If you had told me there is a music video featuring Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking - and it is good! I'd have assumed you knew about two other people named Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking. Yet, the proof is here for all to see.

Another cell phone capture. I mowed my lawn all around this reddest of 
red leaves today. Every time I rode past it, I was taken in by its 
redness. I knew that once my work was done, I was going to have to 
photograph it with my cell phone.

I just liked the colors in this collection of bulletin board tacks.

"...I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.

I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,

A. Lincoln"

All photos were taken at the Cave Hill National Cemetery and Arboretum in Louisville, KY

I was out walking around a local park yesterday when I noticed a pickup in avian activity right as the sun started setting. The birds, most of whom had been out of sight just moments before, started flitting to and fro as if they were on a deadline to find a suitable branch on which to perch. It was as if they were playing "musical branches" and the music was about to stop. Several minutes before the sun was fully on the horizon, their frenzied activity stopped and all the birds were perched and facing west as if to salute the departing sun. I have to admit, the light was golden enough that, had it not been unusually warm in the first place, it would have still "looked" warm.

They stayed very still, with only a slight breeze rustling their feathers, and seemed to relish the sunset. And why not? I certainly did...

Ever notice that the only thing quieter than a silent room is a silent
room with a ticking clock in it? Recorded at midnight, in my living room.

...and I hope you always do!

Tom Sawyer Park, Louisville, KY

Photo of a small, metal toy airplane looks like it's breaking out of the clouds during landing.

Not my favorite of the butterfly photos but the bokeh is almost, well, buttery!

A squirrel makes quick work of his evening appetizer.

I guess that during the rest of the year these are jolly green giants but they're looking pretty golden right about now. Another shot from the Bernheim Forest, Kentucky.

A butterfly at Bernheim Forest, in Kentucky, just sitting there being colorful. They'll do that, you know...

My dog drifts in & out of sleep while I try to get a photo with my phone.

A reflection in a local lake gives a "painterly" feel to this photo of some Autumn leaves.

It will be pretty funny if, at least initially, Google relies on iPhone users to provide traffic congestion data. IE, using our phone's speed through traffic to determine where there are slowdowns. If so, I hope they also offer the navigation app to us. I, for one, welcome our Google overlords!

Another butterfly captured by my camera at Bernheim Forest in Kentucky.

The Cave Hill National Cemetery and arboretum in Louisville, KY.

The latest in my "shot with a cell phone" photo series. I hate the phrase, "the best camera is the one you have with you" but, in this case, it turned out to be true. I think the overcast day's even lighting probably helped a lot as well. Also, the editing features of the iPhone apps, TiltShiftGenerator and Photogene are amazing.