What a great way to end 2011 |
Disturbed Ospry |
Ft. Myers Sunset |
Up close to an alligator! |
Sunset on Ft. Myers Beach |
Allie |
Hoying Family 12-23-2011 |
A slug that has survived the Winter, so far |
Lake Loramie Walk Bridge |
Family Christmas Photo |
St. Michael's Bell Ringers Christmas Concert |
King of the Bird Feeder |
Macey |
Today's Delivery....Brenda is loving to shop on the iPad!! |
Aftermath of heavy December rains |
Listening for Santa's Bells |
My photo in the 2012 Ohio Department of Natural Resorces Calendar |
Birthday Candles |
Blue-eyed Bride |
Equipment test for a Saturday wedding |
Decorations popping up around the house |
Lone Junko in the snow covered branches |
First snow of the season |
Dazed Sparrow (after contact with a patio window) |
Diving for a loose football |
Frost damaged rose bud |
The whole Despetorich Family |
Cool weather walk |
16 x 20 print of Copenhagen Canal |
Indiana University Library |
Camden Helping to Harvest Horseradish |
Seger Siblings |
Paeltz Boys Christmas Photo |
Geo's Christmas Photoshoot |
Bowling Grandkids |
Backlit Chestnut Oak leaf |
Phallales (Stink Horns) |
Peeling apples by candle-light during power outage |
Warm wet night for night crawlers |
One of a few times when Jake was stopped |
We're hoping for no West winds for a couple weeks |
236th Birthday of the United States Marine Corps (Youngest and Oldest Marines in Attendance) |
Cherry Cabinet Doors |
Words to Live By |
Nate's Senior Photo |
Nolan's first deer is a good one!! |
OSU Buckeyes Game |
Chickadee |
Sunrise |
Holthaus Farm Sunrise |
Fall Walk in the Woods |
Yellow Rump Warbler detail |
Kitchen Window View |
Trick or Treat Indian |
Ellie |
Late Season Monarch |
Last of the Fall Colors |
Much nicer than a rake! |
First Frost of the Fall |
Black and Yellow Garden Spider, Argiope aurantia |
Enough rain for a while (2.6", 6.6cm) |
Last Dianthus bloom of the year? |
Soggy Fall Day |
Barhorst Family |
Racing in the Campground |
Group Photo at Cedar Falls |
Evening Walk at Hueston Woods Campground |
Maple Leaves |
Curious Eastern Garter Snake |
Spooky Fall Moom |
Fall Tilling |
Geo and his Great Grandparents |
Geo Loves Leaves |
Geo ready for bed |
iPad II & iPod, in remembrance of Steve |
Beautiful Fall Evening on Lake Loramie |
Pink Rose |
Nolan |
Blue Eyes |
The Despo's |
Paeltz Family at Sandy's induction into the ONU Athletic Hall of Fame |
Impatiens blooms |
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Black-Eyed Susan Bud |
Ellie enjoying her ride |
Fort Loramie German Heritage Committee, 2011 |
Time to Celebrate |
Cherry Tomatoes at ISO 3200 |
Shelf support holes |
Raindrops on Leaf |
Nuthatch |
Ellie and Emily |
Mountain Man encampment at Lake Loramie Fall Festival |
Grace at the Lake Loramie Fall Festival |
Campground Cruising |
Driveway Prep |
Pollen Competition |
Tycho crater on the full moon |
1400 horse power and nowhere to go |
100+ mph and LOUD! |
One time a year on one ski for one minute. |
Sunset on Lake Cumberland |
All smiles after the 1 mile "Fun Run" |
Proud of his mud |
Geo is growing up fast |
Golden morning light on the beach |
Colorful star tracks in the Milky Way |
Spider with damselfly dinner (hanging by a thread in front of a white door) |
Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs |
Curious Black Rat Snake |
Young Cantaloupe |
Camden loses his training wheels! |
"What you looking at?" Praying Mantis |
3rd Quarter Leg Cramps |
Gabby |
Small Brown Cricket |
Earthquake Damage ;-) |
Hummingbird looking for some food |
