Piperbarb's 2013 Project 365

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

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 taking photos of wall textures, the playground, and each other's eyeballs. Don't ask, just understand that they are teenagers... Need I say more. While at the playground, one student took video of himself going down the slide. That was a rather interesting perspective.

I was able to get a couple of photos of the playground jungle gym without students because at that point, they were photographing each other's eyeballs. I suggested they go around taking more eyeball photos, then post them in the hallway with a challenge for their fellow students to identify who belongs to which eyeball. They thought I was weird.

Rock Climbing Mountain
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Verticals
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What grade level are these teens?

My wife teaches 9th grade and I hear the stories in the evening.

 

[piperbarb]

What grade level are these teens?

My wife teaches 9th grade and I hear the stories in the evening.

It's a mixed group 9th -11th graders.

As we all know, adolescents are not human. When they turn 13 they morph into alien life forms and do not return to the human race until their early 20s.

 

[piperbarb]

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 the car and was able to get an acceptable night photo of the house and its reflection in the pond.

Mirror Image

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

It's a mixed group 9th -11th graders.

As we all know, adolescents are not human. When they turn 13 they morph into alien life forms and do not return to the human race until their early 20s.

As I have said for years the small life forms don't turn into humans till they are 25.

 

[piperbarb]

11-22-13:

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

 

[piperbarb]

11-23-13:

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

 

[nikonpup]

Glad you got "it".

 

[Alan]

11-23-13:

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

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I would like to hit "Like" but I have lived in New York and it's hard to like the beginning of snow. I always told people when I was in Watertown that we had three seasons...July, August and Winter

 

[piperbarb]

Glad you got "it".

HaHa! Thanks.

 

[piperbarb]

I would like to hit "Like" but I have lived in New York and it's hard to like the beginning of snow. I always told people when I was in Watertown that we had three seasons...July, August and Winter

Watertown is about 175 miles due north of here. It's definitely worse there. I spent one semester during graduate school in Potsdam. We used to pray for snow because the cloud cover allow the temperatures to rise enough to make life bearable.
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[piperbarb]

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 think these guys are a whole lot tougher than I am, that's for sure. Here are two photos of one of the chickadees.



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[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

Karma hit me today for giving all of you northern types a hard tone about the cold weather. It was 34 this morning when I got up. Stayed cold all day


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[Roy1961]

it was 37 at the lake this morning, back in the 70's later

 

[RockyNH_RIP]

it was 37 at the lake this morning, back in the 70's later

We never hit 30!

Pat in NH

 

[piperbarb]

We never hit 30!

Pat in NH

Neither did we. The high was about 21 yesterday. Brrrrr....

Snow and freezing rain is predicted starting tomorrow afternoon and into Wednesday.

 

[piperbarb]

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

 

[Marilynne]

You guys are sending some of that cold stuff down here. Wednesday is suppose to have a low of 49. Guess someone forgot to shut the door.

 

[piperbarb]

Karma hit me today for giving all of you northern types a hard tone about the cold weather. It was 34 this morning when I got up. Stayed cold all day


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HaHa! That'll learn ya! You know what they say about Karma....

 

[piperbarb]

You guys are sending some of that cold stuff down here. Wednesday is suppose to have a low of 49. Guess someone forgot to shut the door.

Sharing is a good thing.

 

[piperbarb]

11-26-13:

Well, the nasty weather has started. I took this a little while ago from my porch...

Snow Bitten