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1-13-14: I am waiting for a day that is not dreary, cloudy and/or raining. :( Thus, the opportunistic feline photo. Alex thinks she should help me whenever she can. After I took this photo and processed it, I hadn't realized how grimy and dust-covered my the screen was. The flash bares...

1-12-14: Buster loves to sleep on the back of the couch. It has a great vantage point. He can look outside and also around the living room and into the kitchen. BBBBUUUURRRRPPPP...Excuse Me. Actually, Buster was just cleaning himself. :)

1-11-14: Considering we had episodes of pouring rain today, I was lucky when I got this photo. It seemed that all the neighborhood birds came out during the brief spell when the rain stopped. This guy grabbed his seed and was starting to take off. I was surprised how well this came out...

1-10-14: I think I'm getting cabin fever. :) Spousal Unit had left his reading glasses on the kitchen table. When I walked by, I noticed the reflection of the overhead light on his glasses. I love photographing reflections. I played around with the reflections for a few minutes and ended...

1-9-14: Cold winter days result in desperate photos. How about the bottom of Jenny's foot. It sounds easier to photograph than one would think. As soon as Jenny (our Lab) realizes that she is the center of attention, she's all interested in what is going on. I had to have Spousal Unit keep...

1-8-14: This is what happens when you spend your workday trying to impart scientific knowledge to adolescents. Have You Contemplated Your Navel...........Orange Today?

1-7-14: Considering the high today was about 3ºF, I really wanted a photo of something that indicated sunshine and warmth. So here is a strawberry. Don't worry, I washed it after I took the photo and before I ate it. Always Wash Your Fruit

1-6-14: By the time I left work, the temperature was dropping like a rock. When I got home, I decided that tonight would be the perfect night to take an opportunistic feline photo:

1-5-14: Drab, dreary day. Waiting for freezing rain. :( I took a photo of the picnic table, then played with some of the in-camera settings. I do like the photo sketch tool. I then tweaked it by increasing the contrast during post processing. No Picnic Today Below is the photo as it was...

1-4-14: The temperatures today were a lot more reasonable and bearable than yesterday. WooHoo! It made it into the mid 20s. I look at Choconut Creek every time I drive over it. Today was no exception. I find that winter around the creek always has interesting texture. Today was no...

1-3-14: Once the sun came out this morning, the birds came out of hiding and were back at the bird feeder. The chickadees and titmice were having a field day. The chickadees were all over the feeder. I didn't realize I had gotten the second chickadee in flight as it left the bird feeder...

1-2-14: With all the warnings of horrible snow and all, we have received a whole lot less than expected. This isn't unusual because the Binghamton area is often just on the edge of whatever nasty weather system is passing by. I really feel for the people living north and east of us. They are...

1-1-14: Ah, the first day of the new year, and the first day of the 2014 Project 365. When I came home from running some errands this afternoon, I saw at least 8 chickadees in the forsythia bush next to the house. Most of them were way in the center of the bush, so getting a good photo was...

12-31-13: Okay, here's my last posting for the 2013 Project 365! WooHoo! I made it! Anyway, I snapped these this morning after I looked out the kitchen window and saw our neighborhood red squirrel (who we affectionately call Scrat) and a relatively new grey squirrel on the tree with the bird...

12-30-13: I got so involved in reading The Good Nurse, a book about the male nurse in NJ/PA who police estimated killed upwards of 400 patients in about 15 years that I almost forgot a photo for today. So here is a very bad grab shot of the weird blue holiday LED light I bought and have been...

12-29-13: Considering that the weather was totally icky today: rain, 35ºF, then the temperature dropped and it has been snowing lightly since. :( I think Alex has it right as what to do on such a yucky day.... Zzzzzz...

12-28-13: I was outside this afternoon with the dog when I took this. I did not have my camera with me but did have my iPhone. I'm not a fan of phone photos, but sometimes one does not have a choice. It had a terrible blue cast, which I did the best I could to get rid of. Then I decided to...

12-27-13: I looked at my Christmas cactus today and noticed the half-dead, rather withered flower. It was so beautiful on Tuesday (see post #1138. Today it looks like a has-been. the After-Christmas Cactus Flower

12-26-13: While waiting for the tea kettle to boil this afternoon, I was looking at the LED clock on the stove, and it gave me an idea of what to photograph. Call it the stove clock study, if you will. :) I was curious to see at what shutter speed would the time on the clock look "solid,"...

12-25-13: More succulent photos... This is one that a former teacher aide gave me on St. Valentine's Day. I noticed that it has a whole bunch of air roots. It also suddenly started to grow. I haven't done anything to it. I don't know what species of succulent it is, but those are the only...