48/52: Lines or Stripes

A sunny day makes for lines and/or stripes on my bedroom wall. (See previous post of such phenomenon.) Yea, pretty boring but I have things to do.

2 YEARS OF THIS

Today marks the end of the second year of

This is Eric's Blog.

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There was no fanfare.

There was no parade.

There was no day off work and school.

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Hell, I even forgot about it and posted this two days later. Doesn't ANYONE care?

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In case you haven't been paying attention:

11/22/2008 - blog begins with a posting EVERYDAY (Something to say)
and soon after I became (happily) unemployed.

11/22/2009 - not much to say everyday anymore so blog goes into sporadic limbo.

1/1/2010 - blog turns into a photo a week project!

10/2010 - I get off my lazy butt and go back to 9-5 work.

11/22/2010 - 2 year celebration with a new, smaller camera arriving in the mail.

Sorry G9, but you can be just a bit bulky at times.

More later on why I bought a smaller point and shoot and not a kick-ass DSLR like an inspiring master photographer like myslef should have. Stay tuned!

47/52: The Body

I'm not really into taking pics of people bodies. I didn't get out to take pics of water bodies. I didn't remember to take a pic at work of a car body. What other bodies are there? What to post? What to post? Here's a cell phone pic of my mom's cat Charlie. He's got the body alright!

46/52: Urban

This first pic was taken on the morning of October 17, 2010 of a local urban intersection down the street from where I live as part of my collage for the theme "My Day."

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4 weeks later the same intersection shows the urban renewal taking place here. Once a grocery store but soon a movie and bowling megaplex complete with overpriced cocktails!

45/52: Sky or Clouds

How about Sky AND Clouds.

44/52: Season 4-Autumn

The leaves change color and fall to the ground. Cool weather is now here and will soon change to cold weather. Too cold. How many days until season spring?

43/52: Shadows

A sunny day makes this shadow on my office wall.

Back to the grind

Off to work after my

690 day weekend.

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I wonder if anything has changed in the biz?

42/52: My Day

In celebration of getting my G9 back from the shop I couldn't just take ONE pic for "My Day" but decided to take an entire day of pics. Here are 42 of My Day Friday October 15, 2010.

This also marks the end of my 690 day weekend.

THERE you are!

Where are you now?

Just got word AND a tracking number! The G9 returns... soon... maybe in time for this weeks theme?

41/52: Tradition

No, it's not Easter! A tradition when I was growing up was to put hard boiled eggs in pickled beets so they would turn purple. A lot of the time the beets were grown in our garden and then canned by my mom. It was always a favorite back then so I tried it again in my old age (but with store bought beets.) Delicious!

40/52: Electricity

Yup, electricity is on!

I see you!

This is where I mailed my camera.

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El Paso road trip anyone?

39/52: Sepia or Toned

Elizabeth has been here for 170 years this month.

Her roommates not as long.

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So yea, this wasn't actually taken in a sepia setting but rather a software modified photo from this spring since the camera is STILL IN THE SHOP. I'm starting to think I should have tried to fix it myself. I'm starting to think I'll never see the G9 again. I'm starting to think things shouldn't be sent off blindly to an address found on the internet!

Here comes fall

Although the tress are still green

autumn starts here in the U.S. East at 11:09 p.m.

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Now where did I put those long pants?

38/52: Friend

Still in the shop for repair.

37/52: Bokeh

Bokeh: Japanese term for the subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of a photographic image, or the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light.

Camera repair ETA 1-2 weeks so back to the archives (from a month ago) for this shot of my Golden Monkey Grass that is finally blooming this year. I don't remember it getting flowers since I the first year I had it in 2005. According to the link above it is also supposed to get berries. We'll see.

Sure I could use my cell phone to take the weekly pic but not for bokeh. It wouldn't work. Last week I could have but didn't. Next week? We'll see. Oh yea, a few weeks ago I used it (pre-digital camera dropping) and DIDN'T even mention it in the post. Trickery!

36/52: View Through

View through art. View through "Summer Dance" by Barbara Hepworth. This view through is from the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids Michigan.

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Okay, this pic is from last summer but only because my camera fell to the floor (one too many times) and broke. I had to go to the archives for a "View Through."

35/52: Colour

Willkommen! Colourful flags in Frankenmuth Michigan.

34/52: Landmark

Tobico Marsh, located just north of Bay City, Michigan, and part of the Bay City Recreation Area, was designated as a registered National Natural Landmark in 1976 because of its large size, relatively undisturbed condition and variety of aquatic plant life. With nearly 2,000 acres of wetland woods, wet meadows, cattail marshlands and oak savannah prairies, Tobico Marsh is one of the largest remaining freshwater, coastal wetlands on the Great Lakes.

