=>>NEW POST!!! Fall 2010<<=

Wow! It's been a long time since I got around
to posting on here... just too busy doing
absolutely everything else I guess.
That doesn't mean I haven't been
taking photos though :)
I'm including a set of some of my best
photos of Fall, 2010. Enjoy!!

Amnicon Falls, near Superior, WI

090110

Bumble Bee on Sedum 090810

My big September project!!
Completed drainage ditch 091910

Major flooding of the Chippewa River,
September 26th, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubKw7qisP6c
(video of Eau Claire River in flood near Fall Creek)

Sunset, Sept. 28, 2010

Tricolor bushes 093010

Mushroom Family on a tree
100210

Burning Bush Sunrays 100210

Burning Bush in full color 100210

Tank! (this was at a park in Stanley, WI)
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Oh! and one more thing,
Congratulations to all the Conservatives
who took back our nation
(and Wisconsin)
on Election Day!!!!!

God Bless the USA!
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Summertime 2010

Welcome everyone to my newest blog post!
Here's a set of photos mainly from August 2010.
Enjoy :)

"Stormy Sunset" June 15th
(okay so this one isn't August!!)

"UFO!" Pure Water Days fireworks, August 14th

"Extravaganza!" PWD Fireworks, Aug. 14th.
**This photo was printed on the front page of the Chippewa paper.**

Me with my HUGE muskmelon! (9.25 lb's)
August 19th
(I'm telling the camera person what to do! lol)

Ripening Watermelon!! Aug. 19th

"Twist 'n Shout Hydrangea"
August 21st

Garden phlox preparing to bloom. Aug. 21

"American Honey" inspired photo shoot! :)
August 21

Garden spider wraps up a wayward bumblebee

"American Honey" inspired photo shoot :)
"Wisconsin Honey" anyone??

"Lake Wissota Eventide"
August 21, 2010

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**Video from Lady Antebellum show**

Okay, so I promised in my last post that
I would post the video when it was done...
so here it is!
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So, if you missed the Lady Antebellum show this past Wednesday, Aug. 4th at Wisconsin Valley Fair in Wausau, WI, you may well have missed your last chance to see them live in concert for only $5! Guess what though? I took a short sound clip of (most of) the song "American Honey", and set it to a slideshow of photos I took of the show! Take a listen and catch a feel for the energy of the crowd of 10,000 people. Perhaps you weren't there, but my camera was lol! Enjoy :)



http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=57842&id=1634346280&l=8d88f71dee
Click THIS link to see all the photos from the show!

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August 4th - Lady Antebellum LIVE!

Hey y'all!

So, I attended a live concert at the Wisconsin Valley Fair last night featuring my newest favorite Country band Lady Antebellum!! Yeah so it was a 90 mile drive, and I had to sit for 4 hrs before the show, but so what! Just to BE part of a crowd of 10,000 people is amazing, not to mention the energy of the show! I'd really love to run sound on a show this big sometime!!

The crowd, standing after singing the National Anthem, waiting for Lady A

It was the first time I had seen them live, and for a $5 fair admission, I wasn't going to pass up the opportunity. Got some pretty good shots of the show from the bleachers... wished I had a longer lens though! Funny how you don't think about that sort of thing until it causes problems. Oh well, I still got some decent shots... and a sound clip!
(Yes I'll make a video, be patient!!)

Lady Antebellum, live in concert!

Then after the show, I ate a huge sundae and watched the girls (and guys) try to ride the mechanical bull. That was hilarious :)

1 girl riding the bull...

What could be better than one bull-riding girl?
Two of course lol!
By popular demand, 2 girls ride the bull at once!!
Totally hilarious :)

I should have joined in the fun, but had no one with me to watch my camera. I really don't want that stolen... and you can't just automatically trust a couple thousand strangers milling around in the dark!

Yeah it was fun! At least the bleacher chairs were comfortable and it didn't rain... there anyway. It rained less than 10 miles away from the site... yes, I believe God was watching out for us all... I still remember the 2003 concert where we all sat in the rain to hear Don Williams at the Northern Wisconsin State Fair. That was kinda cold and annoying, but 100% worth it!!

I'm still pumped.
Thought I'd share it with y'all... and yes, I'm proud to be a Country Boy; hey, what else could I be?

Til later,
~JW

Random bleacher shot, behind me.

Haha okay, I'll post the link to the full album of shots when they are edited up :)
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=57842&id=1634346280&l=8d88f71dee

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May 31, at Brunet Island, Cornell

Polyphemous Moth, resting

Wings spread out!

In the sun finally!

Chipmunks, mother and baby next to nest hole.

All for now!

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May 2010

Hello everyone!
It's been a while since I posted,
so here's a couple shots
from the middle of May.
Enjoy!

Tamarack cones

Morel mushroom !!!

Flowering Hawthorne tree

Forget-me-nots

Baltimore Oriole, Male

Robin nest


Spring is here for but a while,
Then Summer doth appear.
With warm days and sunny skies,
Tell me now, what is there to fear?

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Happy Easter 2010

Happy Easter everyone!

Just wanted to share one of my all-time favorite
hymns here, made all the more vivid,
considering I just finished running the lights for a
"Passion" play this week.

Have you ever REALLY taken the time to think
about what Jesus really went through... for you?
Believe me, if you or I were the only sinner on the
face of the earth, He still would have been willing to
come down to earth, and die on that cross, taking the
penalty for what we deserve.
God loves each one of us SO much!
I've personally found it's really profound
to think about it all that way...

There is a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Emanuel's veins
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains.
Lose all their guilty stains,
Lose all their guilty stains.
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains.

The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain in his day
And there may I though vile as he
Wash all my sins away.
Wash all my sins away,
Wash all my sins away.
And there may I though vile as he
Wash all my sins away.

Ever since by faith I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply
Redeeming love has been my theme
And shall be til I die.
And shall be til I die,
And shall be til I die.
Redeeming love has been my theme
And shall be til I die.
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The First Day of Spring

Well today is the official first day of Spring here in the Northern Hemisphere, regardless of what may be actually happening outside in your neck of the woods!
Here, it is clear and cool with just a light north wind and 42 degrees; I think I am a little spoiled after the week of 65 degrees last week!

Unfortunately, I haven't been taking many pictures lately- no excuse really, but I do nearly everything in spurts, and I just haven't been inspired or in the mood lately!
Here are a few I took a few days ago.
~Enjoy~

~March 12th, after the week of rain and fog that
melted ALL the 9 inches of snow cover~

~March 18th, Scotch Pine cone~

~March 18th view of the field from the vantage point
ofmy favorite sitting spot!~

(also considering using this photo as new page header)
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Thanks for viewing!
~JW

Three Wooden Crosses (video)

New video up!!
Three Wooden Crosses #2
(Randy Travis cover)



Thanks for watching!!
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