Back in 1997, I was station in Camp Stanley South Korea for my one year hardship tour. During that time I was able to create at least a couple of pieces of art. It is sad
but true I had many more items that would be of interest but I simply lost track of them over the years.
Watercolor on 80 weight 8.5x11
inch drawing paper. Untitled 
Drawing Pencil on 16x12 inch
butcher paper. Untitled
I really need to do more time permitting.
AAE
It has been quite a while since I posted anything
here. Of course the only items you have seen in
this blog so far are those that I had available
from Iraq. Those of you who have followed
my photos and writings from there know that
I am back in Heidelberg Germany and still
on leave. I’m glad to be back home with my
wife Dee, our Dog Draco and Cat Sebastian.
The following photographs are actually from
the second of two trips Dee and I have made
to the Bavarian Alp resort area. Check out the
following link and description from that link.
Travel to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Situated 97kms southwest of Munich at the
base of the Zugspitze, the country’s highest
mountain (2,963m), is the Olympic city of
Garmisch – Partenkirchen, the best and most
famous ski resort in Germany. The resort
offers excellent beginner schools, new and
advanced expert runs, as well as perfect terrain
for intermediates. Host of the 1936 Winter
Olympics, Garmisch – Partenkirchen is an
all-rounder with a sparkling heritage.
Garmisch and especially Partenkirchen
maintain an ancient village charm, while
merging as twin villages to form Germany’s
top Alpine resort. Fine jewellery and
handicraft shops, along with sports stores
and fashionable boutiques, make up the variety
of shopping opportunities in the centre.
There are 60kms of marked ski runs over
44 slopes at Garmisch – Partenkirchen,
with a longest run of seven kilometres.
Beginners get almost half of all slopes,
while intermediate and advanced skiers
get perfect terrain. Around 33,000 skiers
per hour are transported by one cogwheel
train, four cable cars, two gondolas, six chairlifts,
and 23 surface lifts, making up the 36 lifts at the
resort. Although Garmisch - Partenkirchen
lacks a ski kindergarten, it provides a children’s
school for ages four upwards. You won’t spend
too much time searching for accommodation,
with the middle of each town offering wonderful,
often luxurious hotels to farmhouses at the resort,
which has over 9,600 available beds. Fantastic
old Bavarian restaurants permeate Garmisch,
while both towns have big hotels providing
elegant après-ski, plus facilities including a
casino, bars, discos, concerts, theatres and
a cinema. A common lift ticket links the two
largest nearby Austrian Alpine villages of
Lermoos and Seefeld, with Garmisch –
Partenkirchen. The top of the Zugspitze is
accessible by railway and cable car, completing
a classic journey, and affording a panorama
which extends far over the Alps and Bavarian
lowlands. The summit can also be reached from
the Austrian side of the border. November to
May means a long ski season, with the start
and end of the season, as well as mid-January,
offering the best deals. To arrive at Garmisch -
Partenkirchen with the least fuss, fly to Munich
or Innsbruck and hire a vehicle for an awe-
inspiring journey through the mountains.
The following series of photographs were
taken with my Canon EOS Rebel XT.
This is only the second time I've had it
out on an extensive shoot. I will be posting
the results of my shoot with my
Minolta 370x 35mm on the next post.
That one will include our photos from
our 2005 visit there.
I kind of need to space this out a bit.
Below, Dee is on the balcony
of our room at the Edelweiss
lodge.
Sometimes I photograph a subject from
several perspectives, digital is an advantage
for this because of film and procssing costs.
Yes I'm still posting more photographs from
My last Walkabout. I took quite a few on
this last one, and am putting the better ones
here.
I may well get out there a couple of more
times before I leave. I have to apply my
time effectively for this last little bit.
Just more of my perspective.
AAE
Just a few more Photographs and thousands
more unspoken words.
These things I see through the lens of my
camera, some good some bad. Images that
tell tales and stories. Moving me more than
the words of great poets, or authors. Painting
instantly those things around me.
