Walter Haynes's Weblog

DSC_1145 Southgate Shopping Center Edward Scissorhands, originally uploaded by walter_april_haynes.

In 1990 This Southgate Shopping Center was featured in the Tim Burton Movie Edward Scissorhands.
As I was finishing this exposure an ambulance pulled up into the parking lot.
See the right side of the photo.
If you look close you can see where they took the neon tubes out of the sign. Such a pitty. I love unique things and the community should rally to have the neon sign restored.
The old Belk Lindsey store was were the Office Depot is.

The old Fabric King was in the same place where the Grand Buffet is. You once were actually able to get your scissors sharpened there I’m told.

When I was a little boy my first pair of boots, Dingo Boots came from a shoe store in this place.

DSC_4729 Pumpkin Patch, originally uploaded by walter_april_haynes.

Tad Pumpkin Patch

DSC_4717 Pumpkin Patch, originally uploaded by walter_april_haynes.

Marshal and Dad enjoying the fall colors.

DSC_3632 Merry Go Round, originally uploaded by walter_april_haynes.

Here is a merry go round at Busch Gardens.

DSC_2735 Drop into black w logo border, originally uploaded by walter_april_haynes.

Basic setup here. I have set up a camera, tripod, wireless remote, and a bowl of water. I could not find the food coloring so I added some cool aid and here ya go. Drip.
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I like what I’ve read about a man named John Muir.

One of his stories is STICKEEN about a little black dog named Stickeen who won a place in John Muir’s heart while traveling in Alaska in 1880. Together they explored the Brady Glacier in what is now Glacier National Park in Alaska.

I also enjoyed reading Travels in Alaska which details the 1880 trip in more detail and others. Stickeen is mentioned again in this story with a little more detail. No matter where he went the little dog Stickeen followed relentlessly.
Here is an excerpt.
_ In the midst of the general auroral glow and the
_ specially vivid flashes made by the frightened fish darting
_ahead and
_ to right and left of the canoe, our attention was suddenly
_ fixed by a
_ long, steady, comet-like blaze that seemed to be made by
_some
_ frightful monster that was pursuing us. But when the
_ portentous
_ object reached the canoe, it proved to be only our little dog,
_ Stickeen.

I enjoy anthropology and enjoyed his description of the lives of the natives he encountered.

A wealthy railroad executive man named Edward Henry Harriman gathered scientist from different fields in science and made an expedition to Alaska in 1899. He invited John Muir. They collected a wealth of data but also sparked some controversy. They entered what they thought was an abandoned Tlingit village and took many artifacts including five totem polls. After being on display in museums around the world including the Peabody Museum. in 1990 President George Bush signed into law the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), which mandated that museums receiving federal funds return cultural property to the native groups to which they belong. The artifacts were finally rightfully returned to the Tlingit Natives nearly a hundred years after being taken. I read that John Muir wished to have no part in the removal of the artifacts and I commend him for being a man ahead of his time with respects to native rights and environmental conservation and protection.

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-Walt Haynes

DSC_2259 Baby Orangutan w border, originally uploaded by walter_april_haynes.

Bornean orangutan baby Hadiah, born in September 2005 at Lowry Park Zoo, plays with a white shirt. He is the same age as Tad, only a day or two different.

DSC_2471 Eastern Screech Owl, originally uploaded by walter_april_haynes.

Here is an eastern screech owl.Visit our webpage at www.plantcityartgallery.com

DSC_2483 carnival legend, originally uploaded by walter_april_haynes.

Here is a view of the Carnival Cruise line cruise ship Legend moored at the Channelside attractions and the Florida Aquarium in Tampa. When it left dock It looked like a building moving. A few years ago April and I sailed on the Sensation from this same place in Tampa, FL. Visit our webpage at www.plantcityartgallery.com

DSC_2344 Feet w border, originally uploaded by walter_april_haynes.

Here is one of my photos taken at Lowry Park Zoo. Be sure to see more of my photos at www.flickr.com/photos/walterhaynes
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