Tag: Film Photography

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2025 Numbers Game #82-204

Judy from Life lessons hosts The Numbers Game . She has chosen the number 204 for this week’s #82” Numbers Game challenge. To play along, go to your photos file folder and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title. This prompt repeats each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog post here.

Here are my contributions to the album.

Judy’s Numbers Game #82-204

#SimplyRED22

Terri’s Sunday Stills: In the #Swim, But Staying Safe

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2025 Sunday Stills — In the #Swim, But Staying Safe

“Swimming” in the Carolinas

Water sports is a common summer activity around the Carolinas. The Canada Geese enjoy swimming in the South Fork Catawba River …

*Canada Geese Swimming in the*
*South Fork Catawba River*

Some people take pleasure in Paddle Boarding …

*Paddle boarding in the*
*South Fork Catawba* *River*

Others gain satisfaction Kayaking with family …

*Kayaking in the*
*South Fork Catawba* *River*

And then Coleman delights in playing and splashing in the Spillway at Anne Springs Close Greenway …

Coleman playing
in the Spillway at
*Anne Springs Close Greenway*

Lastly, we remember a time when Springs Mill Recreational Park was open and everyone could find contentment in the pool.

*Throwback of “swimming”*
in a pool at
Springs Mill Recreational Park
Lancaster, South Carolina

Cameras: 1) Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens; 2-3) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max; 4) Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max; 5) Minolta XG-7

Locations: 1-3) South Fork Catawba River; Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina; 4) Lake Haigler Spillway; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina; 5) Springs Pool; Springs Mill Recreational Park; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA

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2025 The Numbers Game #77-198

To play along, go to your photos file folder and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title. This prompt will repeat each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog in comments below.

Here are my contributions to the Numbers Game Challenge … Click on photos for enlarged and enhanced viewing.

Judy’s Numbers Game #77-198

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2025 The Numbers Game #75-196

To play along, go to your photos file folder and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title. This prompt will repeat each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog in comments below.

Here are my contributions to the Numbers Game Challenge …

Judy’s Numbers Game #75-196

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2025 Numbers Game #72 —193_12 May

Good Day everyone! I pray everyone and everyone is blessed, safe, and happy.

Judy from LifeLessons is the host for The Numbers Game. This week’s number is 193. Her instructions on how to join the Game and play along our listed below.

To play along, go to your photos file and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and  post a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title.This prompt will repeat each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog in comments below. 

Here are my contributions to the album.

Click on images for enhanced viewing.

Judy’s Numbers Game #72 – 193

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2025 CFFC: Transportation—Bridges and Ferries

Thank you Dan for keeping Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge alive, challenging, and inspiring. This week Dan is continuing with the Transportation theme. This week’s theme focus is on Bridges and Ferries.

I have so many photos of Bridges and Railroad Trestle Bridges that I could fill multiple posts with multiple images of Bridges. Instead of doing that, I have decided to make my entry selections of Bridges and Ferries from what I have within my archive files.

First off, I am selecting Bridges and a Ferry from our trip to San Francisco a long, long time ago (back in 1979). I do not exactly remember if this trip was strictly a family trip or one taken with my church youth group. I do remember that our church group visited and performed a Christian musical at a few churches up in the San Francisco and San Jose area some year.

On this trip we took the Harbor Emperor Ferry sightseeing around the San Francisco Bay Area viewing the Bridges, the infamous Alcatraz Island, and simply experiencing a wonderful time together as a family.

San Francisco Bridges & Ferry:

Next and lastly, I am travelling further back in time to the 1960’s. My family moved back to San Diego in 1958 shortly before I turned two (2) years old. During the 1960’s the only way to travel from San Diego to Coronado was by Ferry. The Ferries transported passengers and vehicles to and from San Diego and Coronado. They were they only source of transportation to visit the Hotel del Coronado, the Coronado Beach, the military installations including the Naval Amphibious Base (NAB), and the Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island.

The Construction of the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge began between 1967-1969. The Bridge was dedicated on August 2, 1969, with Governor Ronald Reagan providing the dedication address.

