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• Zathras on the cat tower upstairs.
• Rascal in the living room.
• Movie of Kali and Zathras playing in the living room.
• Rascal and Kali balancing on the back of a lawn chair.
• Movie of the kittens playing on a lawn chair.
• Rascal and Zathras on my lap.
• Blur of Rascal and Zathras playing on my lap.
• Same.
• Kali sleeping on top of my cross-stitch basket.
• Kali laying in the cat bed.
• Movie of Rascal and Zathras wrestling in the living room.
• Rascal wrestling with the door mat.
• Movie of Rascal wrestling with the door mat.
• Rascal and Kali in the alcove.
• The kittens playing with a ball in the alcove.
• Kali in the alcove.
• Blank picture in the alcove.
• Rascal and Kali playing in the living room.
• Kali in a box in the living room.
• Rascal playing in the living room.
• Rascal laying on the cat tower in the living room.
• Rascal and Zathras playing on the cat tower in the living room.
• Zathras and Rascal playing on the cat tower in the living room.
• Kali on the couch.
• Short movie of the kittens playing.
• Movie of Rascal and Zathras trying to get a toy hanging from the ceiling.
• Rascal upside down underneath the couch.
• Same.
• Rascal upside down underneath the couch.
• Same.

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• Zathras and Rascal playing on the cat tower in the basement.

• Kali balancing on the rungs underneath a chair.

• Another movie of all three kittens playing on the cate tower in the basement.
• Rascal and Kali in motion on the cat tower in the basement.
• Zathras trying to grab Rascal's tail.
• Rascal in motion on the cat tower in the basement.
• All three kittens in motion on the cat tower in the basement.
• Same, with Rascal diving onto Kali.
• Kali sitting in the cat bed.
• Rascal diving onto Kali in the cat bed.
• Rascal and Kali wrestling in the cat bed.
• Rascal looking in at Kali in the cat bed.
• Movie of Rascal and Kali finishing their wrestling in the cat bed.
• Rascal and Kali up high on the cat tower in the basement.
• Rascal ready to pounce upward on the cat tower in the basement.
• Kali up in the basement window.
• Kali on the highest perch on the cat tower in the basement, but Zathras is on his way up.
• Kali on the highest level of the cat tower in the basement, and Zathras on the second-highest.
• Zathras and Rascal sleeping behind the basement door.
• Kali underneath the shelves in the breakfast room.
• Rascal and Zathras wrestling behind the basement door, while Kali sticks her paws underneath to grab them.
• Zathras and Rascal wrestling behind the basement door, and Kali tries to grab tails from the other side.
• Movie of Zathras and Rascal winding down on their wrestling behind the basement door, but Kali is still trying to get them from underneath.
• Rascal laying cutely in the breakfast room.

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• Rascal and Zathras on the stairs.
• Kali exploring the exercise room.
• Movie of Zathras playing with a dangling string - he still can't decide if he wants the string or its shadow.
• Movie of Kali playing on the cat tower in the basement.
• Rascal sitting on the treadmill, ready to pounce.
• Rascal and Zathras playing with a dangling shoestring.
• Movie of all three kittens playing on the basement stairs.
• Rascal at the top of the basement stairs, ready to be friskly.
• Zathras and Kali curled up on the basement stairs.
• Rascal sleeping at the top of the basement stairs.
• Kali perched on the top of the three-foot scratching post.
• Kali about to jump down from the top of the scratching post.
• Zatrhas scaling the cat tower in the basement.
• Rascal on the cat tower in the basement.
• Kali on the pool table.
• Zathras and Rascal on the cat tower in the basement.
• Movie of Kali jumping down from the top of the scratching post.
• Movie of all three kittens playing on the cat tower in the basement.
• Zathras chasing Kali up the cat tower in the basement.
• Same.
• Kali and Zathras taking a breather on a landing of the cat tower.
• All three kittens sleeping on my arm chair, a little later.
• Movie of Kali and Zathras playing on the covered pool table.

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Our Christmas tree.

Another picture of our Christmas tree.

Yet another picture of our Christmas tree.

Blurry picture of our Christmas tree.

Blurry picture of top of Christmas tree.

The kittens on the day we brought them home, 1/12/08:

• Zathras in the cat bed.
• Rascal peeking.
• Kali watching from a safe place.
• Rascal blinking.
• Close up of Kali.
• Kali watching me and Zathras cleaning himself.
• Zathras in the cat bed.
• Extreme close up of Kali.
• Rascal just landing from a jump off of the cat carrier.
• Kali sitting next to my legs.
• Kali sitting next to my legs and Rascal walking away.
• Rascal and Zathras in the cat bed.
• Rascal sleeping next to me.
• Kali chasing after a toy (the green blur).
• Kali chasing after a toy and balancing on her back legs.
• Kali chasing after a toy and balancing on her back legs.

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Flowers from Bill's parents after Electra died.

