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Day 172

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Looking down the road… (1/250s f/4.0 ISO500 40mm -1 stop Canon 7D) Another view a short while later… (1/45s f/8.0 ISO500 65mm -1 stop Canon 7D) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 171

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Part of one of the colds around the rainbow. (1/45s f/8.0 ISO500 100mm -1 stop Canon 7D) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 170

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

The next week’s worth of posts are from the same night ads the rainbow below, and some of them are of that rainbow, too!  This is a single photo panorama of the sunset itself.  Click a couple times to enlarge it; BACK to return! (1/20s f/8.0 ISO500 41mm -2.5 stops Canon 7D) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! […]

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Day 169

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Last night (the 20th or 171st Day, not the 169th Day…) we had a pretty substantial rain storm.  I went out so take some lightning photos and found this very intense double rainbow! This is three photos combined into a panorama in PS Elements, uncropped. ( (1/45s f/4.0 ISO500 17mm Canon 7D) This is that […]

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Day 168: Toots at Sea!

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Well, almost.  She spent part of the morning at the Seattle Aquarium.  All photos by her on her $19.99 Vivicam. A starfish in the dark. And one in the light. A glass jellyfish. Real jellyfish. Another bunch. Ummmm… Blue fish. Blue fish two. Three. Again, ummm… Okay. Odd angle on a fish.  Lion fish. A […]

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Day 167: Toots and the Ground Squirrels!

Saturday, June 21, 2014

On the way out to Tacoma we stopped at the Last Homely Rest Area on I90 before leaving /\/\onTana!  Toots noticed all of the ground squirrels right away. These first four were all taken by Toots on her $19.99 Vivicam digital camera. It has surprising quality, at times… At other times it is a bit…rough… […]

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Day 166

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Raccoons at Point Defiance Park. “Nothin to see here, just move along…after you feed me…” (1/100s f/5.6 ISO320 42mmOlympus PEN PL-5) “So the Warden thinks these bars can hold me, ehhh?” (1/20s f/8.0 ISO100 42.6mm (35mm eq:200mm) -1/3 stop Nikon Coolpix P7100) “These bars can’t hold me!  No bars will ever hold me!  I’m on […]

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Day 165

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Toots and I waiting on the shoppers, at Panera Bread!  (Free wifi and good lemonade) (All photos: Samsung Galaxy s5) The fashion model enters the pool. * ~Curtis in Washington! {!-{>

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Day 164

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Entertaining an early birthday in Tacoma! (All photos Samsung Galaxy s5) “What?” A mandatory trip to the American Girl store resulted in another satisfied customer…who didn’t have to use HER charge card!  Taken at lunch at Panera Bread. Toots and Kit and Arctic. I am told BiBam Bap & Soup is not the name of […]

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Day 163

Saturday, June 14, 2014

We drove to Tacoma on Friday to visit the Dailylife Daughter #2.  We took a surprise for her early birthday present: Toots! This is at Frank’s Diner in Spokane.  It is an old executive railcar turned into a diner.  Very good food, and we sat at the counter! (Samsung Galaxy 5s) Looking the other way… […]

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