WWII U.S. Visor Hat
January 31, 2015 - Sent a link of the first month's photos to son Matt who is working in Shanghai. Matt is the creative one in the family,...
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East side farmhouse revisited
January 30, 2015 - I blipped this farm from a different angle three days ago on January 27th. Subsequently drove by and saw that I missed a...
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boy meets girl
January 29, 2015 - Am working hard to come up with unusual (weird?) blips. The metal hammer was my mother's hammer; I remember her closing...
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The Walk Ahead
January 28, 2015 - Rue and 'Nilla get two 20 minute walks a day to help keep them in shape. Dogs are creatures of habit and they don't seem...
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East Wolf's Crossing Road Farmhouse
January 27, 2015 - After 2.5 days of low color low contrast gray gloomy skies, the sun popped out. Hooray! Out to shoot some farmhouses I'v...
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Light painting
January 26, 2015 - This is another day using the need to blip to motivate learning. Took a bright white LED and a flashing red LED and made...
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Old vise
January 25, 2015 - This is a 50+ year old Craftsman 5242 vise. I've had it 30 years, and got it from my dad who owned it 20-30 years. It's...
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Fire engine siren
January 24, 2015 - Followed up on yesterday's blip and took another trip to the fire station. Weekends are not the time to go to the statio...
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Fire Station #1
January 23, 2015 - After painting for a good chunk of the day, went for a short drive for a quick blip before sunset. This photo depicts th...
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Rue
January 22, 2015 - This little guy is very shy, and like many people is wary of black scary objects (the camera). I cornered him in the den...
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Confidence
January 21, 2015 - I'm teaching a friend's kids how to swim. The biggest key to progress has been developing confidence in the water. The s...
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Hard cash
January 20, 2015 - After several years of piling up in a jar, this magically turns into a photo gadget.
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Backlit Begonia
January 19, 2015 - Alliteration! Not only a backlit begonia, it's a backlit bee fsteak begonia! This plant was given to me as a cutting in...
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Alterations
January 17, 2015 - Neon signs in this dry cleaning shop looked interesting. This has me looking for more neon.
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Overpopulation!
January 16, 2015 - Went for a drive along the Fox River. There were thousands of geese in a quarter mile stretch of the river in Montgomery...
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blues and golds
January 15, 2015 - Too k a walk out back today to look for a blip. Although a fellow blipper advised this newbie to let the blips come to m...
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Frosty Austrian Pine
January 14, 2015 - We had a heavy frost last night. Attempted to capture an image of spiky frost crystals on an Austrian pine in the back y...
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Stained glass mosaic
January 13, 2015 - Loved the color of the sunlight coming through this glass.
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Illinois Farmhouse
January 12, 2015 - I've driven by this house thousands of times before, but never stopped to take a photo. Today I happily stopped; this is...
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Preacher!
January 11, 2015 - Pastor's daughter preached at our Sunday church service today. Photos are shot for potential use on social media and the...
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Playtime
January 10, 2015 - Shovelling the neighbor's sidewalk for fun
B+W high contrast processing
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Chicago Commuters
January 09, 2015 - Dropped people off at Midway Airport this morning, and was reminded of why I'm happy to no longer commute to work. The l...
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Falling water drops
January 07, 2015 - Looks like ice, but it's not! Attempted to capture falling water droplets without using a lot of elaborate timing equipm...
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Keyboard
January 06, 2015 - Fuji Velvia 50 treatment in LR5. Also removed purple and green chroma noise between edges of the black/white keys.
ISO...
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Steaming hot coffee
January 05, 2015 - There's nothing like a good cup of steaming hot coffee on a cold January day.
ISO 200 f1.8 1/500th sec.
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Gasoline price
January 04, 2015 - Gasoline prices have dropped for months to levels we thought we would never see again. At this station the price is $1.8...
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Home made bread
January 03, 2015 - During the colder seasons I bake no-knead bread every three days. Bread has a nice crust as it's baked in a preheated ca...
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Painting day
January 02, 2015 - Painted a ceiling in another room today. Only about 5 gallons of ceiling painting left if I don't paint myself so much....
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New Year's Sunrise
January 01, 2015 - 2015 dawns and the year awaits us. Events and happenings in our lives in 2015 are not in clear focus, but like the day’s...
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