Dempsey has cancer but is still getting around. Today he sat on the couch and watched football with me. Let’s see how 2026 does for him.

Dempsey has cancer but is still getting around. Today he sat on the couch and watched football with me. Let’s see how 2026 does for him.

The year is almost done, what busy time from Thanksgiving to Christmas, wish it wasn’t that way just like I wish I had taken more photographs this year. We will see what 2026 holds for that….
But for now here are some family images of Christmas with my family.














Our second trip of the year to the Smokies and the colors we close to perfect in parts of the park. Even with the government shutdown, Friends of the Smokies was keeping the park open with their funds.
It was a great trip and even though we saw no bears this trip the colors made up for their shyness.















I switched from Canon to Fuji in 2016 and since that time I’m still learning how wonderful each of their camera are… but one thing that is the same for each camera is the way Fuji handles the color produced by their cameras.







Gerri created a quilt of dogs for Jack. The two in the middle of the quilt is our dogs Dempsey (a Brittany) and Jonah (a Havanese). Teh project took a lot of work but turned out great.






this barn sits in a field just before you get to our local dog groomers shop. I shot it with my Fuji X-T2 that has been converted to IR.

Missed the opening night of STAND, but was able to capture a few images from Sunday’s service.








