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The Pot of Gold Rainbow Over the Las Vegas Strip?

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Rainbow Over the Las Vegas Strip from McCarran Airport

Rainbow Over the Las Vegas Strip from McCarran Airport

I thought I would post something a little different this Thursday for my Throwback Thursday post. Some of you may or may not know that we lived in Las Vegas for a while, and being close to a very accessible airport, photography wise, I shot more images from the Las Vegas McCarran Airport (KLAS) than probably any other single location. Since that was the case, I have several that were my favorites at LAS, but I was also able to get way beyond the normal observation area shot through the fence, which is the standard tourist shot. I was even able to shoot Air Force One when President Bush flew out, and then some just really freak things like this shot, a rainbow opening up right over the Las Vegas Strip. Rain is rare out there, and being in the location where I was in this shot was rare, and the aircraft taking off toward me from this runway was rare as well. They almost always take off and land on the parallels from east to west, so taking off to the south was unique for this day.

This should have been on the cover of any number of Las Vegas Tourism industry publications, but when I took this shot 10 years ago I couldn’t get anyone to even respond to an email, let alone look at a handful of images. Well it’s a different time and a different day. I have a Stories Section where I have some random stories to be told about random images, this is one of those stories. I was told the other day the old adage, a picture is worth a thousand words, well, I’ve never tried that, so next time, I’m going to do a picture, and a thousand words to go along with it. Today it’s only 350.

No Refunds in Auburn for City Schools Fall Festival :: Friday Feet

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I’m playing catchup today with some photos I took earlier in the week. My countdown clock to Uganda (we leave on Wednesday) is running faster than a normal clock it seems and I didn’t get a chance to post these Tuesday night after the festival. So, today’s Friday Feet comes from the Auburn City School Fall Festival that took place on Tuesday, but the feet shot above was just way to cute not to use for today’s post. Each year the Auburn city school system gathers at Duck Samford park in Auburn for their fall festival, and this year I was asked to take some photos of the opening band, called No Refunds. The youth have a great band and it was a lot of fun to listen to them play on Tuesday night.

Below is a shot of each of the band members from No Refunds. No that the fall festival is over we could use some actual fall weather.

The Dallas Skyline at Night on Our Arrival

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So we made it to Dallas, just a quick 12-13 hour drive and we arrived. The trip was pleasantly uneventful and after dinner I was thrilled our hosts wanted to stop at their favorite skyline view so I could take some photos. I love photographing traffic at night, it has a unique motion all it’s own, but being here in Dallas standing over the I-30 bridge with a large tripod looked conspicuous to someone driving by and it only took about 10 minutes before the Dallas Police Department showed up. For once the police didn’t make me pack it up and go home, instead she just wanted to know how much my camera cost? The three above were my favorite of that shoot. At dinner tonight I found out I am going to get to go to the PGA Byron Nelson Championship, so hopefully I will get my first decent PGA Tour shots while I’m there, after that it’s Polka time.

The Overlook of Creede Colorado Valley in the Fall

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The photo of the day today comes from an overlook of a tiny old mining town called Creede Colorado, which sits in a beautiful valley surrounded by 10,000 foot mountain peaks. The air is crisp, clean, and extremely quiet, and from this vantage point the town looks a little like a toy train center piece (click on the photo to see the details).  This was just before the snow started falling for the winter.

Summer Swing in the Park Concert Sessions in Opelika

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BJ Playing the Drums at Summer Swing

Do you know what goes on in your own city? Apparently I don’t. Last night I went to shoot the Summer Swing Fest in Opelika Alabama and, who knew, it is a whole summer series of concert events that goes on each Tuesday night during the summer, wow.

Every Tuesday evening beginning May 13, 2008, the Opelika Parks and Recreation Department hosts a free outdoor concert at 7:00 p.m. at Municipal Park in Opelika Alabama. This 14-week concert series offers a wide variety of musical entertainment including Gospel, Jazz, R & B, Oldies, Country, Big Band Swing, Folk, and Community Band music.

Ok, so I found out because I was scheduled to shoot the Cornerstone Band that night, but what a great event for the city, and there were a lot of people there as well.

This particular event had two bands, the Cornerstone Band and the Sons of Asaph Band from Auburn United Methodist Church. I had a great time and although I did not know this was an event that goes on each summer, I do now. I am still in the process of editing the shoot from last night and I will post an update here with a link to the final image edit when completed.

Update: I completed the edit for this gallery and you can find the complete Summer Swing gallery upload here.

What Does The Name Damascus Mean to Us Today

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Map of Damascus

Since the name of this blog is Damascus, I had intended on doing several posts about the name, the city, and the people associated with Damascus, so, this will be the first Damascus related post. I will start with just a little bit of background information.

Damascus the City

Damascus (Dimashq) is considered the oldest continually inhabited city in the world (just below Jericho and Byblos), and the capital of Syria. The city is located on the northeast side of the Sea of Galilee in the northern part of Palestine. Some good detailed information on the city can be found on Wikipedia on Damascus, but there are also many other good reference sources on the city.

Isaiah 7:8, What’s in a Name

The name Damascus is of course an Israelite sur-family name, not just the name of a city, and we know from Genesis 5:32; 6:10, and 10:23, the founder of the city of Damascus was Uz, the grandson of Shem.

Isaiah 7:8 / 8“For the head of Aram is (P)Damascus and the head of Damascus is Rezin (now within another 65 years Ephraim will be shattered, so that it is no longer a people)

There are references to the city throughout Genesis.

On the Road To

We also hear the term Damascus referred to often as on the road to and this is from Acts 9 when Paul (then Saul) was on the road to Damascus when he was struck blind by Jesus. In some translations this is said on the road to Damascus and some, as below, do not specifically say road, but he was traveling to Damascus at the time.

Acts 9:3-5 / 3 As he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him;
4 and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
5 And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” And He said, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,

Lately, if you hunt through the blogs (and are a news nut of any kind) you will find many of the current on the road to references stem from Carter’s recent visit to the area, like Carter Visit to Damascus Bolsters Hamas Terrorism, and Jimmy’s Road To Damascus, (which isn’t a bad biographical showing of Carter).

What other references have you seen to the term on the road to Damascus that are interesting? Post them below and let us know. The city itself obviously plays an important role in God’s plan.