Random writings, photography and artwork

Ornaments

2011-12-27T20:26:00.000-06:00

By D. Bowden

Ornaments on my mom and dad's tree.

Blue Christmas

2011-12-27T20:22:00.000-06:00

Random pic from Yahoo image gallery

Holiday trees

2011-12-27T20:19:00.000-06:00

Lit up trees are seen at a country house estate in the village of Grabovnica near Cazma, central Croatia December 6, 2011. The seven-hectare estate owned by the Salaj family is lit with 1.2 million Christmas lights and turns into a winter wonderland every December, attracting thousands of visitors. Picture taken December 6, 2011. REUTERS/Nikola Solic (CROATIA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION)

Snowman

2011-12-27T20:17:00.000-06:00

Picture taken with long time exposure shows a large snowman surrounded with Christmas trees in the Santa Claus Village at Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland. (AFP Photo/Jonathan Nackstrand)

Father Christmas

2011-12-27T20:15:00.000-06:00

Father Frost, the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus, greets people during a parade in central St. Petersburg, December 25, 2011. Russians traditionally celebrate the coming of the New Year on December 31 and Orthodox Christmas on January 7. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Diving Santas

2011-12-27T20:12:00.002-06:00

Athletes dressed as Santa Claus jump on the Mediterranean sea as they take part in the Copa Nadal in the northern Spanish port of Barcelona, Spain Sunday, Dec 25, 2011. The Copa Nadal (Christmas Cup) is a traditional swimming competition that takes place in Barcelona every December 25th, where participants swim 200 meters in the open sea in the port of Barcelona. (AP Photo/Emiliio Morenatti)

Fireworks

2011-12-27T20:07:00.006-06:00

Fireworks light up the sky above a 326 meter Christmas 'tree' , which was constructed onto a TV tower, during a lighting up ceremony in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011.

Candles

2011-12-27T20:05:00.002-06:00

Indonesian Christians hold candles as they pray on Christmas eve at a cathedral in Surabaya, in Indonesia's East Java province December 24, 2011. Photo taken December 24, 2011. REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas

After a Sox game

2010-11-22T14:37:00.000-06:00

D. Bowden

US Cellular Field (Comiskey Park) Chicago

Sleeping kitten and his stuffed kitty

2010-11-22T14:34:00.000-06:00

D. Bowden

At a local pet shop.

Our library in fall

2010-11-22T14:32:00.000-06:00

D. Bowden

Mr Squirrel

2010-11-22T14:27:00.001-06:00

Photographer unknown

This is like the squirrel that comes up on my deck each morning and begs for food. I will try to get a good photo of my squirrel to post here soon.

Resting in the woods

2010-11-22T14:25:00.000-06:00

By David Dash

My daughter Mary stopped for a rest while hiking through the woods in New Mexico.

Water and Sand

2010-11-22T14:22:00.000-06:00

Photographer unknown. I am still trying to find the name of the person who did this really cool photo art.

Water puddle and leaves

2010-11-22T14:19:00.000-06:00

D. Bowden

Marissa

2010-11-22T14:17:00.000-06:00

My sweet little niece, Marissa had such fun swimming at a waterslide park on her family's vacation.

Cat lover

2010-05-16T17:18:00.000-05:00

D. Bowden (Dare camera phone)
May 2010
My daughter loves her big kitty.

Evening on the Boardwalk

2010-05-16T17:16:00.001-05:00

By D. Bowden (Dare camera phone)
Virginia Beach, VA May 2010

King Neptune at Virgnia Beach

2010-05-16T17:14:00.000-05:00

D. Bowden (Dare camera phone)
May 2010

Cherry delight

2010-05-16T17:13:00.001-05:00

By D. Bowden (Dare camera phone)
Taken at the Pancake House on Atlantic Ave. Virginia Beach, VA

Hotel and palms

2010-05-16T17:11:00.001-05:00

By D. Bowden (Dare camera phone)
Virginia Beach, VA May 2010

Beach ramp

2010-05-16T17:09:00.001-05:00

By D. Bowden (Dare camera phone)
Virginia Beach, VA May 2010

Virginia Beach, VA

2010-05-16T17:06:00.002-05:00

By D. Bowden (Dare camera phone)
Virginia Beach vacation, May 2010

Blackbirds

2010-05-15T17:20:00.000-05:00

Photographer unknown

Happy 2010 from Chicago

2010-01-08T11:34:00.002-06:00

by Peter J. Schulz

Blue lights

2010-01-08T11:19:00.000-06:00

By D Bowden

Icicles

2010-01-08T11:15:00.003-06:00

D Bowden
No filters, it just turned out blue tinted.

