The USS Yorktown (CV-10) was the tenth aircraft carrier to serve in the US Navy. Commissioned in April 1943, she saw action in the Pacific, replacing CV-5 (also named USS Yorktown) lost at the Battle of Midway. She was build in just sixteen-and-a-half months!
Taken around 3:00pm on a late January afternoon, the trees are all devoid of leaves. The sun was still high enough in the sky to light the face of the barn and the gate without interruption from the shadows of the trees.
This 'nodding donkey' was whirring away on the beach near High Island in Texas. The sun is still a 33 minutes away from breaking above the horizon.
Since yesterday was Mardi Gras, that makes today Ash Wednesday, so here's a photo of some ashes. OK so that's a bit weak, I know - my wife often reminds…
What does one do in the gap between parades? On several days through the parade season more than one parade will travel along parts of the same route. Many families…
And no, I've no idea what the lady in the Drew Brees shirt is doing nor exactly what the police officer is looking at.