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Silver Coins and Football Cards … For Sale - October 30, 2009
I am doing a lot of thinning of my various collectibles as we are planning to move in the next two to three months. I would really rather not box all of this stuff up and then unpack it at the new place. Too much wrapping in bubble wrap. Too many boxes. I have ...
Posted In Category: General Thoughts


Peek A Boo Kitten with Neon Glow Effect - October 28, 2009
Every once in awhile I like to take one of my photographs and play around with it for 4-6 hours in Paint Shop and see all of the different variations I can come up with. Many just don’t work, and for the ones that do … they get posted here on the site. I decided ...
Posted In Category: Animals , Image Effects


Toppled Euclyptus Tree - October 27, 2009
We had a little excitement around the complex here today. Pictured above and below is a fallen 60 foot Eucalyptus Tree that took out a fence, a carport, and a motorcycle. I feel real bad for that motorcycle owner, but at least no one was injured as far as I know. ...
Posted In Category: Scenic & Nature


Sunday Recap – NFL Football Week 7 - October 26, 2009
Welcome to the week 7 recap of the NFL Football season ! Consider leaving a comment at the end of the post and let all of us know how your Fantasy Football team is doing ! This post will be updated Monday night with the Monday Night Game results. Minnesota Vikings 17 Pittsburgh Stelers 27 This win for the Steelers was either ...
Posted In Category: Football ( NFL )


Buddy And The Purple Teddy Bear - October 24, 2009
Sometimes ya feel just a little lethargic. Well, actually, 90% of the time if your a cat. Buddy is a pro at napping and can find some very interesting positions to lay in. In this photograph I believe we were piling items on top of him to see how long he would ...
Posted In Category: Animals


Sunday Recap – NFL Football Week 6 - October 18, 2009
Welcome to the week 6 recap of the NFL Football season ! This segment includes game highlights, scores, and analysis from this weeks games, In addition to fantasy football highlights and a few fantasy studs. Consider leaving a comment at the end of the post and let all of us know how your Fantasy Football team is ...
Posted In Category: Football ( NFL )


Peek A Boo Kitten with Colored Pencil Effect - October 17, 2009
It has been a while since I messed around in Paint Shop … so I decided to do a few Paint Shop image effects on my Peek-A-Boo Kitten in Clover photograph ( see original photo here ). The effect I ran on this photo is called “colored pencil”. I really like the speckled ...
Posted In Category: Animals , Image Effects


Basket Full Of Kitten Love - October 16, 2009
When my son saw this he just HAD to take a picture. I mean how can you resist kittens hugging ? Yep … that’s what I thought too. The kittens in this picture are the two that we found in the parking lot of our apartment complex. Their temporary names (until we found ...
Posted In Category: Animals


Become A Beta Tester For WordPress 2.9 - October 15, 2009
WordPress is current seeking people to beta test WordPress version 2.9. As stated on the WordPress blog the new version should be ready for beta testing by the end of October. The first round of beta testing focuses on the stability of the new features in addition to removing bugs. If you would like ...
Posted In Category: The Internet , WordPress Plugins , WordPress Templates & Design


Sharing Dinner: Petey (possum) and Rudy (cat) - October 14, 2009
In this picture we have one of our stray cats “Rudy” sharing a dinner plate with “Petey The Possum”. You can see another “Petey” picture HERE and also read more about his/her story. We fed a couple of the stray cats in the neighborhood after they befriended us. The possums learned to swing by around ...
Posted In Category: Animals


Praying Mantis On Our Window - October 12, 2009
This beautiful praying mantis payed us a visit in September of 2009. He / she decided to hang-out on the window screen right outside our home office window. We actually had quite a few praying mantis swing by our place over the summer. This was probably about the fifth or sixth ...
Posted In Category: Animals


Sunday Recap – NFL Football Week 5 - October 11, 2009
Welcome to the week 5 recap of the NFL Football season ! Consider leaving a comment at the end of the post and let all of us know how your Fantasy Football team is doing ! This post will be updated Monday night with the Monday Night Game results. MONDAY NIGHT GAME … NY Jets 27 Miami Dolphins 31 I don’t ...
Posted In Category: Football ( NFL )


Peek A Boo Kitten in Clover - October 10, 2009
This is a cute little kitten that we found in the parking lot of our apartment complex. We needed to bottle feed her for awhile as she was too small to eat on here own when we first found her. Her temporary name (until we found her a home) was “Boo” and ...
Posted In Category: Animals , Flowers


Petey The Possum On A Hot Tin Roof - October 8, 2009
We had a possum family that decided to move in around our back yard one year. The possum pictured here was loving named “Petey” but it was probably a female. She had 4 babies hanging off her back that she proceeded to drop-off around the yard one night … and ...
Posted In Category: Animals


Squirrel in Massive Redwood Trees - October 6, 2009
I followed this squirrel for a good 10 to 15 minutes … just waiting for him / her to stop running around for a minute. Finally got the shot here with the squirrel resting in a small grove of Redwood trees. This picture was taken at the Big Basin Redwoods State Park. This park ...
Posted In Category: Animals , Northern California Coastal Range – Big Basin Redwoods , Scenic & Nature