Day 365

Thank you for visiting my Project.

Thanks to everyone who has commented, both online and offline.

Thanks for the countless tips, ideas, suggestions and other help I have received.

And thank you, Heather and kids... for patiently humoring me all year.

(365/365)

Frozen Berries

(364/365)

Slide

No school! For the third consecutive day (363/365)

Encased

(362/365)

A Working Snow Day

(361/365)

Upgrade

Trying to replace faithful Old Blue before it disintegrates (360/365)

Pika Pika

(359/365)

Hogging The Heat

Furnace just kicked on... (358/365)

Air Traffic

(357/365)

Press Button, Receive Bacon

(356/365)

Does anyone really know what time it is

My watch read 4PM (355/365)

Exam Week

(354/365)

Icicles

(353/365)

Snowshoeing

(352/365)

Atop Stowe Pinnacle

1ºF and windy - with views for miles and miles (351/365)

Stowe - Six Months Later

Click here for the summer version of this same view (350/365)

Cincinnati Subway

Portal leading to the tunnels under the city - part

of a failed project from over 90 years ago (349/365)

ps: No internet access for the next several days - See you Tuesday...

Got Milk

(348/365)

Jim Ed

Elected to the Hall of Fame yesterday (347/365)

Big Bird

(346/365)

Prototypes

Initial ideas for this week's (8th grade physics) soap-car assignment (345/365)

World Tour

(344/365)

Mushroom House

An unusual design and creation (343/365)

Lucius Q. Cincinnatus

A model of Roman virtue (342/365)

A Dusting

(341/365)

Pitch In!

Wanted: a comically oversized trash can (340/365)

Bridge to Nowhere

(339/365)

Sorry, kids

Vacation's over (338/365)

Pink House

Ain't that America somethin' to see... (337/365)

John Bryan State Park

Footbridge on the trail to Clifton Gorge (336/365)

Believe it or not...

...I was awake for the leap second. Happy New Year! (335/365)

Check Your Self Esteem At The Door

(334/365)

The Last Lecture

More about Randy Pausch and his story here (333/365)

Bump 'n' Chuck

Remote controlled bumper cars (332/365)

Unwanted

(331/365)

What, exactly, are you trying to say?

(330/365)

Foggy Afternoon

(329/365)

Christmas Morning

(328/365)

Christmas Eve at our house

The boys discover our ping pong ball reserves (327/365)

How does this thing work? (327b/365)

(327c/365)

Almost ready for Santa (327d/365)

Another win for the hawk

He's been eluding me for over 300 days... and

I don't think he's going to let me get any closer (326/365)

Frozen

3º this morning (325/365)

Larry Joe

More ornaments at PG's site (324/365)

Grey Sky Morning

December in Cincinnati (323/365)

Geometry Class Origami

Last day of class before Christmas break (322/365)

Furniture Shopping Can Make You Thirsty

(321/365)

A Monumental Theory

Hamilton's tribute to John Cleves Symmes, Jr. - the leading

"philosopher" of his day on the unusual Hollow Earth Theory (320/365)

Fresh Tracks

A bird and a rabbit cross paths in tonight's fresh snow (319/365)

Lowering Expectations

(318/365)

Can't Touch This

Honeylocust (317/365)

Grover

(316/365)

Bavarian Influence

Indian Hill's water tower (315/365)

Hamilton RR Bridge (continued)

(314/365)

Hamilton RR Bridge

(313/365)

Triple Twenty

(312/365)

Kindly call ahead for reservations

(311/365)

Sunbeams

(310/365)

Outtake

From this afternoon's Christmas Card Photo Shoot (309/365)

Anticipation

The eagerly awaited and annual Opening of the Company Gift (308/365)

Foster Viaduct

Open-spandrel arch bridge on US 22 / OH 3 (307/365)

Recession Proof Business

People will always need a place to bring their calculators

and typewriters for repairs (306/365)

Know Your Fish

(305/365)

Safety First

I won't identify the guilty party, but this was the solution to

a low-battery warning chirp this morning... (304/365)

Gift Giving Made Easy

(303/365)

Tunnel Vision

(302/365)

Chain Lightning

(301/365)

Cousins

(300/365)

Not sure what to make of this

A new addition to our son's room decor (299/365)

Duck Creek Aqueduct

Built in the 1840s, it's the only covered wooden aqueduct

still operating in the United States (298/365)

Shoe Tree

Native to SE Indiana (297/365)

Fartlek

Training for Thanksgiving Day (296/365)

Transmission

(295/365)

Never get involved in a land war in Asia

(294/365)

Metro Parks Violation 1545.09.9N

My permit was displayed, though not properly affixed. (293/365)

Monkey Brains

aka Maclura pomifera (292/365)

Gregory Creek

(291/365)

Chief Pontiac

50+ feet of politically incorrect used car signage (290/365)

Switch

(289/365)

Some Assembly Required

One of the new cabinets for the garage (288/365)

City of Sculpture

Downtown Hamilton! Ohio (287/365)

Row Your Boat Ashore

(286/365)

Crackle

(285/365)

Won't Melt In Your Hands

(284/365)

Hippocratic Oath -

- updated. (283/365)

Of course, who doesn't?

