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~Idea from Hypatia....maybe it will become a meme like shower curtains did last year.
~Woman Warrior brought me this when she came home from Korea for Christmas.
~Northern Yellow-shafted Flicker--this is a magnificent bird. I've been hoping to get a picture for several months.
~It started snowing mid-morning, and it's been snowing all day. I took this in the early afternoon.
~Can you see the cardinal? I was just trying to get falling snow.
~Seen from the train leaving the city

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Graffiti in motion
~When the towers of the World Trade Center came crashing down on 9/11, a large sycamore tree in the church yard at St. Paul's Chapel took the brunt of the damage, saving the chapel. The root of that tree was excavated in 2003 and sculptor Steve Tobin memorialized it with this bronze sculpture which now sits in Trinity's courtyard.
ETA: Tobin created the bronze sculpture from 300 individual casting of the tree's roots to commemorate the events of September 11. The sculpture was dedicated here on this site on September 11, 2005. The original sycamore roots, painstakingly preserved by Tobin with the help of tree experts, now rest permanently in the St. Paul's Chapel churchyard. (From sign near sculpture)
~When it was built in 1846 it was the tallest structure in New York City.

ETA: This feels a little bit like cheating, but it's all I can come up with tonight.
~Great photography this isn't. But part of Project 365 is taking pictures of our every day lives and this is a big part of where I spend my time.
~Yes, it's messy. It's not always this way--it has been worse. And occasionally for a brief and shining moment my desk will be neat.

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I doodle a lot, especially when I'm in meetings. I photoshopped this more than I originally had in mind to do--I actually wanted to just post a doodle as it was, but it was hard to get one to look natural.
~My refrigerator is covered with magnets and pictures and notes...but I couldn't get a good picture of the whole things. So you get this instead. I have no idea how long I've had this, but a long time.

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Isn't he cute? It seems as though impending grandmotherhood has given me license to buy things that I wouldn't pay much attention to otherwise (although I've always had a soft spot for teddy bears and the like). And he was 75% off--so he cost approximately $5. Couldn't resist.
~Whenever I buy Girl Scout cookies it takes me back to my own days as a Girl Scout. I still have my Junior Scout book packed up somewhere, but I had forgotten about my badge sash until I got some stuff from my mom's house last summer.
~And yes, that is a photography badge...I think my interest in photography started back then when I got a Kodak Instamatic for Christmas in 5th or 6th grade. But it was only about three years ago that I first got a decent camera so I could pursue it.
~btw, I was terrible at selling cookies!
~I'm not happy with the quality of this photo, but I'm too tired to work at it tonight...maybe I'll do a retake later.

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Blueberry struesel, made from a recipe my mom used when I was a kid
~You can read more about it here
~The single berry on my holly tree