An alternate title for this post could be: "Darby, a Water Dog at Long Last." For some time now I have been somewhat ashamed of m...

Here's a snippet of what life is like for Darby and me while Anna is at work - while the cat is away, the mice are at play. Originally,...

Somehow, I have managed to live in the Birmingham area for 8+ years without knowing of the existence of Moss Rock Preserve in Hoover. Well,...

This weekend I participated in the Russell Forest Run in Alexander City, Alabama, at the Russell Lands on Lake Martin. There were two races...

Nestled deep within Sipsey Wilderness in the Bankhead National Forest lies Brushy Creek Lake. It's one of those remote places that can ...

So here's how we amuse ourselves on slow afternoons... ...and this is how we entertain Darby in the evening when she's getting...

On January 6, 2012, I tested my GoPro Hero2 for its time lapse capabilities. I pre-set the camera to take 1 photo/sec at 5Mb for a bit mo...

The other day I set up my GoPro Hero2 to do about a three-hour time lapse series from 2:15pm to 5:15pm. There were a lot of clouds, so it w...

...Rawhide!                            

One of the things I received for Christmas was the newly-released GoPro HERO2 Surf Edition Camera . I got the "Surf Edition" so t...