December 21, 2007
Santa Scoutie
Oh, she sure thinks she's cute. She is just ecstatic in this little Santa jacket we picked up at Target ... and the weird thing is ... usually these li'l jackets just don't really fit mini-doxies, but this one fits like it was specially tailored for her!
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December 19, 2007
Ghiradelli Square
Whilst not much of a chocolate person (and if I do eat it, I want it dark - the darker the better), I do recognize the importance of the Ghiradelli! In California for work nearly two years ago, we had the opportunity to take in just a few sites - and I loved the perspective of this shot.
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December 1, 2007
Bridge to ?
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Last September ... a year ago, not just months ago ... several like-minded folks went on a short little excursion out to Chicago's Field Museum. We exited the train and I was mystified by this bridge to nowhere. Rails to keep people from falling off ... chain link to keep little ones from falling off ... and then ... this huge squared arch ...
... to nothing. There's no track that high for a train to come past this bridge. There's no ladder down.
It just abruptly ends.
It had the same effect on me that seeing an old run-down building has. In fact, it very much reminds me of when my mother would drive me through the run-down parts of town. She did this to show me just how lucky our family was. I didn't get her point.
I didn't see a run-down house.
I saw a home in need of some fixing up. I saw potential.
So this rusted bridge to nowhere is something I find intriguing. Where did it go?
I can sit and watch a scene like that ... and the possibilities ... the potential ...
... my vision starts to blur and I can almost see some old fashioned double-decker passenger train pulling up alongside that bridge ... Nick, Nora and Asta prancing out ...
Other people in our group talked about it being a sad little bridge, rusting, alone, unused.
I see stories untold, mysterious and delightful ... I see a bridge waiting to be noticed and storied once more.
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November 26, 2007
I hate snow
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November 23, 2007
Rainbow
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November 6, 2007
Climb to Terebithia
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