I'm slightly weirded out by 84 degree F temperatures in October, but I'll take it. It keeps the butterflies around.
I have a dj gig coming up in a couple of weeks - the first live in gig in at least 3 years! I'm nervous, but I've been listening to music like mad, and Dr. Nick and I rocked the living room tonight. We have such fun playing music. The dog doesn't like it much, though. Not even the Skinny Puppy, which is supposed to be his favorite band :)
Labels: autumn, blixa, butteflies, djing, gigs, music, NanoTime Photography, Nick
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Day 247 of 365.
My friend Blixa, in a (rare) quiet moment.
Labels: 365, blixa, family, home, macro, YIP
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Day 238 of 365.
Labels: 365, blixa, light, light shadow, YIP
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Day 129 of 365.
I've been shooting my photos, I swear: I've just had a strange aversion to spending much time with the computer, or with sharing them. I think this strange period is over now; and I'll post a few photos a day until I'm caught up.
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We went hiking about three weeks ago. On this hike, I acquired a tick which Dr. Nick removed. Ticks creep me out. We missed the tick that Blixa had, too, until the next day, at which point it was so engorged that we thought it was a growth and we took Blixa to the vet. We felt a little sheepish when the vet removed it easily; but I'm squeamish about ticks.
I'm also squeamish about snakes. On the hike back to our car, at one point I nearly stepped on a long black snake (huge!) lying across the path. I dashed back to Dr. Nick. He took a stick and tapped on rocks around the snake, but eventually had to prod it a few times until it got the message and moved away from the path. No WAY was I walking over it. Dr. Nick asked me if I wanted to go back and photograph it.
Ugh, no. While macro photos of snakes can be very beautiful, I will never create any. They creep me out too much.
Labels: 365, blixa, dr. nick, hiking, montgomery, west virginia, YIP
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Day 113 of 365.
I'm taking a short break from the Hateful Paper of Doom (or HPod if you prefer) to post a photo before I forget. I can't get behind, here. Anyway, one more intensive weekend of sucky, hateful schoolwork and then I'm done. DONE. (At least until fall). I'm trying to hang on to that.
Labels: 365, blixa, family, school, YIP
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Day 87 of 365.
We decided to go out to the Kanawha State Forest for our walk with the dog today - it was very warm, and the dog doesn't sweat, you know, so he got super-excited to jump into Davis Creek and splash around. It was one of the happiest things I've ever seen. How he made us laugh!
I'd like to also note that for the first time in my life, I successfully photographed a butterfly:
Labels: 365, blixa, Charleston, Davis Creek, family, fauna, Kanawha State Forest, unlocking, WV, YIP
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Day 75 of 365.
A strange and beautiful day - beautiful, because of the weather and spring busting out all over the place - strange, because the dog was behaving oddly since last night, and a combo of circumstances caused us to take him to the Emergency Vet tonight. Good thing we did, too - last August he had pancreatitis; this spring he has hemorrhagic gastroenteritis. It appears that our big bouncy dog that looks so solid is a bit of a delicate flower when it comes to his gastrointestinal system. He has to stay overnight and be treated; hopefully he'll be better tomorrow. At least tonight we won't be awakened six times to let him out; but we do have to get up early tomorrow to bring him home.
Labels: 365, blixa, dogs, unlocking, WV, YIP
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Day 52 of 365.
Kurt Vonnegut thought that there shouldn't be just four seasons - there should be six. Winter (January, February), Unlocking (March, April), Spring (May, June), Summer (July, August), Autumn (September, October), and Locking (November, December). I think that this theory makes a lot of sense.
So today we went out for a long, long walk in the Unlocking; a hike really. The first true training hike to get ready for our Adirondacks adventures in August. By Dr. Nick's calculations, we probably hiked about 5 miles, and through 1000 feet of elevation. Not bad. Let it be noted, though, that a lot of that elevation still had mushy snow on it, and we slogged up a rather steep incline for an hour with inappropriate gear. Blixa came along, and we let him off the leash for the whole hike. He had the best day ever.
Labels: 365, blixa, dr. nick, hiking, kurt vonnegut, nature, unlocking, WV, YIP
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Day 44 of 365.
As usual, he's got snow on his nose. I can't believe he stayed still long enough for me to take this. Silly old dog.
In other news, I'm getting verklempt watching the Canadian curling team receive their gold medals. Jeez. You can take the girl out of Canada, but you can't take Canada out of the girl.
Labels: 365, blixa, canada, home, verklempt, winter, YIP
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