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If you had a chance to check out my appearance on the Morning Blend yesterday, you’ll know that there is a new issue of Nebraska Life available with some of my winter landscape and nature photography from Washington County. I encourage everyone to check out the magazine, as always not just because of my article, but because there are some great stories surrounding the people and places of Nebraska.
This morning I had the privilege of being interviewed by hosts Mike and Mary on their show, “The Morning Blend“. On the show, we discussed my Nebraska state pride calendar and the recent story in the January/February issue of Nebraska Life magazine. It was a lot of fun being on TV! Click on the link below to see my interview!
http://www.omahamorningblend.com/videos/136586588.html
I begin the new year by presenting a video tribute to athlete Jim Thorpe that features a striking song by Jack Gladstone, known as “Montana’s Blackfeet Troubadour”. Also featured is some historic and scenic photography (with a couple of images I contributed to the project). I invite everyone to take a look and listen. I have included the description from YouTube below for more information. Enjoy!
A lyrical narrative by Jack Gladstone, illustrating the odyssey of Jim Thorpe. Descended from a renowned Indian leader, born and raised on the Sac and Fox Reservation in Oklahoma, Thorpe became one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century. He set records, winning the decathlon in the 1912 Olympics and went on to play professional football, baseball, and basketball. His life was marred by the unjust stripping of his Olympic medals, ultimately to be reinstated thirty years after his death. Thorpe’s legacy is forever enshrined in the halls of athletic achievement.
As has been the tradition on this blog, I am ending the year with a couple of retrospectives. Today I am presenting a slide show that encompasses the majority of my scenic landscape, nature, and wildlife work from the past year. As I put the slide show together, it was a good reminder of some of the my highlights – Nebraska’s Central Platte River Valley for the migration of the Sandhill Cranes, Colorado on a cold, snowy May, the Badlands in South Dakota in early autumn, and the Sandhills of Nebraska. Tomorrow I will presenting my favorite images of 2011 For now, however, enjoy the slide show. Also, if you want to view all the images from 2011 that I’ve published on my website, feel free to follow this link: http://www.journeyoflight.com/journey06/photo-keyword-sort.asp?keywordselected=2011
Thank you for a great year!
*Music courtesy of danosongs.com
According to the official DeSoto Wildlife Refuge website, the park’s public roads will re-open on January 2nd. I plan on taking a tour sometime on that day to see how the flooding has changed the park. While there, I am sure that I will not see a scene like the one above since it’s been so warm. Eastern Nebraska may even see the lower to mid fifties this week! Here’s hoping for a little snow before this winter’s over.
