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Nice pictures, HM.

Is it snowing in that second one?

Edit: I think you've turned them both upside down.

Hey, you know what? That first one could very well be upside down.

Damn there are some talented photogs here.

They are indeed both upside down. :)

Spectacular pics HM!!

That is neat-o! Love it love it! Monkey is neat.

It snowed here last night. Not a lot, but a few inches. SonofV was so stoked we went outside at about midnight (in our pajamas) and played in it. He made a snowman and had a grand old time, somewhat moreso than I did.

Turns out, I brought a camera to a snowball fight. Heads up!

Pretty cool capture there, BigV! In focus too.

awesome action shot! (unless your kid just made a HUGE snowball and is holding it on his steroid powered arm :) )

Note the left side of the snowman. It looks like a womans face on it in profile.

You made that Duplo tower, didn't you Flint?

Along with the toy theme, I encouraged my kids to line up all their Playmobile guys, because I wanted to see how many they have received over the years. They knew that 4 were missing, but couldn't find them for this picture.

Of course. Doesn't everybody try to build the biggest structure they can out of their children's Legos?

Somewhere we have the complete playmobile operating room/hospital set. Pretty cool toys.

Playmobil is awesome. They are one of the best toys (tied with Legos) out there for elementary school aged kids. I'm only sorry I never bought the now discontinued pimp car set for them when I had the chance.

That is Great! Only they would have thought up a pimp car. :lol2:

The inch got his first playmobil set at about three, which I think was way too early. He instantly disassembled the ambulance, scattered all the tiny parts to the winds, repurposed all the life saving equipment into rockets, guns, lasers, jets and other generally loud things. Eventually, the stripped shell of the wheel-less ambulance was all that was left, although he often walks around with the flashing lights blinking in his hand as some sort of helicopter.

That toy was great in that it bcame 100s of new toys but was never once used as an ambulance.

Does anyone else find it disturbing that the kids have that accurate a census?

I would attribute it to a higher than normal IQ.

As the mother of a kid who can tell you what order he lost his teeth and what was received for each one.... no.

Same kid got the Playmobile pirate shit when he was 3 or 4... complete with cannon balls, rats, gold coins, beer mugs... I vacuumed that shit up for months...

http://www.thetoyshop.com/media/toys...kdown-zoom.jpg

Those pirates had very poor diets... no wonder they had scurrrrvy.

Most of them have names, even if the name is "scary pirate." "Mr. Blue" was the first one we got. He's 10th from the right.

Someday they can name and describe them all to their shrink.:haha:

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"Dammit, I broke a nail."

What zoo was that?

I took that pic on 12-31-08 at the San Diego Wild Animal Park.

Cool place, I've been there, many years ago.

Happy Birthday, btw.:D

San Diego Zoo was really nice as well, when I went in 1978 with a girl friend from college.

The pirate ship is awesome... and thankfully stays at Gramma's house.

Thank you! :thankyou:

I took these two of some of my grandchildren at Christmas. I am having fun with a new lens, the Canon 85mm f1.2; a great portrait lens especially in low light. Older child is 7, the baby was 2 weeks old. I can't comment on my wife's age...

I forgot where these ones are on my hard drive. The first I call "2 Sarah's" and it's of my wife Sarah and our grand daughter of the same name. The next is of Sarah who just mastered the art of walking a week or so before. The last is of my grand daughter as she crashed while running in our back yard.

I think this girl is going to be a challenge for her parents when she is a teenager and the boys take note!

Thanks for looking. Damn, I love that new lens!

Lovely!

Those are beautiful! Nice job, great camera work.

Wow. Those kids are stunning.

Wow! nice lens!.
Umm I mean cute kids. They have great bokeh.

I mean smiles, great smiles.

(Note to self: Must get that lens, already have two kids)

I'd like to take credit for this one but I technically can't. Mav took this one when we were playing around with the new camera up at Dad's place over the break.

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Nice.

Hummingbird on a dogbone windchime in my back yard.
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Brrrrrrrrrrrr in my back yard RFN

Beautiful kids!!!

I took this photo a couple years ago, in this mist tunnel thingy at the zoo, and always thought it was a neat shot.

Very ETish. :)

Stay away from the light! Don't go into the light!!!

Great photos. I especially like impress's and Junipers.

love that, juniper....

It's very cool and very creepy all at the same time. Well done!

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Mummy of a 28 year-old woman named Tahure,
at the Rosicrucian Egyptian museum in San Jose.

Looks like she managed to chew through some of the straps before she died.

Nice teeth. Marry her.

here is one of Mono Lake, California. Located near Mammoth Lakes, this volcanic area in the high desert is a drainage with no outlet, so all the mineral salts drain into it. It has some craggy salt pillars that are formed in and around it. My picture doesnt really show them that well... I was suprised that the photo turned out this well on a camara phone.

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All the pictures I've seen of Mono Lake do show the weird salt formations, it's nice to see what the whole lake looks like in its setting.

In the second photo, the child's head looks like it has been photoshopped in. I take Chris's word that it wasn't, but it is a good example of how things can look shopped that aren't.


Is that an actual ear piercing, or some kind of stick on?

Recently my 3 siblings and I had to get together to handle business after our father passed away. Since we all live apart far and wide (my brother lives in Taiwan) and we don't get together too often my wife suggested I get a portrait.

We were all barefoot so I decided to do a different type of portrait. So here it is and here is an explanation. From the top is my oldest sister (first child), just turned 60, always athletic and still runs every morning. Right is my brother who is 54 and does yoga. Bottom is sister #2 (2nd child), lives in Florida and likes walking on the beach.
Left is me (baby of the family), who has bent up toes on both feet, must be genetic as my index fingers also bend slightly towards the other 3 fingers.

I guess feet say a lot about people.

Hey, it's footfootfootfoot.

Wow, I feel right at home. I like the photo Chris, and the explanation for the tan toes.

Would be great if you keep it up for 20 more years, sort of like Nicholas Nixon and the Brown sisters, you could be the foot family.

Went for a short hike in a local nature center. Saw a couple of deer crashing through the woods, followed half a minute later by a black lab running after them.

Ten minutes later, I heard some movement and saw them. Barely. Good camouflage. No dog around this time.

Amazing difference... results of age, lifestyle, and a host of things we don't know. Fascinating picture. :thumb: