One should not text message while driving. We all know that. Anything that takes your mind and your attention off the road is a horrible habit and should be stopped immediately. That line of thinking also applies to walking and texting as well. Anything that takes your eyes off of what is directly in front of you while walking is a horrible habit that should be stopped immediately. Texting while you are walking puts you at risk of not noticing obstacles, hazards, and spiderwebs that are hanging down right in front of you, causing you to walk face first into them with this “little” guy below right.
For those of you who wish to view my reaction to walking face first into my little friend below, please insert the movie, “Home Alone”, skip towards the end of the movie where MaCaulay Calkin takes his brother’s spider and puts it onto Daniel Stern’s face and watch Mr. Stern’s reaction.
Fortunately, my little friend never came out of his web. I apparently didn’t destroy his web during my meltdown and he decided it was safer than watching me almost strip to my boxers while screaming like a five-year old girl.
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Tags: HDR, Insects/Spiders
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I forgot about this picture. This was taken a couple of years ago, back when I first got my D40, and was taking shots of everything I could just to get some experience with it. This is right from from the flower garden in our front yard. 
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Forgotten May 1, 2010 at
13:24
Just a place that I pass on the way to St. Joseph everyday and I thought it looked interesting.
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I had a chance to go to Lake Maria State Park today and putz around with Jacob for a few hours. It was quite fun. I went, primarily, to see the park and scope it out for camping this summer and Jacob will never object to photographic opportunities so we left about mid afternoon and stayed til sunset. I really wanted to try and get some great sunset shots but I felt that there weren’t enough clouds in the sky to add enough contrast so while the sun was setting we tried to capture the gold bouncing off the leaves and such. At one point we climbed down this steep hill and were taking pictures on the frozen ice. I spotted this weird tree/branch or whatever it was sticking out and it looked unique enough that I had to have it. I’m not sure what was underneath it, whether it was ground or frozen lake, but nevertheless I like it.
I must thank my wife for the top picture. No, she did not take it, but I’ve been looking at leaves much more closely as a result of her, though. We had gone camping last year, just the two of us, and on our day of hiking she took some close-up pictures of fallen leaves that were gorgeous. I really liked them a lot. It was the perfect time of day and she captured colors and the texture of the leaves beautifully. I liked her pictures so much that I find myself doing the same.
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Tags: HDR, Ice, Lake Maria State Park, Minnesota, MN State Parks, Snow, Water
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This would be the other flower in my anniversary bouquet that I really enjoyed. I don’t know what this one is called, either, but I like it.
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On February 17th, Becky and I celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary. She had flowers delivered to my workplace and this one really caught my eye. Neither of us know what it’s called but I like it. It’s all soft and fuzzy.
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Edible January 15, 2010 at
19:40
Taken at our annual pumpkin-picking event in South Haven back in October. The farm has some of the most delicious apples, too, and I couldn’t resist snapping a couple. 
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