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I retired as a high school guidance counselor and now work part time at the courthouse Since age 10, I have gotten a thrill out of pressing a shutter button. And still do.
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Day 538
Dockside at Night
Red, right, return for the boaters out there. #thursday #music #evening #light #dark #water #street #city #urban #lamp #people #arch...
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Day 537
Finishing the Putt
Beautiful September golfing evening. #afternoon #tuesday #soccer #grass #people #game #lawn #sport #man #ball #action #one #footbal...
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Day 536
A Very Tasty Treat
This little one is eating a dogwood tree berry right outside my morning room window. #portrait #outdoors #nature #sunday #little #a...
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Day 535
My Old Sheet Music
My piano since childhood. Can anyone figure out what the music is? #thursday #september #theme-paper
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Day 534
The Grand Champion
And he knows it! At the County Fair. #portrait #nature #bird #chicken #monday #color #animal #feather #beak #one #avian #wildlife #...
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Day 533
Black Soil, Green Planting
Growing something for the spring harvest in rich black soil in a nearby area that was once a swamp and is extremely fertile...
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Day 532
Pearls and Black Velvet
Saturday Night Allure #afternoon #saturday #crystal #jewelry #necklace #gold #shining #decoration #gift #luxury #beads #treasu...
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Day 531
The Morning Room
One of the joys in my life is the view from this upstairs room off my bedroom in all seasons of the year and especially in the mornin...
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Day 530
Golden Rhinestones
I wish these were diamonds on my bracelet. #monday #reflection #drink #crystal #jewelry #gold #shining #decoration #sparkling #luxu...
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Day 529
Fooled You!
The spicebush swallowtail caterpillar looks like a snake and has false eye spots so it appears to be watching you, part of its defense mec...
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Day 528
Dressage Pas de Deux
An exhibition at a therapeutic farm for children and young adults with disabilities. #morning #saturday #august
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Day 527
Eclipse Flower
I didn't have good results trying the pinhole camera approach during our solar eclipse today. But I happened to look at my flowers and...
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Day 526
Be a Tookapic Hero!
There aren't many chances in life to be a hero and to help save a very special community! This is one of them. Join and you will f...
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Day 525
Wings
So delicate and yet can travel from Ohio, USA, to Mexico on their annual migration. #morning #thursday #outdoors #nature #animal #insect #patter...
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Day 524
Keeping an Eye on You
This bullfrog watched me and sang a loud, throaty song when I hit my golf ball into his watery home! #outdoors #nature #lake #tu...
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Day 523
My Last Shasta Daisy
They have brought so much beauty to my garden, but alas, the end is near. #nature #evening #monday #color #garden #flower #bright...
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Day 522
The Glass Garden
My nearby neighbors are both artists - one a landscape artist - and they graciously invited me in to see their back areas today. Very...
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Day 521
Jazz Piano
Dinner music. #indoors #portrait #friday #evening #street #home #people #furniture #man #one #two #adult #august #group
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Day 520
A Little Boy and his Popsicle
A one year old savoring a treat for a perfect summer day. #portrait #outdoors #fun #little #toy #wednesday #son #people...
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Day 519
The Grid
Tough week for these emerging butterflies due to predators. This one made it. #outdoors #nature #tuesday #color #animal #fly #insect #pattern...
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Day 518
Flag Show
The South Shore Drill Team from Chicago which appeared in our Pro Football Hall of Fame Parade this morning. #portrait #saturday #soccer #pe...
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Day 517
Tasting
Butterflies taste with their feet. #thursday #outdoors #nature #color #animal #garden #fly #flower #insect #desktop #closeup #wing #antenna #s...
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Day 516
DreamShip
We have a balloon fest here annually and this traveling one came. It is a respectful tribute to children of fallen military who have drawn p...
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Day 515
The Swim Meet
A summer tradition around here. Fun event for kids and adolescents especially on a hot evening. #nature #fun #tuesday #water #sea #wet #...