Admittedly not my best photography – these are cellphone photos (I sent my camera with Daughter Trinidad to Hawaii – she’s currently on a trip there with her high school marching band) – but I thought I would share the difference here between yesterday afternoon and pre-dawn today.
This morning – by daybreak there was 4 inches of snow on the ground
Poor Trin – she’s been wishing for snow for weeks!
Four months after a devastating tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, Oklahoma, the recovery process continues.
Satellite images show the scale of the damage caused by the massive EF5 tornado that was on the ground for nearly 40 minutes and traveled a distance of 17 miles. EF5 is the highest rating on the Enhanced Fujita scale. At its widest, the May 20th tornado was 1.3 miles across.
Shannan Rhodes, a bricklayer who owns a mason company with his father, has worked in the aftermath of both the May 3, 1999 Moore tornado and the May 20, 2013 tornado.
Rhodes has over 25 years experience in the construction industry, and he estimates that recovery from the May 20th tornado in Moore will take another year and a half or two years. He points out that cleanup is still ongoing, and there is much that still needs to be done.
Rhodes observes, “All the cameras are turned off now, four months later and it’s something we should all not forget. We should not forget those people, and help them any way we can because they’re still needing help, even four months later.”
This is a video I did for one of my classes:
For the Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot Two Ways:
Oklahoma City skyline from the Boathouse District on the Oklahoma River in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Alternate view of Oklahoma City skyline seen from the Boathouse District during the 2013 Sprint Nationals and Paracanoe Nationals
I took these photos while on a photo shoot for an assignment from one of my classes.
For the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Change
Daughter Eva is training for a May ice show, and usually by the time we arrive for 2:30 practice on Saturday the ice has been “zammed”. Last week the zamming wasn’t done until 2:30, giving Eva a little extra time to stretch before skating.
It is only thanks to the kindness and generosity of a dear blogger named Ralph, who not only made certain Santa visited my home this past Christmas but made it possible for my family to skate this year. Ralph has helped many, many people in many ways, changing many lives for the better. Here’s to all the wonderful people like Ralph who change the world for the better! 🙂
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For the weekly photo challenge: Unique
Tiny elephants?
PJs in the rain?
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Fire
While it may be winter now, these photos were taken last June on the coldest summer day on record in Oklahoma
For the weekly photo challenge: Love
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Water
It’s not much fun to skate on ice that looks like this:
Still, Trin and Eva decided to brave it
Some of my favorite photos from 2012, uploaded to this blog but not necessarily published :
I owe a heartfelt “Thank You” to Alistair for nominating Views From My World for Blog of the Year 2012.
Alistair is a prolific blogger who inspires me on a daily basis, with a variety of topics and beautiful photographs. Thank you, Alistair!
This is a special award, as each time you receive the award, you gain another star up to six in total.
Here are the rules for accepting this award:
1 Select the blog(s) you think deserve the ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award
2 Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen – there’s no minimum or maximum number of blogs required – and ‘present’ them with their award.
3 Please include a link back to the page ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award – and include these ‘rules’ in your post (please don’t alter the rules or the badges!)
4 Let the blog(s) you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the ‘rules’ with them
5 You can now also join their Facebook page – click the link here ‘Blog of the Year 2012 Facebook group’ and then you can share your blog with an even wider audience
6 As a winner of the award – please add a link back to the blog that presented you with the award – and then proudly display the award on your blog and sidebar … and start collecting stars…
There are so many blogs I admire, I would like to nominate them all, but since that is not practical, I mean no disrespect to the dear blogger friends of mine who may be omitted from the following list:
Run Eat Life: live life healthy and happy
Known is a drop, Unknown is an Ocean
And of course, my dear friend Ralph, even though I know he won’t accept it! Bluefish Way
There are no ordinary moments.
There is always something going on.
~ Peaceful Warrior
Many, many thanks to all the bloggers who make sure there is always something going on in the blogosphere!
~Lyann
For the weekly photo challenge: Delicate
This year there are two flutists in my family (as well as two teenagers) and sometimes our schedule doesn’t afford time for separate practice. In order for Trinidad and Rane to practice separate pieces of music simultaneously, each girl must use a gentle breath and delicate fingering.
Trinidad practices style while Rane practices form – there is a mirror to the right
Trinidad plays in her high school marching band and orchestra
Rane plays in her middle school orchestra
Many thanks to Gilliam Music and Norman Public Schools for their assistance in providing flutes for these girls to play 🙂
It seems like just yesterday Zack was dressed up and ready to go Trick-or-Treating
Zack and his best friend on and off-ice ham it up at school trick-or-treat
Last year, Zack helped hang Christmas decorations at the skating rink (you can see Eva practising, right under Zack’s arm)
Coach Carmon and Eva work together at the far end of the rink while Zack works in the foreground
This year, all of a sudden, both Halloween and Thanksgiving have passed and it’s Christmas-time again
Something is going to have to be moved to make room for this!
Milo sleeps unaware his favorite napping place is soon to be moved
the love cats 🙂
Zack explains to Milo and Otis why they must move – Zack is going to move my desk to make room for our Christmas tree
Zack moved my desk into the back room…where the chalkboard wall remains from times – seasons – past…and a few cobwebs from Halloween 🙂
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After I strung the lights, the children decorated the tree and hung the stockings
I wish for everyone, that all change is for the better!
It’s always the season for love!
For the weekly photo challenge, Solitary: there’s nothing quite like being alone with your thoughts on the ice.
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