Heres a few photos I took earlier today 5/15/2012  

I figured I would take a few minutes and make a quick blog.  I been out enjoying the beautiful weather we have been having lately!  And the rest of this week is going to be just as nice and nicer! Friday and Saturday, the highs are predicted to be close to 90 and muggy! I am excited!  Nothing like going outside in the warmth and enjoying the fresh air. Sure beats not to long ago when the temps were freezing and snow. I love this warmth, the warmer the better!  
I went out and did some photos over the weekend. I went out to the Rockford airport and photographed a L-39, which did 3 touch and go’s. Was awesome watching it. Per flightaware, it came from Alabama then to Ohio. Its destination was Indianapolis, but was diverted to Ohio. Then to Rockford.  Sweet airplane. While I was waiting for it, I photographed a few aircraft coming in to land. 

Many see death.

But there is no death in life.

Only new beginnings.  ~ Rickie Traeger

Heres some of my photography ~ Click Here

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I was lucky enough to photo and video the KC-135 doing some touch and go’s at the Rockford Airport yesterday. 

Many see death.

But there is no death in life.

Only new beginnings.  ~ Rickie Traeger

Heres some of my photography ~ Click Here

Click Here to learn more about me 

Many see death.

But there is no death in life.

Only new beginnings.  ~ Rickie Traeger

Heres some of my photography ~ Click Here

Click Here to learn more about me 

Many see death.

But there is no death in life.

Only new beginnings.  ~ Rickie Traeger

Heres some of my photography ~ Click Here

Click Here to learn more about me 

So I been working on my websites for the last 7 hours. I got a lot done. But still have a lot to do. I guess thats the joys of web design. It doesn’t get finished right away, but it takes a long time to do. I wish the stuff I had to do I could do quickly, like most of the stuff. But I have been working on this over all about 2 weeks. Trying to get the codes and shit learned. I think i have got the majority of what i wanted done. I have to test run it here later on tonight or tomm.  The downfall, I don’t think the cell phones might not be compatible with the new codes. I guess time will tell.  

I am so fucking addicted to the new CRANBERRIES cd. I was happy to hear they came out with a new cd. And i bought it and OMFG this cd fucking rocks!  I listened to them back in the day a lot. But then they kinda disappeared for awhile. Dunno why, but I was happy to hear they are back  I highly recommend going out and buying this CD. 

Not a lot has been going on with me since I last blogged. Same ol shit just a different day.  Ya know how exciting my life is LOL.  I am looking forward to the next few weeks. I have a few photo shoots lined up. Its been a little slow recently, but it is starting to pick back up. My daughter got her report card today and she has been doing awesome in school. i am very proud of her!  Hard to believe shes 10 already. The time flies by and she is growing up quickly.  I brung her to go see her grandma Deb today.  I try to bring her to see her as much as possible.  That way she will never forget her. Once someone passes, all we have left is memories. And once the memories are gone, they are forgotten. And I do not want my daughter forgetting her grandma.  

I went to the mall the other day, it has been awhile since i been there. I needed to get a shirt printed up for Rockford Scanner. I wanted something that would be noticeable and they did a hell of a job on the shirt. The only downfall, it cost $40 for one shirt!  While they were getting it done I stopped in and seen a good friend of mine Megan. Always nice to see her and talk to her. Awesome girl, we get along good.  I still have that schoolboy crush on her though ;p  She still looks good as hell.  But back on topic. We chatted for awhile. Caught up on things. When i go storm spotting this year I am going to take her along. Always nice to have company while photographing storms.  She had to get back to work, so I left and walked around the mall a bit and waited for my shirt to get done. As I am walking through the mall, a group of women started to whistle and call me sexy names. At first I didn’t think they were doing it to me, but they made it well clear they were talking to me LOL.  Was kinda weird having women whistling and calling me sexy names. Because it is supposed to be the other way around, the guys doing that to girls. I guess times have changed and the women do it to the guys now LOL.  I went back to the store and got my shirt after they made it. It looks good. Bright colors. I am sure once it goes through the washer a few times they will fade. But it is still good quality and very noticeable, just what i was looking for. I chose the colors red, white, blue. because they looked good. Then after deciding on those colors, I realized it was the colors of our flag  

