Cheer Up!

"Rah! Rah!"

1/320 sec at f/5.6 ISO 80

New Castle DE

"A good cheerleader is not measured by the height of her jumps but by the span of her spirit." - Author Unknown

Red Tag Sale

"A Winner"

1/250 sec at f/9.0 ISO 100

Bear, DE

Officer: "You didn't think we gave pretty girls tickets, did ya? We don't, but you can sign here."

The Grass Really is Greener ...

"Hut One"

1/640 sec at f/5.6 ISO 80

New Castle, DE

"The reason women don't play football is because eleven of them would never wear the same outfit in public." - Phyllis Diller

Black Beauty

"Stare Way to Heaven"

1/125 sec at f/6.3 ISO 400

Townsend, DE

"Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open." - Alexander Graham Bell 

There was a time ...

Launch of Friendship 7 with Astronaut, and future Senator, John Glenn February 2, 1962

... when a rocket launch stopped everyone in their tracks and garnered a world-wide audience. The event was, literally, mind-blowing that man could conquer space. And although strapping men and women in sideways chairs and lighting a huge fire underneath them has become somewhat routine these days, let us not forget what a simply incredible phenomenon has occurred right before our eyes in the last 50 years.  NASA has released some of their best photos, with Common License, on Flickr.

When you have a little free time, I encourage you to take a look back and reflect on the collection of creative minds that truly equaled the excitement and apprehension only someone like Christopher Columbus would ever have known. Click here to view the splendid NASA collection.