BalconyBirder's HOME and misc.
7/21/15 to (?) - home
_____"A ditch somewhere - or a creek, meadow, woodlot or marsh (...) .
_____These are the places of initiation, where the borders between ourselves and other creatures break down,
_____where the earth gets under our nails and a sense of place gets under our skin.
_____(...) Everybody has a ditch, or ought to. (...)" ~ Robert Michael Pyle
July 1, 2015 to (till when?) at my last home? - truck move 7/19 - actual "take-my-bed-and-move-in" day July 21)
Jan. 28, 2014 to July 31, 2015 - Abbey Lane
March 28, 2013 to Jan. 28, 2014 - Donaldson Drive
Aug. 28, 2011 to March 28, 2013 - Park Lane
Oct. 1997 to Aug. 28, 2011 - Fairway (Forest) Park. Apts.
_____"A ditch somewhere - or a creek, meadow, woodlot or marsh (...) .
_____These are the places of initiation, where the borders between ourselves and other creatures break down,
_____where the earth gets under our nails and a sense of place gets under our skin.
_____(...) Everybody has a ditch, or ought to. (...)" ~ Robert Michael Pyle
July 1, 2015 to (till when?) at my last home? - truck move 7/19 - actual "take-my-bed-and-move-in" day July 21)
Jan. 28, 2014 to July 31, 2015 - Abbey Lane
March 28, 2013 to Jan. 28, 2014 - Donaldson Drive
Aug. 28, 2011 to March 28, 2013 - Park Lane
Oct. 1997 to Aug. 28, 2011 - Fairway (Forest) Park. Apts.
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2017-8-25 - A welcome bucket list visit from Doug and Lois,
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2017-8-12 - Gerberas on living room window sill. Lovely!
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2017-8-8 - Gerbera Daisies sent from Deb to encourage speedy recovery from hip replacement surgery.
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2017-8-5 - as of today, my new wheels! - all tricked out with streamers... yeah, man!
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2017-7-2 Edna, with hat she made for going to Baltimore daughter's tea party in style - with pearls and long gown.
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2017-3-5 - Moving back on the 15th. Finger too painful - Kevin came over today to help with packing and folding laundry.
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2016-10-25 - Last photo of the Zinnias. Had I watered them in Nov. I believe I would have had flowers at Thanksgiving.
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2017-1-13 - One of the Christmas T-shirts I was gifted. Wise saying.
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2017-1-13 - Loving the alarm clock Deb brought when she came to visit last October.
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2016-11-21 - the new filing cabinet soon after Kevin put it together
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2016-11-18 - Proud owner of handbag made by Deb - gorgeous - am afraid to use it for fear I'll ruin it!
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2016-10-20 - Today's lunch, a squash from Deb, from her visit, buttered and honeyed and nuked.
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2016-11-3 - What a mess. That's New Castle County's famous heavy clay. Some white, some red, ergo White Clay Creek and Red Clay Creek.
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2016-10-19 - Fall color
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2016-10-19 - the "water" shed
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2016-10-10 - digging the foundation for the shed
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2016-10-10 - Hard to see, but there are four pots holding plants I dug up from the side of the porch.
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2016-10-10 - We had rain for a couple of days prior so the water is already collecting at the bottom.
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2016-9-17 - Nun Run 2016 - I'm making it a habit.
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2016-8-31 - The "broccoli" is starting to show pink. I'm hoping it will turn quickly enough to still attract some butterflies before the move.
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201-8-29 - What a difference 6 weeks make. The Bush Daisy has expanded to almost fill in all the space and the Zinnias are catching up too.
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2016-8-29 - mmm... mmm... mint Milanos! God is good. Who else but an angel would send me m-m-mint-Milanos?!
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2016-8-26 - the new roofs are gray
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2016-8-24 - St. Andrew's Cross. This is one of the tricks the new camera can do. Didn't even know it was capable of that.
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2016-8-14 - Heat lightning. If you look closely at the upper right of the bright area there are a few tendrils of electricity visible.
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2016-8-10 - The complex is being renovated. Construction, more rightly called deconstruction, began July 18th on Court 6. Today they peeled off the skin of the buildings.
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2016-8-1 - Mom on novocaine and Karen, and me too, high on laughing for a couple of hours. This time I was trying to blow a kiss goodbye. :o)
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2016-7-20 Two types of Goldenrods. They'll be blooming soon. Where did the time go?
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2016-7-12 - Bush Daisy and Zinnias update
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2016-6-26 - busy afternoon at the lake
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2016-6-20 Strawberry Moon - a combination of summer solstice and a full moon.
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2016 Summer
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2016-6-10 - Came out and found two dragonflies resting on the concrete (fem and male Common Whitetail).
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2016-6-4 Bush Daisy (Dimorphotheca ecklonis)
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2016-5-25 Edna's Rhododendron
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2016-5-25 Doreen's Red Hot Poker aka Tritoma, Torch Lily (Kniphofia sp.)
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2016-5-19 Doreen's Red Hot Poker (Tritoma sp.)
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2016-5-17 Frogs love Crane Flies, but not today.
