Wide Angle

Just experimenting with my new super-wide angle lens. I thought this was kinda neat. Note the Keen clogs. Everyone should own a pair of Keens. But that's just my opinion.

DIY Despair

Despair.com now features a DIY section where you can use your own photos to make wonderful demotivational artwork. I think I will be having fun at this website for a while.

Squiggles

This is a little confusing because you can't see the filigreed ice so well, but the shadow it casts marks where it is and balances the frame.

Ice Shelves Make Walking Fun!

My son and I race home from the bus stop and see who can get to the best ice shelves first, making them collapse or crack. Akin to shuffling through fall leaves, the sounds of breaking ice are like music. Sometimes my son gets to a good patch of ice first, but he isn't heavy enough to crack it. Then I get his "leftovers," usually being heavy enough to finish the job.

Ice Puppy, Running

The snow is even yellow behind him - how realistic!

Bend in the River

Rising

Paws to Smell the Flowers

Triple Moonrise Over Enderis

The Ice Series

Free Trade, Trade Pain, Pain Free

There are a couple nice free trade gift stores near our house. I bought this little statue at one of them recently, a carving of a woman who obviously has teenagers. I think I need to go back and get a few more and hand them out to friends in similar situations, sort of as a solidarity move. An "I feel your pain" kinda thing.

Happy Deal of the Day

Every year around my birthday I get a coupon for 25% off any total purchase at my local Goodwill retailer. Call it "drug;" call it "therapy," but shopping makes me feel good. It relaxes me, which, if you know me, doesn't happen easily or often.

Here was the deal of the day, or of the decade, I should say. I got these Dr. Martens, with my discount, for $11.25. They are brand new, never been worn, pristine red leather 12-inch high in my very own size. Today they are listed on www.Zappos.com on sale 10% off for $111.56, down from their regular price of $123.95. But hey - Zappos does give free shipping.

Learning to Share

The dogs are learning to share, which is more than I can say for the kids.

Lunar Eclipse 2-20-08

This is the only good shot I got, mainly because I am lazy and it was damn cold outside. You can't just put the camera on 'auto' and expect it to know what it's doing with such a contrasting shot as this. I finally stuck it on manual and greatly reduced the time of the exposure so that the moon wasn't overexposed and blurred from the actual movement of it and us. It's amazing when you can see how the earth has moved over only 20 seconds. I think this was somewhere between 2 and 5 seconds.

Buddy's eyes.

A view of our front sidewalk last week during a brief thaw.

Peacock feathers, still attached to the bird and filtered multiple times and ways.

I harvested these Meyer lemons from a tree in my living room yesterday while it was minus two degrees outside. If WE can grow them, YOU can grow them. They are "store-size" and delicious. I must add they are sitting in a bowl that I knitted and then felted. I love the winter sometimes. This is a good winter. I will not get scurvy this winter.

Hail

On the way to the school bus stop this frigid morning (minus 5 degrees), I noticed yesterday's pea-sized hail preserved under occasional patches of ice on the sidewalks. Had to come back outside with my camera.