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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.

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

Courtney and her father walking down the isle, very blurry

Courtney and Alex, at the end of the wedding ceremony, also blurry

Sunset at the wedding reception

Same

Same

Same

Same

Same

Same

Courtney, Alex, and two friends

Courtney and Alex

Their wedding cake

Bill and Alex and the brunch the day after the wedding

Downloaded on 5/25/04

Pretty trees with white flowers behind the miniature golf place

Pretty tree with purple and white flowers in front of a nearby house

A nice new condo we looked at in Silver Spring, MD:

• Kitchen
• Dining room
• Living room
• Master bedroom and bath
• Another bathroom
• Family room

• Living room
• Dining room
• Kitchen
• Family room
• Master bedroom
• Second bedroom
• Foyer
• Outside

• Master bedroom
• Upper hallway and second bathroom
• Living room
• Alcove with marble floor
• Dining room
• Lower hallway and breakfast area
• Kitchen
• Outside (with a guy painting around the front door)

Downloaded on 4/3/04

Kevin and me at my defense party

Carlos, me, Kevin

Prof. Brainerd opening the champagne

Prof. Janes, Bill, Kevin, me

Erin, Prof. Hughes, Prof. Brainerd, Svetlana, Sarah, me, Ed, Prof. Janes

Prof. Marscher, Ed, Prof. Janes, Prof. Brecher, Bill, me, Kevin

Prof. Hughes, Prof. Janes, Prof. Marscher

Me (behind Prof. Marscher), Prof. Janes, Prof. Hughes

Me, Prof. Janes, Prof. Hughes

Ellie, Prof. Hughes, Erin, Tim, Prof. Baumgardner, me

Me

Prof. Brainerd, Prof. Janes

Ronak, Kim

April, Ed, Suwicha, Loren

Prof. Marscher, Prof. Spence, David, Kathy

Prof. Goodrich, Prof. Brecher, me

Frannie, Prof. Chakrabarti

Prof. Janes

Prof. Chakrabarti boozing it up

Ned, Andrei

April

Suwicha, Sarah, Frannie's back

Kim, Carlos, Andrei

Prof. Brecher, Bill, me

Prof. Spence, Prof. Goodrich, David, Prof. Marscher, Kathy, Prof. Hughes

Me and Hui

Susanna eating, close up

Flowers outside my door

Penny and Hui

Prof. Janes, me

Prof. Hughes, Prof. Fritz

Frannie, Loren

Downloaded on 2/8/04

Same, different view

View out our back door of the big snowstorm on Dec. 7 (I think)

View out our front door of the big snowstorm on Dec. 7

Same, different angle

View of our back porch after I shoveled a path

Snow on top of our heat pump

View of the backyard after the sidewalk was shoveled

The front end of my car, below the level of snow in the backyard

View of the backyard after the storm...the stake sticking up is about 3 feet tall

View of backyard and drifted snow on roof

View of backyard and parking lot

View out front door after Bill shoveled a bit

Candace and Kevin at the gift exchange, showing off the cross-stitch I made

The family room at Bill's parents' house

Charlie Brown Christmas tree at Bill's Aunt Sue's house

Christmas tree at Bill's parents' house

Bill and I on Christmas eve

Cindy and Scott on Christmas

Dad on Christmas

Ali and Megan, Eileen, me, and Bill at the Seneca bowling alley

Bill, Scott, Mom, and Cindy, at Cindy and Scott's apartment

Cindy and Scott's Christmas tree (Smokey is on the couch)

Dad

Mom and Dad's Christmas tree

Bart Simpson puzzle...a Christmas present from Phil and Lorraine

Downloaded on 11/9/03

Marc's cake for passing his thesis defense (9/19/03)

Marc cutting his cake

The rest of the pictures were taken on Nov. 8, 2003, during the lunar eclipse. All were taken with my 6" Newtonian telescope and a 40mm eyepiece. All of them use the 10s timer on my camera, unless noted.

