Archive for February 2011

I can remember hours upon hours of fun with Lincoln Logs when I was a kid. It makes me smile to see my kids play with them.

When taking photos, I try to focus on capturing textures and patterns. It can be challenging, but it is also very rewarding. I will be focusing more on textures throughout the year. I hope you enjoy!

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I try to be very organized when it comes to money. I take it as far as separate different containers for my pocket change. I know it sounds crazy, but so is trying to separate pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters when they are all mixed up together. So I have four separate containers. I do this so that I can roll them up and take them to the bank. I know there are money machines at the local grocery store, but they take a cut. If you bring them to the bank, they just either deposit them or give you bills. I once took over $300.00 in pocket change to the bank just because I had it built up for a long time. It’s almost time for another trip there soon! I just need to make sure i wrap them up. A good tip is next time you are at the bank, and I don’t mean online, ask them for a bunch of money rolls. They usually have no problem giving them out. Don’t go out and buy them, that’s a waste of money.

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I have a desk lamp that has thirty Light Emitting Diodes (LED’s) that looked pretty cool when shooting directly into them. LED’s tend to be very bright which gave the effect of nothing else around it when a lens is pointed directly at it. I didn’t have to edit the photo. What I shot is what you see here. I think lights are one of my favorite things to photograph. Maybe I’ll try some halogen bulbs next.

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My New Years resolution besides finishing this project was to try to change 1 thing in my life a month that would make me and my family greener and more environmentally conscious. It could be as simple as changing out some light bulbs with lower energy ones, which I did in the bathrooms. Here is a photo of my “Bright Idea”.

If you made a change to be greener, please share it with me.

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Happy Valentines day everyone! Here is a photo I took of a rose. I was going to capture the entire bouquet, but I wanted to try out the macro feature on my camera. I hope you enjoy!

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My son found a science experiment online where you take milk, food coloring and dish washing soap and make a really cool marble effect. You can find the steps on how to do this at  

along with an explanation of why it happens.

What do you see in this photo?

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The idea of this photo was to take something colorful and shoot it in black & white. So a bunch of Crayola Crayons seemed to be the perfect choice. Let me know what you think!

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I remember having Pez Dispensers when I was a child. Here is a photo of my kids Pez Dispensers all mixed up together. Did you have a favorite one when you were a child? Which one? Mine was Sylvester the cat. They have all kinds today. Read more at  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pez_Dispensers.

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My kids love to add a bunch of ingredients to something to make a special treat. What sounds completely disgusting to the adult ear, sounds really yummy to a child’s ear. I have included my kids famous Sinimin Froot Loops along with the ingredients they used written by my son Ryan (7 1/2 yrs old).

WARNING: If you get grossed out easily, you may want to wait until tomorrow’s photo! I’m planning on photographing severed rat heads. Just kidding.

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Here is a yummy looking photo of an item being sold at tomorrow’s bake sale at my son’s school. My wife always participates in bake sales to get funding for his school. But if cities knew how to spend money, then maybe this wouldn’t be necessary. Come on Worcester, this one bake sale will bring in $200.00 or maybe $300.00 if they’re lucky. Are you telling me Worcester can’t chip in? Maybe Worcester and other towns and cities can recognize these types of fund raisers and match what they bring in dollar for dollar. Is that a lot to ask for?

Another thing that bugs the heck out of me is for the school my son attends and soon my daughter, there are only about 20 parents that donate baked goods and volunteer for the day. That is 20 parents out of 500 families. Am I missing something here? How about instead of an unrecognized bake sale, why don’t families step forward and donate $1.00. That is change in your car, or in your seat cushion at home. If this happens on a monthly basis, then that is $500.00 per month for the public school your children are attending for free plus the taxes you pay which never seem to find their way to the school system at least from I can tell. $1.00 a month is really not a lot to ask for.

Thank you to everyone who participates in the fund raisers and I hope more people step up to the plate for their children.

Anyways… That is enough ranting for today. I hope you enjoy this photo. These brownies will bring in about $18.00 to the school and an additional $18.00 donated from me if they all sell, which I don’t doubt that they will.

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