Foggy Sunday

Tom Bryne Park Atmore, Alabama

Cotton Field

Blueberry

Happy 4th of July

Mobile, Alabama

Juan Sebastián de Elcano

The Juan Sebastián Elcano is a training ship for the Royal Spanish Navy. She is a four-masted topsail, steel-hulled schooner. At 113 metres (370 feet) long, she is the third-largest Tall Ship in the world.

She is named after Spanish explorer Juan Sebastián Elcano, captain of Ferdinand Magellan's last exploratory fleet. The ship also carries the de Elcano coat of arms, which was granted to the family by Emperor Charles I following Elcano's return in 1522 from Magellan's global expedition. The coat of arms is a terraqueous globe with the motto "Primus Circumdedisti Me" (meaning: "First to circumnavigate me").

The Juan Sebastián de Elcano was built in 1927 in Cadiz, Spain, and her hull was designed by the Echevarrieta y Larriñaga shipyard in Cadiz. Her plans were also used twenty-five years later to construct her Chilean sail training vessel sister ship Esmeralda in 1952-1954.
Source: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Sebasti%C3%A1n_Elcano_(Spanish_ship)


Elcano Captain Francisco Javier Romero and crew sailed to Pensacola last June 3, 2009 to help commemorate the 450th Anniversary of the discovery of Pensacola, Florida.

more photos: Juan Sebastian de Elcano

Summer Heat

shots around Atmore, Al

Cheese Cake

He had no servants yet they called Him Master.
No degree yet they called Him Teacher.
No Medicines yet they called Him Healer.
No army yet kings feared Him.
He won no military battles yet He conquered the world.
He committed no crime yet they crucified Him.
He was buried in a tomb yet He lives today.
Feel honored to serve such a leader.
JESUS CHRIST, our Saviour and Lord!
Have a meaningful holy week!

SPRING SUNRISE

This is my first time to experience spring...

MACRO

My first successful Macro shots by inverting my kit lens

FORK ...