7:42pm, partial eclipse, full-aperture

Same, but with 2" aperture, and no timer

7:43pm, 2" aperture

Same

7:47pm, same

7:54pm, full-aperture

Same

8:09pm, total eclipse

Same

Same

8:34pm, partial eclipse

Same

Same

8:49pm

Same

9:01pm

Same

Downloaded on 9/7/03

Same

Same, with more masking

Same

Same

Same

Same

Mars, through my telescope and 10mm eyepiece, with telescope masking

Same

Same

Downloaded on 9/1/03

Same

Same

Mars, through my telescope and 40mm eyepiece, on Aug 31

Mars, through my telescope and 40mm eyepiece with 2x Barlow lens

Mars, through my telescope and 10mm eyepiece

Downloaded on 7/23/03

More Electra zoominess

Electra playing behind the couch pillow

Electra on the back of the couch

Cindy's wedding shower: before the guests arrive

Cindy's shower: the food table

Cindy's shower: the cake

Cindy's shower: opening gifts (Tam in foreground)

Cindy's shower: Sherri (Scott's mom) and Cindy

Cindy's shower: Orange Clean

Cindy's shower: the gift table

Cindy's shower: Airen, Cindy, mom

Cindy's shower: guests

Cindy's shower: guests (at back table: Jodi, Betty, Gina, Rose, Charlene. at far end: Bev, Maggie)

Cindy's shower: Airen, Tara, Cindy, Dawn, Mel, Megan

Cindy's shower: Airen, Tara, Cindy, Dawn, Mel, Megan

Cindy's shower: mom, Bev

Cindy's shower: Betty, Gina, Charlene

Electra in the bedroom window

Cindy's wedding: the gazebo in front of Turtle Bay Lodge

Cindy's wedding: the stairway up to the second floor of Turtle Bay Lodge

Cindy's wedding: the reception tent

Cindy's wedding: Cindy & Scott and Mom & Dad dancing

Cindy's wedding: Corey and his girlfriend Gretchen and Kim and her boyfriend Aaron

Cindy's wedding: Scott and Cindy about to cut the cake

Cindy's wedding: Scott and Cindy cutting the cake

Cindy's wedding: Scott and Cindy feeding each other cake...but looks like my flash didn't go off

Cindy's wedding: Cindy throwing the bouquet

PRISM: lenses in cells

PRISM: lenses in cells and collimator section

Downloaded on 4/20/03

Hotel des Invalides, in Paris

Napoleon's Tomb, in Hotel des Invalides

Tour Eiffel, from our hotel window

Rear of Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Paris

Approaching Chateau de Versailles

The chapel in the the Chateau de Versailles

Fountain behind the Chateau de Versailles

Looking back at Chateau de Versailles from partway down the gardens

Another fountain on the grounds of Chateau de Versailles

A side garden of the Chateau de Versailles

Tour Eiffel

Looking down on the Place du Parvis from the top of Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Paris

One of the windows in Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Paris

Another window in Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Paris

Front of Cathedrale de Notre DAme de Paris

Fountain on the Place de la Concorde

The obelisk on the Place de la Concorde

Front of Sacre Couer

Downloaded on 2/18/03

Electra laying on the floor

Same, close up

Picture of the huge icicle outside our bedroom window, on Feb. 16

Picture behind our condo the day after the Presidents' Day Storm, Feb. 18. We ended up with about 20 inches of snow in Norton

Picture of snow piled up around our heat pump the day after the Presidents' Day Storm (the heat pump is about 3 feet high)

Closer up picture of the back of our condo, after the Presidents' Day Storm

Picture of the even-huger icicle from our back deck

Picture of my car and lots of snow behind our condo, the day after the Presidents' Day Storm

First image of huge icicle (these will make a mosaic)

Second image of huge icicle

Third image of huge icicle

Last image of huge icicle (it's about a foot wide at the very top)