(282/365)

The Waiting Is The Hardest Part

(281/365)

Weeping Willow Twig

Courtesy of a professional landscaper (280/365)

5W-30

(279/365)

Hanging With Johnny Appleseed

John Chapman is honored - but not buried -

at Spring Grove Cemetery (278/365)

Youth Vote Revisited

Same constituency, eight months later (277/365)

Less Is More

(276/365)

18

(275/365)

Skills

(274/365)

Trick or Treat

(273/365)

Concert In The Gymnatorium

(272/365)

WE

(271/365)

Title Defense

The World Champions return to action tonight (270/365)

Cattails

(269/365)

Parallel Lines

Perpendicular ones too (268/365)

Wait 'Til Next Year

The boys' season ends on a cold, windy day in Troy (267/365)

G#

or D#... or Ab... or Eb... or C... (266/365)

Slip Hazard

(265/365)

Seasonal Lonely Shoe

Third in an ongoing series inspired by The One Shoe Diaries (264/365)

Brrr.

(263/365)

Fraises

(262/365)

Aeration

We have a professional tending to our lawn's needs this fall (261/365)

Next Up: Regionals

The opening moments of today's District Meet (260/365)

Dive

(259/365)

All The Live Long Day

(258/365)

Corn Flakes, Algebra and Maximum Ride 3

Not necessarily in that order (257/365)

Is My Friend Prescient?

I hope so... We'll find out shortly (256/365)

Trying not to watch the carnage at Fenway

The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman.

Suggestion from Bryan's site (255/365)

Living In Our Garage

(254/365)

Conference Champs

After 11 years, the title returned to West today (253/365)

Gnomes don't like Tampa Bay

ALCS starts tonight (252/365)

Street Glow

(251/365)

Daisy Detail

Close-up of one of my great-uncle's paintings (250/365)

Expired

(249/365)

Ladybug Imposter

(248/365)

Fired Up

(247/365)

World Class

(246/365)

Hanging On

The Last Leaf (245/365)

Believe In Now

Or, maybe not (244/365)

It Begins

(243/365)

Old Timey

One of my grandfather's gloves - He was a talented

semi-pro pitcher and, of course, a Sox fan (242/365)

Laser Battle

The art of laser warfare (241/365)

You buttered your bread...

...now sleep in it (240/365)

Go!

Fairmont Firebird Invitational (239/365)

Every Single Time

Kids' bathroom (238/365)

Hover

A warm September has delayed her migration (237/365)

Superstition

Every year during the playoffs, I wear Sox shirts.

All day, every day - starting again next week. (236/365)

Dandelion Sunset

(235/365)

Interruption

(234/365)

1803 House

Nearby house built during the Jefferson Administration;

Christmas lights strung more recently (233/365)

Return

(232/365)

Roebling Suspension Bridge

(231/365)

Trust

(230/365)

Grandfather & Grandson Roofing Co.

(229/365)

Neighborhood (Power Out)

Two days later, still an eerie drive to work (228/365)

A Gas Station Open For Business

Cars jam the lot and line up 30-deep down the street (227/365)

Remnants of Ike

A surprising, once-in-100-years storm for Ohio tore apart roofing,

knocked down countless trees and left 750,000 homes without

power (226/365)

Reminder

(225/365)

Impatiens Walleriana

(224/365)

Finished Product

We love our new tiles. And - the Gatorade stain is gone (223/365)

Voice of America

The former Bethany Station. Its 600 acres of transmission towers are gone,

replaced by parkland, soccer fields, baseball diamonds, XC trails

and a busy shopping center (222/365)

Newton's Cradle

(221/365)

Big Dog

(220/365)

Dusting Alex Rodriguez

PS2 / EA Sports MVP Baseball 2003 (219/365)

Go Team

Victory for the Good Guys at this morning's XC invitational (218/365)

Rain Delay

(217/365)

Wind Power

(216/365)

Hammer Time

Dad put down our new subflooring this morning and I successfully

subcontracted some of the nailing tonight (215/365)

First Day

The start of 10th grade and 8th grade (214/365)

Shopping Safari

Another scene from Jungle Jim's (213/365)

Weapons to Wetlands

The newly opened Fernald Nature Preserve (212/365)

Movie Night

Last one of the summer (211/365)

Pipkin

(210/365)

Early Birthday Gifts

Sophisticated exterior lighting - thanks Mom and Dad! (209/365)

Instead of counting sheep...

