kick me
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I had to get tires today. And that was after I spent hundreds of dollars on other maintenance. Now I know why I used to lease instead of own.
meta:
1/20 @ f3.1
+ .3 ev
ISO 100 ~ 25mm
meta:
1/20 @ f3.1
+ .3 ev
ISO 100 ~ 25mm
meta:
1/20 @ f3.1
+ .3 ev
ISO 100 ~ 25mm
mono man
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Because Heather and Mandy wanted to see this in B&W. (Those ladies are such an inspiration to me.)
Some facts about Hank. He will be 80 in one month. He is the 5th kid of eight. They didn't have electricity until 1939. He wanted 18 kids so we could play baseball games. (He got 5.) He went to St. Meinrad Seminary and thought about becoming a Catholic priest. Then he went into the army and thought about going into intelligence. (He was discharge due to a medical condition.) He went to get his teaching degree and only taught a couple of years before he was elected President of Michigan Federation of Teachers. He had his picture taking with President Johnson and VP Humphrey. He met Bill Clinton. He sang in our church choir for over 30 years.
strike a pose
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This is Hank. He's my dad. He is of a certain generation who learned to smoke with one hand and keep the other in his pocket. No, he doesn't jingle his change or keys in his pocket. Yes, he has tried quitting smoking many times. Just last year, he gave up giving up.
Hank is here for the winter. He lives in Michigan for his required 6 months plus a little more. Then he heads down here by way of Indiana to visit his family and then through Atlanta to visit my sister. He will be here probably through March. The boys love him. I am taking the usually getting used to having another adult in the house and one that makes me feel about 12.
BTW, I don't look like him though we both have dimples.
meta:
1/640 @ f3.5
ISO 100 ~ 52mm
giggle
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Ryan likes to try to outrun the camera. Usually he's successful, but sometimes I get lucky.
meta:
1/500 @ f2.8
ISO 100 ~ 14mm
on track
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meta:
1/40 @ f3.1
ISO 400 ~ 27mm
untitled
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I am having a brain fart and cannot remember the name of this plant. So much for impressing you all.
meta:
1/500 @ f4.0 ,
ISO 400 ~ 50mm
croton
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meta:
1/100 @ f8.0
ISO 400 ~ 50mm
gone to seed
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Can you believe all these seeds were in one tangerine? Thank goodness for the scientists and seedless varieties.
meta:
1/15 @ f8.0
ISO 400 ~ 50mm
lch design texture
48" and under
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This is one of the 2 playhouses at the new mall. Good thing Andy didn't seem interested since he is too tall to play.
meta:
1/320 @ f8.0
ISO 100 ~ 14mm
old toy camera action & old wall texture, lch design
money fountain
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Andy walked by the fountain and looked in. "There's money in there!" And then proceeded to reach in. He has never noticed or acknowledged money in fountains before and had to learn that it's not up for grabs.
1/400 @ f8.0
ISO 100 ~ 3mm
new book
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meta:
1/30 @ f2.8
ISO 100 ~ 14mm
brise soleil
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meta:
1/400 @ f8.0
ISO 100 ~ 25mm
going up
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I think I may be going overboard with the textures these past days. But today, it saved this photo from the trash can. It was definitely out of photo but I love the smile on Andy's face. We were in the brand-spanking-new 2 story Barnes & Noble. In flat Florida, any change of level is exciting. Now we have combined our favorites in one spot, books & escalators/elevators!
By the way, I am always shaky on an escalator so I was taking this photo while clutching tightly at the rail. I didn't even look to see where I was aiming. Sometimes blind shooting works.
meta:
1/60 @ f3.5
ISO 100 ~ 14mm
urban grunge texture, lch design
zoom zoom
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The weather is nice again and the bikes are back out. Andy is very happy.
meta:
1/640 @ f3.2
ISO 100 ~ 35mm
boy in blue
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What is it that makes little boys pair stripes and plaids?
meta:
1/640 @ f3.2
ISO 100 ~ 22mm
katrin eismann fill flash
distressed bling
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These came in the other day and I just love the colors. Can sparkles be distressed?
meta:
1/50 @ f2.8
ISO 400 ~ 14mm
mocha scratch texture, lch design
not in my house!
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This is wrong on so many levels! I could never go into a place called House of Meats and actually buy anything to cook and eat. And what about the signage? Do you think it was a vegetarian who painted this? The pineapple and cornucopia are nicely detailed whereas the fish, chicken? and pig and merely outlines. Or perhaps they ran out of money to pay the artist. Either way, it just screams at me to stay away. (It's not the greatest of captures, I was driving and shooting while NOT looking at the building, my eye was on the road. )
meta:
1/1250 @ f8.0
ISO 400 ~ 37mm
urban grunge overlay, lch design