33/52: Home

Home for rent. Open floor plan of approximately 1 square foot. Complete with cedar walls and a great view.

This bat home went up on my chimney this spring and still no renters. According to BatConservation.org:

- Where you mount your bat house plays a major role in the internal temperature. Houses can be mounted on such structures as poles, sides of buildings and tall trees without obstructions. Houses placed on poles and structures tend to become occupied quicker than houses placed on trees. (check)

- Should face south to southeast to take advantage of the morning sun and need to receive at least 6 to 8 hours of direct sunlight. (check)

-It is also advantageous to paint the house black to absorb plenty of heat. (yea, I don't think so)

- Should be mounted at least 15 feet above the ground, the higher the house the greater the chance of attracting bats. (check)

- Most houses used by bats are occupied in the first 1 to 6 months during the first summer the bat house was erected. (3 months to go)

- If bats do not roost by the end of the second summer, move the house to another location. (yea, I don't think so)

32/52: Light

Light from my lamp.

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While it is common for the term headlight to be used interchangeably in informal discussion, headlamp is the technically correct term for the device itself, while headlight properly refers to the beam of light produced and distributed by the device. (Wikipedia)

31/52 of 2010: Season Summer

Ahhh, summer!

30/52 of 2010: Repetition Repetition Repetition

Something repetitious? Tomato plants! Especially the ones that produce the smaller kind like these here bite-sized St. Nicks. Part of the genus lycopersicon they are. Plant in full sun. Matures early.

29/52 of 2010: Poem or Lyric or Quote or Artwork

28/52 of 2010: Circle or Round

A circle is a simple shape of geometry consisting of those points in a plane which are equidistant from a given point called the center. Being trained as a draftsman I had an instrument to make such a shape. So I did.

I then noticed that the lunch I was frying was round in the middle. Two pics for the price of one this week!

27/52 of 2010: Minimal

Not a cloud in the sky, only the third quarter moon. A minimal sky makes for a perfect 4th of July. Happy Birthday U.S.A.

26/52 of 2010: Nature

Bug on leaf. The theme 'Nature' marks week 26 of 52. That's the first half!

Happy Summer!

The

longest

day

and

the

shortest

night

of

the

year.

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It's

all

downhill

from

here!

25/52 of 2010: Pairs

A pair of flags (U.S.A. and Michigan) on a cloudy day. This is the Wenonah Park "Friendship Ring" fountain in downtown Bay City (Michigan, U.S.A.) looking out over the Saginaw river. The water feature seems to have been suffering from a broken pump at the time of this photo but according to the The Bay City Times it was at the repair shop.

24/52 of 2010: Black & White

My picture for the theme Black & White is in color.

CRAZY, isn't it?

23/52 of 2010: Toy or Game or Childhood Pastime

MY childhood games had to be pulled out of a basement cabinet for their photo opportunity. Makes me wonder where Operation went. Perhaps the trash?

22/52 of 2010: Ground Level or Low Point Of View

Memorial Day on Main Street U.S.A.

Actually this pic is from Ferndale Michigan (which is one of just five communities from across the nation chosen for a "Great American Main Street Award" by the National Geographic Traveler Magazine this month) but represents any and all American towns celebrating Memorial Day with a parade.

21/52 of 2010: Jump!

All of a sudden the hood here was overrun by these Red Admiral butterflies. As another area blogger put it "they were pretty skittish" and that made me think "HEY, these butterflies were Jumpy." So here is my pic for JUMP! because soon after the click of my shutter this bug jumped and flew away.

20/52 of 2010: Soft

Soft is the new spring growth on a Picea Glauca 'Conica' (the Dwarf Alberta Spruce) but the softness soon fades into prickly. This one was a Christmas gift back in 2005 and came complete with decorations and lights. Below is a full view.

19/52 of 2010: Green

The theme is green. So many things are green this time of year and I went with the obvious: the green of spring plants. It also follows the midweek post of early crops. So here are more early spring harvests from my garden (all green): spinach, mint, chives, thyme and oregano.

Cinco de Mayo Crop

A first harvest of Cinco de Mayo radishes! I think usually I'm just planting seeds this time of year. Nothing like getting a head start. Sure, radishes aren't the usual Cinco de Mayo food choice but the cilantro and peppers aren't ready yet. It's TOO early in the season!

18/52 of 2010: Season 2 - Spring

Nothing says spring like a dandelion. Sure, most probably think of crocuses and tulips and thunderstorms but dandelions are everywhere. Well almost everywhere! Of course there are none in MY yard so I had to go find a garden full of them. I won't mention names.

17/52 of 2010: Hands

Analog hands. What time is it?

Earth Day 2010!

The Grecian Windflowers are one of the first plants up and about in the spring here near Detroit. Just in time to help celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day (and the 2nd annual celebration by This is Eric's Blog! click here for the first)