I was asked the other day why I have such dark art on my website. My favorite holiday is Halloween and I like dark art. It looks cool. People assume things, but in reality if you look at the art, you will see the true meaning. You have to admire art to understand it. Its like the saying, do not judge a book by its cover. Honestly, you can think whatever you want of me, cuz frankly I do not care what people think of me. I am who I am and I will never be someone I am not.  I enjoy art.  When I look at a photo, I admire everything in it. From the main subject to the little details that you don’t see on the surface. It is like a person. You have to admire the whole person to understand that person.  I like all types of art, but dark art is one of my favorites. So that is why I post it.  When you look at a photo, look at the whole photo. Then you will understand what the true meaning is. 

That is the beauty of art. One person might see one thing while another person sees another thing.  I think art is one of mans best talents. Freedom of expression. An artist gets to express themselves in all types of art. From a song, to a poem, to a photo, to a video, etc…  When you look at the photos on my site, they all have meaning.  Each and every piece of content has meaning behind it. That is why art is such an awesome thing, but yet at the same time so mysterious.

When you look at the photo below, what do you see? This will prove my point.  Art is an expression.
(From a google search) 

When I look at this photo,  I see that we are all not perfect and everyone sins.  I chose this photo, because when everyone sees a nun, they assume they are perfect. But in reality no one is perfect. We all have our flaws. We all have our secrets. We all sin at one time or another.  You on the other hand might look at this in a whole new prospective and think perverted things or you might think how offensive this might be.  Which proves my point, I post art because it is a freedom of expression and what you see is not necessarily what I see in the art. That is why art is amazing. That is why I post the photos I do.  

Many see death.

But there is no death in life.

Only new beginnings.  ~ Rickie Traeger

Heres some of my photography ~ Click Here

Click Here to learn more about me 

Anna Page Park

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My hiking videos are posted below

My first hike at Anna Page Park on March 24th 2012

I decided to choose this park, because I seen a lot of geocaches there. My original goal was to go geocaching. But after i got there, i realized my GPS wasn’t working in the park. So I decided to go for a hike.  When I first drove in, I had no idea where to go. I seen to the right, was the frisbee golf area, so i went left. I drove past what looked like a maintenance shed, and kept going and found a parking area down a lil further on my left. So I parked there. I seen a walking path and decided that was the path I was going to take. It was an easy to moderate path, mostly easy. It was muddy at times from the recent rainfall we had. But there was a few things that got my attention. A lot of fallen trees, a stuffed animal in a tree, bright yellow flowers in the middle of the woods, and sadly a place where a young man lost his life a few weeks earlier from a snowmobile accident. It was a fun hike. It looked like it was going to open up and rain at any time, so I was trying to hurry a lil bit, because i didn’t want my equipment to get wet.  So I wish I could have spent a lil more time there. But overall, it was a fun hike. New places are always fun. I plan on going back out here more this year.  I would rate my hike as a 7. I give it a 7, because it was fun and seen a few interesting things. But there was a lot of mud and fallen trees and i was kind of in a rush.

I was lucky enough to attend the WWE event tonight and had lots of fun with my brother.  After the show, I knew the WWE jet was going to be taking off and I heard a 747-8 was going to be there as well. The 747-8 was cancelled, and Boeing brung in a Boeing 787 for a flight into Rockford!  So, I got to video a VERY RARE sight! The WWE Private Jet and also a Boeing 787 at the same time!  Talk about a good night. Attending the WWE event and then seeing their private jet and a 787 at the same time.  An awesome night in deed!

My last few days have been pretty good. I had a wonderful time with my beautiful wife for Valentines Day. I enrolled my daughter into her new school, I went plane spotting and got the opportunity to get up close to the Chicago bulls and Colorado Rockies charter jet.  So, yeah it has been a good few days. 

Below are some photos I took while plane spotting.

Some photos I took earlier today, thought I would share a few of them