Downloaded on 1/11/03

The Moon, through telescope, camera, 40mm eyepiece, and Barlow lens

The Moon, through telescope, camera, and 40mm eyepiece

Same

Same

Same, also with LPR filter

Same, also with LPR filter

The Moon, through telescope, camera, 40mm eyepiece, Barlow lens, and LPR filter

Downloaded on 1/1/03

Electra sitting on a chair

Electra sitting on the same chair, from another angle

Phil and Lorraine making fruit salad for Thanksgiving

The table set for Thanksgiving

Phil, me, and Kevin working on the turkey

Kevin carving the turkey

Candace at the gift exchange

Phil and Lorraine at the gift exchange

Phil and Lorraine at the gift exchange

Kevin and Phil at the gift exchange

Phil and Lorraine at the gift exchange

Mike and Schroeder with the dry ice bomb

Aunt Jan's back, doing the gingerbread house

Mike and Joe with their gingerbread house

My, M-Mom's, and Jan's gingerbread house

Snow on Christmas in Grosse Pointe

Bill's family's Christmas tree

Aunt Jan and Bill's mom Christmas morning

Schroeder playing in the snow

The Notre Dame Rose Window we gave Bill's parents a few years ago

Schroeder playing in the snow

Schroeder curled up on a chair

Same

Nick and Grandpa (12/26)

Dad

Cindy and Mom (stockings by Betty)

Rick and Charlene

Cindy and Kim (12/28)

Ducky and Sarah

Carl and Grandma

Dad, Bill, Molly, Diane, Mom

Downloaded on 11/14/02

Moon through my digital camera and telescope

Same

Same

Same

Same

Downloaded on 11/2/02

Same

Smoke in the valley beside Anderson Mesa, should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise

View of smoke on Lake Mary Road heading into Flagstaff on 10/16/02

Smoke toward the San Francisco Peaks north of Flagstaff on 10/16/02

Smoke hanging over Flagstaff on 10/16/02

Same, shifted right

Same, shifted right

Electra

PRISM's optical path and filter box, 11/1/02

Same

Same, from lower point of view

PRISM test assembly, 11/1/02

Downloaded on 8/30/02

The church of Katie and Ken's wedding

The church of Katie and Ken's wedding

Grandma Gehrke being seating in the processional (I know, it's blurry. It's an action shot.)

Ken and his Best Men awaiting the bride

The Matron of Honor, and Katie being given away by her father, Peter O'Rourke

Ken and Katie again after they were "pronounced"

Here they are again (I promise, Ken really isn't a faceless monster)

Ken and Katie leaving the church

View of the ? hole at the Golf Club (we played there that morning)

View looking toward the 1st green

Susan (Katie's mom) and Katie

Bill's brother Mike and his mom

Katie with some of her friends

Susan (Katie's mom) and Bill's mom

A picture going over the ? bridge

A picture of clouds

Another one

Another one

Another one

Downloaded on 8/3/02

Electra sleeping on a pillow

Electra reaching for her string

Electra laying on the floor and looking like she's on drugs

Electra close up

Electra playing with a string

Close up of Electra playing

Electra playing

Electra playing

Electra playing

Electra playing

A pretty place in Central Park (we don't know the people in the picture)

Electra holding down a toy

Downloaded on 7/12/02

PRISM: the collimator section of the lens holders' holder and the filter wheel housing, 6/13/02

PRISM: the optical bench on the cart, with Domenic and Alex, 6/13/02

PRISM: looking into the telescope end of the optical bench, with Domenic, 6/13/02

