070/366: Scientists for Scale

Dr. Brown discovers the dark secret of Dr. Red's mushroom-breeding program.

Another delayed photo-of-the-day, because SteelyKid was sent home with strep throat yesterday. She complained that her throat hurt any time we asked her to eat anything other than ice cream, but other than that was basically unaffected. Which is sort of the most irritating sick-kid scenario possible, because if she were actually sick and listless,… Continue reading 070/366: Scientists for Scale

069/366: Ain’t No Party Like a Little Dude Party…

The Pip shaking a parachute with balls on it at his birthday party.

The day was dominated by the previously mentioned birthday party for The Pip, so it only makes sense to have the photo of the day be an action shot from said party: This is from the games portion of the party, which included shaking a parachute loaded up with plastic balls so they flew all… Continue reading 069/366: Ain’t No Party Like a Little Dude Party…

068/366: Happy Pip Day

The Pip with his big new book of superhero stories.

Four years ago today, The Pip was born. That’s hard to believe, in both directions at different times. There are days when it seems like just yesterday that he was a tiny helpless thing, and other days when he seems to have been a hyper Little Dude for aeons. I took a bunch of pictures… Continue reading 068/366: Happy Pip Day

067/366: Toast

A piece of bread in the toaster at Chateau Steelypips.

I spent most of Friday in a bit of a fog, thanks to a cold bug I picked up from The Pip. As a result, the only thing I took photos of yesterday was this: This wasn’t some weird pseudoephedrine-fueled delusion– I actually had a professional need for a photo of bread in a toaster… Continue reading 067/366: Toast

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065/366: Owie, Owie, Owie

SteelyKid’s Elite Team taekwondo practice on Tuesday night was a “game night” because they had a belt test last week. The kids opted to play capture-the-flag against the parents, which ended up a tie (the adults won the first two games, the kids the second two), but the adult victories came at a price: This… Continue reading 065/366: Owie, Owie, Owie

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064/366: Evil Sunrise

Evil squirrel against a colorful sunrise.

Another delayed photo-of-the-day, another photobombing: I think this pretty much speaks for itself: I was getting a photo of the colorful sunrise, and an evil squirrel ran across the power line. Which was a clear and obvious photo of the day.

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063/366: Photobomber

Airplane and bare tree in the early morning.

ScienceBlogs had some back-end Issues for a few days, which delayed the photo-a-day project. This one’s from two days ago, when I was taking a picture of the bare branches of a tree next door because I liked the way they looked against the sky. I ended up with a high-altitude photobomb, though: I ended… Continue reading 063/366: Photobomber

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062/366: Fun-Size Candy Mountain

The Pip's Halloween candy.

Another busy day, so you get another kind of lazy shot. But, hey, everybody wants to know how the kids did trick-or-treating, right? So here’s The Pip’s share of the Halloween haul: I weighed both his plastic pumpkin full of candy and the Tupperware container that SteelyKid’s stuff is in, and they each came out… Continue reading 062/366: Fun-Size Candy Mountain

061/366: BatNinja

The Pip as Batman, SteelyKid as a ninja.

I took some shots of nature stuff on this morning’s dog walk, and a few good action shots at the last soccer game of the season. But honestly, the only thing anybody wants to see today is Halloween costumes, so here are the kids: Cleverly, they both selected costumes that are predominantly black; we augmented… Continue reading 061/366: BatNinja