I remember travelling on the San Diego Ferries crossing over to Coronado to walk along the Beach with a group of friends. I remember riding the San Diego Ferry with my parents (my dad driving our car onto the Ferry). I remember riding the San Diego Ferry during its last days of operation in 1969 after the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge was completed. [Side Note: I have a certificate and poster verifying I rode the ferry on its last day somewhere in storage.]

Ferry service began once again in April of 1986. The current Ferry service is operated by Flagship Cruises & Events. They currently have two ferries in use, the Silvergate and Cabrillo.

CFFC: Transportation—Bridges and Ferries

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #268

Be sure to check out this week’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC): Any Which Way with Shadows coming up on Friday (posting just after midnight Early Friday morning).

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2025 Sunday Trees: Washingtonia Robusta

The Mexican Fan Palm is known for its slender, columnar trunk that can reach 100 feet tall and swell slightly at the base. Its trunk is brown and bumpy when young, but smooths and grays over time. It has large, fan-shaped leaves that can grow 3–5 feet wide and have sharp spines at the base.

Washingtonia robusta is one of two species in the genus Washingtonia. The other species closely related to it is the Washingtonia filifera (California Fan Palm). Both Washingtonia are grown as ornamental trees. The Mexican Washingtonia has a narrower trunk (which is typically somewhat wider at the base), and grows slightly faster and taller; it is also somewhat less cold hardy than the California fan palm, hardy to about −8 °C (18 °F).

*Aka the Mexican fan palm,*
*Mexican washingtonia, or skyduster*

The Mexican Fan Palm is normally grown in the desert areas of the Southwestern United States. Those areas include California, Arizona, and southern Nevada, as well as the extreme southwestern regions of Utah and Texas.

Both of the above locations for the Washingtonia robusta are located inland a short distance area from the Coast of the Pacific Ocean. The images were taken in Spring and Summer of 1979 by my father when we visited these places.

Sunday Trees

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

Location: 1) Hearst Castle; San Simeon, California; 2) Ports O’ Call Village; San Pedro, California, USA

God Bless. Have a marvelous week. Explore Your World. Enjoy Nature. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Thursday Doors: 24 April

I haven’t really taken any pictures of doors since the Cruz-In (we’ll get back to those next week), so I went roaming through my archives to see what I might use that I do not believe I have used as of yet. I found a couple of photos my brother took and passed on to me that were taken in 1980 while he was in the Air Force.

Old Jail Cell Doors under bridge
Amsterdam, Netherlands. 1980

Location: Old jail cell under bridge; Amsterdam, Netherlands

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2025 LAPC #344: Abandoned

Anne is the host for this week’s Lens-Artist Challenge with the theme of Abandoned

Thinking about what I might want to use for this challenge took some thinking on my part. Then it took some searching through my archives to find exactly what I was looking for to use. The first set of photos are shared photos from a private group I belong to on Facebook called I Remember Springs Park, Lancaster, SC. These images show what the Abandoned Springs Park Pool looks like in recent years.

*Springs Park Pool*
*Lancaster, South Carolina*

This next group of images are from a time when my family along with my dad’s brother’s and sister’s families and my dad’s aunts and uncles as well as my dad’s parents all met up at Springs Park to enjoy a summer day filled with fun, swimming and picnicking in the park.

*Springs Recreation Park*
*Lancaster, South Carolina*
*July 1963*

Springs Park has been abandoned since its closure in 1989 and the property is in a state of total disrepair. Springs Recreation Park opened in 1924 and operated until 1989. In its heyday, it was a popular amusement park destination for local residents. It offered a variety of recreational activities, including swimming in an Olympic-style swimming pool, skating in an outdoor skating rink, it had its own bowling alley, miniature golf course and amusement park rides for children of all ages to enjoy.

The Olympic-style pool (16 feet deep) was half-surrounded by an ancient Greek-style amphitheater with a triple-decker high dive platform. It has been stated that the amphitheater was made to house 5,000 onlookers. The Springs Park also featured a Carousel, a small Ferris Wheel and a mini train. I remember the Park also had a “kiddie” pool alongside the Olympic-style swimming pool.

I was young at the time we visited the Park and remember playing in the “kiddie” pool with my younger cousins. I didn’t get to visit Springs Park often because we only visited it when we came to the Carolinas to visit my dad’s family. I still remember getting together with my grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins and having a fabulous fun-filled day playing, swimming, and simply enjoying time with family.

