The story behind….

the 55 MPH pictures.  My daughter was laughing at me as I was taking so many pics while she was driving.  I actually took 73 pictures.  A few of those were taken in town and of the rest of the photos, only a few of the over 60 photos taken on the highway were decent.  I would sight what I wanted to take a picture of and start shooting until I was all of the way past  the object.  Sorting through  I would pick the photo that actually had the object (like the old house) in the best position for me to center and crop it.  It was a lot of fun.  I am not familiar with the countryside here for me to head out and take pictures.  Jim and I used to ride in the country and he would stop to  let me take pics of whatever I wanted.

This is an example of  one of the bad ones taken out the front window of the car.  The best ones were taken out of the side window of the car.

I am sure the few good shots I got were just luck.  I have a Canon 14 MP point and shoot that I got from Amazon for a little over $300  with birthday gift cards a couple of years ago.

Have a great day!  Stay safe and be happy!

Beth

Rubbish Tuesday

Another one of my photos taken on May 23 at 55MPH on Route 9 near Paxton Illinois.  My daughter is an excellent driver!!

Linking to Roan at

http://rubbishbyroan.blogspot.com

To answer some questions…

and to give an award to my blogging friend BJ.  http://sweetnothingsbj.blogspot.com/

Bj, please tell us 7 things about you that we might not know and then pass the award on to anyone you like.

Thank you all for the comments on my blog yesterday!  And now to answer some questions from blogging friends. 

• I am not 100 years old.  In fact, I have quite a way to go to get there.  Some days I feel older than 100.
• The nearest large city to me is Peoria.  At my old home the nearest large city/cities was Champaign’Urbana the home of the University of Illinois and the Fighting Illini.
• I did start blogging on Windows Live Spaces in early September 2005 when blogging was fairly new.  My husband had just been diagnosed with lymphoma.  At that time I developed a wide circle of supportive blogging friends.  Many are still with me today, here on blogger, wordpress or at facebook.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Spaces

http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/welcome-windows-live-spaces-bloggers/

It is very dark here this morning.  II  looks like we might be in line for a thunderstorm. 

Have a great week.  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

Seven unknown facts about me….

http://dumpedfirstwife.blogspot.com/ Janie Junebug has nominated me for an award.  Thanks Janie!

I quit accepting blogging awards quite awhile ago.  Because  Janie is a loyal blogging friend I have accepted this award.  All I have to do is bore everyone and tell 7 unknown things about me.  Since I will be celebrating a blogging anniversary of 9 years this coming September I have on numerous occasions told 7 unknown facts about me.  LOL Prepare to not be surprised.

1. I was born in South Eastern Missouri a long time ago.
2. I was the 6th child of 8.
3. I had 3 brothers and 4 sisters.  I have one remaining brother near St. Louis and one remaining sister in West Virginia.
4. I married Jim (the love of my life) and we had one son and one daughter. I lost Jim several years ago but the memories remain.
5. I am a classic country music fan.  I think that Jim and I saw any classic country artist that you could mention in concert.
6. I am a die hard St. Louis Cardinal fan. 
7. I am a cancer survivor and a tornado survivor.

I am supposed to nominate 15 friends to receive this award.  I am not nominating anyone.  Feel free to accept this award and do the answer thingy if you want.

Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth