Our Friends @ Flickr*

Since the residents started uploading photos to Flickr over a year ago, we have met friends from all over the world. Gino has actually made the most friends, all of whom have Rottweilers in their lives.

Becky lives just outside of Austin, Texas, on Lake Travis. She has three beautiful Rotties, Cassidy, Roddy, and Taz. Here is their photostream and a bonus - You Tube videos.

There's Sacha K who lives with her handsome little boy Rolex and his newly added little sister Miss Lucy Loo.

Markrod59 from Montreal has lovely sweet little Emma. What a great name for a little girl!

Sandie (EvilMom1) has her aptly-named Beauty.

Esra Akeroglu is from Istanbul and has a very athletic Rottie named Face. There is also a new litter of puppies in the house.

Nora Onrubia lives in Rosario, Argentina, with her little girl Panda.

Felicia Folinazzo of Chicago recently lost her beloved Vega to lymphoma. She didn't post for a while but now she's back with a new friend, Pepina Dolce.

Violet is a survivor of Hurricane Katrina. Now she lives in Chelsea, Michigan with her friend Karen Smith.

Laura in Reading, UK, recently adopted Shanti. Her story is remarkable and very touching.

"We heard them say Shanti was getting to the end of her alloted time at the RSPCA after which, the unmentionable happens. She was only 8 months old. We stopped to say hi to her, and she trotted over to us, and climbed straight into my lap, rolled over on her back, and just fixed me with what has become known as the Shanti stare."

We also belong to several groups who share our interests. One of our favorites is Knoxify. A photo tour of our fair city is available here. Some scenes are inspired, some are mediocre, some members have their own interesting photo streams. We're checking out Ric Brooks (imjackhandy) at the moment.

Donald Kershner lives on a farm in Hartford, Kentucky where he raises Great Pyrenees puppies. He recently started a group limited to pictures of dogs that are (or eventually will weigh) at least 100 pounds. He was amazed to see his group grow to eight pages of photos before it had been running 24 hours. A lot of us love big dogs.

P J Chmiel in St. Louis has a great set on the January, 2009, midwest ice storm. I first came across his work when I found RAMBLE, a documentation of his eastern US tour aboard a Vespa motor scooter.

Josh is from North Carolina but lives in Washington DC. He documents famous landmarks as well as scenes about town in his NCinDC photo stream. He hasn't posted in a while and we are beginning to be concerned. Are you out there, Josh?

Sande Elkins lives in Loudon, Tennessee. She has a beautiful dappled gray mare named Mouse and does some fabulous equine photography.

Kerto lives in the UK. Her art is wonderful, filled with wildflowers and country lanes. Simply delicious!

The American Museum of Science and Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, has photos associated with the Manhattan Project. Many of our residents are retired from those plants.

Matt Heeron is an engineer for the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad. He lives in Beloit, Wisconsin. I first saw him in an interview with TRAINS Magazine. He grew up in a house at Milepost 107 of the WC, thus the title of his photostream - Milepost 107. A locomotive engineer has many wonderful photographic opportunities.

Jason Morrison put up some lovely photos of Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water residence in Pennsylvannia.

Judy Baxter is a fourth grade teacher in Hahira, Georgia. She has been shooting for many years and is one of the most prolific posters I have seen. She now has over 27,000 images in her Old Shoe Woman photo stream.

Lost Bob in Maryland has this tour of the famous C&O Canal.

Tom Larson recently retired from the US Coast Guard, bought a sailboat and got married. He documented his last Coast Guard cruise (to Dutch Harbor, Alaska) then he and his wife Amy began touring the world. Follow their adventures here.

Gwilym Owen lives in Cardiff, Wales. He posts under the name of Aaron A. Aardvark and has some great travel sets.

Graham Currey of Stockport, England, has a passion for photography and his work takes him to many exotic places. He keeps a blog as well as his Flickr photo stream.

Mary Rae McPherson has a dream job, she is a conductor on Amtrak's City of New Orleans. She is also a rail fan with a great photographic talent - and a pretty smile.

Brigitta lives in Vienna and shoots with a Nikon D40. She has a wonderful eye and many truly lovely photos.

I met Stanley (Scottish Twirly) a few months ago. He hails from Glasgow and puts up some of the most wonderful images of his part of the world. He has an interesting philosophy as well. He can be seen occasionally sporting his beloved kilts and no, he will not answer the traditional question asked about them.

*This page started with a Firefox glitch. After updating to version 3.0.5 it refused to either add or delete bookmarks. As a temporary fix this page with its links was stored on the local hard drive. Our webmaster Ms. Wearybottom suggested that it could be a great thing to share, so here we are (and our Firefox has been repaired).