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Dec 4. 2008

Sunset on the lake

PhotoStory Friday
Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

Yes, the ground is now white in my neck of the woods and will remain so for many months, but I just discovered a folder of photos I never got around to sharing so I will be throwing some from warmer days in for a while.

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So, there I was waiting for the boat to come to shore and take me out and I thought the sky was really pretty.

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It didn’t take long for the sun to start setting. These two photos were taken 13 minutes apart. Amazing!

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And 9 minutes later it was still beautiful! It was chilly out there, but I imagine now that lake is frozen, and unboatable.  So here’s to remembering warmer days and reminding myself they will come again.

Dec 3. 2008

Rudolph Crossing?

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Dec 2. 2008

Bugs & Blooms

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Nov 30. 2008

Salad Tongs (Macro Monday)

Macro Monday is easy to play, snap a macro (or close-up) photo, post it on your blog and come back here and sign Mr Linky.

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A few years ago my mom was looking for a set of salad tongs and we came up with these.

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We really liked them because at the time we were living in Texas and they made us think of the beach.

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They really are rather gaudy, and heavy!

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Maybe now I need to find her some snowflake ones.

Nov 29. 2008

Fluttering by

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This butterfly has a daddy longlegs friend to the right.

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And when she flew to a new spot she found another friend.

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A different butterfly with a different little friend (on the left).  All of the above photos were female Cabbage Whites.

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The one above is a male Cabbage White.

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This male Clouded Sulpher landed on me so I handed hubs the camera.

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And the wicked wind helped make more of him visible.

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Apparently butterflies like company.

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Camera Critters

Nov 28. 2008

A story with a twist

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Many, many moons ago (I think I was still in high school, early 80s), my aunt made me a tiny little doll. At the time I think miniature shelves were pretty popular and the doll was made to go on a shelf but really, I’m old, oh so old, and have forgotten the whys. But while I was going through things and reorganizing I came across my little doll and thought she would be fun to photograph.

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I set about trying to find the best way to photograph her and finally ending up wedging her tiny feet into the top of my birdfeeder. I thought I would be telling about how my aunt hand sewed all of her tiny seams, little dress, and French knot hair.

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But, the story I thought I would give with the photos quickly turned as I went around her to get all of her sides.

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It was right about now that my 19 year old decided to get in on the action. He tried to eat her, but I wasn’t quick enough to catch that shot!

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Doesn’t he look guilty?!

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She now sits in Haden’s belly. I’m not so sure I want her back if she makes it back from her trip.

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She was cute, and lasted many years. . . until my sons got ahold of her!  But boys do keep life interesting!

PhotoStory Friday
Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

Nov 27. 2008

Q is for Quail

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I saw this little Quail at the Manitowoc Zoo and thought he would be perfect for letter Q in Martha’s A-Z Photo Challenge.

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However, he wasn’t very cooperative. It was a rainy day, and he was behind glass and hiding behind the twigs and . . .oh well, you get so-so Quail photos for letter Q.

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Still, he’s really pretty colored and fat, isn’t he?

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Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving. :)  We’ll be eating turkey and such with our kids today.  Then I’ll be trying to catch up on blog visiting now that we’re home.   Then tomorrow I’ll be doing the random generator for the book giveaways, hurry and sign up if you haven’t.