White Spider with dinner - Misumena Vatia |
Black-Eyed Pea |
One for Vern |
After the Rain |
Marion Local Football Seniors 2011 |
Robber Fly - red-footed cannibal fly, Promachus Hinei |
Japanese Beetle |
Cherry Crown Molding |
Indiana University, West Entrance |
Highest Point in Indiana |
Best game ever |
Opening Bloom |
Hardened Sap on a Plum Tree |
Mass of Spider Webs |
Small Spider underside |
Kayaking at the O'Shaughnessy Dam on the Scioto River |
Locus Carcus |
The perfect vegtable! |
Rose Bud |
Busy day at the Hummingbird Feeder |
Queen Anns Lace about to open |
Micrathena Gracilis |
Proud Grandparents |
Hoying Family Vacation at Lake Loramie |
Surf & Turf Competition |
Pontoon cruise on Lake Loramie |
Green Beetles (Carabus Aurtus) on Cone Flower |
Nate |
Broad-bodied Chaser (a dragonfly) Libellula depressa (Male). |
Morning Dove |
Red Admiral butterlfy - (Vanessa Atalanta) |
Posing for the camera |
Fresh cabbage from the garden |
Busy Bee |
Bringing Home Dinner |
Moon Shot |
Two-fisting popcycles at Grandmas |
Fun under the sprinkler |
Riding along a corn field |
2 day old Wrens (heads are about 1/4" wide (5mm)) |
Happy Geo |
Eight-Spotted Forrester Moth (Alypia octomaculata) on Coneflower |
Hen & Chick blooms |
Nice evening for kayaking on Lake Loramie |
Darius Rucker (Hootie of Hootie and the Blowfish) at Country Concert 2011 |
Carrie Underwood at Country Concert 2011 |
Spotted touch-me-not (about 1" (25mm)) |
Big Eyes |
Tiny pollen blooms on a Cone Flower |
Fishing on Grand Lake |
Geo Despetorich's Baptism |
Day Lily Macro |
Fort Loramie Liberty Days |
A Spider kills a Damselfly caught in it's web |
Callie 1996-2011 |
Wide angle view at Yucca Blooms |
Nolan throwing a curve ball |
Brenda loving her tube ride |
Cigarette Boats racing on Lake Cumberland, Kentucky |
Cousins |
Geo checking out Grandpa's Camera |
Snap Dragons |
Airport Bums |
Return to Nyhavn Canal on our last day in Denmark |
St. Maria Catholic Church in Oythe, Germany |
Hoying cemetery plot in Lohne, Germany |
Heidelberg Castle Entrance |
View over Berchtesgaden, Germany |
The Eagle's Nest - Hitler's retreat in the Bavarian Alps at Berchtesgaden |
The Danbue River in Regensburg, Germany, The bridge was built in 1135 |
Self-portrait at the Brandonburg Gate in Berlin |
Brenda in front of the Siegessaeule (Victory Column), which stands in the Tiergarten, within sight of the Brandenburg Gate |
Brian & Signa Seger, shortly after being married at St. Albans Church, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Windy day along the Baltic Sea |
Skagen, Denmark - Northernmost tip of Denmark, where the North Sea and the Baltic Sea meet |
Proud Fisherman with a Blue Lobster from the Baltic Sea |
Nyhavn Canal |
Seatback View |
Sunrise on the farm |
Pink Promise Rose |
Geo makes his first trip to Greator's Ice Cream |
The Start of Rose Season |
Ellie at 2nd Base |
Memorial Day Sunset on Lake Loramie |
Tons-Of-Fun (winning boat in the 2011 Cancer Crusaders Poker Run) |
Quiet Night on Grand Lake |
Hungry Robin Chick |
Geo is Three Weeks Old |
Marbles from Heaven |
Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird |
Wild Hair-Do on this Robin |
We caught a Turtle!! |
Bedtime for Camden |
Fisherman on Lake Loramie |
Hovering Bumble Bee |
New White Pine Growth |
A Father's Love |
Iris Bloom, blowing in the wind |
And now there are Five |
Future Robins |
Red & Green |
Columbine Collage (all blooms are on the same plant) |
Wet Bloom |
First Columbine of the Season |
Geo and his Second Mother on Mothers Day |
George Walter Despetorich ( Geo ) at 10 hours old |
