This is basically the shot I was trying to get yesterday when I ended up settling for an evil squirrel: a leaf in mid-fall. This is, of course, damnably difficult to get, as it’s impossible to guess when a specific leaf will drop, and if you throw them up into the air, they don’t stay… Continue reading 060/366: Falling
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059/366: Pure Evil
You might look at this and say “Oh, what a cute little squirrel…” But Emmy will be very happy to explain, loudly and at length, that this is, in fact, a demonic alien menace, an existential threat to the safety of our house and home. This wasn’t really what I had in mind for the… Continue reading 059/366: Pure Evil
058/366: Rosy-Fingered
I totally spaced on posting this yesterday, because I ended up having to take SteelyKid to the doctor, which blew a gigantic hole in my day. (She’s fine.) But this is a shot of sunrise yesterday morning: This was a very strange sunrise because this is pretty much the only light in the sky we… Continue reading 058/366: Rosy-Fingered
057/366: Last Practice
I did take some DSLR photos today, but the photo of the day is a cell-phone shot from the final soccer practice of the fall for SteelyKid’s second-grade team. SteelyKid is not, in fact, in this photo; she had a belt test for the Elite Team at her taekwondo school tonight, so she was off… Continue reading 057/366: Last Practice
056/366: SpeakingKid
SteelyKid’s second-grade class is doing a “Zoom Time” thing where the kids make short presentations to the class about one of their interests. It’s basically an expanded show-and-tell, with fifteen minutes for talking, and five for “questions and compliments.” She, of course, decided to talk about taekwondo, so I brought her sparring gear in and… Continue reading 056/366: SpeakingKid
055/366: Take Off
You didn’t get a photo of the day yesterday because this was my day: I spent about seven hours on planes, starting before the sun was up in California, to say nothing of the time spent in airports. I had the good camera with me, so I got some cool photos out the plane window,… Continue reading 055/366: Take Off
054/366: Unprecedented Catblogging
As noted yesterday, I’m visiting my sister for a few days, since I was on the West Coast anyway. Being here in Southern California, it seems appropriate to jack Kevin Drum’s style and do some cat-blogging, and luckily enough, my sister is the Cat Person in the family. So, here they are: SteelyKid was really… Continue reading 054/366: Unprecedented Catblogging
053/366: Mount Rubidoux
Having successfully given two talks in Sacramento, I’m spending a few days visiting my sister in Riverside, CA, because it’s not often I’m on the West Coast at all. She had to work this morning, so I went on a bit of a hike up and down Mt. Rubidoux, where the city has built a… Continue reading 053/366: Mount Rubidoux
052/366: Fire Sheep
Having a slow morning here in Sacramento, because yesterday started before 4am and ended after 1am, according to my internal clock. This provided the opportunity to take some nicer pictures than just the obligatory hotel-window shot, so I went for a walk on the bike path by the American River. Where I saw Fire Sheep:… Continue reading 052/366: Fire Sheep
051/366: OBParkingLot
I’m in California for a few days, to give a couple of talks in Sacramento. I’m told that it’s traditional to commemorate such travel by taking a photo of a hotel parking lot, so here you go: There are, in fact, palm trees around here, just not any that are visible from the hotel room… Continue reading 051/366: OBParkingLot