Bonus: My Family at Springs Park …

*John Waters, his brother Woodrow Waters, his sisters Vermel Waters Hunter, & Frances Waters Neal*

My dad took the photos and it appeared our immediate family didn’t get a group photo.

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge-Abandoned

Jez’s Water Water Everywhere

Photo Credit: ©️1963 Nornal H. Waters (my dad) for all but the abandoned photos.

Location: Springs Recreation Park; Lancaster, South Carolina, USA

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2025 OWS: 06 April — Creepy

*Witch at Land of Oz*
*(click on image for enlarged viewing)*

This is a throwback photo my dad took back in 1972 on a visit to The Land of Oz. The Land of Oz Theme Park was once a thriving tourist attraction in Beech Mountain, North Carolina. The theme park was inspired by the Wizard of Oz. It operated from 1970 to 1980.

Janet’s One Word Sunday-Creepy

Deb’s Which Way Challenge (CWWC)-Any Which Way with Bridges

For further information about OWS check out Debbie’s One Word Sunday.

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

Digitization: Wolverine Convertor

Location: The Land of Oz Theme Park; Beech Mountain, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Thank you Janet for hosting these past three challenges. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): March Week 4 — Any Which Way with Bridges

Welcome back to the Which Way Challenge. Another week has passed and we’re almost through with one-quarter (1/4) of 2025. Hope you’re all doing well and will be joining in on the Which Way Challenge .

This week I have chosen a theme of Bridges. As you can see from my images the Bridges can be of a variety of types from Road Bridges to Swinging Bridges to Garden Bridges. Any type of Bridge will be suitable for this post.

Here are my entries for this week’s Which Way Challenge.

Swinging Bridges:

Road Bridges & Trellises:

*Road Bridges*
Piedmont Medical Center Trail
Rock Hill, South Carolina

Trail Bridges:

Throwback Bridges:

Japanese Garden Bridge
Huntington Library, San Marino, California 1979

Be sure to check out these other Which Ways. Thank you for participating in the Which Way Challenge.

Tgeriatrix’s Animals on the road

GERIATRI’X’ FOTOGALLERY’s ANIMALS ON THE ROAD

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Monochrome Madness #29 – Chair or Chairs

Chairs are Everywhere

The host this week for Monochrome Madness is Brian from bushboy.blog. Brian has chosen a theme of Chair or Chairs for this week’s challenge. Let’s play along and discover what Chairs we can find.

Everywhere Coleman and I go there’s always someplace Coleman can find to Pull Up a Seat …

We might find a Chair to Pull Up a Seat at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden …

Or we might find a Chair to relax in The Center …

We could locate a table and Chairs to Pull Up a Seat and enjoy a refreshing drink and snack before continuing on a hike …

*Lake Haigler Entrance*
*Anne Springs Close Greenway*
*Fort Mill, South Carolina*

Then there’s a chance we could spot a couple of Chairs on display in an office setting at a museum …

*The Schiele Museum of Natural History*
*Gastonia, North Carolina*

Coleman and I enjoy Pulling Up a Seat in a camping Chair at a State Park after a long hike around the lake …

*Andrew Jackson State Park*
*Lancaster, South Carolina*

But a fond memory of a place of comfort was the opportunity to Pull Up a Seat on my paternal grandparents front porch.

*My dad and Paternal Grandfather*
*Great Falls, South Carolina*

Now over to y’all to show us some Chairs by clicking here.

Brian’s Monochrome Madness #29-Chair/Chairs

Leanne’s Monochrome Madness

XingfuMama’s Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2025-Week 9

Marie’s WHICH WAY CHALLENGE – ROADS WITH TRAFFIC OR VEHICLES

Photo Credit: 1-5)©️2020-2025 Deb L. Waters … 6) ©️1978 From my Dad’s Slides

Cameras: 1-4) Canon EOS Rebel T3i; 5) Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max; 6) Minolta XG-7 35mm (my dad’s).

God Bless. Pull Up a Seat for a spell. Enjoy the peace and comfort of a day’s journeys ending. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Which Way Challenge (CWWC): February Week 4 — Any Which Way — Your Choice

Welcome back to the Which Way Challenge . For this week you may choose Any Which Way, just be sure your Which Ways are clearly distinguishable.

