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Digging Out !!

We hired a couple of young guys and their front end loader to dig us out. This gives you a little idea of what is at stake with the snow–roof is strained. The lowest bid to shovel off a roof is $900 for one and a half hours. Wowza! Guess we’ll hope for early spring....

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Snowmageddon – This is quite the storm.

There aren’t quite enough words to thoroughly explain this weather–not that this weather would be a surprise to someone from South Dakota, Montana, or Wyoming…no, rather that this weather is here. Quiet, peaceful Virginia. Roofs are collapsing, people are without power, snow is FIVE FEET deep without drifting. I remember weather like this back in...

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The Day After — Wow!

I’m sick and shouldn’t go out but I had to get a couple of snaps. Bright sunshine. Neighbors were over helping to shovel out the cars. Unbelievable. An understatement.

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New York! New York!

We hit the ground on Friday and have been moving ever since. Walking. Walking. And, of course, the NY taxi. We’ve had fun and the weather has been pretty much okay. Yesterday, around noon the rain started and so we headed for the Museums. Ended up in the Museum of Natural History. It was great–and...

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More California Snaps – Another Sunset

You know, it dawned on me (is that an anti-pun?) that this sunset series just isn’t sharp. If there were a cheesy post card market, there might be a place for this shot. And the others. I’m thinking I need to bring the banjo back into the scenes. I just can’t seem to get the...

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Battle!

Another cannon, this one aimed at the statue of Stonewall Jackson which you can barely see in the bokeh slightly to the right of the cannon’s aim. This was a grey day which I guess is reflected in the mood of the pictures. And my mood, too, I’m guessin’. p.s. I’ve been told to lose...

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