with the dewdrops adhering to it. The industrious spider resided in a tunnel in the center of the web and came out to see what I was doing. I photographed the web and dew several times, then decided to eliminate distracting elements to highlight the beauty of the dew. A Spider’s Lair
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| On board the cruise liner Infinity
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Alaska, these supports for the windowed exterior caught my eye as they
appear to carry on to infinity.
Portholes |
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| At the Viking Ship Museum in
Oslo, Norway, the bow of the ship cast its shadow on the wall.
Viking Ship Bow |
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| The roof structure over a
galleria area in Berlin, Germany.
Umbrella |
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all images © John Hubbard 2007, 2008, 2009 |
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