For this week I have chosen to show various Which Ways in Black and White/Monochrome. You do not need to post Monochrome Which Ways unless you desire to do so. My Which Ways consists of paved roads, pathways, sidewalks and tracks. Choose your own Which Ways, you your image, be creative, be uniquely you in your inspired style and selections.

That’s all for this week. Next week will be CWWC: Any which way with lines.

With much appreciation for those who entered this past week, click on the links below to check out their Which Ways.

GERIATRI’X’ FOTOGALLERY’s ROAD TO KOTOR

gwh photos2’s CWWC – Traffic

Which Way Challenge (CWWC): February Week 4 — Any Which Way — Your Choice

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3 + 3 Horses X 3

Thursday Trios

Three Przewalski’s Horses
( aka “the Last Wild Horse”)
San Diego Wild Animal Park
(Currently Known as Safari Park)

*Three Horses*
*approaching the Stables*
*at Anne Springs Close Greenway*

*Three Horses*
*Munching on Hay*
*in the Pasture at*
*Anne Springs Close Greenway*

Carol’s Thursday Trios

Cameras: 1) Minolta XG-7 35 mm; 2) Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max; 3) Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Locations: 1) San Diego Wild Animal Park (Aka San Diego Safari Park); Escondido, California; 2-3) Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA

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Think Rope Swinging’s in the Blood

Top Image: Coleman’s Uncle John (My eldest)
Bottom Image: Coleman Swinging on a rope
at Goat Island Park and Greenway

Six Word Saturday

Locations: 1) Corona, California, USA; 2) Goat Island Park and Greenway; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA

God Bless. Have a Swinging Good Time. Enjoy your weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 OWS: Square Windows & Tiles

Debbie from Travel With Intent is the host for the One Word Sunday Challenge. She is giving us an opportunity to continue to share square (s) with Becky’s GeometricJanuary challenge ending and a new month of blogging adventures beginning.

Old Town Edinburgh, Scotland

My entry for the One Word Challenge:

*A Throwback*
*of my parents trip*
*to Germany &*
*Scotland in 1975.*

Debbie’s One Word Sunday-Square

Monday Window-February 3

Monday Window

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm

Location: Edinburgh, Scotland

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2025 CFFC: Ordinal Numbers

Dan Antion is the new host for the CFFC (Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge). Participating in the CFFC has always been fun and sometimes challenging for me. Let’s support day and continue our support in the CFFChallenge.

Here are my selections from my archives for Dan’s Ordinal Numbers challenge…

*First Baptist Church of Abilene, Texas*

Dan’s CFFC-Ordinal Numbers

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It’s a Small World of GeometricJanuary Wonders — January 24

Lines, Numbers,

& Shapes in Disneyland

Circa 1970

Becky’s GeometricJanuary #24

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm

Converter: Wolverine Digital Converter

Location: It’s a Small World; Disneyland; Anaheim, California, USA

God Bless. Be Observant. Geometric shapes are all around us. Stay Warm. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 FOTD: January 21

Crape Myrtle

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

Location: San Diego Wild Animal Park ( Now known as San Diego Safari Park); Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA

God Bless. Take Care. Stay Warm. Stay Safe. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2025 Numbers Game #55-176

Judy invites us to join in with her to play “The Numbers Game #55.” Today’s number is 176. To play along, she suggests you go to your photos file and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in her Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title.This prompt will repeat each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog in comments below.

Here are my contributions to The Numbers Game Challenge:

Judy’s Numbers Game #55-176

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2024 CFFC: All about buildings: Colorful buildings

For the second week of Dan hosting CFFC he has chosen a theme of All about buildings: Colorful buildings.

Here are my entries for Dan’s CFFC:

Dan’s CFFC-Colorful Buildings

Dan’s (No Facilities) CFFC-Commercial Buildings or Store Fronts

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2024 Numbers Game #53 – 174

Judy from Life Lessons’ invites us to play along with her in her Numbers Game Challenge. Her instructions are simple, just go to your photos file and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day.

Here are my entries for this week’s Numbers Game Challenge:

Judy’s Numbers Game #53-174

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2024 CFFC: October — Commercial buildings or store fronts (2)

This post was originally drafted before Cee went into the hospital and was unable to continue with the challenge. I know I already submitted one post for this challenge, but since I found this post in my drafts I decided to go ahead and post this as a second CFFC post for this challenge.

