Bike (41/366)

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It was a weird mix of emotions. One day, your best friend could be killed. The day before, you could be celebrating him getting a brand-new bike.
~ Jay-Z

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Five (40/366)

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One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
~ Mae West

With the extremely mild winter we've had this year, the wildlife has been very active when they normally are bedded down for the winter. 

These five were crossing the road as I was leaving work.

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Straw (39/366)

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Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
~ Lord Byron

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Wind (38/366)

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A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.
~ Catherine the Great

Or in the case of our 1-ply Windsoft bathroom tissue at work, a pain in the ass.

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Mouse (37/366)

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I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - 

that it was all started by a mouse.
~ Walt Disney

Our payroll person has this little mouse sitting just inside her office door

The damn thing scares me every time I walk in!

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Morning Moon (36/366)

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“Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate
And though I oft have passed them by
A day will come at last when I
Shall take the hidden paths that run
West of the Moon, East of the Sun.”
~ J.R.R. Tolkien

There is nothing better than looking to the east, seeing the sunrise, then looking to the west, catching the moon before it sleeps for the day.

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Diagonal (35/366)

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The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.
~ William R. Alger

I tend to gravitate towards macro/still life photography. It makes me happy. But once in a while mother nature gets on her high horse and forces me to do something different.

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Red (34/366)

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Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who aren't artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we're stupid.
~ Jules Feiffer

Today was National Wear Red Day, an I did!

Heart disease kills more women than all cancers combined.

Take that pink!

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Drill (33/366)

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Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt 

and then having him catch his hand in the drill.
~ Johnny Carson

My apartment didn't come with blinds, curtains, or even drapery rods.

Just over two years after moving in, my bedroom now has real curtains ... hung on a real drapery rod!

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Tracks (32/366)

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When I jumped off, I had a bucket full of thoughts
When I first jumped off, I held that bucket in my hand
Ideas that would take me all around the world
I stood and watched the smoke behind the mountain curl
It took me a long time to get back on the train
~ Back On The Train (Phish)

It's February 1st! I'm rethinking my choice to make these tracks my first of the month photo. They were supposed to be covered in snow this month, giving me a bit of a different view, but nooooo ...

The bright side?

What a mild winter it has been!

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