Electra sitting on the entertainment unit

Moon, through my telescope

View from partway up Great Blue Hill, looking southwest

Same

Same, from farther up the hill

View of Ponkapoag Pond from the top of the Great Blue Hill

Same

View of Houghton's Pond from the top of the Great Blue Hill

View from the top of the Great Blue Hill

Electra laying in the sunshine

PRISM: optical bench on cart, 7/12/02

PRISM: the very end of the camera section, which will support the CCD, 7/12/02

PRISM: the central part of the filter wheel housing, with a motor, 7/12/02

PRISM: closeup of a kinematic mount bearing, near the telescope end, 7/12/02

PRISM: a kinematic mount holder which will be under the filter wheel housing, 7/12/02

PRISM: the collimator lens holders' holder, 7/12/02

PRISM: after the parts are inserted, with Domenic, 7/12/02

PRISM: a closeup of the kinematic mount under the filter wheel housing, 7/12/02

Downloaded on 6/12/02

Indian God Rock from above, near Belmar, PA

Allegheny River near Indian God Rock

Bill, Mom, and Molly standing by Indian God Rock

Potter's Falls in Rockland, PA

Sarah, Uncle Ducky, and Molly near Potter's Falls

Me, Grandma, Mom

PRISM: an aperture mask holder

PRISM's dewar

Peregrine falcon(?) outside my office window (Updated April 2007: an amateur birder in our department thinks it's probably a red-tailed hawk.)

PRISM's inner dewar

PRISM's first major part assembly, 6/11/02

Same, from telescope end

PRISM: Close up of telescope end with hand inside

PRISM, 6/11/02

PRISM, 6/11/02

PRISM, 6/11/02, taken by Alex

Same, taken by Alex

Downloaded on 5/20/02

Electra playing in the Electronic Battleship box

Electra

Electra laying

Electra

Close up of Electra on a dining room chair

Electra laying on her favorite toy

Electra's ear turned inside out

Electra laying in the window behind the treadmill

Same, with different light

Electra laying in a different position in the window behind the treadmill

Electra laying on the treadmill

Electra laying on some dirty towels

Electra laying in the morning sunshine

The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, seen from the line to get onto it for the tour

Just about to walk onto the Zakim Bridge

One of the cable support towers of the Zakim Bridge

The lower end of one of the cables of the Zakim Bridge

Another view of the Zakim Bridge

A view of the base of one of the towers, with the decorative lights

A view of the Zakim Bridge from the opposite end from where we entered

A view of some some criss-cross cables (I don't know why this picture is reddish)

A view of the entirety of one of the Bridge's towers

Some more cables, plus the current I-93 upper and lower decks that the Bridge will replace

Another view of the base of a tower, with decorative lights (they are lavender)

Electra sitting on the infamous red towel

Electra sniffing my finger as she sits on the towel (I was trying to run the batteries out...)

Downloaded on 3/31/02

Electra sitting on Bill's lap while he's on the computer

Electra laying on Bill's dresser

Electra in Bill's dresser drawer

Closeup of Electra laying in Bill's dresser drawer

Electra laying in her little cat house

Two cats in a staring contest outside our condo (they are to the right of the big tree)

Bill's elephant jigsaw puzzle

PRISM: inner cover with vertical braces; CCD electronics box on top left, CCD section in top center, dewar on top right (2002 Mar 4)

PRISM, closer up and rotated (2002 Mar 4)

PRISM, closeup of end with CCD electronics box, CCD section, and dewar (2002 Mar 4)

My desk in my office

PRISM's cart (2002 Mar 25)

Inside of PRISM's CCD electronics box (2002 Mar 25)

One of PRISM's aperture plate holders with drive screw (2002 Mar 25)

Mechanical design of PRISM (2002 Mar 25)

