Preparing for Winter ...

Jake has been attempting to prepare Farley for this year's first winter storm. As you can see, it requires a great deal of resting while the anticipations builds.

Seasons ...

Thought I would pull off the road to photograph the Illinois River near Lacon on my way back from a Bioterrorism Summit in Springfield today.

Seals at La Jolla

La Jolla is just on the north side of San Diego; it's an absolutely amazing place because of not only it natural beauty, but the fact that these seals come to rest here every night. Over thirty years ago, the city constructed a barrier to soften the waters in this one area so that children could play more safely here ... low and behold, here come the seals!

San Diego Zoo ...

Such an amazing place, but being this is California, I think they all knew that they were celebrities! Say "CHEESE"!

San Diego - HDR

Some attempts at HDR while in San Diego ...