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2016-5-12 - TREE TRIMMING
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2016-5-8 Mother's Day. A woman, whom I don't know, does this every year I'm told - gives away a long-stemmed rose to the ladies here.
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2016-5-5 - landscape update: Zinnias, Pinks, Dwarf Crested Iris
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2016-4-26 - Doreen, my downstairs neighbor
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2016-4-17 - the Sedum in Spring
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2016-2-19 Ice needles
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2016-2-5 - Something will need to be done about this.
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2016-1-27 - blizzard snow melting away
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2016-1-27 - leaf angel
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2016-1-24 - After the blizzard, the Red-bellied, Flicker, and Carolina Wren jostled for position at the leaf litter buffet in the crotch of an Oak.
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2015-11-27 a walk - made it up to the corner
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2015-10-30 - Fall colors
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2015-10-29 -- BOO!
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2015-10-29 - :o)
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2015-10-23 - Find the deer.
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2006-5-23 - One of my favorite pictures of the T.L.B. (Bonsai) David gifted me over ten years ago (it's Nov. 2015 now and the TLB is long gone).
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2015-10-19 - Edna offered some of her Hydrangea blossoms and I jumped at the chance.
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2015 - Autumn
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2015-9-27 - Supermoon eclipse - stay tuned for the next one in 2033!
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LANDSCAPING
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2015-9-6 - Red Raspberry Ice Cream (or: Karen is a Sneaky Pete)
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2015-8-31 - Doreen's Coleus display
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2015-8-31 - porch starting to get that "lived-in" look
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2015-8-28 - Trevor and Trenton observe a juv. American Toad and, earlier, a male Rabid Wolf Spider.
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2015-8-25 - Jackie
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2015-8-25 - not at this complex but within walking distance is a pond - perhaps a birding opportunity in the Fall
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2015-8-20 - Edna
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2015-7-31 - dining al fresco and enjoying both housewarming gifts
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2015-7-31 - my dinner: buttered bread, sea salt, wine
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2015-7-31 - not nearly enough salt, it turned out, so added plenty more - old habit from Germany, and, no, store-bought salted butter is a sacrilege - it must be sweet butter with sprinkled salt.
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2015-7-31 - any questions? no? you have good eyes. any questions? yes? see next picture.
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2015-7-31 - A housewarming gift from Deb! "It's a Wonderful Life!"
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2015-7-31 - long story to go with this photograph
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2015-7-23 - My first home-cooked meal at Jeandell: Chicken Noodle Stew. Yum!
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MOVING in at JEANDELL - 2015 (with indoor updates)
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2015-6-16 - Trivia night! - and last picture posted during my time at Abbey Walk
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2015-3-19 - Spring is just around the corner!
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2015-3-31 - Bill (of Joy and Bill) sent pics of L to R: Hunter, Jazz, and last, a white squirrel in Elsmere, DE
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2015-2-28 - Bhavisha - of Bhavisha and Ashish.
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2015-1-8 - Hubble celebrates 25 years with a retake of its iconic "Pillars of Creation". On the right, the first image in 1995.
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2014-9-6 rain due at Abbey Lane
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2014-9-6 - The brush is cleaned up that was hiding the fence. Two weeks before they came and thinned the middle of trees for the power lines.
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2014-8-20 - Today's lunch. 2 oz. dead ripe and runny Brie, topped with slabs of cool cucumber, between 2 slices of Portugese wheat roll. To die for!
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2014-7-30 - Where's George?
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2014-12-25 - my favorite Christmas decoration, the Christmas basket
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2014-7-24 - dreams by the wayside
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2014-7-22 a solar filament erupts
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2014-2-7 - Homegrown for a homewarming. :o) - and first picture posted during my time at Abbey Walk
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2014-1-25 - Karen's scope fund - Started Dec. 25, 2008 and turned over to her today.
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2014-1-25 - Karen's scope fund - Started Dec. 25, 2008 and turned over to her today.
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2013-12-9 - snowman for 2013-2014 winter
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Christmas 2013 Tim and little brother CJ
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2013-9-27 - the dryer broke at Donaldson Drive and it made for a colorful deck until the new one arrived
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2013-9-19 passport pic for duplicate naturalization ctf
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2013-7-29 - early morning fence fog - the fog is coming off just the tips of the fence posts - it was much more impressive in person
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2013-7-15 - Oooo! What is that?
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2013-7-15 - Oh, my! It's a giant snail!
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2013-7-15 - Yes, the Giant Leaf Snail! It must be related to the Snag Bird. >:o(
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2013-6-24 - Newark Oaks, thunderstorm warning - fringed cloud - no thunderstorm
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2013-5-11 Catkins from the Oak after some wind and rain
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2013-5-8 New location, new sky view at Newark Oaks
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4/7/13 - just one of those things... the white blob of cloud in the middle was outlined on top with rainbow colors... didn't thi
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2013-9-1 - "Fire on Earth" - real photo of a forest fire in 2000 with Elk in river
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7/20/12 CJ 6 months old.