The Moon through my telescope, with maria visible

Same

Downloaded on 1/1/02

Cindy's apartment

Cindy's apartment

Cindy's apartment

Jodi, Charlene, and Nick

Sophie wondering where her crate is

Uncle Carl, Aunt Diane, and Grandma

Uncle Tom, Grandma, Butch

Dad and Mom

Corey, Aunt Maggie

Kim and her boyfriend Aaron

Bill and Aunt Bev

Cindy and Scott

Electra sitting on my lap

Same

Downloaded on 12/20/01

Electra eating

Electra eating, close up

Electra eating, close up

Electra sitting on the bookshelf, close up -- she has a blue nose

Electra sitting under the doormat

Electra sitting in her small box, with a mouse on her back

Looking at Electra from under the doormat

Extreme close up of Electra under the doormat

Another extreme close up of Electra under the doormat

Electra under the doormat

Close up of Electra under the doormat

Electra looking wild under the doormat

Electra sitting in the microwave box

Electra sitting in the microwave box, while Bill lays under the flap

Me, Lorraine, Phil on my birthday

Lorraine and Phil on my birthday

Me on my birthday

Electra at the top of the stairs

Phil, Candace, Bill on Thanksgiving

Kevin carving the turkey on Thanksgiving

Electra playing in the bag of Christmas decorations

Same

Me putting up the Christmas tree

Extreme close up of Electra's eye

Electra behind the end table

Electra playing in the bag of Christmas decorations

Electra in the now-empty box of Christmas decorations

Same

A picture of the box Electra is in

Electra in the same box, which is now full

Electra's tummy

Electra in a temporary box

Electra in the bag of Christmas decorations

Bill, Lorraine, Phil, Candace, Kevin at the gift exchange

Kevin, Candace, Bill, Phil playing with bubbles

Electra top the china cabinet

Electra laying on the couch

Electra playing on the couch

Electra laying on Bill's dresser

Downloaded on 9/9/01

The following pictures are of the sand castle we built at a Hilton Head beach and its subsequent destruction by the high tide.

"First blood" of the castle

Lorraine working on the castle with the men in the background

Kevin and Bill trying to stop the tide

Castle

Castle

Castle

Castle

Castle

Castle

Castle

Castle

Bill, Candace, Kevin, Phil, and Lorraine looking on

Castle

Castle

Castle

Castle

Holes in the sand from small creatures

Castle

Castle

Kevin and Candace watching the castle about to lose a large chunk

Candace, Kevin, and castle

Castle

Candace and the castle

Castle

Castle

Kevin watches the last tower fall

That's it for the castle pictures.

Master bath of Hilton Head condo

Master bath of Hilton Head condo

Master bedroom of Hilton Head condo

Master bedroom of Hilton Head condo

Carolina room of Hilton Head condo

Carolina room and breakfast area of Hilton Head condo

Kitchen of Hilton Head condo

Living room of Hilton Head condo

Living room of Hilton Head condo

19th Hole of Hilton Head condo

19th Hole of Hilton Head condo

Guest bedroom of Hilton Head condo

Downloaded on 8/28/01

Electra using her scratching post (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Electra sitting on Bill's old bag

Electra

Electra's back end

Electra eating

Electra

Electra

Electra rubbing against my leg

Electra's tail sticking out from under the bed

Perkins telescope (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Perkins telescope

Perkins telescope

Perkins telescope (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Perkins telescope

At dawn on Anderson Mesa, left to right: Jupiter, the Moon, Venus, Saturn

Same

Same, but next morning

The kitchen, another view

My telescope (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Bill and I at Cirque du Soleil

Electra close up

Electra

Downloaded on 7/10/01

Emma, Emma's mother Marion, Peter, and Aunt Sue at Emma and Peter's rehearsal dinner

