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A Boy Named Seo Nov 17 2008 11:52 PM

Put cool pictures in this thread that you've taken of people, things, whatever. Only rule is you have to have taken the picture. I went surfing today and saw these couple really long shadows cruise by underneath me and my board. I got kinda scared and then these three dolphins popped up right next to us. I brought my water cam to hopefully get a picture or two of a dolphin for my little niece. Bingo. Here's one.

Nymr83 Nov 18 2008 02:05 AM

beautiful red X!

themetfairy Nov 18 2008 05:14 AM

I took this a little over a week ago. I was out walking, and I heard this horrible squawking noise. It turned out that it was this little guy, who wouldn't shut the hell up. I love the expression - New Jersey attitude all the way!

themetfairy Nov 18 2008 05:22 AM

For the most part I'll limit myself to one shot per day here. But I wanted to post my Beginner's Luck shot. This was the day I bought my Nikon D60 camera. The big question is whether the ball is just getting to D-Wright's bat or whether he just hit the ball (and yes, it was a home run).

seawolf17 Nov 18 2008 07:13 AM

Peanut, circa 2004 or 2005, attacking a bouncing tennis ball. (I should really make a loldog out of this photo.)

DocTee Nov 18 2008 07:55 AM

I have never missed East Coast autumns more than after viewing TMF's squirrel photo. Beautiful (and damn you!!)

RealityChuck Nov 18 2008 08:13 AM

Hopewell Rocks, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick

metsguyinmichigan Nov 18 2008 08:27 AM

I kinda like this shot I took in St. Louis last month. I love the Arch, and I got up early to walk around the city before the conference started.

themetfairy Nov 18 2008 08:43 AM

[quote="DocTee":122cpa1h]I have never missed East Coast autumns more than after viewing TMF's squirrel photo. Beautiful (and damn you!!)[/quote:122cpa1h] Thanks Doc :)

A Boy Named Seo Nov 18 2008 10:16 AM

[quote="Nymr83":1d3x1n44]beautiful red X![/quote:1d3x1n44] Fixed. That Arch shot is pretty. Looks like bronze with the sun reflection.

metirish Nov 18 2008 10:17 AM Re: CHEESE!

[quote="A Boy Named Seo"]Put cool pictures in this thread that you've taken of people, things, whatever. Only rule is you have to have taken the picture. I went surfing today and saw these couple really long shadows cruise by underneath me and my board. I got kinda scared and then these three dolphins popped up right next to us. I brought my water cam to hopefully get a picture or two of a dolphin for my little niece. Bingo. Here's one.

Great picture.

Frayed Knot Nov 18 2008 10:21 AM

[quote="metsguyinmichigan"]

AND IT'S WIDE TO THE LEFT!!

Benjamin Grimm Nov 18 2008 10:24 AM

When I first saw Michigan's photo, I thought it had been taken from the surface of Saturn.

soupcan Nov 18 2008 10:25 AM

I took these a few summers back on a whale watch off of Gloucester, Mass. Nothing special but pretty good for me...

metirish Nov 18 2008 10:37 AM

Nothing special but pretty good for me... You are far too modest , those are great and way bigger than Seo's little dolphin.......taking the piss here.....

Benjamin Grimm Nov 18 2008 10:40 AM

I took these in Pisa in November 2004. I like how, unlike typical photos of the tower, they show both the scale of the Leaning Tower (it's a lot smaller than many people think) and its relationship to the town that it resides in. Notice the people standing on top of the tower.

Frayed Knot Nov 18 2008 10:58 AM

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":3umu5lsf]When I first saw Michigan's photo, I thought it had been taken from the surface of Saturn.[/quote:3umu5lsf] He hasn't developed those shots yet, they're still in his camera.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 18 2008 11:07 AM

[quote="soupcan"]I took these a few summers back on a whale watch off of Gloucester, Mass. Nothing special but pretty good for me...

I haven't seen a whale tail like that since Britney Spoears last public appearance.

Willets Point Nov 18 2008 11:14 AM

[quote="Benjamin Grimm"]I took these in Pisa in November 2004. I like how, unlike typical photos of the tower, they show both the scale of the Leaning Tower (it's a lot smaller than many people think) and its relationship to the town that it resides in. Notice the people standing on top of the tower.

In a similar vein, I decided to take a picture of people looking at the Mona Lisa rather than the Mona Lisa itself.

Fman99 Nov 18 2008 11:39 AM

I'll have to see what I have at home... 99% of my pictures are of those adorable kids of mine.

metsguyinmichigan Nov 18 2008 11:43 AM

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":20dtcjgh]When I first saw Michigan's photo, I thought it had been taken from the surface of Saturn.[/quote:20dtcjgh] I drove there in a Saturn. Does that count?

metirish Nov 18 2008 11:47 AM

[quote="Willets Point"][quote="Benjamin Grimm"]I took these in Pisa in November 2004. I like how, unlike typical photos of the tower, they show both the scale of the Leaning Tower (it's a lot smaller than many people think) and its relationship to the town that it resides in. Notice the people standing on top of the tower.

In a similar vein, I decided to take a picture of people looking at the Mona Lisa rather than the Mona Lisa itself.


By the looks of the clothes I am guessing that is from the 80's?

Edgy DC Nov 18 2008 11:48 AM

Funny that it's surrounded by overlooked masterpieces.

seawolf17 Nov 18 2008 12:37 PM

The Mona Lisa kinda sucked.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 18 2008 12:40 PM

When we were there, my son, then 3, refused to look at it because "she's ugly!"