Sunshine and Storm Clouds at Lake Loramie |
Female Rose-Breasted Grosbeak |
White-Crowned Sparrow |
Lilac blooms in the evening light |
Male Goldfinch |
Ellie's First Communion |
Slinging mud at Eldora Speedway |
Tulip with Plum Tree Background |
First Ruhbarb of the year |
Joey & Marilauren visit Ohio |
Yellow Trout Lily |
Boat-tailed Grackle |
Gabby loves Peeps! |
Vern & Betty's (Mom & Dad's) 64th Wedding Anniversary |
White Bleeding Heart, Dicentra spectabilis alba |
Wild Violet |
Holthaus Grandkids 04-20-2011 |
Spring Tulip |
Daffodil Precocious |
Camden |
Grace's 1st birthday cake! |
Nuthatch striking a pose |
Coloring Eggs |
Hyacinth Close-up |
Refinished John Deere 318 |
36th Aniversary Couple |
Buzzard (Turkey Vulture) enjoying the sunshine |
American Coot Takeoff |
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Painted Turtle |
Tiny Early Springtime Blooms |
Business End of a Squirrel |
Spring Flowers! |
Sunday Sunrise |
Fuel tank repair |
Nesting Goose |
Frosty Morning Fence |
Goldfinch getting its summer colors, even with the snow flying |
Valve job and new rings for the Onan |
Engine project |
Grace starting to walk |
Geese in the evening light |
Clearing skies at Sunset |
Light snow on the deck |
Hail on the Deck |
Baby Gift |
Rose sprouts |
Lilac Bush welcomes the arrival of Spring |
Perigee Moon |
Iris popping up! |
Janel heads in for two points |
Sendoff of the Loramie Girls to Columbus (Final 4!!) |
Mutant Strawberry |
Cemetery Sunset |
Lake Loramie water levels return to normal |
Loramie's Army doing battle for the Lady Redskins |
Farm Sunset in Shelby County |
Janel Playing Above The Crowd |
Sea Shell Detail |
First Sign of Spring!!!!!! |
Tracking down an engine misfire |
Ready for a Swim |
Rainy Day at Deer Creek State Park |
Birthday Boy |
Nuthatch |
Cooper's Hawk watching the bird feeder |
Bridge to Nowhere |
Flooded campground at Lake Loramie |
Melting snow, rain and a leaf |
4 1/2 hour detour |
Great Blue Heron at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge |
Lift Off of the Space Shuttle Discovery! STS-133 |
Less than a day left! |
Dining in Denver Airport |
Beautiful Day at Vail |
Gusty Day at Keystone |
Kitchen Window View |
Breckenridge View |
Enjoying the new snow at 12,000' |
Sunrise hitting the tops of the clouds |
Sunrise on the Orr-Statler Block building (Plaza Hotel, Piqua Hotel, Piqua Library) |
Country Sunrise |
Angry Birds expert at 18 months |
Couisins & Buddies |
Busting up the Ice |
Robin and Doves trying to find some warmth at -8 degrees |
Winter roads in Shelby County |
Windy day at the bird feeder |
Shelby County Courthouse |
The Evil Stare |
What So Proudly We Hailed.... |
Grace |
Port Jefferson Tax |
Slick Roads |
Icy Driveway |
An so the Storm Begins |
Icicles |
Lake Loramie Cabins (closed for the winter) |
Red Breasted Nuthatch on the Suet Feeder |
Nolan at Mad River |
Ice Thorns |
Mason Topples the Tower |
Perched and Incoming Cardinals |
Begonia Bloom (indoor house plant) |
New Bar Stools |
Cold Backyard View |
Blue Chairs |
Tumblin' Monkeys |
Backyard Visitor ( Opposum ) |
Holthaus Girls |
Cold Winter Morning, but at least the sun is out |
Late Afternoon at Grand Lake |
Junco on the Ivy |
Lobster trap markers collecting snow |
Cabinet Door Macro |
Loramie Creek Walk |
Latest Craigslist Purchase |
Nolan listening to the coach |
Gabby at 3 months |
Ice Crystals on an Ivy Leaf |
Female Cardinal |
Clear Winter Day |
Cabinet door parts |
Grace trying to eat an orange |
Brenda relaxing |
It's hard to explain! |