JUN 18, 13 ,, SEVERE FLOODING IN INDIA CONTINUES ..

If you 'google' .. yahoo india .. under 'news' you will find several 'slide shows' there that show the phenomenal flooding being experienced in India.  

It is really bad .. Cap

IF you will try-try-try .. the below hypertext-links will get you to several slide shows about the rains ..

http://in.news.yahoo.com/lightbox/deadly-indian-rains-slideshow/rains-4-photo-1376800099.html

Click on the below hypertext-link .. forget the OOPS THIS PAGE DOES NOT EXIST and scroll down .. then when you see TODAY ON YAHOO .. click on the right side to progress into slide shows .. then click on the slide show(s) about the rains ..

http://in.news.yahoo.com/lightbox/delhi-airport-flooded-passengers-wade-through-water-slideshow/igi-photo-1361617201

'Zilla !  Who ever said it is easy .. so try-try-try .. and let me know .. Cap

JUN 17, 13 .. FLOODING IN NEW DELHI .. INSIDE THE INT'L AIRPORT TERMINAL ..

YAHOO INDIA has the most stunning photographs of flooding inside of the New Delhi Airport .. I am trying to paste the URL for you all to see the  flooding .. here we go ..

It did not work .. just 'google' the two words .. yahoo india .. then 'click on' news .. and see if you can see the photos ..

STUNNING .. ABSOLUTELY STUNNING PHOTOS .. Cap ..

Gullible gave us the below link!

http://in.news.yahoo.com/lightbox/delhi-airport-flooded-passengers-wade-through-water-slideshow/igi-photo-1361617201.html

JUN 12, 13 .. ALASKA .. THE CITY OF ANCHORAGE ..

Both Patti and I remain saddened by the passing of her friend 'Atta' .. please refer to the next post below this post .. so I have been remiss on posts here on Blogspot.

So 'gathering-up' myself .. I decided to show you all some more photographs of the local Anchorage area very near to where we live.

The mountains in the background of the below photos are what I am trying to emphasize showing the overall beauty of what we are so lucky to see on a daily basis.

The above and below photos are of the same scene only a closer look below.  Frankly they look like photographs of framed pictures as they have a somewhat surreal look to them.

WHEREVER THERE IS A HUMAN BEING ..

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR KINDNESS.


Cheerio .. Cap

JUN 7, 13 .. 'ATTA' .. WE ALL WILL MISS YOU SO MUCH ..

Today Patti and I are in contemplative moods.  Last Saturday 'Atta' .. a friend (our ages) Patti has known forty-five years enjoyed dinner with another friend. After their dinner out together each of them returned to their separate homes.  

Later in the evening 'Atta' called her friend to say she was having trouble breathing.  In the ten (10) minutes it took her friend to reach her .. 'Atta' had passed away. Just-like-that!  Snap-your-fingers!  Gone!  She had no signs what-so-ever of being ill.

Her memorial service .. a celebration-of-her-life .. followed by a very pleasant reception .. was this afternoon.  It was warm and intimate.  Each of us released a helium-filled balloon into the afternoon sky outside the church after the service.  Patti and I are still feeling the lumps-in-our-throats as we watched all of the balloons go skyward.  

Patti, myself and all-who-knew 'Atta' remain stunned!

I hope you enjoy the below photos of Anchorage.

Turn right 1/2-mile further down the road to the right in the below photo and you are at Patti's Condo.

Patti's Condo.

The snow is all-but-gone. It is June in Alaska!  Spring is Springing!

IT IS ONLY WITH THE HEART THAT ONE CAN SEE RIGHTLY.

Rest In Peace 'Atta' .. we all will miss you .. Cap, Patti and all-of-us!

JUN 6, 13 .. D -DAY ..

D - DAY ..

JUNE 6th here in the United States is known as D - DAY and it is one of our famous dates in our history.  On June 6th ..  1944  .. World War II Allied Forces landed on the beaches of Normandy in France in the largest amphibious military landing in the history of the world.

In humble honor of D - DAY I salute all of those who took part in this enormous invasion .. many of whom gave up their lives on those blood-stained beaches of the Normandy Coast.

To you who served and to you who died that we may live free .. please know that we honor and that we remember you all!

I SALUTE YOU!  WE SALUTE YOU!   Cap   

JUN 5, 13 .. ALASKA .. THE CITY OF ANCHORAGE ..

I have been visiting with our friend 'Zilla daily as we two are following the Stanley Cup playoffs in the National Hockey League here in the United States. 'Zilla gave me a little 'thumbs up' today about enjoying these photos so I shall continue the course I have decided upon.   

What I hope you are seeing in these somewhat 'mundane scenes' is the incredible beauty of the mountains in the background. 

Anchorage is the largest city in the State of Alaska. In comparison with other United States cities it has a somewhat 'rural feeling'.  Its population of 298,000 includes the smaller neighboring cities of Eagle River to the north and Girdwood to the south.

JUN 4, 13 .. ALASKA .. THE CITY OF ANCHORAGE ..

IF I waited to get this web site absolutely perfect .. there would be NO web site here.  I would be permanently stuck in procrastination waiting until I could get things perfect.  Then paralysis would set in and there you would have it .. nothing .. absolutely nothing.  

When I finished the Hong Kong portion of my recent trip I sat .. wondering where to go next.  My web mistress Gullible said .. "Post some photos of Anchorage!" and so I did what Gullible said to do .. "I posted some photos of Anchorage."

Instead of starting in the center of Anchorage and working South .. which is the proper or perfect way .. I started by posting photographs taken at the extreme South end of the city.  Now .. using 20-20 Hindsight .. I wish I had started in the central part of Anchorage and then worked South.  Well I didn't do this!  

BUT! .. I DID continue to post here on Blogspot and maintained my 'momentum' by publishing at least a few post-Hong-Kong photographs of Anchorage.

So today we are going to 'jump back North' and into the City of Anchorage proper.  As I just said above .. in the past several days I have had us at the extreme South end of Anchorage and starting to drive South down the Seward Highway.

So below are some views of Anchorage as seen within the city proper.

Do any of you .. by chance .. remember the traffic in India?

  
We even have traffic here in Alaska!

I hope that you are 'noticing the distant scenery' above and below!

In which traffic jam (India or Anchorage) would you prefer to be stuck in?

There will be more tomorrow.  Count-on-it!   ..  Cap