July 4th at the Villages

Every year, at the Villages senior community, they have their own July 4th celebration. All of these photographs were taken with my Panasonic fz35 pt and shoot camera. Here is one of the street corner decorations..                                     
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 and a photograph of one flag.

We went to the Villages parade ...Here is an antique car with flags on the fender.

There was an elderly gentleman (age 89) behind me.. I took photographs of him.. before I left I asked him if he had an email address so I could send them to him...Sadly he didn't.

Here is another one..followed by a black and white conversion.

Last is a photograph of a golf cart converted into a flag holder.

July Full Moon Fun

I went out to take photographs of the full moon..Here are a couple of composites. (Click to Enlarge)

I took a photograph of a bird while waiting for the moon..

Lots of fun..

One flower at the end of the day

The other evening, just before the sun had completely set, I spotted this flower with beautiful lighting shining on it.. It was all alone.. I grabbed my little canon elph HS 300 and luckly  got two photos just before the lighting disappeared.. Here are some photographs, of the flower, after I worked on them in Picasa and Photoshop.           (Click to enlarge)                                        

                                                                                   

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My favorite flower- Glads

This is the time of year when Glad's are in full bloom.. I love all the lines and curves in these flowers.
Here are a few samples that I took the last few days:

A really nice way to end the month.. See you next month.. Mike

Capitola by the sea

It was real hot in Morgan Hill so we went over the hill to Capitola.. It was a beautiful day.While walking down the street I spotted this Mannikin in the window. Thought it would make an interesting photograph:

I took a pano photograph of the beach front motel , where my mother used to take us, for a month every year...Capitola was a fun place to spend time.. we played in the ocean and on the river..

After Capitola we went down to the yacht harbor in Santa Cruz.

It was a nice way to spend the day away from the heat of Morgan Hill.

Coit Tower in San Francisco

We went to see Coit Tower... I hadn't been there since I was in high school..just a few years ago..
 Here is a photograph of the outside of the building:

Inside the building there are many murals, painted by local artists, depicting the history of San Francisco...

We went up to the top of the Tower and I took a couple of panorama's to show what the view is like from the top.

AT&T Giants Stadium

My Girlfriend took me to see the Giants stadium... I found it interesting.. San Francisco has sure changed compared to when I used to go to camera stores in the early 80's..The whole area has been
re-developed and is beautiful.

There is a statue of Willy Mays in front of the entrance:

And there is a marina right behind the ball park:

Here is an example of the new developments in the area:

Here come the fans to see the game: