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I have no idea what this is about. I just thought I should share.

The Battle of Helms Deep

A battle in deep space
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This thin slice of skyline is the only bit of scenic view from the hotel room.
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This particular chunk of decaying wood is one of the shots from up North. It’s got a fun combination of wood grain and rot that reminds me of one of my favorite dead trees.

Yes, I have favorite dead trees. I’m strange that way.

It came down in one of the recent storms. It was a stunted, twisted old oak with strips of bark peeled back from almost bone-white wood. It was right up against the side of the road, which gave it a great horror movie look. I’m kind of sad I didn’t get a picture of it when it was still standing.

This fascinatingly ugly flower was one of the little sprouts growing out of my driveway. It’s gone now, thanks to a handy home maintenance tip that my Mom gave me: If you’re having trouble with weeds coming through cracks in pavement, pour a kettlefull of boiling water on them. This should kill the plant off without any chemicals.

A stand of ferns on the road in to camp.
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Another time lapse movie from Up North, this is a looping little movie from driving around Marquette Michigan.

The link image is from the Microsoft Terraserver site, which is both cool and kinda scary at the same time.

My folks have a barrel sauna up at our camp. It’s really a huge cedar barrel, made by Superior Cooperage out of Minnesota. It’s a lovely piece of work, but if you’re thinking of ordering one from them, be aware that it may take a while for it to arrive.
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And man do they fly fast! This is the best of about twenty shots I tried of this guy circling and diving and flying about…
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The combination of an iSight and EvoCam is loads of fun for long car trips… The image is a link to a 5MB Quicktime movie of part of the drive.