...our nephew rubs his ear when he wants to go to sleep (208/365)

Swallowtail

(207/365)

Blue Tape

First in a series of home renovations (206/365)

Lurking

A praying mantis staking out a hummingbird feeder (205/365)

Turbo Bubbles Technology™

(204/365)

Chexx

Inside the original bubble hockey (203/365)

Keeping It Legal

(202/365)

An Ohio Postcard

Greetings. (201/365)

Cross Training

His XC practices are in the AM, so this is how he keeps me

company on my afternoon run (200/365)

Summer Bloom

Hosta in our hummingbird garden (199/365)

Breakfast of 17-Time Champions

(198/365)

Peters Cartridge Company

Former ammunition factory now a haven for paranormal believers

...and environmental toxins (197/365)

Opportunity

Scene from this afternoon's I-75 shutdown (196/365)

Wally and Friends

(195/365)

Fresh Citrus

From Auntie and Uncle Steve in Goleta CA (194/365)

Last One

Her twentieth trade with the tooth fairy (193/365)

Burger Time

(192/365)

Early Morning Hangout

(191/365)

Swimming In Money

(190/365)

Multitasking

Taking pictures while zipping down the

Little Miami Bike Trail (189/365)

Crowded Pond

(188/365)

(What's The Story) Morning Glory?

(187/365)

Gatorade X-Factor Fruit Punch + Berry

I missed all the fun. Guest photographer and camera,

this was the scene after an initial attempt at cleaning. (186/365)

Perfection

Our son is Wii Bowling royalty (185/365)

No Cereal For Dinner Tonight

Eagerly awaiting Mom's return after a week away (184/365)

A Winning Combination

(183/365)

College Corner

Village outside Oxford; home of this week's XC camp. (182/365)

Five Wisks

IHOP art (181/365)

Inconvenient Store

Serve yourself (180/365)

Impatiens

(179/365)

Our Favorite Guest

A hummingbird relaxing outside the kitchen window (178/365)

Today's Dam Photo

A low head dam on the Great Miami River (177/365)

Switched At Birth?

Our eldest son's room (176/365)

The Smell Of Diesel In The Morning

(175/365)

New Spikes

(174/365)

Just In Case

(173/365)

The Landscaper

Our son, wreaking laundry havoc on a daily basis (172/365)

Summer Reading

Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner, by Dean Karnazes

The Princess Bride, by William Goldman (171/365)

More Of What You're Hungry For

Still hungry? Click here and then click here (170/365)

Photo Crasher

A thistle macro turns into another picture of a bee. (169/365)

Go Sox!

Second half opens tonight on the West Coast (168/365)

Baseball Fever Grips Cincinnati

Mets 10, Reds 8 (167/365)

Appa, Aang and Sokka

Long anticipated new episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender

airing every night this week (166/365)

Wii Like To Play

The boys and Mario Kart... so dizzying I can barely watch. (165/365)

Worker Bee

(164/365)

Dread

(163/365)

Homer Bailey Chardonnay

For those with the discerning taste for hype (162/365)

Niagara Falls

The convenient halfway point on our drive home (161/365)

Stowe

Stowe Community Church, as seen from Mountain Road (160/365)

Refueling

At 4.3 miles the trail to Mt. Ellen opens to the top of
a ski run. We were in the clouds by the time we
reached the 4083' summit (159/365)

Lake Champlain

Red Rocks Park in S. Burlington (158/365)

Young Evergreen

Mt. Worcester's quiet 3286' summit (157/365)

Early Start

On our way (156/365)

700 Feet

Altimeter calibration: off to the mountains tomorrow (155/365)

Fifteenth Birthday Celebration

We still tell our son that the fireworks are for his birthday (154/365)

Double Negative

(153/365)

Bend It

(152/365)

Web

(151/365)

Split

The landscapers at our office can't catch a break (150/365)

Mason Wasp

(149/365)

His Eyes Were Like Tomatoes

Driving home, spotted this guy waving to traffic (148/365)

Amber Waves

(147/365)

95º

(146/365)