Neat pictures I've taken

[chrisinhouston]

United's new seats are really nice and you actually get some comfort. They served lunch when we took off and we did what they call the business style where it all comes out at once and not in courses so we could eat and relax and then sleep. The food was ok but nothing special. I've seen a real drop in food quality since the merger. Not sure when we will fly first or business this year as I dropped from Platinum to Silver and my wife went from 1K to Gold. Oh well.

[chrisinhouston]

Always fun to walk the back streets of cities we visit and photograph odd things. These manikins were in front of a store in an old section of Istanbul with lots of clothing including little Sultan costumes for boys to wear for their circumcision party which in Turkey usually happens when the boy is 8-14 years old. OUCH!

I assume the smart jackets and tie ensembles are for after the boy becomes a man!

[slang]

Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

...Took us 23 hours to get home after that!

That part of the adventure doesn't sound all that exciting. I've done it many times but it's not fun

Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

...They served lunch when we took off and we did what they call the business style where it all comes out at once and not in courses so we could eat and relax and then sleep...

So the staff isn't constantly waking you up for the peanuts and Coke that you refused the last time they woke you up?

Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

...Always fun to walk the back streets of cities we visit and photograph odd things...

You're got some great photos here. Sounds like a fascinating trip.

[Gravdigr]

Went out on a little photo safari the other day. Saw some turkeys. Took a picture out the window of GrandCherokeeOne.



Meh, turkeys.

Aaand then, as I was about to pull away, I looked about 50 feet in front of the Jeep, and sitting there on a survey stake, was this fella:




I guess he had been sitting there when I pulled up, and, just didn't see a reason to leave. I almost didn't see him, wouldn't have, if it hadn't been for the fluttering survey tape.

That, friends and neighbors, is ye olde American Kestrel, which, Wikipedia tells me, is not a 'true' kestrel. Whatever, it's a kind of falcon, and, I find that cool as hell, as I've never laid my personal eyes on a falcon, or a kestrel, for that matter.

I believe this one is probably a juvenile.