25 Jan

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Outside is not a place I want to be today.  It's bitter cold, even though the temps have risen enough to change snow into driving rain.  The wind is nasty and everything is covered in ice.  Not the beautiful kind.  The dangerous kind. I'm staying in. black...

24 Jan

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Trying to get a shot of your daughter studying for her first ever exam is hard work.  Seriously.  Add sleepy, cranky and all-round crusty to the mix, and OMG, this does not make for a shot invoking warm memories :) Love you chickadee.  Stop spazzing -...

23 Jan

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Maybe I'll leave the ghosts alone and just focus on barns.  Easier to sleep at night :) I took this shot from the side of the road, snug inside my car (gotta love a 300mm zoom, even if it is a little on the crap side)...

22 Jan

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I spent a few hours today, rummaging around on the interwebz trying to figure out the meaning behind a 'shoe tree'.  No, not those cedar thingies you stick in your shoes (although I learned about those too along the way). This ...

shoe tree

Ummmm ... make that shoe treeS - plural.  And well on the way to becoming a forest from the looks of things.

Over the years, I've driven past this spot too many times to count.  And always wondered about it.  Why in the world are all of these shoes nailed to the trees?  What does it mean?  Does it mean anything at all?

I haven't got a clue.  And it's not for lack of trying, believe me.

My fourteen year old tells me a young girl died there, and I found this a little ways in ...