Christmas tree, blurry.

Kittens we plan to adopt:

• Gray
• Gray kitten butt
• Tabby with older cat
• Tabby
• Tabby
• Tabby
• Tabby
• Tabby
• Me with black
• Me with tabby
• Bill with tabby
• Tabby
• Bill with gray

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• Another view from Chimney Rock
• View from/of Wolf Rock
• Another view of Wolf Rock
• Another view from Wolf Rock
• Another view of Wolf Rock
• Another view of Wolf Rock
• View along trail
• View from Thurmont Vista

• Pansies in right flower bed.
• Pansies in left flower bed.
• Pansies in small bed by driveway.
• Pansies in flower bed on other side of driveway.

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• Over the railroad tunnel near Harper's Ferry, WV, there is a message in a square blasted into the rock. (It's very small in the image.) We haven't been able to read what it says. A closer view of it...the bottom word seems to be "powder".
• Shenandoah River, seen from Harper's Ferry.
• Railroad bridge over Potomac River, seen from Harper's Ferry.

• Capitol Columns at the National Arboretum. These are the original sandstone columns that were on the Capitol building, which were eventually replaced by marble.
• Even closer view.
• View of Anacostia River from garden in the arboretum.

Hole in the living room wall after the leak was repaired. Hole in the basement wall after a leak was repaired.

On September 1, 2007, Bill and I went to Manassas National Battlefield and walked the Battle of First Manassas trail. We saw a deer, which came very close to us. It was a young buck, with velvet still on its antlers. Blurry deer. Another picture, less blurry. Picture of its butt.

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Grandma's birthday party:

• Sarah and Anthony, Katie, Grandma, and Hans at the birthday party.
• Same
• Joe, Bill's mom, Joe Muer, Bill, people I don't remember the names of at the birthday party.
• Jack, Sarah and Anthony, Katie, Grandma, Hans at the birthday party.
• Mike and Jenny at the birthday party.

• View from top of the first dune, looking back at Glen Lake
• Same
• Looking along the top of the first dune
• Same, other direction
• Lake Michigan, at the end of the trail
• Same, other direction
• Same, looking back at dunes
• Looking at first dune from parking lot

• Lake Michigan, from end of trail
• Same, looking along beach

• View from Point Lookout
• View of lake from Ft. Holmes
• View of mainland from Ft. Holmes
• Crack-in-the-Island
• Cave-in-the-Woods
• View along bluff and shoreline of island

• View of lake from ennd of trail
• Same, different angle
• Meadow on trail

• View of lake from midpoint of trail
• Same, different direction
• Same, different direction

• Beach and waves at end of trail

• 17th hole green and fairway
• View toward 18th hole tee

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My outside plants on 6/26/07:

• The flower bed by back porch: liriope in back, hosta 'king tut' in center, hosta 'emerald tiara' on left, tiarella to right
• The shade garden: astilbes in back row, hellboruses to right, primroses to left
• Calibrachoa in bed by driveway
• Impatiens in bed by driveway
• Petunias in small bed
• Petunias in left bed
• Petunias in right bed

View from Monocacy Aqueduct on C&O Canal Trail. View along the aqueduct. Another view along the aqueduct.

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• Shade garden
• Garden by back porch
• White rose bush
• Pink rose bush
• Pansies in flower bed by driveway
• Pansies and hyacinths in small flower bed
• Pansies, hyacinths, and tulips in left flower bed
• Pansies, hyacinths, and tulips in right flower bed
• Purple azaleas
• Sedum larenium park

• Purple azaleas
• Pansies, hyacinths, and tulips in right flower bed
• Pansies, hyacinths, and tulips in left flower bed
• Pansies and hyacinths in small flower bed
• Pansies in flower bed by driveway

• Pansies, hyacinths, and tulips in right flower bed
• Pansies, hyacinths, and tulips in left flower bed
• Pansies and hyacinths in small flower bed
• Pansies in flower bed by driveway
• Flower bed by back porch
• Shade garden
• White rose bush
• Pink rose bush

• White azalea
• Sedum larenium park
• Sedum larenium park
• Pansies, hyacinths, and tulips in right flower bed
• Pansies, hyacinths, and tulips in left flower bed
• Pansies and hyacinths in small flower bed
• Pansies in flower bed by driveway
• Flower bed by back porch
• Shade garden
• Shade garden

Same, no flash.

Pink rose bush on 5/17/07.

