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< February 2014 >

February 1, 2014
The world is melting at last. What happens when the world melts. `Help me find my keys.` Heads will roll! Missing something?

February 2, 2014
Scenes from a post office. Down with the news! Early signs of spring. I love pizza and have to force myself not to eat it as soon as it comes out of the oven. That`s the way to get burned. Pierre Boulle also wrote `Planet of the Apes` (see January 20, 2014). Both are about absurd role reversals: apes and humans, British prisoners and their Japanese captors.

February 3, 2014
Ice in the parking lot at 12:43pm. Puddle in the parking lot at 4:06pm. Don`t worry, nature will provide a free car wash soon. Someone`s been busy (see January 27, 2014). If I`m not slipping on ice, I`m tripping on seedlings.

February 4, 2014
Tuesday morning piety. Absalom had a bad hair day and it cost him his life. FATHER MATT ROBBEN Do I really want to go up to the balcony? The balcony view is worth the climb up the stairs. In years past, I often took pictures like this.

February 5, 2014
Getting the snow off the top of my car was no big deal. Trying to MOVE the car was another matter. I needed a Sherpa guide on my walk to work this morning. Looking forward to spring, looking backward at autumn. When`s the last time you cleaned your tentacles? I had a staring contest with a squirrel -- and lost.

February 6, 2014
Polar vortex. Snowdwarf. Not more snow! The librarian`s necktie. Cut the cake and get this party started!

February 7, 2014
R-E-B-O-U-N-D! Rebound that -- oh, forget it. I could get only one face in focus, so I was forced to make a cruel choice (reminds me a bit of December 11, 2011). American brass. Olivia Newton-John lives on. Losing by a lot going into the fourth period, Oakwood mounted a furious comeback -- which made the game longer and required me to wait around to take my photos.

February 8, 2014
Final home game for the seniors. Saturday afternoon pep. `Here, let me help you with that.` At six feet two inches, nobody`s going to block her shot, but short people can certainly make themselves annoying. No blood, no foul. Oh, wait . . .

February 9, 2014
I can`t believe I ate the whole thing. Eleanor Rigby. Graceful moves like this will put him into the medal round. Icy, I see. We both despise snow.

February 10, 2014
Fossil evidence proves that humans and dinosaurs once roamed the earth at the same time. I hope those are snow tires. The last snow picture -- for today. I thought the place could use a little sprucing up. My living room reflected in the unused television.

February 11, 2014
This little Northern Mockingbird loudly introduced itself. I wasn`t the only one that noticed the mockingbird. Meanwhile, a reticent Mourning Dove perched nearby. In the frozen food section. Why didn`t anybody come to my picnic?

February 12, 2014
It`s not that we don`t like you. We can still be friends. The same black Cadillac seen on December 5, 2013. When snow on the roof melts, this happens to the front steps of my downstairs neighbor. Welcome home! I have twelve different versions of `West Side Story.` That`s why I always feel so pretty.

February 13, 2014
SNOW DAY! Let`s sit outside and read books. Summer`s last stand. Orville and Wilbur have been sledding in the front yard. These must be nasty, or the birds would`ve eaten them (see January 19, 2014). Which way to the admissions office?

February 14, 2014
Friday night pep. As the fans cheered, I was probably the only pessimist thinking, `There`s an awful lot of snow on this roof.` It takes a special kind of person to wear sequins. I guess when I was their age, I did what other people did. Nowadays, I don`t know or care. Bye now! Last home game of the season.

February 15, 2014
What a shame. She had such potential in high school. There`s a basketball game going on nearby. Who cares? Pink panther. Wanna buy a raffle ticket? Senior royalty.

February 16, 2014
It`s Presidents` Day weekend, which means volleyball. She will think about this block on the long bus ride home. Volleyball terminology: this is a LIBERO making a DIG. I`ve shot this event many times, but never from this high. And now for something completely different.

February 17, 2014
When there`s nothing interesting to take pictures of, I take pictures of uninteresting things very close up. Dinner for one. Out the kitchen window at 8:43pm. What`s life without a little mystery every now and then? When the pictures are good, I edit them quickly (see February 16 above).

February 18, 2014
Today I dug a canal. To lose one, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. OSCAR WILDE Smokers help make the world a more beautiful place. Someone was shoveling snow off of the roof. Flabby Bird.

February 19, 2014
My cheap watch is more accurate. This was just one of many puddle pictures I took today. Was somebody taking MY picture while I took this one? Work site. I didn`t see the bird, until after I HEARD the bird.

February 20, 2014
The first peach of the season is a sure sign of spring. I wood, wood you? Some little growing thingie. I forget the Latin name. On you, it looks good. Really. In the lobby of the Kettering Tower in downtown Dayton. Go there for lunch. You won`t regret it.

February 21, 2014
`The Mark of the Red Hand,` by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I`m CERTAIN I don`t look creepy in my black hooded coat. Looking back a day later, I wish I had taken more photos. I wonder if these lamps light up at night. I wouldn`t know. By sunset I`m usually inside with the doors locked. Starting to think about building a nest and settling down.

February 22, 2014
Putting the roof back together after Thursday`s storm. I never go anywhere with that much purpose. Crow to hawk: `You`re not welcome here.` Goodyear`s dirty little secret. Random little girl tells me I`m a vampire with pointy teeth. But she also said I had a nice camera, so I didn`t bite her.

February 23, 2014
On a Sunday afternoon, the high school gym is silent . . . . . . but the choir room is full of activity. Mic check. Testing, one, two, three. A little more reverb. At school concerts, I always hear interesting music that`s new to me, though it may be popular with everyone else. Show`s over! Thanks for coming.

February 24, 2014
I hate that groundhog. Don`t look for anything more in this photo. There isn`t. Wildlife, such as it is, in my neighborhood. `Hold on. May I see your invitation?` That`s as good as it gets today, Day 3562 of daily photos.

February 25, 2014
I guess they`re tolerable when they aren`t sick or crying. The downside of a rose. Only 22 days until spring. Lacking natural blubber, I wore several layers outside. Cats check in, but they don`t check out.

February 26, 2014
What`s going on at Pulse Nightclub? Not much, it seems. (See January 1, 2014) I spent today at the branch office. When Goodwill throws it into the trash, it really is trash. No. Just no. Your daily bird.

February 27, 2014
WHY AM I TAKING OUTDOOR PICTURES IN WINTER? WHY AM I TRYING TO OPERATE A CAMERA WHEN I CAN`T EVEN FEEL MY FINGERS? WHY AM I OUTSIDE WHEN THE WIND CHILL FACTOR IS SIX DEGREES? WHY AM I SPENDING MY DAY OFF IN DISCOMFORT? Oh yeah, that`s why.

February 28, 2014
A pretty ordinary car, but when there are three exactly like it parked illegally outside, it`s obviously a police vehicle. What some people consider lunch. When the piles of snow melt, a moraine is left behind. Is there DANGER in my mail? Oh, Rangefinder Magazine. I`ve been told that my photos are very graphical.

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