Tell Me a Story Summer Photos Oct 2020

 Virginia Beach 

3rd Annual Vibe Mural Festival 2020

I took these photo's this summer. I really like searching for and capturing murals and street art. 

Every self-respecting city in Virginia has a 3D LOVE sign

I love the little black cloud 

This mural was done last year by two brothers. These dogs are how they depict themselves as dogs. 

This turtle is a Disney copy write character and therefore had to have a Disney logo on it somewhere. 

Do you see it?

Today was the 'last day' for the murals to be completed, but obviously some take longer that others. 

When you are a retired CIA agent and have always wanted to own a brewery ..... you buy one. (The artist of this mural is from Hawaii.)

An artist's rendition of the Virginia state seal. 

These parking spot paintings were done by several schools in Virginia Beach. 

Another standup mural. The standup murals will go into the MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art).

This mural was not part of the festival, but beautiful nonetheless. 

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Tell Me a Story - July 2020

Out and About Hampton Roads Area

Hog Island Lens Display down town Portsmouth on the river
front. I love the reflections of the ship across the river.

Lightship Portsmouth Museum at night. It's not a very good picture I was at a stop sign with traffic
coming up on me and trying to take the picture while holding my phone through the sunroof. Sadly
I have not been to the museum yet, but I may have to go some day. 

I love this sculpture outside of the Children's Museum here in Portsmouth. 

A friend came to visit, so we decided to take a road trip to North Carolina (an hour away) for lunch. We ventured a little further than our original destination and stumbled across Edenton. A quaint little town. And of course I left my Canon at home, so Iphone photos it is. 

Albemarle Sound/Roanoke River from the pier in down town Edenton,  NC

The 1886 Roanoke River Lighthouse, Edenton, NC (side view)

The 1886 Roanoke River Lighthouse, Edenton, NC (pier view)

This memorial marks the spot where the women of Edenton gathered in 1774 to protest the British tax on tea. The marker is a 250 pound cast bronze teapot with an upright Revolutionary War era cannon serving as the base. The teapot is highly decorated. Featured prominently on one side (north) is the scene from the Great Seal of North Carolina showing the figures Liberty and Plenty in relief above the words North Carolina. On the south facing side is the inscription. https://docsouth.unc.edu/commland/monument/717/

Closer to home Ft Monroe, one of my favorite go to places:

Sunset over looking the over looking Mill Creek at Ft Monroe, Hampton, VA

Sunset at Point Comfort Lighthouse at Ft Monroe

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Tell me a Story June 2020

Sunsets, Full Moon, and Miscellaneous Photos 

Taken aboard the USS HARRY S TRUMAN

Sun rays in the water. 

One of the reconnaissance planes calling it a day. Coming in for a landing.

A sight you don’t see often... a Coast Guard boat being pulled By the Navy. The CG boat was damaged while trying to rescue another ship damaged by a storm the night before. The civilian boat was pulled to shore by another CG boat, while this one waited to also be pulled to shore. The CG send a second boat out to retrieve this one. The ship doing the pulling was the USS Forrest Sherman. I just happened to be on board with the rescue happened. 

A puffer fish caught shallow waters on the beach in Duqm, Oman. 

A B52 and some Air Force fighter jets do a strategically timed fly over while we were along side the Eisenhower for a “Joint Forces” photo op. Along with another one of our escort ships.

Transiting the Suez Canal

Full moon on the open ocean. 

This is a Canadian ship we did a multi national exercise with in the North Atlantic.  

A photo I took as I was being flown to one of our escort ships the USS Forrest Sherman to see a few of their sailors.

USS Eisenhower next to us for a photo op. 

I didn’t make I time to catch the moon rising, but I did get this shot.

Another beautiful full moon. 

One of our escorts the USS Normandy at our port call of Duqm, Oman. Duqm, Oman is not much more than a small port, which they are trying to make into another Dubai. 

December 2nd - Double Rainbow in the Atlantic Ocean somewhere.

Our supply ship bring us much needed supplies and maybe even mail. 

It is eerie how calm the ocean can be at times. 

50 Cal machine gun mount on the tail of the ship. 

A very foggy day in the North Atlantic. 

Swim call in the Arabian Sea. No I didn’t feel the need to
go swimming with the jelly fish. 

Beach in Duqm, Oman 

One of our jets coming in for a landing. 

One of our helicopters and a Canadian ship during the multi national exercise. 

One of our escort ships enduring some rough seas.

Our escort ships in formation for a photo op 

Helo busy during the Replenishment at Sea (RAS). All of our supplies were delivered this way since we did not visit any ports that would normally have our supplies. 

Another view of the beach at Duqm, Oman. 

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