HaarFager's photos

One of my favorite restaurants is Logan's Roadhouse. They serve mouth-watering steaks and are located all around my area. Taken on February 2nd, 2013, with my Sony Alpha a230 DSLR.

This was an old train depot, down in Birmingham, Alabama, which had been converted into a restaurant. They also brewed their own beer which they served and featured live bands to play for their patrons. A band I used to be in played there on June 11th, 2015.

Some french fries from a McDonald's restaurant located in Kentucky. I was on a road trip with my girlfriend at the time and her daughter. It was her daughter that liked eating here. It's probably one of the last times I ate at this place because I'm not a real big fan of fast food. Taken on October 6th, 2013, with my Sony Alpha a230 DSLR.

A late afternoon stop at a McDonald's restaurant located in Kentucky. Taken on October 6th, 2013, with my Sony Alpha a230 DSLR.

A promo shot for the band Straight Shot. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Kodacolor II 100 Date: circa February 1983 Location: Carbondale, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta XD11 KSF5035 Straight Shot 1983 18ff

A shot of a 1957 Chevrolet speeding along Daytona Beach, in Florida. My Dad took this when he was in the Navy; this shot was taken in 1956 - before he was even married and long before I came along. And it must have been after the new 1957 models came out late in the year.

A typical Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurant. There is a chain of them and this one is located in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. They have very good food. Taken on June 25th, 2013, with my Sony Alpha a230 DSLR.

This is your typical breakfast at a Cracker Barrel restaurant. They specialize in regular "down home" cooking. I wish I had this food in front of me right now - it sure looks appealing! Taken on June 26th, 2013, with my Sony Alpha a230 DSLR.

A male Monarch butterfly. One year when the Monarchs were migrating south, they used my backyard as a hotel. There were hundreds of them!

Today, July 4th, 2025, we celebrate the 249th anniversary of our independence. I'm thankful that we have a country where we can gather together, speak our minds and worship in the way we choose. Many men and women have died through the years protecting our freedoms and we are thankful for their sacrifice. God Bless our nation and our President. I am personally celebrating this day and showing my allegiance to our nation by displaying our flag, Old Glory, and grilling out. What a country! The fireworks display will come later on when it gets dark.

God Bless America "From the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam. God bless America, my home sweet home." Written by Irving Berlin.

As we here in America celebrate our Independence Day today on the Fourth of July, here's a preview of what a lot of people will be watching tonight - fireworks! Hqppy Fourth Of July, everybody! Taken on July 4th, 2010, in Carmi, Illinois.

The Star Spangled Banner Oh, say! can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming; Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say! does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Our flag outside the National Museum of the United States Air Force, located at the Wright-Patterson Air Force base near Dayton, Ohio. Camera - Minolta XD11 Lens – Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film - Kodak Kodacolor II, 100 ASA 35mm Date: May 1979 Location: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A. Minolta KSF 5075 Washington 1979-H 17gf

This is a Hot Wheels custom-designed vehicle called a Deora II, part of the Star Spangled series of four cars with a patriotic-themed paint scheme.

You don't see many scarecrows anymore. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: 3M Scotch 100 ASA Date: circa August 6th, 1990 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. XD11 3M Tree Mountain 03-1kf

The Star Spangled Banner Oh, say! can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming; Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there: Oh, say! does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Taken on July 4th, 2010, with my Sony Alpha a230 DSLR.

This is a Hot Wheels 1934 Ford 3-Window, part of the Star Spangled series of four cars with a patriotic-themed paint scheme.