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12-5-13: With all the blow-up Christmas lawn ornaments around, I have seen tons of snowmen, Santas, Trees, Elves, etc., but my favorite is the blow-up Grinch. Someone has one near where I live, so I do not have to go far to find the Grinch. I did some post processing to make the Grinch more...

12-3-13: Okay, today's photo is not food, it's all dog! Jenny really gets tired of me taking photos of her. After a while, it seems she gets downright suspicious. :)

12-2-13: When a took a few mallomars out of the box to eat them, I thought about how to make them into an interesting arrangement. This is what I came up with... Oh! No!

12-1-13: I finally finished these socks. I had gotten busy doing some other things, so these socks got pushed to the wayside. I finally finished them this morning. Just what I need, more socks. :) Socks

11-30-13: Over the kitchen table, we have a lamp that I use mainly as a night light. It had one of those yellow "party" incandescent bulbs for what seemed like years, that is until it burned out last week. I decided to change the color and went with one of those blue LED replacement bulbs...

11-29-13: I heard some weird rustling noises on the porch this norming. When I looked out, I saw our neighborhood red squirrel (who I refer to as Scrat) flying off the porch and across the snow-covered yard. A while later, I went out and saw these tracks in the snow. The first set of tracks...

11-28-13: This is what is left over of the turkey from our Thanksgiving Day dinner. BTW, according everyone, this was one of my better turkeys. Leftovers I hope everyone else who celebrated Thanksgiving today did not overeat too much.

11-27-13: Since it's the day before turkey day, that did not leave me too much free time to get much in the way of photos. So here is today's photo. Yeah, a definite desperation photo but at least it's not an opportunistic feline photo. :) Just a Tip

11-26-13: Well, the nasty weather has started. I took this a little while ago from my porch... Snow Bitten

11-25-13: Well, my Christmas cactus is telling me what sea on is on the way. It has started flower buds and sending out new leaves!! I find it does best when I ignore it a lot. :) New Leaf Flower Bud

11-24-13: Today definitely felt like winter: temperatures in the high teens to low 20s, wind gusts up to 30 mph, and snow flurries on and off all day. I did decide to go outside this afternoon for a while to see what I could find. I came across about 6 chickadees in the forsythia bush. I...

11-23-13: This afternoon, I looked out the window and saw a snow squall. It lasted just long enough to get this:

11-22-13: I love nuthatches. I find them quite amusing to watch. They are so animated. Today, this one was being particularly cute.

11-21-13: I pass by this house every day. In the evening, when they have the ornamental lights on, I never seem to have the correct lens on the camera. This time, I deliberately made sure I had my 85mm f/1.8 lens with me. Unfortunately, I did not have a tripod with me, but did lean against...

11-20-13: I have 6 students in my photography elective this marking period. After a brief introduction about what photography is and its history, We went outside today to take some photos. The day was perfect: temperatures in the mid 40s (F), sunny, and no haze. The kids were having fun...

11-19-13: Not having a lot of time after work to get any interesting photos outside, I resorted to my fallback plan, opportunistic feline photo. :) Unlike Alex, Buster is not as thrilled to be photographed. He considers it an intrusion by humans. UGH! Human with Camera...Again

11-18-13: I have always found "junk art" very interesting. It amazes me how someone can take what most people would consider as trash, and turn it into something really cool. My parents picked this dog up years ago. I still like and and am amazed at how the artist was able to take some...

11-17-13: Today was one of those dreary days. At some point this afternoon, someone (feline, canine, or human) was taking a nap. Alex was on the back of the recliner, snoring. ZZZzzzzzz.....

11-16-13: It was such a beautiful morning today that I enjoyed just sitting on the porch watching the birds visiting the bird feeder and the trees and bushes right nearby. For some reason, this little chickadee did not want it's picture taken. I have a whole bunch of photos where only...

11-15-13: As I was coming out of Target late this afternoon, I saw this guy in a cherry picker changing the bulbs in the parking lot lights. When I got back to my car, I took this photo. If you look closely, you will see one of the bulbs in the guy's hand. Let There Be Light