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2013-6-29 at Peter's 50th in Virginia
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2013-6-22 took pictures, don't remember what taken with and what left behind
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2013-6-22 took pictures, don't remember what taken with and what left behind
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2013-6-22 took pictures, don't remember what taken with and what left behind
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2013-2-12 Got my wish, a picture of the crescent moon
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2013 - Glen - then and now
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2013-1-25 snowman 2-1/2" inch tall - must make a snowman every winter - it's tradition, tradition! (Sorry, Tevye.)
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2013-2-18 This is to remember an unusual (for me, anyway) event - a sun snow shower! A few blurry snow flakes are in the foreground.
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2013-2-14 early morning ice sheet on the rail
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2012 Earthlights - APOD link in description
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2008 Earthlights - APOD link in description
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2013-1-22 snow blowing off the roof - in the foreground is the snow covered railing of the deck
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2013-1-10 2013-1-10 Someone is trying to pull the wool over my eyes.
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12/14/12 - the real New Jersey according to someone who has way too much time on their hands. (filched from an eMail)
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2012-11-14 sleet
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10/28/12 on the left, pre-Sandy. On the right, 10/31/12, post-Sandy.
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2012-10-21 - Houseplant (Pothos) getting in the way of my birding.
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2012-10-19 Autumn at night
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2012-10-16 - Finally - a new watch. Love it! ...
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2012-9-26 Sometimes it's just a leaf
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2012-8-6 - Today "Curiosity" landed on Mars and a new era has begun.
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2012-6-9 Venus at the Edge
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2012-6-5 - APOD lets me watch the Venus transit across the sun in real time! A once-in-this-century event!
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2012-5-22 - CJ was a little fooler today.
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5/15/12 - Babysitting 101 - This is CJ, Jeannie's baby boy. Had him for the day.
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3/21/12 PL Neighbor has some kind of pretty pink thing going on. I'm guessing it's some kind of ornamental Weeping Cherry.
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2012-3-20 - First day of Spring... made by BB :o) ... and as far as I know, an original idea!
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2012-3-12 APOD This is one of the neatest, imo, that Astronomy Picture of the Day has ever put up. Interactive. Link.
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2012-3-10 - Creek
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2012-3-9 Mom's annual spring bouquet. Traditionally it's always been Bittercress flowers. This year a sprig of Purple Deadnettle was added. :o)
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2/27/12 PL The Red (Swamp) Maple buds and the Dogwood buttons look about ready to pop.
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2012-2-18 - Glass bottles, whoever heard of such a silly thing.
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Orion as seen from Ireland, APOD
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Orion as seen from Ireland, APOD - with a few of my own notations.
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Great Nebula in Orion - A small blurry patch in the constellation Orion, this nebula will slowly fade over the next 100,000 years.
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12/22/2011 - Temperature today is 60, humidity is low. Now go read the date again.
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Cobweb Spider (Steatoda) 12/19/11 PL - Perhaps an old male. Found him in my cleavage... I moved really fast.
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11/15/2011 APOD pic by Alan Friedman. "Our Sun is becoming a busy place. Taken just last week, the Sun was captured sporting numerous interesting features..."
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10/17/11 - Took this picture of a Sedum blossom back in September and played with it. I like the results.
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2011 APOD (planetdish_cherney_big)
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2011 APOD (galacticeye_perrot_big)
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8/23/11 PL - 5.8 Earthquake on East Coast. An Internet meme that comes in different flavors. This version struck me as funniest
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9/2/11 - Road at PL completed and looking good
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8/29/11 There's a Tonka truck at road's end. Street repaving begins.
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7/4/11 - Fourth of July fireworks as seen from Fairway P.A. You really need to click on the picture to see them.
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7/19/11 - Had some fun finding a few unknowns for BillStanley (datalist) TessLister.
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A boy, a lake, a fish -- some things never change. (David at Parvin in 1986 and Vermont in 2010.) - last picture posted during my time at Fairway (Forest) Park Apartments
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3/14/11 - Ate my first Pommelo today. In the picture, an orange, a grapefruit, and a Pommelo.
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5/20/11 - Have always wanted a day-time picture of the moon from the balcony. I got lucky today. The original picture is much crisper, but I cropped this one.
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Johnny Castaway
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2011 - BalconyBirder has a BIG crush!
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Mom's next car. - If you three build it, I will ride it. Permission granted to mess about with my bike which is presently stashed in Kevin's basement. :o)
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Early (Jan) 2009 - Michael, Karen
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Jan. 2009 - Garfield
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Dear Lord, please don't let me turn into a crazy cat lady that does nothing but take pictures of cats. Amen.
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9/16/11 - Fall is coming to the Sweet Gum
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October Park Lane colors 10/17/11
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Forsythia 3/21/11 PL - A little yellow to add bright sparkle in what is going to be a shaded location later on.
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3/26/12 Can't get enough of that yellow!
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3/26/12 The Tulip Tree at left is breaking bud, the Red Maple is ahead of everyone, and the Sweet Gum has a ways to go.
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2013-1-17 Daffodils have no business being up in January. With it getting warmer every year, I foresee the day when we won't be
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Recent Rodent Rescue 4/24/2006
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