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This is our first trip to an air show in Atlanta. The weather was perfect for an outdoor event. Blue skies, not grey. We got started late but finding parking wasn’t so difficult. However, getting from the shuttle to the show was another story. There were long lines and I’m sure it took well over an hour before we entered the gates at Dobbins Air Force base.

Once we were in, the first plane we saw was the Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet. Here’s a picture of it on the verge of breaking the sound barrier.

Then came the F-22 demonstration. I was amazed to say the least.

Here’s one where (what I call) the bomb doors are opened.

Then the F-22 joined the F-15E and the P-51 Mustang for a “Heritage Flight”

To wrap up the show, the Thunderbirds demonstrated precision flying. This brought back memories as I used to have a model plane of a Thunderbird as a kid.

Here’s my favorite shot taken by my Mom.

And finally, Mom took a photo of me photographing the Thunderbirds. Yes, that’s my daughter in my left arm while I weild the 100-400mm Canon L lens around.

To see more images from that day, click here. I have to give credit to my own Mom for a few images at the end of the gallery!

Back in October, I blogged about Rhett and his Atlanta Harp Center. Today as I was working, Julianne rushed in and said “wait right here, I have to show you something.” Minutes later, she showed me the American Harp Journal. In it, near the front cover is a picture I took of Rhett’s harp used as an advertisement for the Atlanta Harp Center. Here’s what it looks like.

It looks so good on a full size magazine.

This year, we headed down to Orlando for Independence Day. We were running late to attend the fire works show at Avalon Park in south east Orlando. But everything worked out and we got there just in time for what turned out to be a great show.

One thing I noticed about the show this year, the fire works looks so much like flowers.

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It’s not every year that Atlanta gets snow. But this year, we just had our second snow storm. In fact, it’s the second snow storm in the same week! The kids are loving it. First, the snow angel in the fresh snow.

Then, it’s snow boogie time!

Oh, they didn’t forget to snow fight.

And finally, a quick drive around the neighborhood to see this

Every once in a while, Atlanta gets snow. Too bad it didn’t snow over the holiday when my nieces were here. Here’s a quick shot taken around midnight.

Well, this celebration was actually on July 3rd, but it was great nonetheless. We went to the City of Duluth’s Duluth Celebrates America at Scott Hudgens Park. After a short period of sprinkles, the weather was just amazing. The kids got a chance to ride the train and we sat and listened to Lori O’Brien and The Army Ground Forces Concert Band, both great performances. The night ended with a nice display of fireworks!

The other day, I noticed Alexis was wearing this one-sies, so I had to take a quick snapshot of it. The nice folks at Arrs gave my wife this awesome one-sies for Alexis. It looks really cool on her. Go Arris!

For some of my technical buddies that frequent my blog, I thought you would be very interested in a tour of Canon’s factory where they make the awesome lenses I use to photograph everything. It’s a virtual tour, but quite informative. In fact, it kind of reminds me of the Materials class I had in college. Have a look here.

And more generically (not just Canon), here’s another video on how lenses are made:

I’ve gone and done it. I’ve established an online store with Amazon. Visit Huy Cat’s Online Store to see things I like. If you want to purchase them, just click through and I get a little reward from Amazon for each purchase. Just to clarify, you’re not buying directly from me. You’re buying from Amazon and all payments and shipping are handled by Amazon.

Got some time today to swing by Austin’s class for the class Thanksgiving celebration. This is the first time I actually saw his classmates, other than a few at the bus stop. These kids have grown like weeds!

Here are some of the boys:

and the ladies…

And finally, some pictures of them enjoying the food (well, sugar really)

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