August 30, 2004
Artificial Hill
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Vestigial Wings?
The wings of this insect do not look to be big enough for it. I wonder what kind of bug it is and if it can really fly?
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Dinner
I found this dead centipede on the floor, put it on the counter and went to get my camera. When I got back this large black ant had completely disassembled it's body. The ant took a hold of the centipede's head and ran under the microwave.
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A team of sled dogs arrive at the Tahquamenon Park for a demonstration race.
Goodbye 4090.
Grand
Much of Michigan was clear cut in the 1800-1900's so, much of the forest now is new growth. This is the largest known white pine in the Tahquamenon Falls State Park, about 175 years old. It's 120' high, 4'8" in diameter, and 14'8" in circumference.
26 Things III item "Grand".
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Out of Reach
We went back to Paradise to see if we could get the satellite to work again. This is Randy, an all purpose handyman, cutting limbs off the trees that block the line-of-sight. It didn't seem to help.
26 Things III item "Out of Reach".
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Armed with Afghan hash?
Button
Alicia caught me taking a photo of her purse. "I need a photo of a button. It's for a challenge," I explained.
The next time I saw her she discovered the button had fallen off. "Good thing you took a picture of it," she said.
26 Things III item "Button".
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Stretch
I think these tracks stretch all the way to Oregon....
26 Things III item "Stretch".
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26 Things III (26), California Summer 2004 (45), Family (48)
Artificial
Taken from the front yard of a gorgeously landscaped winery, this is looking out on the hills across the road. In Sonoma County the vineyards have spread everywhere, creating an artificial landscape of monoculture. They do add greenery to an otherwise summer brown hillside, but knowing the danger of monoculture, and the chemicals used for these crops, it's hard for me to see their beauty.
26 Things III item "Artificial".
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Exotic
26 Things III item "Exotic".
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26 Things III (26), California Summer 2004 (45), Flowers (41)
A Walk Outside
Clarista loves the outside. "Outside!" she demands, taking my hand and pulling me out the door.
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Moving Micah
Inspired by Mike's awesome pans, I've been practicing photographing moving people. I think this is the best one I've gotten so far.
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Spirits of the Field
My sister's fiancé, Preston (right), and their son, Micah, appear as ghosts in a long exposure early evening shot.
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Through
Tree spirit of the oak?
26 Things III item "Through".
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26 Things III (26), California Summer 2004 (45), Family (48)
Relief
Years ago, while I lived with my parents, I brought home a pair of ducks a friend had given me because they were outgrowing their little apartment. Ducks are much more suited for farm living. Their eggs were delicious and they ate snails which was a blessing after having the worst post el Nino snail year. My mom and I got them a husband and they became many ducks. The farm my parents moved to didn't yet have a working pond or place safe from predators for the ducks to live. It was a stressful thing trying to figure out what to do with all the farm animals. To her relief, my mom found this lady to adopt the ducks. Her pond is huge and already has ducks, geese, and sheep living around it.
26 Things III item "Relief".
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Bottom
26 Things III item "Bottom".
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26 Things III (26), California Summer 2004 (45), Creatures (75)
Lines
These power lines go right along the driveway at my parents' new house. Isn't that supposed to be bad for people?
26 Things III item "Lines".
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Coffee Mug
This is Carl, Head Instructor for Sonoma County Wing Tsun and a good friend. We met for coffee a couple times while I visited Cali in June. I can't remember what he's talking about here, at Dempsey's in Petaluma, but I remember how good the falafel sandwich was. The coffee isn't bad but the microbrewed beer is one of my favorites.
26 Things III item "Mug".
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Different Perspective
I spent a couple weeks helping my parents move from of their country house outside of Petaluma, California to a bigger property north, outside Potter Valley. My dad decided he wanted to take his iron weathervane with him. He sent me up the barn roof with a hammer to take it down. It was neat to see the house and property from this highest perch. I don't think I've been up there since I helped my dad re-roof it when I was a kid.
26 Things III item "Different".
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Delicious
After a day of fotostrolling with fotologger vimanaboy.
26 Things III item "Delicious".
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Dummy
On a beach fotostroll with fotologger vimanaboy. Someone wrote this in the outhouse.
26 Things III item "Dummy".
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Far Away
On a beach fotostroll with fotologger vimanaboy. The Pacific Ocean is so far from here.
26 Things III item "Far Away".
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On a beach fotostroll with fotologger Underground
On a fotostroll with fotologger vimanaboy. At the beach.
26 Things III item "Underground".
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26 Things III (26), California Summer 2004 (45), Flowers (41)
American
On a fotostroll with fotologger vimanaboy. This is American Alley in downtown Petaluma.
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Green
On a fotostroll with vimanaboy. This is a backdoor on Water Street, Petaluma. The book on the ground says, "Bottles".... Ironic?
26 Things III item "Green".
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Mechanical
On a fotostroll with fotologger vimanaboy, we stopped to see his sister's metal shop. She's showing us her silver press.
26 Things III item "Mechanical".
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