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Pine Canyon trail:

• Scenery near trailhead
• Scenery near trailhead
• End of trail
• Base of pour-off at end of trail (rotate clockwise 90 degrees)
• Top of pour-off at end of trail (rotate clockwise 90 degrees)
• Partway along trail
• Movie of scenery around trailhead

• Looking through rock window at end of trail
• View from end of trail
• Movie of scenery around end of trail
• Zoom-in on Bill

• View of Terlingua to south of condo
• View of Terlingua to northwest of condo
• Condo (and our rental car)

• Jackrabbit on trail (Dog Canyon is notch in mountains in background)
• Another zoom-in on jackrabbit
• Another picture of jackrabbit - we got quite close to it

• Clouds at sunset
• Same

• Blooming Thompson's yucca along the trail
• Prickly pear cactus with many blooms close to opening
• One open bloom on a prickly pear cactus
• Northern formation of the Chimneys
• Same
• Southern formation of the Chimneys
• Movie of the Chimneys and the surrounding landscape
• View from the Chimneys, looking east - it's really hazy
• View from the Chimneys, looking southwest - there is a notch in the very distant mesa which is the Santa Elena Canyon
• Two prickly pear cacti with a few blooms
• View from the northern part of the Chimneys looking toward the southern part of the Chimneys
• Close up of wildflowers at the Chimneys
• Bill on high rocks in the Chimneys
• Zoom-in on Bill
• Silvery gray wildflowers at the Chimneys
• Petroglyphs by Native Americans on the southern Chimney
• Same
• Wildflowers blooming along the trail
• View of Mule Ears Peaks from trailhead
• View of Chisos Mountains to the east of trailhead
• Movie of scenery around trailhead

• Rock layers at base of pour-off
• Lizard (center of image) on rock along trail
• View of neat rock layers along trail
• View of more rock layers
• Movie of scenery along trail
• View from trailhead
• Movie of scenery from trailhead

• Another view

• View of Chisos Mountains
• Movie of scenery
• Casa Grande Mountain

From condo:

• Night sky, 15 seconds, f2.8, ISO 400
• Same, another direction
• Same, another direction
• Same, another direction

• Another view
• Another view

• View from inside canyon - turn image clockwise 90 degrees and you can see the river at the very bottom
• Another view from inside canyon (turn clockwise 90 degrees)
• Another view from inside canyon (turn clockwise 90 degrees)
• Movie panning along canyon and then up walls
• Another view from inside canyon (turn clockwise 90 degrees)
• Another view from inside canyon (turn clockwise 90 degrees)
• View from inside canyon looking out mouth
• Wildflowers along trail
• More wildflowers along trail
• Even more wildflowers along trail
• Purple wildflowers along trail
• Same
• Yellow and purple wildflowers along trail
• Ocotillo with leaves and flower buds (at ends of branches)
• Ocotillo blooming
• Same (rotate clockwise 90 degrees)
• Movie of scenery across from canyon entrance

• Nice landscaping with pond
• More scenic landscaping
• View looking at mountains behind golf course
• Neat rock layers
• Neat rock layers from farther away
• Beautiful landscaping near our room
• Beautiful landscaping and fountain outside our room
• View of distant mountains

Downloaded on 3/11/07

Same.

Car accident that happened across the street from us.

Snow on tree branches outside the window of the guest bedroom on 2/25/07.

Same, different window.

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Downloaded on 1/5/07

Soon after I got my hibiscus 'simple pleasures', it bloomed.

• Close up of the bud about to open.
• The bloom the next day.
• Close up of bloom.
• Bloom from the side.
• Same, no flash.

Pretty sunset at my parents' house.

Same, out of focus.

My parents' Christmas tree.

Same, with no flash.

Pictures from Cindy's house:

• Christmas tree
• Dining room
• Living room with Mom and Scott
• Living room with Scott and Mom

Same, no flash.

Same, with flash.

Same, no flash.

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Electra in the box of towels I'm trying to wrap.

Same.

Electra warming herself in front of the heating vent.

Same.

My Grandfather on my Dad's side passed away on 11/26/06. Bill and I went to his funeral on 11/30/06. We saw a lot of family that we hadn't seen in a long time: Back row: Jeremy, Nick, Scott, Bill, Jodi, Angela. Front row: Samantha, Heather (Nick's girlfriend), Cindy, me, Tammy, Tammy's daughter Paige.

Electra in the Christmas tree stand box.

Electra exploring the chair we moved in order to set up the Christmas tree.

Same.

Same.

Our Christmas tree.

The new plants I got from an arrangement from Grandpa's funeral; pictures taken on 12/3/06:

• Another peace lily
• Spider plant

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• First
• Second
• Third
• Fourth
• Fifth
• Sixth
• Eighth

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View of Potomac River from Mt. Vernon.

Side of Mt. Vernon mansion facing away from river.

Electra curled up with our shoes.

Our entertainment center.

Our old TV.

Plants on new console table in second floor hallway.

Same.

Outside plants on 9/30/06:

• Pansies in right bed.
• Pansies in left bed.
• Pansies in small bed.
• Pansies in bed by driveway.
• Azaleas, which have been confused into blooming in the fall.

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Bill swimming in the ocean at Hilton Head.

Same.

Same (back of Kevin's head).

Same.

Same.

