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In 2002, a team of astronauts performed upgrades on the telescope during a spacewalk in the servicing mission. One astronaut uses a handrail (left) to hold onto Hubble while the other is attached to the shuttle’s robotic arm by a foot restraint (right) Image Credit: NASA
Again in May there will be another mission [...]

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As many of you know, Twitter is arguably the most hot networking website in the world at this time. You have less than 150 characters in which to “tweet” and then your tweet goes out to all who follows you. It’s quite something. Please follow me on Twitter. (Twitter artwork compliments of Angie [...]

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Why in the world would I care about photographing the richest man in the world’s house? Well, I have no idea! But, Monday, I had the opportunity to ride on a boat and see the house that belongs to Microsoft founder, Bill Gates.
It was a sprawling home and just beautiful! It’s [...]

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This past Saturday, a parent of one of my students allowed me to go with them to the front line and photograph his race. I was not allowed out of the car but was able to get lots of nice photos considering I couldn’t move about. It was a load of fun. LOUD [...]

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About an hour and a half south of my home is the area where the little Haleigh went missing during the night on February 2 . It is a very sad event. Of course, I rode down there to cover the story and photograph the search party as they walked the woods. [...]

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Last night, the President and First Lady hosted their first state dinner — a reception for the nation’s governors in the State Dining Room. 
Before the dinner, First Lady Michelle Obama met with some students of the local L’Academie de Cuisine and introduced them to Cris Comerford, the White House Executive Chef, and Bill Yosses, the [...]

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Whew!  Finally, I got my site back up and running.  It is a long story but Bloom Where You’re Planted.com is not going away as many of you may have wondered.  I had some issues related to hosting that have now been resolved.  Psek is a reliable and helpful hosting company if any of you [...]

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The girls and I made it to the Inauguration.  When you go to a venue like this, you decide where you want to be because you cannot just flit from place to place with fences, check points and a gazillion people.  We decided to stand where the new President would come by in the motorcade [...]

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I just love these two people. Both are focussed, hard-working, have looked out for our interests and have remained friends through a difficult tie.

President George W. Bush is introduced by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the U.S. Department of State Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, during a ceremony commemorating foreign policy achievements. White [...]

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The Magnolia Residence China was unveiled Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, by Mrs. Laura Bush at the White House with plates whose magnolia decoration give the china it’s name. Other pieces show a varied and detailed pattern from nature. There are 75 place settings of the service which were purchased by the White House Historical Association [...]

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