Trail through our town

2010-01-08T11:07:00.002-06:00

By D Bowden

This trail is more than 20 miles long, and connects many communities. (Taken with my cell phone camera)

Window at Hampton St. house

2009-10-07T15:09:00.001-05:00

Photo by D. Bowden

Old house

2009-10-07T15:08:00.000-05:00

D. Bowden
This is the front entrance of my daughter's new place

Old shed

2009-10-07T15:06:00.000-05:00

Photo by D. Bowden

Cornfields and Blue Skies

2009-10-07T15:05:00.002-05:00

Photo by D. Bowden
I took this as we were driving east on I-80 in Indiana.

Sun peeking through the tree branches

2009-10-07T15:05:00.001-05:00

Photo by D. Bowden

Galaxy Diner - Richmond's Carytown neighborhood

2009-10-07T15:02:00.001-05:00

Photo by D. Bowden

They have the best friend pickles, fried Twinkies and fried Oreo cookies! Also Coke in bottles from Mexico made with pure cane sugar instead of corn syrup.

Galaxy Diner

2009-10-07T15:00:00.002-05:00

Photo by D. Bowden

Flower after rain

2009-10-07T14:56:00.000-05:00

Photo by D. Bowden
Using Dare phone camera

Tiger drinking

2009-04-21T16:14:00.005-05:00

by D. Bowden

This is a tiger at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. I took a photo while he was refreshing himself and then used PhotoShop effects to give it a watercolor look.

Mary wading

2009-04-21T16:10:00.001-05:00

by D. Bowden

Mary wading in the water at Hammonesset Beach in Connecticut. I took the picture with my Canon EOS and then scanned it and used some PhotoShop effects.

Death Valley

2009-04-21T16:08:00.001-05:00

by D. Bowden - 2002

Pinky-orange sunset in early spring

2009-04-21T16:04:00.003-05:00

by D. Bowden
View from my kitchen window

Palm Tree and blue

2009-04-21T16:00:00.002-05:00

by D. Bowden

I took this shot while in St. Augustine, Florida a few years ago. I love this city and all of the history there. I especially love the blueness of the water, there. Absolutely gorgeous, clean and sparkling.

Desert lizard

2009-04-21T15:57:00.003-05:00

by D. Bowden
Caught a shot of this little guy basking in the sun on the rim of the Grand Canyon, 1998.

Road to Meteor Crater

2009-04-21T15:55:00.004-05:00

by D. Bowden

Road to Meteor Crater in Flagstaff, AZ - 1998

Grand Canyon 1998

2009-04-21T15:51:00.002-05:00

by D. Bowden

I took this photo back in 1998 when we were on one of our last family vacations together, before everyone went and grew up on us. ;-) Now they take their own trips. I would love to go back here, though.

Sun rays in Mumbai

2009-03-27T13:18:00.003-05:00

(AFP/Sajjad Hussain)

Indian couples sit on a sea wall as they enjoy the last rays of sun in Mumbai.

Spring in London

2009-03-27T13:16:00.001-05:00

(AFP/Shaun Curry)

Daffodil flowers are pictured in front of London's Big Ben.

Colours of Malaysia

2009-03-27T13:14:00.004-05:00

REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim

Malaysians perform during the launch of the "Colours of Malaysia" festival in Kuala Lumpur March 21, 2009.

Pretty fishes

2009-03-27T13:12:00.002-05:00

(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)

Goldfish swim in an aquarium at a market in north of Tehran.

Seagull snack

2009-03-27T13:10:00.003-05:00

(AFP/Mustafa Ozer)

A Turkish man throws a fish to a seagull during a sunset in Istanbul. The gulls on the Golden Horn have become quite adept at scrounging handouts from fishermen.