Same.

Bill's birthday cake: german sweet chocolate.

Same.

Mom in National Sculpture Garden.

Same.

Inside Washington National Cathedral on 8/19/06.

Stained glass windows inside Washington National Cathedral.

Same.

Intricate chapel inside Washington National Cathedral.

Looking down length of inside of Washington National Cathedral.

One of rose windows in Washington National Cathedral.

Stained glass window called "Space Window" inside Washington National Cathedral. It has a moon rock from the Apollo 11 mission.

Another amazing stained glass window inside Washington National Cathedral.

Front of outside of Washington National Cathedral.

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• Creeping jenny and azalea
• Petunias in first flower bed
• Petunias in second flower bed
• Petunias in third flower bed
• Wax begonias and sweet alyssum

Electra laying on shelf in computer room, starting to yawn.

Outside plants on 7/30/06:

• Creeping jenny and azalea
• Petunias in first flower bed
• Petunias in second flower bed
• Petunias in third flower bed
• Wax begonias and sweet alyssum
• Hanging petunia on back porch

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Electra laying in the Sun in the breakfast room.

Same.

Same.

Robin on the fence outside our house.

Same, but blurry.

Outside plants on 6/17/06:

• Azalea, spiderwort, and creeping jenny in front of house.
• Petunias in first bed.
• Petunias in second bed.
• Petunias in third bed.
• Begonias and sweet alyssum.
• Sick sedum under bush.

Same.

Electra moving on back of the chair.

Electra sitting on the back of the chair.

Same.

Electra behind railing on the stars.

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• Laurel Falls
• Laurel Falls again
• Laurel Falls again
• Laurel Falls
• Laurel Falls
• Grotto Falls
• Grotto Falls
• Grotto Falls with Bill
• View from observation tower on Clingman's Dome, the highest peak in the park (and Tennessee) at about 6650 ft.
• Another view from Clingman's Dome
• Another view from Clingman's Dome
• Zoom-in of me in the observation tower on Clingman's Dome (I'm on the right)
• Another view of stream we crossed on Kephart Prong Trail
• Another view of stream we crossed on Kephart Prong Trail
• Another view of stream we crossed on Kephart Prong Trail
• View from Newfound Gap, about 5000 ft. elevation
• Another view from Newfound Gap
• Another view from Newfound Gap
• View of stream behind the condo in which we were staying
• Fern Branch Falls
• View of stream behind the condo in which we were staying, after a heavy rainfall, which made it very muddy
• View of rainstorm from our condo
• Same
• Same
• Same
• Same
• Same
• Downward view of raindrops falling during rainstorm
• Indian Creek Falls
• Juney Whank Falls again
• Mingo Falls, which is actually outside the park in the neighboring Cherokee Indian Reservation
• Abrams Falls
• Abrams Falls again

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• White rose bush
• Pink rose bush, first bloom
• Close-up of pink rose
• Same
• Wax begonias and sweet alyssum, just planted
• Pale yellow petunias, just planted
• Pink and purple petunias, first bed, just planted
• Pink and purple petunias, second bed, just planted
• Hanging basket of New Guinea impatiens

• White rose bush and spiderwort
• Pink rose bush

Electra wisely tipped over the box instead of jumping into it.

My outside plants on 5/20/05:

• Pink and purple petunias, second bed
• Pink and purple petunias, first bed
• Pale yellow petunias
• Wax begonias and sweet alyssum
• White rose bush and spiderwort
• Pink rose bush

Pink rose bush on 5/23/05.

Close-up of white rose bloom on 5/23/05.

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• Same
• Sedum, top view

• Tiarella
• Primrose, blooming
• Hellborus, blooming
• Astilbe

Same, close up.

My semiminiature african violet Rob's Squeeze Toy on 4/20/06:

• Same, from the side
• Same

• Tiarella (3), polemonium (1, small), liriope (1)
• Tiarella, up close
• Hellborus
• Primrose
• Second primrose, blooming
• White rose bush
• Pink rose bush

Outside plants on 4/25/06:

• White azalea bush
• Pansies
• Astilbe
• Second astilbe
• White rose bush
• Pink rose bush
• Tiarella and liriope

Same, but better image.

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On 4/1/06, we went downtown to see the cherry blossoms.

• Cherry blossoms around the tidal basin.
• Same, looking down one side of the tidal pool.
• Same, looking across the tidal pool.
• Same.
• Looking across the tidal pool at the cherry blossoms and the Washington Monument.
• Same, zoomed in.
• Zoomed in on one tree with lots of blossoms.

