Creeping up on 800 Readers….

….or 800 creeping up on me.

MichaelStephenWills

797 is the count of subscribers to this blog, an interesting number. The individual numerals sum to a prime number, 23. The first and last can be swapped to yield the same number. I appreciate each and every “1” added together, you readers. Thank You.

Here is a selection of images from post posts.

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  • The trail at Petrohue Falls is packed with tourists on a sunny summer afternoon.
  • Pam and Mike Wills stayed with Marantha House B&B, during our Spring 2014 Ireland Tour. It was our base in County Cork. Our day of arrival, that evening, I visited Charlemagne and fed him an apple, saved from dinner. We learned from our hosts, Olwen and Douglas Venn, he is a retired show horse they rescued. The following morning I visited Charlemagne again with an apple and my camera. As I walked up, starting from the far end of his field, Charlemagne rewarded me with a series of astounding poses, trotting toward me in fine form. The morning mists, hawthorn in bloom, distant hills came together for this memory.
  • Newlyweds on Cocoa Beach waiting for the photographer in a perfect early evening light. A cruise ship departing from Port Canaveral in the distance.
  • Trillium bloom April through May in central New York State. I found these blooming on the rim of Fillmore Glen near Owasco Lake and the town of Moravia.
  • Don Roberto, Maritime pilot, approaches the Regatta
    Don Roberto is on the bow
  • Mexican Poppies bloomed in profusion throughout the Superstitions after the plentiful winter rains of 2008.
  • Pamela and Michael Wills with Iceberg Glacier, Bernardo O’Higgins National Park, Fjord Tempanos, Chile aboard the Oceania Regatta
  • A swan and cygnet feeding from the pristine waters of the River Cong, County Mayo, Ireland. Outside the door of Ashford Castle.
  • Ocotillo Sunset
    Ocotillo Sunset
  • My son, Sean, and I traveled to New York City for the first Saint Patrick’s Day parade after September 11, 2001. Every one there shared in the pride and resolve of the New York City Fire Department delegation. They had a huge presence. All of 5th Avenue from side to side, as far as we could see, was full of firemen. Each held a full size American flag, so there was a block of American flags up the street. I composed this image to capture the feeling of this moment.

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30 thoughts on “Creeping up on 800 Readers….”

    1. This is from Cocoa Beach on the “Space Coast” of Florida. I know the Eastern Shore having worked at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center in the 80’s and, at that time, the hospital hosted a soft shell crab picnic for employees. Crabs are big there.

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      1. Thanks for sharing the Cocoa Beach location. My youngest daughter spent a couple of days there a few years ago. You are right about crabs being a “big deal’ in Maryland. I still manage to travel there as my wife has two brothers living near the Eastern Shore.

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  4. Wonderful compilation of photos and moments highlighting your journey in life and on WordPress. Wishing you many more years of sharing your joy of photography. 🙂

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  9. Congratulations, Michael! 😀 I love the collage summary of some of your posts … a beautiful selection of your trips and photographs! The picture of the moon is incredible and haunting!

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