even the highways are lovely

20 January 2012
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Took this on the way to the Pittsburgh airport.  My dad was driving and I was trying to drink in all the east coast loveliness of Pennsylvania.  This photo, at this size, doesn’t do it justice, but believe me when I say that even the freeways are pretty in PA. Rolling hills, ancient trees, acres [...]

sweet grace

19 January 2012
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sign

18 January 2012
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one last shot from my new year’s eve…

red tree in light

17 January 2012
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Lit by the sign in yesterday’s random photo. See why I wanted to take scads of pictures?  So interesting!

12:14 on new years eve

16 January 2012
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I spent New Year’s Eve with friends, and as I slowly drove home — there was a lot of fog — I was intrigued by how it diffused the light.  As I drove past this sign I decided to stop and take a few pictures.  I had so much fun that I wanted to prowl [...]

night for day

15 January 2012
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I took this at 8 pm and it was much darker than it looks.  Crazy to me, how the camera can pull in all that light.

the vine

14 January 2012
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the kenobi mobile

13 January 2012
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Turns out old Ben Kenobi lives in Newport Beach.  And drives a Chevy Tahoe… guess he needs it to lug around all his excess Jedi paraphernalia.  Who knew?

hey mirror

11 January 2012
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things I like about the bathrooms in the Chicago airport: 1) The stalls are really high, and the walls almost touch the ground, so you don’t have to worry about someone stealing your cute polka-dot travel bag. 2) The toilet seats have an automated seat cover.  Press a button and a fresh sleeve slides onto [...]

pretty egg yolks

10 January 2012
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I made a Buche de Noel for New Year’s Eve, and as I was separating the eggs I noticed that the yolks looked like a flower, so I paused for quick photo.  (The cake was delicious, btw… flourless cake with chocolate whipped cream, frosted in whipped cream… YUM!)