My plants on 4/2/06:

• Love plant, from the side
• Sedum

• Tiarella, starting to grow, with funny-looking buds.
• Tiarella, close up.
• Helleborus with flower, close up.
• Same, farther away.
• Pink rose bush.
• Electra watching me take pictures. (OK, so she's not a plant.)
• Sedum larenium park, near the driveway. I transplanted two of these sedum here from another location. They look pretty good.
• Pansies.
• Front flower bed, unknown plants.
• Other front flower bed, unknown plants.
• Sedum larenium park, on west side of yard. I transplanted several of these sedum here from another location. They look really good!
• Same, on other side of bush.
• Flowering bush in front of house, plus creeping jenny groundcover.
• The other flowering bush in front of house.

• Sedum

Squirrel, blurry.

Electra being frisky on a chair.

Electra being frisky, close up.

Same.

Electra being frisky on the chair arm.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Outside plants on 4/13/06:

• Helleborus with two flowers and some buds
• Primrose with two flowers
• Tiarellas, going wild! Also, the tiny plant making the fourth corner with the tiarellas is one of the polemonium just starting to come up.
• The white rose bush I transplanted from the front of the house on 3/11/06. It's growing! It now has branches and leaves!
• The pink rose bush. The red growth is new - it's grown several inches already this spring
• One of the sedum larenium park under a bush in the front yard. They are going wild!
• Flowering bush in front of house. Creeping jenny ground cover is really growing fast.

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Rose bush I transplanted from the front of the house to the side of the house.

My trip with my Mom to Sedona on Mar. 18 - 24:

• Scenery at Montezuma's Castle National Monument in the Verde Valley
• Same
• Cliff dwellings at Montezuma's Castle
• Same, closer up
• Pueblo ruins at Tuzigoot National Monument in the Verde Valley, seen from above
• Tuzigoot, seen from below
• Verde Valley from the Verde Valley Railroad train
• Verde River from the Verde Valley Railroad train
• Same
• Cave dwelling seen from the Verde Valley Railroad train
• Scenery from Verde Valley Railroad train
• Meteor Crater
• Same
• Petrified Forest
• Petrified Forest
• Petrified Forest
• Petrified Forest
• Same
• Petrified Forest
• Petrified Forest "Teepees"
• Petrified Forest
• Petrified Forest
• Petrified Forest "Newspaper Rocks" (they have petroglyphs too small to see in picture)
• Petrified Forest
• Same
• Petrified Forest
• Red rocks near Sedona
• Red rocks near Sedona
• Red rocks near Sedona
• Walnut Canyon, from above
• Walnut Canyon, from above
• Walnut Canyon
• Perkins Telescope at Lowell Observatory
• Perkins Telescope, looking in at mirror
• Perkins Telescope
• Perkins Telescope
• Red rocks near Sedona
• Bridge over Oak Creek Canyon near Sedona
• Oak Creek from above north end
• Oak Creek from above north end
• Oak Creek from above north end
• Oak Creek from above north end
• Lava flow "squeez ups" near Sunset Crater
• Black lava flows near Sunset Crater
• San Francisco Peaks seen from Sunset Crater
• Lava flows near Sunset Crater
• Wupatki Ruins
• Wupatki Ruins
• Red rocks from Pink Jeep tour
• Red rocks from Pink Jeep tour
• Red rocks from Pink Jeep tour
• Red rocks from Pink Jeep tour
• Red rocks from Pink Jeep tour
• Red rocks on Pink Jeep tour
• Red rocks on Pink Jeep tour

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Same, slightly different position.

Electra laying in front of the heating vent.

Electra laying in front of the heating vent, with a rainbow on her from the window prism.

Electra laying in front of the heating vent, with more rainbows on her.

The flowers ProSight sent Bill for his first week of work.

My plants on Mar. 4, 2006:

• Close-up of the bromeliad, showing the larger pup, on the left side of the base of the main plant.
• Close-up of the bromeliad, showing the smaller pup, on the right side of the base of the main plant, inside the long leaf.
• Sedum, from the top
• Bromeliad guzmania, after I cut off the larger pup and repotted it. You can see the small pup on the right.
• Bromeliad guzmania, the large pup potted by itself.

Another crack in the wall in the living room.

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The shoe mat where Electra was sitting.

My new plants, from left to right: love plant, snake plant, and a succulent I haven't identified yet, I think it's a sedum, on Jan. 15, 2006, just after I bought them.

Electra laying in her fresh mangos box from Kevin and Candace.

Same, but blurry.

Electra laying in the sun at the top of the stairs.

Same, but closer up. Bill took this picture - isn't it nice? Feb. 9, 2006.

My love plant, snake plant, and sedum on Feb. 9, 2006.

Bill's snowman, after the snowstorm Feb. 11 - 12, 2006, when we got about 12 inches of snow..

One of the trees in front of our house bent over from the load of snow on it.

The pile of snow on Feb. 20, 2006, which is all that remains of Bill's snowman.

Same, but blurry.

Downloaded on 12/15/05

Same.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Same.

The Moon and Venus (above right) just after sunset on Nov. 5.

Same, but better.

Mars, through my telescope, too bright.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Blank image through telescope.

