The Most Beautiful Spring-Flowering Shrubs

Click on the Title above for Better Homes & Gardens article with 19 photos and related links.

Barquentine 'Peacemaker' visiting

The Flagship of the Twelve Tribes , Barquentine Peacemaker is in port until the 26th. If you are anywhere in the area, take time to visit this unique and beautiful vessel. More information and photos in my Flickr Photostream. Click on the links for more details.

Flickr Photostream

Whatever Floats Your Boat ( my other blog )
www.peacemakermarine.com
www.twelvetribes.org

http://www.twelvetribes.org/peacemaker/peacemaker-ship.pdf

Photo Ops This Month

These are just a few of the upcoming events. Check the calendar for more.

Virginia International Tattoo Parade Comes to High Street

The beat of the drums, the call of the trumpets, the roar of the crowds - the mighty sounds of the Virginia International Tattoo return to The Virginia Arts Festival and soon to Olde Towne Portsmouth.On April 30, 2009, the more than 200 performers from The Virginia International Tattoo will parade from High Street Landing up High Street to the Courthouse Galleries. Several countries will join forces, including the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Germany and the Czech Republic. The Tattoo thrills with music, majesty, and might. You have to see it to believe it. The parade starts at 6:00 p.m.

www.virginiaartsfest.com/2009/tattoo.php

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The Moody Crewe is coming to take over the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum May 2.

PIRATES! Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum, corner of High and Water Streets May 2, 2009, Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Fee: Free Admission Registration: No registration required. Enjoy free admission when you come meet the dreaded Moody Crewe pirates and muster in for the School of the Pyrate. Also, join our scurvy scavenger hunt and build your own pirate ship!

http://www.portsnavalmuseums.com/programs.html

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PortsEvents News

The new Starboards Newsletter is out with boatloads of things that are happnin in Portsmouth. Follow the links to be in the know and see y'all in Olde Towne.

PortsEvents

http://www.portsvaevents.com/

David Cartier to host Olde Towne Blog on HamptonRoads.com "What's new in Olde Towne"

[ http://hamptonroads.com/blogs/new-olde-towne ]

And Another One

http://clyde-boats.blogspot.com/2009/04/somali-pirates-attack-another-us-ship.html

Navy Rescues Captain, 3 Pirates Killed

Bravo Zulu USN ~ More info here > http://clyde-boats.blogspot.com/

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Maersk-Alabama

Click HERE to go to my other blog "Whatever Floats Your Boat" for Pirates in Somalia info.

Spirit of Independence - Maiden Charter Cruise

Thanks for stopping by. Here are a few images I captured while I was fortunate to be a passenger on the Maiden Charter Voyage of the Schooner Spirit of Independence. We couldn't have asked for better weather and from what I saw, everyone thoroughly enjoyed the cruise up and down the Elizabeth River. The Captain, J.C. Waters, and the crew, Joy and Peter, ( with help from volunteers ) took pride in showing off the newest attraction on the Portsmouth waterfront. I am looking forward to taking more photos of her whilst underway under full sail. Check out the website for more information on this exquisite vessel.

For more photos, click here or Copy & paste in browser > http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldetownephotos/

Spirit of Independence ~ Charter Information

J.C. Waters ~ More info on the Schooner and her builder

Refreshments and treats provided by the Sponsors, Betsy and David Cartier of Starboards Coffee Kiosk

Historical color and facts supplied by Portsmouth's Founder, Col. Crawford

If you don't have a free Flickr account or you don't want to log in, email me and I will send you a visitor's pass. :-)

OldeTownePhotos@aol.com

April Fool Prank ?

This must be a mistake. If it was real, people would be flocking to Portsmouth. I think somebody needs to replace the batteries in their calculator. It should read per hundred, not per thousand.

McAfee Fails the Conficker Test

This seems to be all over the news today, so I'll post a few links.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=778&tag=nl.e539

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-283883.html?tag=nl.e539

Trick (?) Photography

Experiment in perspective. These were taken with a Canon A-1 film camera 25 years ago (before Photoshop). I posted these photos in my Flickr Photostream and didn't get any response. Can you tell me how I shot these?

In the top set, the house appears to be the same size.
In the bottom two images, the fence and kids are the same size but the house seems larger in the last shot.

By the way, Happy April Fool's Day.