Stonehenge

Stonehenge

Stonehenge

Stonehenge

Behind Highclere Castle for Emma and Peter's wedding

Behind Highclere Castle

Rear view of Highclere Castle

View of the wedding ceremony location behind Highclere Castle

Bill's dad and Joe at Emma and Peter's wedding

Bill's mom, Aunt Sue, Aunt Meg, and Grandma at Emma and Peter's wedding

Peter, Katie and Uncle Peter at Emma and Peter's wedding

Peter, Ken Outcalt, Katie, and Uncle Peter at Emma and Peter's wedding

Close up view of wedding ceremony area

Groomsmen as they walk in

Peter and groomsmen waiting for the bride

Bridesmaids walking in

Emma and her father Irving

Emma and Peter during the wedding ceremony

Emma and Peter kissing during the ceremony

Emma and Peter walking back up the aisle after the ceremony

Bill's dad and mom in the distance behind Highclere Castle

Same

View from the canal boat in Bath, England

Another view from the canal boat

Another view from the canal boat

View of the canal boat at the dock

View of Bath, England, from a hill

View of the back of an old church in Bath

View of gardens behind our hotel in Bath (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

View of the front of our hotel in Bath (it's not all the hotel)

Inside of the Bath Abbey (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

View of the Roman Baths in Bath (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Another view of the Roman Baths in Bath (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Westminster Abbey in London

Another view of Westminster Abbey

View of side of Westminster Abbey (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Another view of side of Westminster Abbey

A Horse Guard in London

Trafalgar Square in London (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Admiralty Arch in London

Outside of the Tower of London

The Tower Bridge in London

Ravens in the Tower of London

Monument outside of Buckingham Palace (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Buckingham Palace

Horse Guards going to Buckingham Palace for the changing of the guard

Rear of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris

Lower front of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris

View of inside from entrance of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Window inside the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

View of other end of the inside of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris (it's blurry)

Entrance of the Musee du Louvre

Arch across from the entrance to the Musee du Louvre

Looking back at the Musee du Louvre from Jardin des Tuileries

The obelisk in the center of the Place de la Concorde (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

The Grand Palais

Top part of the Tour Eiffel (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Lower part of the Tour Eiffel (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

View of the Palais de Challiot and the Jardins de Trocadero from the 2nd Etage of the Tour Eiffel

View of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris (below and left of center) and the Hotel de Invalides (golden dome) from the 2nd Etage of the Tour Eiffel

View of the Arc de Triomphe (below and left of center) from the 2nd Etage of the Tour Eiffel

View of the Tour Eiffel at night from a boat on the Seine (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

La Joconde (the Mona Lisa) at the Musee du Louvre (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Venus de Milo at the Musee du Louvre (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Downloaded on 6/29/01

The Lakes Mary valley seen from Anderson Mesa

Same

Same

Sunrise on Anderson Mesa: Venus is visible, and the dome is for the Hall Telescope

Sunrise over Flagstaff from Mars Hill

Electra being frisky

Electra sitting on the couch

Electra playing

Electra sneaking up on me from behind the couch

Electra looking down at us from the bedroom window

Electra hiding behind the desk (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Electra hiding behind the desk (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Electra hiding behind the desk (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

The kitchen after the first day of remodeling (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

The dining room after the first day of remodeling

The kitchen after the second day of remodeling

Downloaded on 5/21/01

Bucky and Candace

Bucky and Candace

Electra rubbing on her box

Electra peering into her box

Electra sticking her paw into her box

Electra standing in her box

Electra playing in her box

Electra playing in her box

Electra confronting a neighbor's cat

Electra oblivious to the neighbor's cat outside (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise

Electra calmly walking away from the spat with the neighbor's cat

Electra playing in her box

Bill playing with Electra in her new box

Same, closer up

Same

Same

The pretty bush in front of our condo

Downloaded on 4/21/01

Electra laying on the floor

Electra with a feather on her butt

Electra sitting bunny-style on the back of the couch

Electra curled up on one of her favorite toys

Electra laying on the dining room server

Master bedroom from the doorway

Same

Second bedroom from the doorway

The second bedroom from the opposite wall

The back of the living room seen from the dining room

The front of the living room seen from the hall

The living room and dining room seen from the hall

The dining room seen from the living room

The hall seen from the kitchen (should be rotated 90 degrees CW)