Same.

Daytime image through my telescope, very vignetted.

Same.

Same, but zoomed in, so not vignetted.

Daytime image through my telescope, very vignetted.

Same, but zoomed in, so not vignetted.

Electra examining a rosebud.

Same, up close.

Electra examining a basket.

Same.

Small hawk (probably a cooper's hawk: cooper's hawk by USGS) that was eating its prey outside our back door.

Same.

Same.

Same.

AVI movie of hawk eating (37MB).

Same.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Same.

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Hazy sky, while I was trying to watch the Perseids.

Bill's birthday cake, a Black Forest cake, 8/14/05.

We went on vacation to Shenandoah National Park. The next pictures are from there, or nearby locations.

• View from overlook on Skyline Drive.
• View from same overlook.
• View from different overlook.
• View from different overlook.
• View from same overlook.
• View from same overlook.
• View from different overlook.
• Small stream and waterfall.
• Same.
• Same.
• Butterfly that landed by my feet at the water fall.
• Another image of the falls.
• View from an overlook.
• View from same overlook.
• View from different overlook.
• View from different overlook.
• View from different overlook.
• Pieces of panorama from an overlook:
  • Part 1
  • Part 1
  • Part 3
  • Part 4
  • Part 5
  • Part 6
• View from different overlook.
• View from different overlook.
• View from different overlook.
• View from different overlook.
• View from different overlook.
• View from different overlook.
• View from different overlook.
• The Garden Maze at Luray Caverns, near Shenandoah National Park.
• Inside Luray Caverns, blurry.
• Inside Luray Caverns.
• Inside Luray Caverns.
• Inside Luray Caverns, blurry.
• Inside Luray, Caverns, blurry.
• Inside Luray Caverns. Bottom half of picture is very still pool of water, reflecting formations on ceiling of cavern.
• Stalacpipe Organ in Luray Caverns.
• Wishing Well pool inside Luray Caverns.
• Contrasting red and white formations inside Luray Caverns.
• Inside Luray Caverns.
• The carillon on the Luray Caverns grounds.
• View from overlook.
• View from same overlook.
• Image of tunnel on Skyline Drive.
• View from overlook.
• Zoomed-in view from same overlook.
• Deer in park.
• Better view of deer.
• View from overlook.
• View from same overlook, rotated 90 degrees.
• View from same overlook.
• Zoomed-in view from same overlook.
• View from Hawksbill Peak, the highest mountain in Shenandoah National Park, just over 4000 ft high..
• Same.
• 360 degree panorama from Hawksbill Peak
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4
  • Part 5
  • Part 6
  • Part 7
  • Part 8
  • Part 9
  • Part 10
  • Part 11
  • Part 12
  • Part 13
  • Part 14
• View from an overlook.
• View from a different overlook.
• View from a different overlook.
• View from a different overlook.
• View from a different overlook.
• View from Ivy Creek Overlook.
• View from a different overlook.
• View from a different overlook.
• View from a different overlook.
• View from a different overlook.
• View from a different overlook.
• View of extremely low clouds from an overlook.
• Another view of extremely low clouds from same overlook.
• Monticello, in Charlottesville.

Downloaded on 6/13/05

Liquid spinny thing in the National Air and Space Museum.

Same.

Model of the Enterprise from Star Trek TOS in the National Air and Space Museum.

An attempt to take a picture of lightning during a thunderstorm.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Rainbow outside our house, after another thunderstorm.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Downloaded on 5/14/05

Same.

The canal boat.

Same.

On 5/14/05, there was a thunderstorm at our house. The following are images taken out windows on the second floor of our house. I was trying to image lightning.

• No lightning.
• No lightning.
• No lightning.
• No lightning.
• No lightning.
• No lightning.
• No lightning.
• No lightning.
• No lightning.
• No lightning.
• No lightning.
• Lightning! Two bolts, not as bright. Same camera settings.
• No lightning.
• No lightning.
• No lightning.
• Lightning! One faint bolt. Same camera settings.
• No lightning.
• No lightning.
• No lightning.
• No lightning.
• No lightning.
• No lightning.

Downloaded on 4/12/05

My cousin Corey got married to Gretchen on April 9, 2005, in Indianapolis.

