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wonderful warm night

Last night I could not stand being inside anymore so I put on all my warmest outdoor gear and headed out with my camera. First, I must say that it was beautiful outside! I can't tell you how much lovelier and hospitable 31 degrees F feels compared to -18 degrees F. Awesome. And second, I confess that I've always been an autofocus kind of gal, except for the lensbaby experiments. But last night something made me switch to manual focus. Yipes! How did I never do this before? Oh, the control! It was so great. 

Here are a few of my favorite shots: 

No. 17 

Walk in the dark

p.s. The house in the bottom left corner of the 15 Speed Limit picture is our house! 

in my favorite cup

Every morning I make two of these, one for me and one for Mark who has usually been up for at least an hour.

No. 17
A morning ritual

the floor under the floor

What you're looking at here is two layers of plywood. After we ripped up a corner of the old vinyl flooring in the kitchen we found a thin layer of plywood on top of a super think (maybe half an inch) layer. And under all of that... the original wood floors. Sigh. How will we ever get to them without completely wrecking them? Double sigh. This, my friends, is a task for another day. Hey, anyone want to come for a floor ripping up party this Summer? 

No. 16

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winter sets in

It always feels most like Winter with a capital W to me when you take down the Christmas lights. So this year, after I took everything down, I put one small strand of twinkle lights back up.

No. 15
The last strand

there is more

I have so many outtakes from this 365 in 2009 thing that I thought I'd share a few here. Some of the subjects may eventually  show up in the set, but for now I don't think they fit into the Wintery theme I've got going. 

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At some point I'm going to paint the walls in this room white. The vintage housecoat was an inexpensive ebay find but, I don't plan on wearing it.

A pillow case from Ikea on our living room sofa.

Mark spotted the table (only the base of which you see here) at TJ Maxx. There were two and we bought them both.

A little bird I found on etsy and some artwork that I need to frame.

i am beginning to suspect

That I might have an obsession with dark space as much as I do with white space in photography. (Is that the correct way to describe it?)

No. 14

Well lit

i wish i'd gotten there sooner

I would love to have had my camera with me before the sun set, to get a shot of the moon with the deep blue sky behind it. But this picture I love. 

No. 13
I saw the moon

would they be pleased?

No. 12
Will, James, Mark (Sam) & Virginia

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This one is better bigger.

roadside subjects

I've driven this particular stretch of I-90 between Sioux Falls and Albert Lea, MN so many times -- too many to count. And I always notice this barn/building combo but, I've never remembered to photograph it. Until now.

No. 11

Along I-90

something i saw when i looked up

Apparently, I only have nine clever titles in me. 

No. 10

Octagonal object