[Occasional] Picture of the Day

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2009-12-29T17:23:00.001-05:00

(Tuesday, December 29, 2009) My new lens (Canon 50mm f/1.8 II EF) arrived today. Tried using it outside, but the windy conditions and bitter temperature sent me back inside. Set up my tripod and opened the aperture all the way (f/22) to try to capture the wind.

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2009-12-29T15:04:00.004-05:00

The front window in our apartment this morning. Had to darken it up to make the picture more presentable.

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2009-12-29T15:02:00.002-05:00

It is really hard to get pictures of Chubbs still, so I had to take the opportunity of Stacey holding him.

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058.365 (Moose)

2009-12-28T20:49:00.001-05:00

(Monday, December 28, 2009) A few years ago I mentioned I thought moose were cool animals. My family took this as meaning I collect moose. I received this moose ornament for Christmas (along with a moose stuffed animal and a moose head magnet.) I love my family.

057.365 (Polaroids Galore)

2009-12-28T20:48:00.001-05:00

(Sunday, December 27, 2009) My friend, Jessica, has inspired me to explore Polaroid photography. I picked these up in Binghamton this afternoon. Left to right: Model 900, Spectra, and Square Shooter 2. Film is still available for the Spectra. Can’t wait to try it out!

056.365 (Boxing Day)

2009-12-28T20:47:00.001-05:00

(Saturday, December 26, 2009) In honor of Boxing Day, I took this photo of the Canadian Pacific locomotive that I received for Christmas—complete with the box it came in.

055.365 (Christmas)

2009-12-28T20:46:00.001-05:00

(Friday, December 25, 2009)This was one of the ornaments my mom received for Christmas. Thought it was rather apropos for the day.

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2009-12-27T20:47:00.003-05:00

Isn't this a beautiful Spring err I mean Winter twilight sky? Pretty swell for Dec. 27.

365:353 - Peace

2009-12-27T19:13:00.000-05:00

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365:352 - Shed

2009-12-27T18:52:00.000-05:00

Believe it or not, this little shed used to be a treehouse. My dad, never doing anything halfway, built this sturdy treehouse for my sister and me when we were in elementary school. It was complete with real windows, doors, and bunkbeds. We spent many summer days playing in the treehouse, and we slept in it with our friends on lots of occasions, as well. I remember jumping from the treehouse porch into giant drifts of snow, and I remember a friend who got nervous about being up so high, so her mom had to rescue her when she was ready to come down.

While Christie and I were in college (I think), one of the four trees that helped to support the treehouse died, meaning that it needed to come down. My clever father engineered the situation so that he could lower the building to the ground without taking it apart. Now in addition to holding a bunch of memories, the little shed holds the lawnmower and other yard tools.

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365:351 - My Feet (From Above)

2009-12-27T18:22:00.001-05:00

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2009-12-26T21:30:00.001-05:00

Another one of Boots, she is the more photogenic of our two cats. This time she is hiding out in a bath & body works bag.

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2009-12-26T21:28:00.001-05:00

Old ornament of mine on my parents Christmas Tree. (Taken Dec. 25th, 2009)

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2009-12-24T22:30:00.001-05:00

Santa is indeed coming to town...Stacey's & Mine Christmas gifts to each other.

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2009-12-24T22:29:00.000-05:00

It is the beer joint of my dreams...(From December 23rd, 2009)

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2009-12-24T15:58:00.001-05:00

(Thursday, December 24, 2009) Finally got my winter feeders up. Didn’t take the chickadees and blue jays long to start visiting them!

053.365 (Matthew)

2009-12-24T15:57:00.001-05:00

(Wednesday, December 23, 2009) My friends’ son, Matthew, playing the piano they recently acquired.

053.365alt (Rachael)

2009-12-24T15:56:00.001-05:00

(Wednesday, December 23, 2009) Here’s an alternate submission for today’s photo. Upon seeing this photo of herself, Rachael stated (as on a five year old can), “that picture needs to be in a museum.”

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2009-12-22T21:47:00.000-05:00

A couple of my Christmas napkins...

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2009-12-22T19:04:00.001-05:00

(Tuesday, 22 December 2009) I finally put up a Christmas tree this afternoon. It stands a little over twelve feet tall. Charlie Brown would be proud of it.

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2009-12-22T19:02:00.000-05:00

(Monday, 21 December 2009) I took some photos earlier in the day, but alas they were all of presents, so didn’t want to post those… When 11 o’clock rolled around, I went looking for an object to photograph. This jingle bell wreath was the lucky winner.

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2009-12-21T14:45:00.001-05:00

This is the steeple of my dad's church, Choconut Center UMC in Binghamton, taken across a beautiful morning sky.

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2009-12-20T23:33:00.000-05:00

(Sunday, 20 December 2009) Went for a walk down to the lake this afternoon. The wind made it especially cold, but I managed to get in a few good shots. Here’s one of the guard boat on shore for the winter.

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2009-12-20T23:31:00.000-05:00

(Saturday, 19 December 2009) My friends’ son, Liam, is a budding two-year-old photographer. He and I had a blast playing around with my camera tonight at a Christmas party.

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2009-12-20T22:04:00.002-05:00

My wife loves goofy and collects goofy's. This is the christmas tree goofy I picked up for her at the Disney Store in Manhattan.