• Inside the church. It was beautiful.
• Same
• Same
• Same
• My Uncle Tom, Aunt Bev (standing), Paul Gricks (standing), and Dad, from behind.
• Aunt Bev and Gretchen's mom lighting the candles.
• Same, close up.
• Same, but blurry.
• Gretchen's mom, Aunt Bev, and Paul Gricks returning to pew, blurry.
• Corey behind heads.
• Paul Gricks and Corey, awaiting the bride.
• Kim, awaiting the bride.
• Gretchen walking down the aisle, blurry.
• Gretchen and her dad walking down the aisle, blurry.
• Gretchen and Corey during the wedding, blurry.
• Gretchen and Corey during the wedding, slightly blurry.
• Corey and Gretchen, seated during the wedding, slightly blurry.
• Mom doing her reading.
• Kim and the other bridesmaids during the wedding.
• Gretchen and Corey lighting the unity candle.
• Same.
• Same.
• Gretchen and Corey during the wedding.
• Gretchen and Corey at the end of the wedding.
• Gretchen and Corey about to kiss at the end of the wedding.
• Blurry audience.
• Audience.
• Receiving line at reception: Aunt Bev, Gretchen's father, Gretchen, Corey, Gretchen's mother, Uncle Tom.
• Gretchen in receiving line.
• Gretchen and Corey in receiving line.
• Dad, Mom, and Kim.
• Wedding cake.
• Same.
• Uncle Tom and Aunt Bev waiting to be announced.
• Same.
• Corey's friend Bear and bridesmaid waiting to be announced.
• Corey's friend Dale and bridesmaid waiting to be announced.
• Kim and Paul Gricks waiting to be announced.
• Bridesmaid and groomsman waiting to be announced.
• Corey and Gretchen waiting to be announced.
• Dad and Mom at reception.
• Carl, Maggie, Duck, and Diane.
• Scott and Cindy (look at that glare!).
• Ben.
• Scott and Cindy.
• Gretchen and Corey cutting the cake.
• Guy in the way of cake cutting.
• Gretchen and Corey cutting the cake.
• Gretchen and Corey feeding each other the cake.
• Corey and Aunt Bev dancing.
• Same.

Downloaded on 4/3/05

Same.

Electra laying in a new box.

Electra crawling out of a new box.

Electra licking the corner of a new box.

Same, close up.

When we visited Bill's parents' condo in Hilton Head in March 2005, there were some impressive thunderstorms. I was hoping to catch some pictures of lightning by taking long-exposure images, which are below (no luck on the lightning). All pictures are 15 s long.

• Palm tree and sky
• Sky and trees
• Palm tree and sky
• Palm tree and sky
• Palm tree and very dark sky
• Palm tree and sky
• Palm tree and sky

Same.

Same.

View behind condo (18th hole of course The Golf Club).

Same.

Same.

Same.

Carolina room in condo.

Living room of condo.

Living room and Carolina room of condo.

Looking into master bedroom of condo.

Downloaded on 2/28/05

Bill, Phil, Lorraine, Candace, and Kevin, after Spamalot..

Phil and Lorraine.

Candace and Kevin.

Downloaded on 2/12/05

Same.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Same.

First fire in our fireplace..

Same.

Big snowstorm on Jan. 19.

Electra laying on the couch.

Front yard after the snowstorm.

Back yard after snow storm.

Electra laying in the Sun.

Same.

Same, different angle.

Same, different angle.

Same, close up.

Electra in Bill's nightstand.

Same.

Same.

Electra under our bed.

Same.

Same.

Crescent moon on Feb. 12.

Same, blurry.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Same, blurry.

Same, blurry.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Same, underexposed.

Downloaded on 1/1/05

Same.

Bill's dad and Bill on Christmas.

The mantle at Bill's parents' house.

Jan, Mike, and Bill's dad, opening Four Horsemen of Notre Dame picture, with Joe behind.

Same.

Same.

Remodeled bathroom at Bill's parents' house.

Same.

Mom and Cindy at Cindy and Scott's apartment.

Tree that fell in my parents' backyard.

Same.

Movie of my parents' dog, Sophie (5.6MB AVI).

Movie of Sophie chasing bubbles and a top (33MB AVI).

Bill and Dad playing backgammon with Mom watching.

Mom, Sophie, and Betty.

Betty giving Sophie a treat.

Sophie begging for Dad's dessert.

Grandpa and Bill.

Grandpa and Sophie.

Grandpa letting Sophie lick his plate.

Bill, Sophie, and Mom.

Duck, Molly, Carl, Sarah, Diane at Christmas party.

Sophie sleeping at Christmas party.

Carl and Molly at Christmas party.

Bill, Dad, and Duck at Christmas party.

Molly, Sarah, and Diane at Christmas party.

Mom and Bev at Christmas party.

Movie of Carl opening his Louisville Slugger bat (35MB AVI).

Carl posing with his bat, no flash, Molly watching.

Same, with flash.

Night sky from Franklin, 15s exposure, F/2.8, ISO 50.

Same, same camera settings.

Same, Aldebaran at left and Pleiades above center, same camera settings.

Same, Orion, same camera settings.

Same, Gemini, with Saturn below Castor and Pollux, same camera settings.

Orion, 15s exposure, F/2.8, ISO 400.

Taurus, Pleiades, and Comet Machholz (makes point of equilateral triangle with Aldebaran and the Pleiades, below them), same camera settings.

Same, same camera settings.

Gemini, same camera settings.

