Happy Halloween!

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Field, Asher and Owen marked 'em up and I carved 'em out. They're glowing on the front step this very moment.

*SNAP*

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This is me.

This is a story that I wish was (entirely) true:
I've needed new glasses for at least a year. These didn't fit very well at all any longer. At work on Tuesday morning, in the middle of a scowl, in the middle of a meeting, they snapped -- clean. The looks on everyone's faces resembled those seeing a ghost, and then uproarious laughter.
It was funny, that is, until I realized I had no spare glasses and no extra money to buy a new pair.

Took my boat and my dad's '39 Ford to the barn to store them for the winter, this past weekend. A glorious fall day (as you may be able to see in the reflections on the fenders). 

All Tut'd Out

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Asher and Bun-Bun trying to get it together on the floor at the Field Museum in Chicago.

Ubiquitous Brick Wall Shot

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It's not everyday that you get a built-in background opportunity such as this.

Patient Hands.

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I really love the low-light capabilites and bokeh of this Sigma 30mm f1.4.