Graduation 2011

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We’re very proud of our daughter who is graduation from High School today. And I’m glad she let me snap some pictures of her!

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Senior Banquet 2011

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I had the pleasure to photograph about 9 friends of my daughter before they attended their annual Senior Banquet.

The complete set of photos can be found here.

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One Prom, Two Prom, Last Prom

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OK You’re probably wondering what the Cat in the Hat has to do with High School Prom. I’ll be photographing about 10 prom goers in a little while and I was just testing my lighting beforehand.

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Dewey Start

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While strolling out to get the newspaper, I was impressed with how much dew was on the grass and how the morning sunlight was reflecting on it. It almost looks like frost! While it was somewhat a cooler morning compared to late thanks to yesterday’s cold front, it was by no means cool or anywhere near frosty conditions. The rain from the weak thunderstorm yesterday helped increase the ground moisture.

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Don’t Trim The Shade

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A team of tree trimmers has been in the area for a couple of weeks now trimming trees around power lines. This of course is a good thing to keep electricity flowing during storms. But I was surprised to see them pull up in front of my house. Why? My electric service is underground! I soon realized they wanted to take advantage of the fine shade my maple and oak trees provide on the front lawn. I didn’t mind as long as they keep their chain saws in the truck!

I think it a little ironic they are benefiting from something they take away from some other people’s lawns…

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Another Day, Another Nest (or two)

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Since the Robin’s nest story didn’t end on a positive note (for the robin) I have another addition to the property. I think these are finches.

There are two very interesting facts with this nest. The first is this is the third year in a row that either these birds or descendants, have built there nest in the same exact location!

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Yep that’s right in a hanging basket on my front porch that is *not* there year round!

Another interesting fact is this next was built in record time. I think it was a day! Yes they are small birds but I think more than two of them were at work. I guess it takes a village…

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Spectacular Sunset Clouds

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These clouds looked a lot more threatening that they were. Right around sunset, they were the result of an area of thunderstorms in eastern PA.

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Photographic Memory

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While parking at JFK airport to pickup one of daughters, I decided to take a picture of where I was parking. I saw this tip a few weeks ago and I was proud I remembered to put it into action! Problem was I parked at the wrong terminal (Delta – you *really* need to work on your web notification interface – just giving us the gate number at an airport like JFK simply doesn’t cut it) and had to move my car shortly thereafter (but I remembered where I parked – without looking!)

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Structure Fire

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A relatively quiet day until the report of a structure fire in Pohatcong twp came in around dinner time. No one was home and no one was hurt fortunately.

Additional photos will be on my website in 98 fire category.

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One Liners Improv Comedy

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My youngest daughter participated in the PHS “One Liners” improv comedy night. It was a nice show and funny. Here’s a shot of a team cheer at the end of the show. Video was recorded.

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