The foyer seen from the hall (should be rotated 90 degrees CW)

The master bathroom seen from the bedroom (should be rotated 90 degrees CCW)

Bill playing with Electra

Electra in her favorite box

Electra in her box

Electra sitting in her box

Electra laying in her box

Electra playing with her box and Bill

Electra sitting in her box

Electra sitting in her box

Electra sleeping in her box

Downloaded on 2/10/01

Electra sitting

Electra playing

Electra playing

Electra playing

Electra playing

Electra playing

Electra playing with her favorite chair

Snowstorm on 1/20/01

Snowstorm on 1/20/01 (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Snowstorm on 1/20/01

Snowstorm on 1/20/01 (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Electra sitting on the heater in the basement

Electra playing with Bill

Electra playing with Bill

Electra

Cloudtops from airplane (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Mountains from airplane (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Different mountains from airplane

Phoenix from airplane

Mountains outside of Phoenix from bus

Mountains outside of Phoenix from bus

Cacti outside of Phoenix from bus

Hills outisde of Phoenix from bus

Mountains near Camp Verde from bus

Big icicle from chalet roof at Lowell Observatory

Huge icicle hanging from Slipher Building at Lowell Observatory -- it's longer than me! (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Sunset outside of Flagstaff from bus

Sunrise and mountains outside of Flagstaff from bus

Sunrise and mountain view outside of Flagstaff from bus

Sunrise and mountain view outside of Flagstaff from bus

Cool clouds and trucks at rest stop outside of Flagstaff from bus

Mountains outside of Camp Verde from bus

Mountains outside of Phoenix from bus

Downloaded on 1/17/01

Electra cleaning herself on my lap

My office

My office

Mimir's test chamber

Mimir's test chamber (see my reflection?)

Dan and Mimir's test chamber

The room that isn't Dan's office

Dan working with Mimir's test chamber

Dan's Mimir mockup with coldhead mockup

Dan inserting the coldhead mockup into the Mimir mockup (the mockup is so delicate he must wear those gloves)

Motors for Mimir

The electronics for Mimir's test chamber

Electra on the basement steps

Electra behind the couch

Electra behind the couch

Electra sitting bunny-style behind the couch

Downloaded on 1/15/01

Electra with eerily glowing eyes

Electra playing in a box

Electra sitting in a box

Bill's car with a snow "moustache"

Electra sleeping cutely

Electra sleeping cutely, closer up

Electra sitting on her chair

Electra sleeping on my lap

Electra still begging for my food

Electra amidst her toys

Electra sneaking up behind the couch

Electra hiding around the corner

Electra ready to pounce

Electra peeking around the stairs

Electra being archy

Electra

Downloaded on 1/1/01

Electra

Candace

Our Christmas tree with the lights off (should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Electra on Bill's shoulder

Electra

Electra

Electra

Electra sleeping almost underneath my leg

Downloaded on 12/30/00

Me

Marc's computer

Marc's lab

Marc's lab

Dan

Marc

The smudge is Jupiter

The smudge is Jupiter

My darling mother

My parents' puppy Sophie

Sophie

Sophie

Sophie

Sophie

My parents' dog Brandy

Bill and Sophie

Sophie (behind the chair)

Sophie, Mom, and Brandy

Sophie and Brandy

Sophie

Sophie

Sophie

Sophie

Sophie

Sophie

My sister's cat Smokey

Smokey

My grandmother

Smokey

Bill's Dad

Bill's Grandmother, Aunt Sue and cousin Katie

Bill's Mom, Bill, and Bill's Dad

Bill's brother Joe and Aunt Sue

Peter's fiancee Emma, Peter, and Bill's Grandmother

Electra laying on Bill's legs

Electra's tail

Snow on 12/30/00

Snow on 12/30/00 (image should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Snow on 12/30/00 (image should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise)

Snow on 12/30/00

Snow on 12/30/00

Snow on 12/30/00

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