I’ve uploaded some new dog photos to Flickr, both in the Misc Dog Shots and B&W Dog Shots sets. They’re the last ones listed in each set. I’m very happy with the Tamron lens I bought last week!
Off to work I go, though I’d rather play with the camera and edit photos. See y’all later!
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Dave’s Garden people are the best! Howie and I have known this for a long time, since 2001 as a matter of fact. When Howie had his life-changing back surgery at Johns Hopkins in 2006, it was DG people who buoyed our spirits in the forums during the months leading up to his surgery and [...]
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Yesterday afternoon, Emma managed to yank the handle of the Flexi-leash right out of my hand. She realized immediately she was free and took off like a racehorse from the starting gate, dashing between our neighbor’s house and garage and out in front of the houses. I ran after her bellowing in a most unladylike [...]
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As both a gardener and a fan of Christopher Walken, this Saturday Night Live skit makes me laugh. Though it was pretty obvious during the whole episode that he was reading from teleprompters, it’s still pretty funny.
“Ferns don’t have pricklers like cactuses, but what if they all ganged up on you, tried to choke you, [...]
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I am resolved to posting more often, even if it’s brief posts with links to other content. I had it in my head that I had to write the great American novel for each post; okay, maybe not the great American novel, but at least posts that mean something. Well, forget that! I will post [...]
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I was taking pictures of the various flowers in our birdfeeder bed when I looked down and noticed this crab spider had caught herself a nice dinner.Crab spiders, in the family Thomisidae, are fascinating creatures. They secret themselves away in the shadows and jump out to catch their prey.They can change colors to match their [...]
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Since it is going to be in the 90’s and very humid for several days running this week, we finally broke down and put the AC on in the house Wednesday morning. I don’t know if it is related, but Wednesday night I developed a migraine and sinus headache and spent a restless night alternating [...]
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