A nice view from a bad location

What's this? The view from my dad's hospital room, unfortunately. As I've mentioned, my dad has been here in Maine since mid-June for a visit from Florida. He has multiple medical problems. On the 4th of July we had a BBQ at my house, then later Dad ended up in the ER with a heart attack (his fourth), congestive heart failure, and pulmonary edema. He has been in the hospital since that time and is scheduled for surgery in the morning to have a defibrillator placed. Your prayers and good wishes would be appreciated by our whole family.

Another fireworks attempt

Fireworks

My first attempt at a fireworks photo:

Canon 40D with 24-70mm lens at 30mm, tripod mounted
ISO100 F14 SS3seconds (bulb mode)

Peacock

Canon 40D with 70-300mm lens at 300mm
ISO400 F5.6 SS1/100

4th of July

Happy Independence Day from this young bald eagle, who is currently rehabbing at the Maine Wildlife Park. The focus fell on his feathers instead of his face, but I decided to put him up anyway since he's on theme (or maybe ihe's a her).

Hi there

Canon 40D with 70-300mm lens at 300mm
ISO400 F5.6 SS1/400
Auto white balance

Track Ribbons

DD received her ribbons from her first summer track meet, and I realized they fit the theme, being red, white, and blue.
Here she is doing discus for the first time (the first place ribbon):
And the 1500-meter race for the first (and she says last LOL) time. She got the second place ribbon for that one:
The third place ribbon was for the 100-meter race. I didn't get a photo of her in that race because she's so speedy. :-D