I took these the same day I did the ones in
my previous post.
Welcome again to my perspective.
AAE
Looking yourself in the mirror of you life,
face to face with who or what you are.
Or is it what you think you are? Facing
long days and dark overly silent nights,
trying to make sense of those things you
have seen, tasted, touch and smelled.
Your senses shattered, mind scattered and
tattered, by the horrible reality around you.
You take on a different likeness unlike
yourself, a fractured perception of what
you are. You no longer know the sum of
all the parts, because they do not always
fit, not like they use to. Where is that
person who you were, what really
happened to him? Moving from light
to darkness and back again, trying to
find your soul. You scream silently in
your soul for quiet from the screams in
your mind and pray the smell of burning
flesh will leave you forever. It never
leaves along with the emptiness that
is constant that you find no relief for.
Look behind you and see yourself
following, like a specter haunting yourself. 
Welcome to a Fragmented Perception
Just another perspection.
During the first couple of days of my leave,
Dee had not yet made it to the US. It is hard
coordinating leave from overseas sometimes.
I spent a lot of time with my Son, Daughter,
Grandson, and granddaughter, during those
days. It does my soul good to look at these
photographs of these Grandchildren. The
beauty of the whole thing is that I am still
young enough to enjoy participating with them.
Shadrach
Ocean
I miss them.
Art
These are photographs overlooking the wing
and engine of the plane I flew home in on leave.
I took these images because I liked the
contrasting of the plane over the blanket
of clouds.
Our flight took us to Budapest http://english.budapest.hu/Engine.aspx ,
which unfortunately it was night so we didn't see much.
Then to Ireland http://www.shannonregiontourism.ie/ We arrived
just at daybreak. On to Newfoundland
http://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/
We came in during the day and I have to tell
you, Dee and I are going to see this place
some day. Talk about beautiful wooded
areas, lakes, and from my understanding
many other sights to see. From there on to
the USA, and my family. More to come
from this story.
Just a view
Art.
I guess I needed to clear something up. I'm
already back to work from leave, I'm just
relating the story of the trip.
Ok this is one of the rare times you will see me in a photograph. I took this using a tripod and that Fuji Finepix A210. A little history about the throne. This throne was given to Saddam by Yassir Arafat.
Yes I really look like this at 0300hrs in the morning after work
The emblem in middle is a representation of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem; also know as the Dome of the Rock. The inlay says “Holiness to us” on the sides and on the Top it says “victory from God and success is near” It is not clear that, that is the translation as there are differing documents the other document says the translation is “Jerusalem is ours”, on the sides, and on the top it says, “Victory from God and conquest is near,”
Detail 1
Detail 2
Detail 3
The book at the top has a verse from the chapter of the Koran Entitled “The Israelites” “AL-Isra” Its translation is “Glory to Allah, who took His servant for a journey, by night, from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque, whose precincts God did bless.
Detail of the Book
Detail of the arms
This is a link to the original article:
http://www.vcorps.army.mil/news/2006/july3_bagpiper_release.pdf
This Article can be seen at:
MUSICAL V CORPS MAJOR
These are the Photographs MAJ
Gunther and I wanted the PAO to use. 
Here is a link of interest:
http://www.vcorps.army.mil/VictoryForward/default.htm
I Beautiful Mosque along the waters with flowers in the foreground at morning.
Photograph taken in June.
There is a grove of date palms and cedars all together in this one small plot. When it is hot like it has been and the cedars bake in the sun, if you pass by early in the morning the fragrance of cedar fills the air. It is as if you had just opened a chest made of that wonderfully aromatic wood. The palms are really beautiful in their own way. I find myself enjoying the appearance of the palm fronds spreading out from the center of the trunk.
These are T-Walls, large concrete barriers used for protection. I just thought they looked kind of interesting in a still life sort of way. Laying in stacks on the ground waiting to be set up.
Sometimes the mundane simple and plain things in life are artistic in their own way.
Welcome to my perspective.
AAE