Mosque view

2009-03-27T13:08:00.003-05:00

(AFP/Marwan Naamani)

A general view shows the Sheikh Zayed mosque, the third largest mosque in the world, located in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Egg on her dress

2009-03-27T12:47:00.003-05:00

REUTERS/Carlos Barria

A model displays a creation designed by Agatha Ruiz De La Prada of Spain at Miami Fashion Week in Florida March 22, 2009.

I don't know who would ever wear these bizarre clothes that designers create. Never see even movie stars wearing them.

A Dog named Shamrock

2009-03-17T12:38:00.001-05:00

(AFP/Peter Muhly)
Happy St Patrick's Day!

IPS cells

2009-03-07T13:59:00.001-06:00

(AFP/Shinya Yamanaka-Kyoto University/File)

Photo provided by Kyoto University shows IPS cells which can develop into cells of various body parts: such as muscle, neural tissues and cartilage. US President Barack Obama is set to wipe out another contentious aspect of his predecessor George W. Bush's legacy by removing curbs on federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research.

Bee sitting on a Dahlia

2009-03-07T13:56:00.001-06:00

(AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)

Garden bloom : A honeybee rests on a dahlia blooming in a garden of New Delhi.

Tschaikovsky's Serenade

2009-03-07T13:52:00.002-06:00

REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (HUNGARY) Wed Mar 4, 7:51 AM ET

Ballet dancers perform Tschaikovsky's Serenade based on a choreography by George Balanchine in Budapest's State Opera March 4, 2009.

Holi Festival - India

2009-03-07T13:50:00.001-06:00

REUTERS/K. K. Arora (INDIA)

People throw coloured powder while celebrating the Hindu festival of Holi (festival of colours) at Nand Gaon in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, March 6, 2009. The tradition of Holi heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India.

Baby red panda

2009-03-07T13:48:00.001-06:00

(AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Pemba, a four-month-old red panda cub makes his first public appearance at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, Australia, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. Pemba is the 44th red panda cub bred in the zoo's international breeding program for the endangered species since 1977.

Louis, Hedley and Dorothy

2009-03-07T13:45:00.001-06:00

(AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record Mark Wilson)

Ring-tailed Lemur family at the Spring River Zoo in Roswell, New Mexico, examine and nibble upon an old cardboard box that had blown into their cage Wednesday, March 4, 2009 during gusty winds. According to zoo director Elaine Mayfield the Lemur cage is cleaned out every morning to clear such debris.

Shadow bride

2009-03-07T13:41:00.001-06:00

(AFP/Ferenc Isza)

Budapest catwalk : A model presents an outfit by Hungarian designer Imre Stumpf during the opening of Hometrend and Design exhibition in the Hall of Art in Budapest.

Dolphins and tiger cub

2009-03-07T13:40:00.001-06:00

(AP Photo/Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Nancy Chan)

In this photo provided by Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Mavrick, a 14-month-old male Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, blows a mass of bubbles while checking out Akaasha, a six-month-old female Bengal tiger at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, Calif. on Thursday, March 5, 2009. Park animal staff strolled by the dolphin exhibit as they escorted the tiger cubs on their daily walk around the park.

Beautiful but toxic blue

2008-09-21T13:35:00.002-05:00

(AP Photo/WCS, Julie Larsen Maher)

In this photo released by the Wildlife Conservation Society, a blue poison dart frog is perched on a rock at the Bronx Zoo, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008 in New York. The frog's blue color serves and an indicator for other species that its secretions are toxic.

Space shuttle Atlantis

2008-09-21T13:33:00.001-05:00

(AP Photo/John Raoux)

Space shuttle Atlantis on pad 39A, left, and space shuttle Endeavour on pad 39B stand ready at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008. Atlantis is targeted for an Oct. 10 launch on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Endeavour will be on standby in the unlikely event that a rescue mission for the Atlantis's crew would be necessary. After Endeavour is cleared from its duty as a rescue vehicle, workers will move it to pad 39A in preparation for a mission to the International Space Station on Nov. 12.

Blue Olympic performers

2008-09-21T13:24:00.001-05:00

REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV

Performers take part in the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games at the National Stadium, September 6, 2008. The stadium is also known as the Bird's Nest.

