It’s a cold rainy day in Corbin, and I wanted to share a great gift I got from my Texas buddy, Dudley Hawthorne, and avoid gong out in the cold rain!  It sits on top of a hard drive on my desk to remind me that I may not have made much of my life, but, at least, there is a Bill Fortney Bobblehead!!!!  Not everyone can say that!!  Thanks Dudley!

 

Photography Post-Mortem:  Fujifilm X-T5 with the XF 90mm f 2 R LM WR lens set at f 2.8,  shot at 1/400th of a second at ISO 1600.  Hand held.

 

Blessings,

 

 

the pilgrim

 

Postscript: I thanked Dudley and said, the face is pretty accurate, but the body is way off, he said, “Sorry about that but if the body had been to scale the bobblehead would’ve cost a lot more!” Sorry I mentioned it!  😉

 

 

COMING SOON!  This is a sneak peek of a upcoming blog entry.  As those of you that frequent my blog know, I have a serious, clinical, camera bag problem!  To say I  have way too many, well, if Nylon, Cordura, Duraflex buckles and Velcro were worth their weight in gold, I would be getting loan requests from Elon Musk.  Very soon I will publish what will be called;  “Age Appropriate Plans for Camera Portage.”  I will attempt to put my 50+ years of study on this matter, and take a comprehensive look at the problem.  I hope it will be fascinating and helpful!  So this is my shot of the day, get ready!!!!!

 

Photography Post-Mortem:  Truthfully, why do  anything but pull out your iPhone for this kind of shot!

 

Be Blessed,

 

the pilgrim

 

 

 

 

This is my shot for the day!  It is one of my favorite sights in all the world, decending to land and looking down at that runway!  I couldn’t have made this shot without the kindness of my Doctor and good friend, Paul Pedersen!  Paul is wonderful pilot and he knows how much I have been missing getting into the air!  So he and his wife Anne flew down to the Williamsburg airport today to pick me up.   Anne got out and  worked on charts, she is a physical therapist, and let Paul and I play around in the sky for a while!  What a wonderful flight we had!  We flew down to Norris Lake in Tennessee and around and then back to Williamsburg.  Wow, I really enjoyed getting back in the air, thanks again Paul for great flight!  I love his plane, a Gruman American Trainer, it is solid and he flys it well!  Can’t thank  you enough!

 

 

 

Flying over Norris Lake.

Paul landing at Williamsburg to pick me up.

 

Grown men being little boys in the sky!

 

Thank  you again Paul and Anne for a great afternoon!

 

Photography Post-Mortem:  All images withy iPhone, no room for a big camera in the tight cockpit!  Reminds you of just how capable these new smart phones are!

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim

 

 

 

I live in a subdivision off the Cumberland Falls Highway (US 25 West) named Tattersall Trails Estates.  Each of the streets is named for a Kentucky Derby Winner with a small bugle below denoting the sounding of the starting of a race.  I live on Whirlaway Trail, the is the sign at the end of our street!

 

Photography Post-Mortem:   iPhone 12 Pro Max set on Portrait Mode!

 

Blessings,

 

 

the pilgrim