the Vermont snowflakes

These images were taken with a Nikon D80 w/ a 40mm micro lens.  Some images were taken with a 10x magnifying Vivitar filter.  All images were photographed without a tripod–hand held @ about a 30th (or less) of a second.  Kip used a scarf, removed from his freezer, as a soft place for the flakes…

she has it all

one day a woman wished for wealth, and she became wealthy. But, she wasn’t happy. The woman wished to be famous, to seen by all. Still, she wasn’t happy. Then she wished to rule over everyone. She became very powerful. Still, she wasn’t happy. She kept demanding more & more things…growing ever more bitter, saying…

black Labrador in white snow

the owner was in the store for less then 3 minutes. The dog looks like he has been left there for hours. Oy! Guilt