Growing Old Disgracefully

Fall

Published on October 13 2009

This *is* the most beautiful time of year, isn't it? Taken somewhere along the road in northern Wisconsin/ southern Michigan. The colors were so beautiful, even on a somewhat gloomy day.

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Wa-a-a-y too early for this

Published on October 12 2009

Yeah. It's soooooo pretty, isn't it?

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Nobel Committee, phone home...

Published on October 9 2009

The phrase "WTF?" is spinning in the collective world head this morning with the news that President Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize. "Very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for...

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Leaves over Water

Published on October 7 2009

Taken in the Porcupine Mountains, on the Presque Isle River. The rain finally stopped today, so it was a perfect day to get out and take a few pics. The colors up north aren't quite as gaudy as they are here, surprisingly. One of the locals told me that...

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latest in a long line of sunsets

Published on October 6 2009

I've been going through some old CD's of photos to get them cataloged into Lightroom. (Side note: Recommend Lightroom to every single person you know). This pic was taken near Ashland if I remember correctly-- just a simple "Sunset across Lake Superior"...

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Mirror View

Published on September 30 2009

Colors are turning golden here, with splashes of red and orange. We had our first hard freeze last night, down into the 20's F. It's too early for this, but we often have our first snow around this time of year. Time to put away the shorts and flipflops,...

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Bark

Published on September 28 2009

One more black-and-white photo as we enter the most gloriously-colored season of the year. It's just a little reminder of what follows. Heh. And in other news, we have lost a bit more of the "bark" in the world: The Associated Press: William Safire, speechwriter...

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Arches

Published on September 26 2009

“I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethro' Gleams that untravell'd world whose margin fades Forever and forever when I move” ~~ Alfred Lord Tennyson Taken in Janesville, WI summer 2008. This archway once graced the front...

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summer's end

Published on September 26 2009

"Your everlasting summer You can see it fading fast So you grab a piece of something That you think is gonna last You wouldn't know a diamond If you held it in your hand The things you think are precious I can't understand "

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crooked bridges

Published on September 24 2009