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Assignment 23: Recap

Thank you for the great response to the first photo assignment of 2013.  In all, there were 19 submissions from all over the globe.  This time, I am going to write the recap while reading each entry for the first … Continue reading

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View 265: Water and Ice

The transformation of Ithaca Falls in winter is an amazing sight.  Where water flowed freely was now incased in icicles.  Where the water still flows is now restricted and takes different paths down the rocky cascade. A close up view … Continue reading

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Winter Sport

I was first introduced to the game of ice hockey when I was 9 years old.  Friends of my parents lived near enough to Lake Ontario to pull in the Canadian Broadcasting Company’s (CBC) Hockey Night in Canada games on … Continue reading

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Mind of a Young Elephant

I know animals do not act like humans.  I know they do things for their own reasons mostly having to do with food and propagation of the species.  However, it is hard not to imagine this young elephant was doing what … Continue reading

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View 263: Familiar Faces

The Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, New York is running their annual January Winter Photo Contest.  People with a camera and a coupon (see link for details) can get free admission into the zoo.  They have cut the regular admission … Continue reading

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