Earth Day

For Earth Day, we participated in the 8:30-9:30 pm "lights out," getting by with two candles, the occasional cell phone screen or pocket flashlight.

I wandered around the house quite a bit at first, appreciating the darkness. Looking out windows. Nobody else seemed to be doing it. Not much publicity, I guess.

Jo spent most of the time sending txt or talking on phone. After I was through wandering, I did some block play & photography.

What with the camera, phones, led flashlights, & various glowing power LEDs here & there, we were far from electricity/electronics-free or totally dependent on candle light. But the candles were our primary illumination for most of the hour, it was interesting to see what we could do.

Sisters

Jo & her sister, Elizabeth

Archie

Seems like I haven't posted a cat picture here for a while. This is Archie at ease.

Since I got out of the hospital after leukemia treatment, he has been spending a lot more time in my lap, but here he is next to me.

I held a magnifying glass in front of my cell phone camera lens to take this picture - I was hoping for some interesting effects, but it seems like all I got was a better closeup than I would have gotten otherwise.

It's a good camera.

Archie's a good cat.

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Closer to home: in our front yard ...

... and in our back yard.

These are stereo pairs taken with my wonderful new chrimmus present. With a little practice, they are easily viewed in 3-D by "relaxing" your eyes as if to look at infinity, then focusing on the images without re-converging your eyeballs. You should see three images, with the middle one in 3-D.

Happy holidays. May quiet & pleasant times be available when you need them.

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