My contributions for Dan’s Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week are shown below.

The Longaberger Co. Headquarters
Newark, Ohio

Huntersville Oaks Hospital
Atrium Health Foundation
Huntersville, North Carolina

Partners Behavioral Health Management
Veterans Services Facility
Gastonia, North Carolina

Pump House
Southern Restaurant
Rock Hill, South Carolina

Comal County Courthouse
(Gerichtsgebäude)
New Braunfels, Texas

Old Weather Bureau Building
Department of Agriculture
Abilene, Texas

Cameras: 1, 4-6) Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max; 2-3) Minolta XG-7 35 mm

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2024 Thursday Doors: 12.05

*Dan’s Thursday Doors Image*
*in primo piano – photos*

Throwback Doors

Back in the day before digital photography came into existence, places like the Fotomat Drive-Thru is where I dropped off my 35 mm rolls of film for developing. Back in the early 1970’s there was no instant developing of film unless you did it yourself. I did learn how to develop my rolls of film, but sometimes it was quicker and easier to just drop off my rolls of film and pick the photos up in a couple of days when they would be ready for pick-up.

1972 Fotomat Drive-Thru
San Diego, California

Besides the Fotomat, one can spot several automobiles in the parking lot and one driving through the Fotomat either dropping off rolls of film or picking up their photos. Have you ever used a Fotomat or something similar?

Location: San Diego, California, USA

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2024 Numbers Game: #50 – 171

Random 171/117 Archive Photos

Judy invites us all to play along with her each week for her Numbers Game. To play along, go to your photos file and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title.

I searched my archives and found only a few 171 photos, so I switched it up and searched for 117 photos. I found plenty more to choose from for my selections.

Judy’s Numbers Game #50-171

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2024 Monday Window: 11.25 —

Wiesbaden Air Base

Monday Window

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

Location: Wiesbaden Air Base; Wiesbaden, Germany

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2024 Judy’s Numbers Game #46 — 167

For Judy’s “The Numbers Game #46” Game she invites all to play along. Here are her ideas on how to play along in this challenge. This week’s number is 167. To play along, go to your photos file and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title.

Judy’s Numbers Game #46-167

Whatsoever is Lovely Challenge-2024 Week 44

God Bless. Take Care. Don’t be Upset and Angry about Political Results; Remember God is in Control. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Silent Sunday: 10.20 —

Heiliggeistkirche

Silent Sunday

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm

Location: Heiliggeistkirche; Church of the Holy Spirit; Heidelberg, Germany

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2024 Monday Window: 10.14

Hotel • Restaurant •

Gasthof • Burgfreiheit

Heidelberg, Germany

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

Location: Gasthof • Burgfreiheit; Heidelberg, Germany

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2024 Thursday Door & Monday Window #15

This is my Fifteenth & Final installment of my combination of Thursday Doors & Monday Window featuring Antique Automobiles.

My dad loved cars shows, history, and anything to do with FORD. He started working for a FORD dealership while in high school in Great Falls, South Carolina. He worked there until he joined the United States Navy in 1948. After leaving the Navy, he again went to work for a FORD dealership. This time he worked of Pearson Ford in San Diego, California and continued working for FORD until he retired.

This week I’ll be showing three Antique Automobiles from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The Haynes Automobile Company, better known as Haynes, was an American automotive manufacturer that was established in 1905. The company produced a range of cars that included open and closed top offerings such as the Light Six and Light Twelve. Haynes was operational until 1924, when the company declared bankruptcy, before being entirely dissolved in 1925.

The Oakland Motor Car Company located out of Pontiac, Michigan was an American automobile manufacturer and a division of General Motors. The company was named for Oakland County, Michigan where it was based.The first Oakland used a vertical two-cylinder engine that rotated counterclockwise. The Oakland’s were first produced in 1908 with a production of 278 vehicles. General Motors acquired the rights to the Oakland just one year later in 1909. GM continued production of the Oakland automobiles until 1931.

The American Locomotive Company (ALCO) was found in 1901. The company was successful in manufacturing locomotives which included massive steam trains that traversed America. Having succeeded in producing locomotives, the company began to build automobiles in 1905. They boasted that their vehicles were so well built that each one took 19 months to complete. In 1909 and 1910, ALCO won the Vanderbilt Cup, and it competed in the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911.

