Planet Burdett

Monday, May 9, 2005

The First Rose of 2005

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I posted these pictures on the old Planet Burdett Web site back in 2005 to show to Anna, and added this post to the family blog version of Planet Burdett on November 17, 2017.

Sunday, April 24, 2005

The New Burdett Bedroom Wall Mural

(painted by Anna on April 23 and 24, 2005)

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This was our Madison house. Added to the new Planet Burdett on November 14, 2017.

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

I posted these pictures on the old Planet Burdett Web site as a way to show Annie what an action-packed day I was having. I was in graduate school then, and the book I'm busy not reading is the textbook I was going to be using in an upcoming section of English 1101 (at least that's what I think it was). I added these pictures to the current Planet Burdett on November 17, 2017.

Sunday, September 14, 2003

The Planet Burdett Backyard: Birds and Squirrels Aplenty

Our Friends in the Backyard

There are twenty species of birds that visit our backyard, most of which I see regularly -- pretty much every day, in fact. The Eastern Gray Squirrel is the only species of squirrel I've actually seen, but there are probably Southern Flying Squirrels nearby, too; they just happen to be nocturnal, while I am diurnal.

Here are a few pictures of the Planet Burdett backyard wildlife:

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Tufted Titmouse

Sparrow

Blue Jay

Northern Cardinal (female)

Northern Cardinal (male)

Dark-Eyed Junco

Red-wing Blackbird

(juvenile male, I think—he doesn't yet have his red bars)

Mourning Dove

Eastern Gray Squirrel

(lounging on one of our peanut feeders)

Technical Details:

I took all of these pictures with an Olympus Camedia E-10 digital camera with a 200mm lens (in 35mm-equivalent focal length, that is), when possible (that is, when I set up in advance) mounted on a tripod. Shutter speeds and aperture settings vary by situation. In many cases, I use PhotoShop Element's "fill-flash" enhancement to bring out some of the details, but I've done no other digital manipulation. Each of these pictures has been cropped to focus on the subject; in other words, I wasn't really that close to the titmouse when I took her picture.

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I created this post back in 2003 for the old Planet Burdett Web site, and imported into this version on November 13, 2017.

Tuesday, June 10, 2003

Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia: The People of Williamsburg

On our long and wonderful drive up to Connecticut to attend Molly and David's wedding in June, Anna and I stopped at Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia, and spent two days there.

Colonial Williamsburg is "the world’s largest living history museum—the restored 18th-century capital city of Britain’s largest, wealthiest, and most populous outpost of empire in the New World." It is a true spectacle, and you can see a sample of it in the following fifteen photographs of the People of Williamsburg:

A colonial woman

A colonial dramatic arts interpreter

A demonstration of fencing (as used in the dramatic arts)

The bucket maker

A brick maker

The woodworker

Blacksmiths

Blacksmith

The printer and bookmaker

Jeweler

Sunday, June 8, 2003

Driving Up U.S. Highway 1: June 7 - 8, 2003

Driving to Connecticut

Anna and I are driving from our home in Lawrenceville, Georgia, to New Haven, Connecticut, to attend her sister Molly's wedding. As is my wont, I've stopped along the way to take a picture or two, a few of which I've posted here.