The Air Force Academy and Colorado Springs

While researching some old pictures I ran across these pictures from a vacation we took in 2001. We went to Colorado. The pictures below are from the chapel at the Air Force Academy. It was beautiful and I enjoyed every minute that we were there.

The pictures below were taken in the Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak area. Again beautiful!

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The View From Around Here

It was raining quite a bit most of the day today. This afternoon the cool north wind blew and started to clear the clouds and rain out. I was glad. Chris and I got out around 4:00 PM and the sun was beginning to break through the clouds. I told Chris that I felt like it was morning because it had been dark and dreary all day and was just beginning to brighten up.

I decided to snap a few shots when I got home to show you the view around here.

The slide show above shows the back field. It is about 8 acres. The property goes down to the tree line and up to the wood fence on the left side.

The above slide show is of the side yard. It is about an acre. We had it shredded a couple of weeks ago, but as you can see it has rained a lot and is growing like wildfire.

There is a big housing development going up near the property. It started about 4 to 5 years ago and has been going in phases ever since. It starts at the wood fence that you saw earlier in the first slide show and moves north for about a mile towards IH 35. The 2 shots above are from the back side of the development. I was at the end of the road behind the Pilot Truck Stop taking these pictures. Hopefully the city will put the road farther in and connect to the development and relieve traffic on our road. It would also help when construction begins on our section of IH 35 and they change the traffic flow on the access roads.

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Zoo Field Trip Pictures

I took my class on a field trip on Friday. We went to the Cameron Park Zoo.

Here is some of what we found.

No this is not a set of yard decorations. I think they are antelope. I really don't remember. I do remember that they were with the giraffes. I also know that these are not giraffes.

While at the zoo I was looking for a nickel. This is the closest I came to finding one.

Here are a few fish. They were all in the same picture but I cropped them out and enlarged them.

Above I have a shot of a jaguar and a lion. I suppose that it is obvious which is which.

A meerkat sunning itself on a cool morning in Waco.

Not an animal at the zoo but it is something wild I saw at the zoo. Look at that hair. That is the real color. Yeah I know that it has probably been dyed. What I mean is that it is not a wig. No, I don't know the lady.

Finally, this picture was not taken at the zoo but was taken on the same day. I had to go pick my daughter at work and while waiting for her I kept hearing a strange noise. I started looking for the source and finally peered up the utility pole. There it was at the top by the transformer. I apologize for the quality. I had to enlarge this quite a bit. By the way this picture was taken in the parking lot of the Dwyer Group which is approximately 1/3 of a mile from the zoo. I hope they are not missing a woodpecker.

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Inaugural Post For "Visions of My World"

Welcome to the inaugural post for my new blog. I hope to share various photographs and shots that I take. They may be from the Waco area or other places I may go to from time to time. I also like to look for misspellings and other things that I think are odd.

Here are a few examples that I have previously posted on my other blog Horst Household Happenings. Please visit it if you care to.





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