This car is one of 12 surviving Alcos and one of still fewer propelled by a 487 cubic-inch four-cylinder engine with dual-chain drive to the rear wheels. It resided at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum from 1961 through 2011, when it was purchased by its current owner.

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 40

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

Location: Indianapolis Motor Speedway; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

God Bless. Thank you for visiting the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with us. Thank sharing your time and thoughts with us. Have a wonderful weekend. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Thursday Door & Monday Window #14

This is my Fourteenth installment of my combination of Thursday Doors & Monday Window featuring Antique Automobiles.

This week I’ll be showing five Automobiles from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 39

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

Location: Indianapolis Motor Speedway; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

God Bless. Thank you for visiting the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with us. Thank sharing your time and thoughts with us. Have a wonderful weekend. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Last on the Card — September

Brian from Bushboy world would like us to show the last photo on our SD card or smartphone for September 30th or whenever your last photo was taken. No editing. Explanations are not necessary. Create a pingback to Brian’s post. Use tags The Last Photo and #LastOnTheCard.

Here are mine. Mine are mostly of Coleman plus one from my dad’s camera. If desired, you may click on each image for enhanced clarity.

From my Dad’s Minolta XG-7:

From my Canon EOS Rebel T3i:

From my iPhone 14 Pro Max:

Brian’s Last on the Card-September 2024

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. Please continue to Pray for those affected by Hurricane Helene. Many of my friends and cousins are affected by. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Silent Sunday: 09.29

Winter In Germany

Silent Sunday

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

Location: Germany, Europe

God Bless. Enjoy winter scenery, but not the cold. How’s your weather? I’m thankful Hurricane Helene has passed and won’t do anymore damage in our area. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 CWWC: My Which Way — Any Paved Road with cars, people, and/or snow

For this the last week of September and I light of the Effects of Hurricane Helene, I have chosen to choose a theme of Any Paved Roads where I am focusing on Paved Roads in Germany. I am challenging everyone to participate in this week’s Which Way Challenge by sharing your Paved Roads.

In the Winter of December 1978/January 1979 my parents flew over to Germany to visit my brother & his family. [My brother was stationed there for a few years while serving in the United States Air Force.]

Shown above are just a few of the Paved Roads my parents rode on while visiting with my brother in Germany. What kind of Paved Roads will you find to share with us? I hope y’all will share your Which Ways with us. Looking forward to Cee taking the Which Way Challenge back on in October.

Thank you for visiting and sharing my parents memories with me. They enjoyed their time in Germany, however, I do not recall seeing their slide photos before I began digitizing my Dad’s slides.

Cee’s Which Way Challenge

Which Way My Way

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm

Location: Germany

God Bless. Thank you for visiting with us. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

Throwback Scenic Views Around Heidelberg, Germany

I previously posted their visit to Heidelberg Palace/Castle; you can view that post my clicking here and here to view the statues on Heidelberg Castle.

*Germany, Heidelberg,*
*Neckar valley,*
*view of the castle*

The Karl Theodor Bridge
(Karl-Theodor-Brücke),
*commonly known as the*
*Old Bridge (Alte Brücke)*

*Old lock on the Neckar,*
*Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg,*
*Germany, Europe*

Thank you for visiting and sharing my parents memories with me. They enjoyed their time in Germany, however, I do not recall seeing their slide photos before I began digitizing my Dad’s slides.

Debbie’s Six Word Saturday

Monochrome Madness #17 – Bridges

Monochrome Madness

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35mm

Location: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe

God Bless. Thank you for visiting with us. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Thursday Door & Monday Window #13

This is my Thirteenth installment of my combination of Thursday Doors & Monday Window featuring Antique Automobiles.

This week we are continuing with Antique Automobiles from the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation with four Antique Automobiles from 1903 – 1952. Displaying the Antique Automobiles from most recent to oldest.

An interesting fact about this 1940 Chrysler Crown Imperial is that it was an Official Parade Car which carried VIPs through New York City for almost 20 years.

