The JimAnna Chronicles

Here is part two of our final months in Washington D.C. I made this image with the use of two polarizing filters to slow down the shutter, but not overexpose the image.  Kind of an interesting result. The reflecting pool had actually frozen enough for people to walk on it.  It was pretty cool and [...]

Ok, now that the most important event has been chronicled (Alexander’s arrival), I’ll go back and try and catch up on some of my older images. These next two posts will detail our final few months in Washington DC (Jan-Mar 10). It was a great winter with record amounts of snow. Although, Anna was pregnant, [...]

Although we officially moved to the Washington DC area (specifically a former part of the district … Arlington, VA) it feels more like an extended vacation. Plus, Anna’s pregnancy has made things much more interesting. We have been trying to take advantage of our time in the nation’s capital … or as the French say [...]

What would you do if your spouse was going to be deployed to a remote location, fighting daily to make the world a better place, and you were stuck at home to wait? Well I did what any self-respecting girl would do. I cried for a week, and then I went to Paris and cut [...]

In April three significant events took place. First, I went to the Herrmann haus to celebrate Reinhardt’s birthday and second, my mom came out to visit. After that, I took a trip with some girlfriends to Sardinia, Italy. April was a bit of a blur, but a happy one. Here are some photos that I [...]

Hi everyone, it’s about time for another monthly post. This will be another two part post, and I will follow it very shortly with images from South Africa. Anna and I will be there for a vacation. One of the benefits of being on such a long deployment is that we get to take a [...]

This vista is the Panjshir River in Kapisa. Our vehicles traveling on a road we’re building. Here is that same contractor again. He’s Pashtun and VERY jovial. We stopped for a very quick meeting to say hello, but he insisted we have a bite to eat. He pays his 1000+ employees about $4/day (a very [...]

Well, I have now been in Afghanistan for a month and a half … and this country is as beautiful, amazing and more troubled than I remembered. However, I feel that although we have a long way to go, progress is being made. As you may recall from my post in October, my role here [...]

OK, for those who have not heard, for all intents and purposes, I am in the Army for the next year or so. I have been training with the Army for a little more than 2 and 1/2 months now in Indiana, as well as North Carolina in preparation for a deployment to Afghanistan this [...]

A couple weeks ago, a group of us had the opportunity to witness the site of one of the most seminal battles of World War II. Officially it was named the Battle of the Ardennes by the US Army and Operation Wactch am Rhein by the Germany military, but popularly known as the Battle of [...]