Brian Crock

  • Lonely Soul, Beautiful Soul

    “The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Continue reading

    Lonely Soul, Beautiful Soul
  • Country Peace

    “The country does what the city cannot. It quietens the mind and brings simplicity into one’s life.”   — Donna Goddard — Continue reading

    Country Peace
  • Sunrise with a Titanium Cub

    Titanium Cub enjoying the warmth of sunrise on her wings… 😎 Continue reading

    Sunrise with a Titanium Cub
  • Never Give Up on a Sunset

    “The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the after glow of sunset.” — Stephen King — Rule #1 when chasing sunsets, “never give up on a sunset!” When I thought her beautiful show was complete, I quickly moved… Continue reading

    Never Give Up on a Sunset
  • Reflection of Love

    “Our universe grants every soul a twin – a reflection of themselves – the kindred spirit – And no matter where they are or how far away they are from each other – even if they are in different dimensions,… Continue reading

    Reflection of Love
  • Champaign Lady

    I recently had the opportunity to see the restoration of a Boeing B-17G. Champaign Aviation Museum, Grimes Municipal Airport (I74). Urbana, Ohio. August 20, 2022. Looking into the nose, you can see the Bombardier and Navigator positions. Beautiful nose art… Continue reading

    Champaign Lady
  • Merry Christmas 2022!

    Hark, how all the welkin rings,“Glory to the King of kings”;Peace on earth, and mercy mild,God and sinners reconciled. Charles Wesley (1707–88) This is as close to Christmas colors as I could find in my sunset collection. Continue reading

  • Christmas Eve 2022

    “Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see.” — The Polar Express Christmas Eve is my favorite time of the season. There’s something magical about the silence of a cold… Continue reading

  • Love Defeats Darkness

    “By night, beloved, tie your heart to mine and let them both in dreams defeat the darkness” Pablo Neruda Continue reading

  • North American Aviation T-6C Texan

    “The airplane is just a bunch of sticks and wires and cloth, a tool for learning about the sky and about what kind of person I am, when I fly. An airplane stands for freedom, for joy, for the power… Continue reading

  • Soul in the Sky

    “My soul needs yours” — Markus Zusak — Continue reading

    Soul in the Sky
  • Approach

    “Real flight… is the spirit of an airplane lifting the spirit of its pilot into the high clean blue of the sky, where they join to share the freedom.”  Richard Bach, Air Facts magazine, September 1960. Continue reading