LOCAL

This is a pictures of my local grinds near the airport.

A bunch of great pictures I took at a local model train show event. I had a blast looking at all the miniatures and model trains.

The Overland Park Arboretum is a local favorite for viewing the seasonal flowers and trees.

The Overland Park Arboretum is a local favorite for viewing the seasonal flowers and trees.

Patients of a local mental hospital benefit from proceeds of this popular race.

Planning a November trip to your local orchard to buy some "fresh from the tree" apples will reward you all winter long. Look for the best keeping varieties to put in your storage and take some time to can applesauce and even dry some slices.

A local trader transporting pineapples to market on the back of his bicycle. Shot in Lowero, Uganda in December 2008.

The Gallery of Local Artists is located at 158 Broad Street in Downtown Kingsport in Northeast Tennessee. Contact them at 423-367-9211 or email Patti@TheGalleryOfLocalArtists.com for your next investment in art.

See workers working on local Wichita NPR Station Tower.

Local Galveston Texas Weather Slideshow for March 2009. Stormy, rainy, windy, with a huge rainbow in between storms.

The following are stills taken at the 100 Favorite Horror Films sponsored short film screening "A Night of Shorts," which screened films from local Georgia filmmakers - Kevin L. Powers, Janlatae Mullins, Ron McLellen & Rose M. Barron.

The weather has warmed up here in Kansas City and the Spring flowers are in bloom. These pictures were taken yesterday at our local Arboretum.

Charleston, South Carolina is home to many local attractions. Enjoy these photos of a recent day trip from Charleston to a local distillery on Wadmalaw Island.

'Shop-walking' today (my definition for when you are too broke to buy anything, but you need the exercise shopping will give you) and I made a photo of this sign in a local store. No, I do not believe I will buy it!

Under certain lighting conditions even common weeds are beautiful

Photographs of the winter weather and snow in northwestern Pennsylvania in December. Local photos.

Local Churches picked Jesus Birthday as the main theme on both parades while military personal was incorporated. Both parades were very quiet. Since some Floats were on both events I suggest having one big Parade with two high-school bands next year.

A lonely gravestone in the Lafayette cemetery cryptically reads "+2 Romanion, Born in Transivania, and Todor Glava, Died in December 1918". Local legend claims that a vampire died there and a tree now grows through his heart.

If I see a barn, then I MUST snap a picture of it for my Barn Collection! Most are in and around Nashville, Hendersonville, Gallatin and Lebanon, Tennessee

Various flower pictures taken this month in a local garden.

DIY make a photographer's light box using materials from a local craft shop. It in not expensive to make nor does it take much time.

The trees are blossoming and the Spring continues with more flowers every day. These were taken this week at a local garden.

These pictures were taken this week at a local public garden. Some flowers were indoors in a conservatory; the rest are local spring flowers, especially flowering trees

The Crescent hotel sits high on a hill and has great views of the Christ of the Ozarks statue and local churches, especially from its bar on the roof. It is ornate inside and out and has one of the best gardens in the area.

After an overcast day, the clouds cleared enough for a beautiful sky backdrop for an evening picture of this local bridge.

Skateboarding is all the rage. Local competitions are held year round here in Florida and youths of all ages compete for prizes and the respect of their peers.

some short-lived money making opportunities to a group of local scavengers, having found Portuguese tin monies and Dutch copper coinages.

These pictures our from my town's local parade they hold every year. :)

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