Downloaded on 12/23/04

Same.

Christmas tree with the lights out, shaky.

Same, shaky.

Electra in her box in the breakfast room.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Master bedroom.

Upstairs hallway.

Computer room.

Guest bedroom.

Looking downstairs.

Alcove.

Electra in our closet

Same.

Same.

Same.

Living room.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Same.

Dining room.

Kitchen.

Breakfast room.

Same.

Looking down to the basement.

Basement hallway.

Downloaded on 12/08/04

The Moon on 11/28/04, 6:45pm, 1/100s, F4.9, 3x optical zoom, waning gibbous phase.

Same, except 1/50s. Blurry.

Same, with clouds moving in from top.

Same, with more clouds.

Electra laying on her bag.

Our Christmas tree (a real live one).

Same, no flash

Same

Downloaded on 11/24/04

Electra crawling out from underneath the comforter.

Extreme close-up of Electra.

AVI movie of Electra playing along the top off the stars (26MB).

Downloaded on 11/17/04

Same

Same

Same

Same

Same

Same

Same

Night sky from our driveway

Same

Same, Pleiades visible

Same

Same

Same

Same

Same

Same

Same

Downloaded on 11/13/04

Same

Same

Overhead sky from our home. Pleiades visible near tree branch.

Same

Downloaded on 11/9/04

Electra laying in the Sun

Rear of house

Back yard

Back yard

Side of house

Front of house

Front of house

Downloaded on 10/31/04

Box in the bedroom

Bedroom light

Bedroom blinds

Bedroom blinds

Our wedding portrait

Electra, very close up

Electra playing between railings

Electra playing at the top of the stairs

Moon in partial phase of lunar eclipse on 10/27/04

Same

Onion cut open

Downloaded on 10/10/04

Venus transit, 6/8/04

Venus transit, 6/8/04

Electra in her box, with tongue sticking out

Mel, Dan, Bill, and I, June 2004

Going away cake from Kevin, Candace, Phil, and Lorraine, June 2004

Bill, Kevin, Candace, Lorraine, Phil outside Olive Garde, June 2004

Same, but blurry

Church of Matt and Heather's wedding, 7/3/04

Ben, Maggie lighting candle at Matt's wedding, 7/3/04

Carl at Matt's wedding, 7/3/04

Matt waiting for the bride, 7/3/04

Carl, Maggie and Heather and Matt, 7/3/04

Heather and Matt, blurry, 7/3/04

Carl, Maggie, Heather, and Matt, 7/3/04

Mom and Dad at Matt's wedding, 7/3/04

Uncle Tom and Aunt Bev at Matt's wedding, 7/3/04

Cindy and Scott at Matt's wedding, 7/3/04

Gretchen and Corey at Matt's wedding, 7/3/04

Kim and Aaron at Matt's wedding, 7/3/04

the table settings at Matt's wedding, 7/3/04

Matt and Heather's wedding cake, 7/3/04

Heather and Matt, 7/3/04

Heather and Matt cutting the cake, 7/3/04

The Mall and Washington Monument, seen from the Cpitol Building, Sep. 2004

The Capitol, Sep. 2004

The Jefferson Memorial, Sep. 2004

The Washington Monument, Sep. 2004

The next pictures are of our new house, taken in Oct. 2004.

The master bedroom

The master bedroom

The master bedroom

The master bedroom's walk-in closet

Same

The master bathroom

The guest bathroom

The computer room

The computer room

The guest bedroom

The guest bedroom

The upstairs hallway, looking toward the guest bedroom

The upstairs hallway, looking toward the master bedroom

Looking downstairs to the first floor

The alcove off the living room

The alcove off the living room

The fireplace in the living room

Looking upstairs to the second floor

The kitchen

The kitchen

The breakfast room

The breakfast room

The powder room

The basement stairs and the hallway

The living room

The living room

The basement hallway

The exercise room

The exercise room

The basement bathroom

The basement tool room

The stairs down to the basement

Back of the house

The backyard

The back of the house and the shed

The side of the house and the alcove

The front of the house

The front of the house

The front yard and flower beds

The front yard and driveway

Downloaded on 6/7/04

Same rainbow, but brighter

A stream in Mt. Washington State Park

View of a valley from the top of one of the mountains in Mt. Washington State Park

Candace, me, and Bill at the tri-state marker

Electra eyeing her foe outside the sliding glass door

Electra scaring away the neighbor cat

The neighbor cat bonking its head on the door as it tries to rub on Electra

Downloaded on 6/1/04

The beach from our villa (through a screen window)

Another view of the beach and resort from our villa (through a screen window)

The estuary between Captiva and the mainland

Same, with Moon

A dolphin fin, below the middle white boat in the distance

A view of the water...the dolphin went back underwater

A dolphin, just underwater beneath the little bit of foam in the center of the picture

Bill and I before the wedding

Same

Sanibel Community Church