Planets collide

2008-09-21T13:21:00.001-05:00

(Lynette R. Cook/ UCLA/Handout/Reuters)

This artist's rendering, released September 19, 2008, shows a planetary collision in the constellation Aries. Masses of dust floating around a distant binary star system suggest that two Earth-like planets obliterated each other in a violent collision, U.S. researchers reported Friday.

Flamingo

2008-09-21T13:14:00.001-05:00

(AP Photo/WCS, Julie Larsen Maher)

In this photo released by the Wildlife Conservation Society, a Chilean pink flamingo preens its feathers at the Bronx Zoo in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008.

"Planet"

2008-09-21T13:10:00.002-05:00

I'm still trying to figure out why this is entitled "Planet". Any ideas?

REUTERS/Darren Staples (BRITAIN)

Visitors look at a sculpture entitled "Planet" by British artist Marc Quinn at a Sotherby's selling exhibition at Chatsworth House, central England September 16, 2008.

Blue clouds

2008-09-21T13:07:00.001-05:00

Photographer unknown (if anyone knows, please let me know so I can credit this gorgeous photo.)

Sumatran tiger cubs :

2008-09-21T13:04:00.002-05:00

(AFP/DDP/Sascha Schuermann)

Two six-week-old baby Sumatran tigers sit in their enclosure at the zoo in the western German city of Krefeld where they received their first vaccinations against disease.

Mr and Mrs Mallard in our covered swimming pool

2008-07-11T20:13:00.002-05:00

Photo by: By D. Bowden

We haven't yet opened our swimming pool yet this year because we have been so busy with other things, so a pair of ducks have made the pool their home. Funny how they keep coming back and keep diving for fish that are not there . . . or at least I hope there aren't any fish in there!

Mrs Mallard diving for "fish" in our covered swimming pool

2008-07-11T20:11:00.001-05:00

Photo by D Bowden

Mr Mallard diving for fish in our covered pool

2008-07-11T20:06:00.001-05:00

Photo by D. Bowden

Bunny in our backyard

2008-07-11T20:02:00.001-05:00

Photo by D. Bowden
This is one of the rabbits we have living in and around our backyard.

The Rhine Falls near Neuhausen

2008-04-26T11:47:00.002-05:00

(AP Photo/Keystone, Steffen Scmidt)

The Rhine Falls near Neuhausen, Switzerland, is illuminated by blue lights, overnight Saturday April 19, 2008. Swiss artist Charles Keller illuminated the Rhine falls with coloured lights, after it was only lit by two white flood lights in the past. The new illumination is a measure to improve the public image of Europe's biggest water fall.

Unbelievable that this is a photograph.

Dali's Boat

2008-04-26T11:46:00.000-05:00

Design for Mad Tristan

2008-04-26T11:41:00.002-05:00

By Salvador Dali

Etheral Dancer

2008-04-26T11:39:00.000-05:00

(AFP/Leon Neal)

A woman from Canadian circus group, Cirque du Soleil performs "Delirium" onstage at the O2 arena in London.

Bull-headed

2008-04-26T11:35:00.001-05:00

(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Bulls, 'Toli,' left, pushes head to head with 'Bungyong' in the 2008 Bullfighting Festival in Cheongdo, southeast of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, April 13, 2008. More than 180 bulls from all of the nation took part in a week-long bullfighting event.

Whooo!

2008-04-26T11:33:00.001-05:00

(AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)

A young burrowing owl looks out for food in a park in Pembroke Pines, Fla., Sunday, April 20, 2008. The greatest threat to the burrowing owl community is habitat destruction, caused primarily by land development.

Profile in contrast

2008-04-26T11:31:00.001-05:00

(AFP/Joel Saget)
A French worker stands outside of a restaurant in Paris.

Rosetti chandelier

2008-04-26T11:26:00.001-05:00

(AFP/Daniel Mihailescu)

A huge chandelier hangs on the ceiling of the Rosetti hall inside the Parliament Palace in Bucharest, where press conferences were given during NATO's 2008 Bucharest summit.

Love in winter snow

2008-03-02T10:24:00.003-06:00

REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin (UKRAINE)
A couple kisses on Kiev's Bridge of Lovers on Valentine's Day
February 14, 2008

Reflections in a winter puddle

2008-03-02T10:21:00.001-06:00

(AFP/GETTY IMAGES/Mario Tama)
Wintry walk :

A woman walks past Tompkins Square Park during a morning snow storm in New York City.

