(Double-click to enlarge.) The same bit of greenery one week later, after an ice storm. 15 January 2007

(Double-click to enlarge) 8 January 2007.

Fresh snow this morning-- maybe there will be winter after all! 8 January 2007.

Godfrey Cove, Maine. 28 December 2006.

Godfrey Cove, Maine. 27 December 2006.

Godfrey Cove, Maine. 27 December 2006.

Godfrey Cove, Maine. 28 December 2006.

It was a yawn, but it sure looks like she's trying to be ferocious! (And who knew that cats have "furry" tongues? You can double-click on the image to get a closer look.) Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA. 25 December 2006.

Christmas Day portrait of "Georgia." Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA. 25 December 2006.

On the fifth day of Christmas... I'm finally getting a chance to post something! I suppose this could be titled "Global warming Christmas"; instead of getting to shoot fluffy white snow on the holly with my new Zuiko 50mm 2.0 macro lens, it's rain! Alas. But it still looked pretty. Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA. 26 December 2006.

It's been very busy at work (surprise!) so I haven't had much time to post anything, much less take any photos! This peace lilly from a trip to New Zealand a couple of years ago will serve as my prayer for peace, until I have a chance to post again..... Coromandel peninsula, North Island. 21 June 2004.

Rain from the window of The Canadian. 17 October 2006.

There's a small pond around the corner that has a fountain in the middle of it. As the sun was getting lower in the sky the spray was enough to get me to stop the car and shoot a few pics. All I had with me was a 50-200mm lens, so it's a pretty close up shot. I love the chaos of the water going everywhere, with just the drops in the foreground in focus. 9 December 2006.

In fact, by morning the little snow hats hadn't blown away, they'd just gotten a little top-heavy! Isn't it amazing that it hasn't toppled over? 5 December 2006.

We're in the midst of a lake-effect snow band at the moment and it's producing lots of fluffy snow. Although the light wasn't very good I took this photo at night, because I was afraid that by daybreak the little six inch 'hats' that the berries were wearing might have blown off. Stay tuned-- they may be 8" hats by tomorrow! 4 December 2006.

It really is a color photo! This was taken on my cross-Canada train ride on The Canadien. Manitoba. 17 October 2006.

Remember those berries outside the back door (see the archives for October 28, 2006)? We had a bit of snow yesterday and it quickly started to accumulate on the berries. I love the air bubbles in the frozen drip (as with all these images you can double click to enlarge). 2 December 2006.

At the southern tip of the South Island of New Zealand, there is this seemingly unremarkable formation of rocks pointing south to Antartica. What you don't see or can't tell from this picture is that the rocks are actually HUGE-- each one of these are about 100 meters high-- and quite remarkable when you're there in the midst of it! 7 June 2002.

Things got a little out of hand at the Thanksgiving dinner table (who knew they made ReddiWhip in chocolate?). 25 November 2006.

Near Topeka, Indiana. 22 November 2006.

These were pretty happy looking chickens that we saw yesterday in the Amish country of northern Indiana. Perhaps it was because they knew that they weren't likely to be eaten for dinner today? Near Middlebury, Indiana. 22 November 2006.

When our friends Pamela and David were here in October we had a nice walk at the Kalamazoo Nature Center. these are some of the fungi we happened upon. 3 October 2006.

I'm attending a meeting in Chicago today with the Presiding Bishop, so it seemed like a good time for another photo from her Investiture at Washington Cathedral. Today she told the assembled members of the church's committees, comissions, agencies and boards to get to work. "Do it faithfully. Do it with energy. Do it with passion.You can help us change the world." 4 November 2006.

Intense checkers players in Singapore. 26 July 2006.

...Gosh, if all the Episcopal elite look small in comparison to the Washington Cathedral, look how small the politicians look in this other photo I took from the airplane window leaving Washington after the Investiture. 4 November 2006.

...And even Washington Cathedral looks small from the air. Guess it's all a matter of perspective, eh? 4 November 2006.

Even the most powerful members of the Episcopal Church look very small in relation to the enormity of Washington Cathedral. 4 November 2006.

Bishop Jefferts Schori blesses those assembled at her investiture as the 26th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. Washington Cathedral. 4 November 2006.

I have to admit to very mixed feelings about the American flag-- everything from "it was very important to my father and therefore it's important to me" to "I'm embarrassed to be associated with it when it's on weapons and when it gets turned into an idol." Having said that, the light at the Washington Monument was spectacular as the sun was setting and moon was rising over the Capitol late this afternoon. Washington, DC. 2 November 2006.

There's a pond around the corner from the cathedral, and today the resident swans looked beautiful in the late afternoon light. 1 November 2006.