Category: The Pip

336-343/366: Panoramas and Sillyheads

Panorama from the "porch" outside the Olin Science Center at Union College.

I’ve got a big backlog of photo-a-day pictures, but finding time to edit and post them is a major challenge. I’ve got nearly all the editing done, now, so I’ll start putting blocks of stuff up when I have time (generally very early in the morning, as I’m awake before everyone else in Chateau Steelypips).… Continue reading 336-343/366: Panoramas and Sillyheads

314-335/366: Massive Backlog

Tiger lilies in front of our house.

It’s been over a month since I did a photo-a-day post, largely because I haven’t been taking many pictures for a variety of reasons. I do still mean to get a year’s worth of good photos done, but the “daily” part has completely disintegrated at this point. As a way of getting somewhat back on… Continue reading 314-335/366: Massive Backlog

300-305/366: Peregrination

SteelyKid and The Pip looking over Scoharie County from arop Vroman's Nose.

A while back, I went down to Vroman’s Nose in Middleburgh to go for a hike, and found a sign saying that peregrine falcons are known to nest on the cliffs. Since the peregrine falcon is SteelyKid’s absolute favorite bird, and the subject of her school research project, this seemed like a good location for… Continue reading 300-305/366: Peregrination

284-289/366: Week in Nature Photos

The Pip shrugs expressively at Peebles Island.

Another week, another batch of photos. This is coming on Friday rather than the weekend because I’m going to be incommunicado for most of the next week, and have some free time now. 284/366: LIGO, Eat Your Heart Out Sure, LIGO detected gravitational waves from a second pair of merging black holes, but I found… Continue reading 284-289/366: Week in Nature Photos

Lightning Bolt vs. Charge

A page from the Pip's book about Lightning Bolt.

The Pip is nuts about superheroes, so when he and his speech teacher made a book, naturally, it introduced a new super hero: Lightning Bolt. It’s only a couple of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled, and the text and illustrations were done by his teacher, but the contents are 100% our Little… Continue reading Lightning Bolt vs. Charge

276-278/366: Fun With Editing

Some Appa-for-scale comparisons.

Last in a series of themed collections of pictures. These ones are showcasing my rudimentary GIMP skills, pasting together multiple pictures into composites. 276/366: Sky-Bison for Scale One of the earliest happenings in the three-week period I’m dumping photos from was SteelyKid getting strep throat again. She spent a Friday at home, and I took… Continue reading 276-278/366: Fun With Editing

257-267/366: Kids and Dog Photo Dump

SteelyKid getting a hit.

Once again, I’ve let a very long time pass without posting photos. It’s been a crazy stretch for us, starting with SteelyKid getting yet another case of strep throat, then DAMOP, then a trip to my parents’ for Memorial Day weekend, then trying to recover from the previous. As with the last few, I’l group… Continue reading 257-267/366: Kids and Dog Photo Dump

251-256/366: The Week in Photos

SteelyKid on first base, ready to run.

Getting caught up to today, a bunch of pictures from the past week (250/366 was the photo of Emmy’s memorial shrub): 251/366: Wagons Ho! Last weekend we had gorgeous spring weather, so the kids were playing outside a bunch. They ended up getting out the wooden wagon SteelyKid got for her birthday some years back,… Continue reading 251-256/366: The Week in Photos

243-249/366: Cute-Kids Cruise Photo Dump

SteelyKid giving The Pip a piggyback ride in the wading pool on the ship.

As promised/threatened in the previous post, here’s a big collection of shots from our cruise vacation featuring the sillyheads. 243/366: Bunk Beds: The sleeping arrangements in the stateroom were pretty slick. We had a double bed that was there all the time, and during the day a sitting area with a couch. While we were… Continue reading 243-249/366: Cute-Kids Cruise Photo Dump