Monkeys in a hot spring

2008-03-02T10:19:00.003-06:00

REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN)

Japanese monkeys soak in a hot spring in a snow-covered valley in Yamanouchi town, central Japan February 17, 2008.

Swimming

2008-03-02T10:09:00.003-06:00

AP News Photo

Merry Belugas

2007-12-24T09:26:00.001-06:00

(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)

Santa Belugas : White Belugas, wearing Santa hats pose with a trainer during a new Christmas show at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, in Kanagawa prefecture.

"Romantic Feelings"

2007-12-24T09:25:00.001-06:00

REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA) CHINA OUT

Workers make a snow sculpture "Romantic Feelings" in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, December 16, 2007. The sculpture will debut at the 20th International Snow Sculpture Art Expo which starts from December 20, at the Sun Island Scenic Area in Harbin, local media said. Picture taken December 16, 2007.

2007-12-24T09:21:00.000-06:00

REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES)

A man lights a cigarette in front of a giant lantern during the Christmas Lantern Festival in San Fernando, Pampanga, north of Manila December 15, 2007. The lantern festival is held annually by the local government to promote and attract local and foreign tourists. Each lantern, which took two months to prepare by at least 20 people, has more than 3,000 bulbs and measures 20 feet (6 m) in diameter.

Santa goes swimming

2007-12-24T09:18:00.001-06:00

(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

A man dressing as Santa Claus frolics in the sea during the 63nd Christmas bathe in Nice, southern France, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007. 250 swimmers took part to the bathe. The water was 15 degrees Celsius, 59 Fahrenheit.

Pull-ups

2007-12-24T09:17:00.001-06:00

(AFP/Adrian Dennis)

Hanging out : A Blue Tit hangs from a branch awaiting its turn on a bird feeder in forestry commission land near Minley Manor, Farnborough, some 40 miles west of London.

Shadow Dancing

2007-12-24T09:14:00.000-06:00

AFP/Fabrice Coffrini

Temple of Poseidon

2007-12-24T09:12:00.001-06:00

(AP Photo/Frank Hormann)

Sculptor Tolek Zen from Poland works at his sculpture entitled 'Temple of Poseidon' in Roevershagen, northern Germany, Friday, Dec. 14, 2007.

Potato Tree

2007-12-24T09:08:00.000-06:00

REUTERS/Pilar Olivares (PERU)

Students stand next to a Christmas tree made of potatoes at a local institute in Lima December 4, 2007. Students made the tree using 98kg (216 lbs) of potatoes and 18 varieties.

My daughter Mary

2007-11-05T19:51:00.000-06:00

My daughter, Mary went dressed as Leeloo from Fifth Element this Halloween. She used conduit tape she bought at Home Depot! Halloween is her favorite holiday.

Water drops on a spider web

2007-11-05T19:50:00.001-06:00

Water drops hang in a spider web on a foggy morning in Frankfurt, central Germany, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Autumn reflection

2007-11-05T19:48:00.001-06:00

An autumn coloured forest is reflected on the lake of Viacha outside Minsk. (AFP/Viktor Drachev)

Boathouse in Germany

2007-11-05T19:47:00.001-06:00

A boathouse is mirrored in the Lake Max Eyth in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007. November started with a bright sunny day in southern Germany. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)

Moon and mountain

2007-11-05T19:45:00.001-06:00

Glacier moon : The moon is seen above the "Feegletscher" (Fairy Glacier) near the ski resort of Saas-Fee. (AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)

Green glass art

2007-11-05T19:42:00.001-06:00

At first I thought this was something under a microscope!

This is a work of glass art by artist Dale Chihuly at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh as a part of the Chihuly at Phipps gardens and art exhibit on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Sky on fire

2007-11-05T19:40:00.001-06:00

An old farming hay boom is silhouetted by the sky Friday morning, Nov. 2, 2007, sunrise south of Nampa, Idaho. (AP Photo/Idaho Press-Tribune, Mike Vogt)

Red-feathery model

2007-11-05T19:38:00.001-06:00

A model presents a creation by Nicola Le Cauchios of France during a fashion show in Budapest October 27, 2007. REUTERS/Karoly Arvai (HUNGARY)