It carried more than a hundred dignitaries including politicians, military leaders, diplomats. They rode in the car in ticker-tape parades through Manhattan’s famed “Canyon of Heroes.” Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ralph Bunche, Winston Churchill and A. Philip Randolph were just some of the parade car’s many distinguished passengers.

***1903 Packard Model F “Old Pacific”***

This 1903 Packard Model F is known as “Old Pacific.” In 1903 it became the second car to cross the United States.

Hope you enjoyed seeing the Antique Automobiles from the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. Next week I’ll be showing Automobiles from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana. Till next time, stay safe. Stay Strong. Stay Enthusiastic and Stay Positive.

Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2024-Week 39

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

Location: Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation; Dearborn, Michigan, USA

God Bless. Thank you for visiting the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation with us. Thank sharing your time and thoughts with us. Have a wonderful weekend. I appreciate y’all very much.

A Bird’s Eye View — Judy’s Numbers Game #40

Judy’s The Numbers Game #40 is this week and this week’s number is 161. To play along, go to your photos file and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find under that number and include a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title.

This week in lieu of trying to find 161 in my photos, I have chosen a theme (instead of a single word) of A Bird’s Eye View. These were all taken by my dad from an airplane ✈️ in 1979 while flying back to San Diego from Germany.

Judy’s Numbers Game #40-161

Hammad’s Weekend Sky

Ludwig’s Monday Window

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

Location: Across the Skies from Germany to San Diego, California

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. Hope you enjoy the memories. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 Monday Window — Windows & Statues on …

HEIDELBERG CASTLE

Heidelberg Castle was one of several historical sites my parents saw while visiting with my brother and his family when he was stationed in Germany in 1979. My brother was his tour guide showing them the various interesting and historical sites. These statues surrounded by windows are just a few of the many contained around the walls of Heidelberg Castle.

Sculpture of Ruprecht I the elder, Count Palatine on the Rhine, Elector, 1309, 1390, Friedrichsbau, built 1601to 1607. Sculpture and Windows on Heidelberg Castle.
Statue of Ruprecht III on the Friedrich’s Wing of Heidelberg Castle
Heidelberger Schloss Friedrichsbau; Statue Ludwig VI Heidelberger Schloss; Statue von Ludwig VI am Friedrichsbau; Heidelberg Castle.

Camera: Minolta XG-7 35 mm

Location:HEIDELBERG CASTLE, Heidelberg, Germany.

God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.

2024 CWWC: My Which Way — September– Week 3

For this week in doing Cee’s Which Way My Way I’m choosing a theme of Any Which Way. Basically Any Which Way you choose; be sure we can see your Which Ways Clearly. And as always, signs are welcome anytime. I’d love for y’all to join me in posting your Which Ways you have Chosen to Share. Remember to link your Which Way posts to Cee’s Which Way here or if you wish you can link to My Which Way here.

Road Trippin’ USA #6

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

Pima Air & Space Museum

And Westward

In the Summer of 1985, my parents went Road Trippin’ across the United States of America. They began their Road Trip leaving from their home in San Diego, California. They always planned what or whom they wanted to visit ahead of time.

This week I’m continuing with their Road Trippin’ adventures for My Which Way of Cee’s Which Way Challenge in Tucson, Arizona at the Pima Air & Space Museum.

Last week we saw some of the sights my parents visited at the U.S. Air Force Academy. When they left Colorado behind to continue on their Road Trippin’ USA adventures, they drove south into New Mexico before continuing westward towards their home in San Diego, California.

On their way driving south to New Mexico, they stopped at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Montrose, Colorado.

Here are a couple of photos of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park they viewed from the North Rim of the Canyon. I’m sure besides enjoying the views, they were glad to stretch the legs before they proceeded driving again.

Next stop for them was to visit the Carlsbad Caverns National Park in Carlsbad, New Mexico.

*Buildings at*
*Carlsbad Caverns National Park*

Onward and Westward, they continued driving westward upon leaving Carlsbad, New Mexico with one final stop before finishing their Road Trippin’ USA adventure. Their next and final stop before arriving back home was to tour the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.

Thank you for tagging along with me on my parents Road Trippin’ USA Adventures. Cee will be back soon (I think beginning in October). Please continue showing us your which way adventures. Have a fantastic weekend.

Cee’s Which Way Challenge

Which Way My Way