Joshua House Blogs

For many of us who have ties to upstate New York Watkins Glen State Park, Letchworth State Park, and Stony Brook State Park are places with special meaning. From family reunions, to church picnics, to spending time there with someone special, when i... 

Most photographs are of course basically rectangular. In my case the ratio is generally 4:3 because they’re taken with an Olympus. Other companies of course have different ratios. However special scenes sometimes need to be much wider then they ar... 

The rains have finally begun here in Mississippi, and while the lakes remain low (it is summer after all) they are coming up. With these storms of course come clouds, and in many cases lightning, these can be worth photographing, but there is a good... 

Summer brings out insects and arachnids all over the country. Most of these are harmless, and even mosquitoes are more amusing down here then annoying at least so far. Since it has finally rained perhaps they’ll pick up. What there does seem to... 

What is the Fourth of July to us? Most Americans have no negative feelings towards the English, and haven’t for generations. The idea of Independence is engrained in our culture, but what is that freedom or independence? While thinking about that ... 

Memphis seems to be a great city, although I need time to actually explore it. Most of the time I’m there it’s dealing with the rental car agency. But one trip was worthwhile. If you ever get to Memphis (and are not stumbling around Beale Street) ... 

I think we can all agree that it is HOT. No matter where you are, if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s summer, and at least here in the U.S. it’s hot just about everywhere. Between drought here in Mississippi, and that massive storm system th...