4 hankie post

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Handkerchiefs

I've had the handkerchiefs since my paternal grandmother died over 8 years ago. The handkerchief box belonged to my maternal grandmother. I came home with it just a few weeks ago, after my grandfather died. It seems lovely to me to be able to put the two together.

Veteran's Day

My father in law (a WWII vet) and a friend of ours (Korean war vet) came to my daughter's class for Veteran's Day. The kids gave a brief presentation, then the men told a little about their service, and the kids asked questions. At the end, the class presented them with thank you cards and practiced shaking hands.

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Thanking the Vets

I learned some interesting things, like how the Navy pants can be quickly taken off in the water and used to trap air and become a flotation device. And that the collar on the back of their shirts is a design holdover from long ago, when the men would take their long hair and harden it into a ball with tar, and in hand to hand combat would swing their head and use the hardened hair ball as a weapon. The collar kept the tar off the blouse. The kids were, of course, FASCINATED with this little tidbit of info. Who can blame them?

The most important lesson though, I think, came when one boy asked if fighting in the army was fun. My father in law very quickly and emphatically replied "No."

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I did it! I actually took some photos using the prompt! On purpose!

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Bridge in Fog

I am obsessed with this bridge. It has appeared once before, in a close up of the rusty rail. There's a park not far from my daughter's school that I am learning is rife with picturesque locales, and when I dropped her off and the fog hadn't yet lifted... off I went.

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Grey Hair
self portrait # 4

Have you ever tried taking a photo of the top of your own head? Not easy. Nor flattering.

View from my Kitchen

I haven't abandoned project 365, despite all appearances to the contrary. I'll try to get caught up over the next few days.

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This is my counter, the morning AFTER baking muffins. I obviously didn't clean up the night before. Shooting past the pretty, I was.

I read that I could take my lens off of my camera, flip it around, and use it to take macro photos without a macro lens. I was totally geeked by this, thinking this was a quick and easy way to do something DIFFERENT and REALLY COOL with my camera, without taking a bunch of time to learn how to change settings, etc (which I really DO want to do. you know. some day). But every time I tried this the screen warned me that the lens was not attached and refused to take a picture. So my camera is too smart to fall for this trick, it seems. Buy the expensive lens, it tells me, you cheapskate. (if any of you manage to do this, let me know) This is what I thought was going to be my first attempt at at a macro:

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It's a salt shaker. My SIL bought us a pair of these bunnies, saying they could be our special occasion "kid table" shakers. They are our everyday shakers. If I use salt and pepper. Usually, I'm dousing my food with Jane's Krazy Salt. (everything is better with Janes. Now you know. Everyone whom we introduce to Jane's runs out and buys some themselves. Seriously.)

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It's been nearly 2 weeks since I've posted any pictures. Playing catch up is never fun, particularly when none of the pictures are fantastic. Here goes..

Jump
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I took a ton of jumping pictures this day, indoors and out. Although the composition isn't great, and the shadow drives me nuts, this is the clearest and the best expression and doesn't cut off any part of her body.

Web
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Fire
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Oops
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I left the camera lens outside after the fire pics the night before. I thought the dew on the lens cap sort of mirrored the wavy glass of the patio table. What do you do with your lens cap while you're taking pictures?

Fringe 1 - Yawn
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Shakespeare (the cat) is particularly hairy, and his mane inspired me to finally take some pictures following the weekly prompt. I just happened to catch this yawn.

Fringe 2 - window
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