Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I know that I'm a day late with this message but oh well. I hope that you all had a great day!

A New Look

Alright everyone. If you're reading this then you must be on my blog and if you have ever visited before you will have already noticed some massive changes.
First off, the new layout. This IS a nature photography blog and being able to display photographs properly - in my opinion - means that they are large enough to see in detail. Everyone will obviously agree with me. My old layout however didn't allow that, as my images had to be posted a very small size if they were to fit in the post column. This layout allows my images to be posted nice and big which makes viewing easier and allows for much great detail in the individual photos.
Also up near the blog title you will see tabs which go to individual pages of my blog ("About", "Contact", "Links"). This feature allows for a lot easier navigation (for example if you want to send me an email, jump to the "Contact" page and you'll be ready to go...no more scrolling around looking for stuff randomly placed on sidebars). I will update the pages with time and will add more in the future.
All in all I think that this new layout with lots of new features fits perfectly. My old one was several years old and was very outdated. This new one is great for displaying photography (the whole purpose of this blog) and is designed around making it a much smoother ride for you, the reader.

This upgrade is long overdue!

-Wyatt

Nesting Flamingoes and a Happy New Year!

It feels like 2010 went by very fast, doesn't it? Oh well, 2011 is here and I hope that you all had a great New Year! I sure did as I got to get out and take some winter, snow-filled pictures, eat alot of great food, and saw the movie "True Grit" (it was very good, by the way). Anyway a couple months ago I went to a zoo that had a large flock of Flamingoes on display and I got the chance to photograph these extraordinary birds nesting! One of the newly hatched babies was - according to a zookeeper - only a couple hours old.



Veterans Day

I am proud to be a citizen of the United States, and I thank all of the Veterans who have served this Country. Thank you! God bless America!

1,000!

It has come to my attention that this blog has now been visited over 1,000 times and has been viewed in over 100 countries! This is huge, considering that I started it as a way to share my photos with family and friends. It has definitely grown! Thanks to all of you for you support!

The Grand Canyon

Happy 2010 everyone!

Wow, I can't believe that this decade is already over! It seems that it wasn't very long ago that it turned 2000....anyway, I hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas and great New Years! Here are a couple winter pics that I scored in my backyard. This freezing weather is crazy!

Louisiana Purchase

On this day in history - October 20 - in 1803, the U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase. The land purchased contained all of present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, parts of Minnesota that were west of the Mississippi River, most of North Dakota, nearly all of South Dakota, northeastern New Mexico, the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. Thats about 23% of the territory of the United States today! And it was all for a mere $15 million!
           Such a huge accomplishment is worth taking a moment and thinking about how lucky we are to have this land within our borders today. So many unique and exciting places can be found on this land, and it is a place where many Americans live (I included). So lets take a moment and be grateful for this!