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What the heck is that?; A micro-photography guessing game… part 2…

I am going to put up a few more pictures I took with my new digital microscope. Try to guess what they are of. I will have a photo of what I was examining down below the post. If you … Continue reading

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And now, the mandatory post of flower pictures in my mom’s garden…

I always do these posts when I visit my mom in the Bay Area. I love that steep garden, where I played as a small child. And the view of San Francisco and the bay, seen over the roof from … Continue reading

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What the heck is that?; A micro-photography guessing game… part 1…

I am going to put up a few pictures I took with my new digital microscope. Try to guess what they are of. I will have the answers at the bottom, and photos of what I was examining. If you … Continue reading

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Some birds, and me and a dog…

A Golden Crowned Sparrow. I have a few pictures of them. I say ‘them’… these were taken over two days, and I assume it isn’t all the same bird. But I could be wrong. But that is a pretty good … Continue reading

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Scrub Jay…

Some random pictures of a Scrub Jay, taken in my mom’s garden in the San Francisco Bay Area. I mean, these probably aren’t all the same Scrub Jay. There are more than one visiting the feeder. I have seen at … Continue reading

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It’s an Arthur thing… (or); dogs, cats, birds, and stuff…

Maybe you would understand, but if you do, seek psychiatric counseling immediately. Also, evict the crack squirrels from your head as soon as possible. I guess these are just some random pictures I have taken since I got to my … Continue reading

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Pugly girls… the final chapter…

Yes, that is a baby Pug looking at herself in a metal mixing bowl. I just have a few pictures left from when my daughter babysat the two baby Pug girls belong to my wife’s sister over the Thanksgiving day … Continue reading

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Yeah, I know… more sunset pictures…

I took these a few nights ago. Unfortunately, I took them with my cell phone, not the good camera. I was afraid that by the time I got it ready, the colors would have faded. I was home alone, and … Continue reading

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Me and Mollie’s marvelous magical macro madness… the final chapter…

That is a macro photograph of my daughter’s eye that I took. As we proved in an earlier post, she has my eyes. Ironically, that means she also has an eye for art. She has Art’s eyes. Seems like there … Continue reading

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My marvelous magical macro madness…

Just a few shots I took while my daughter Mollie and I were playing with the macro zoom lens. A simple leaf. It turns out that moss is really just a bunch of small plants growing really close together. Lichen … Continue reading

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