Willets Point Nov 18 2008 12:52 PM

[quote="metirish":1t3068bi] By the looks of the clothes I am guessing that is from the 80's?[/quote:1t3068bi] 1998.

Number 6 Nov 18 2008 01:34 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 18 2008 04:48 PM

I'm still going through all of my photos, but here's a shot I took of one of the Yokohama Baystars mascots.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 18 2008 01:45 PM

Everything in Japan is cute.

soupcan Nov 18 2008 02:06 PM

...and has advertising on it.

Number 6 Nov 18 2008 02:31 PM

Wow, I'm really bad at the photo non-huge-ifying.

themetfairy Nov 18 2008 02:38 PM

[quote="Number 6"]Wow, I'm really bad at the photo non-huge-ifying.

If you host your photos on Image Shack or Flickr, you can resize them very easily.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 18 2008 02:44 PM

Benjamin Grimm Nov 18 2008 02:45 PM

height="400" alt="Baseball Mascot"> Just add a "height" or "width" tag to your HTML.

metsguyinmichigan Nov 18 2008 03:07 PM

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":3n0knhuh][/quote:3n0knhuh] Between the tongue and the thing on his head, well, yikes. If the ladies don't find him handsome, they'll find him handy.

Number 6 Nov 18 2008 04:50 PM

Fixed the hugeness. Thanks for the tips, Ben and metfairy.

themetfairy Nov 18 2008 04:53 PM

[quote="metsguyinmichigan":3bunyvh1][quote="Benjamin Grimm":3bunyvh1][/quote:3bunyvh1] Between the tongue and the thing on his head, well, yikes. If the ladies don't find him handsome, they'll find him handy.[/quote:3bunyvh1] I almost spit out my iced tea on the keyboard when I read that - ROFL! And you're very welcome Number 6 :)

metirish Nov 18 2008 05:30 PM

I took this picture the morning of my sisters wedding during Christmas 2003.It's the view of the Galtee mountains from her house in the Glen of Aherlow County Tipperary.

A Boy Named Seo Nov 18 2008 06:02 PM

Looks cold. Purty picture, man. Hope that sun broke through and your sis got some nice sunlight on her wedding day.

Edgy DC Nov 18 2008 07:08 PM

There's a lot of ghosts on hand there.

SteveJRogers Nov 18 2008 09:15 PM

House of Blues in Chicago

themetfairy Nov 19 2008 05:17 AM

I bought this snow globe and candle with a gift card I had received from my in-laws, so I took this photo to show them how I spent my birthday money.

metsguyinmichigan Nov 19 2008 09:38 AM

Fairy, you really take some nice photos!

Frayed Knot Nov 19 2008 09:47 AM

- So, did you do those photographs in there, or what? - Yeah, yeah, I sort of dabble around, you know. (I dabble? Listen to me - what a jerk) - They're really wonderful. They have a quality (She's a great looking girl) - Well, I would like to take a serious photography course. (He probably thinks I'm a yo-yo) - Photography's interesting because, you know, it's a new form, and a set of aesthetic criteria have not emerged yet. (I wonder what she looks like naked?)

themetfairy Nov 19 2008 10:33 AM

[quote="metsguyinmichigan":336xpb6i]Fairy, you really take some nice photos![/quote:336xpb6i] Thanks. I'm a newbie to this, but I've been having a lot of fun learning :)

themetfairy Nov 20 2008 05:37 AM

There used to be a trolley line in the early part of the 20th Century that ran between Trenton and New Brunswick. Within my township, parts of that trail have gradually been re-paved and opened to the public as walking/running/biking paths. This advertisement is along that trolley line. I always enjoy seeing things that demonstrate that my township existed prior to the McMansion boom.

themetfairy Nov 21 2008 05:07 AM

The coolest bottle of wine EVER!

A Boy Named Seo Nov 21 2008 08:23 AM

I like the bottle theme in your pictures today. How's that Seaver juice?

themetfairy Nov 21 2008 08:40 AM

Haven't tried it yet. We're saving it for special occasions.

Valadius Nov 21 2008 08:49 AM

My cat, Leo.

A Boy Named Seo Nov 21 2008 10:13 AM

Gimme some Leo Minus Leo.

themetfairy Nov 22 2008 12:36 PM

I love this penguin candle holder. I was playing around with taking pictures of it, and I added some lighting by putting a partially seen jar candle directly behind it in addition to the lit candle in the candle holder.

cooby Nov 22 2008 08:11 PM

That is a sweet and beautiful cat, Valadius

themetfairy Nov 23 2008 07:37 AM

This sign is hanging inside the Grover's Mill Coffee Company, which will be opening up within my township this week. It just cracks me up.

A Boy Named Seo Nov 23 2008 10:23 AM

My water-proof cam got away from me one day and this shot came out. It's the nose of my board with a little ocean water over it. I don't really know how it happened, but the blurriness looks kinda neat, I think.

themetfairy Nov 23 2008 10:32 AM

Very cool! The blurriness has to do with the fact that the camera was moving during the shot. Most of the time that's a bad thing, but occasionally something interesting results.

themetfairy Nov 24 2008 09:54 AM

On the Grover's Mill Coffee Company theme, I thought this was cute.

themetfairy Nov 25 2008 06:41 AM

My friend and I were out for a walk last week, and there were some deer on the trail. This one wasn't photo shy -

Benjamin Grimm Nov 25 2008 07:13 AM

Some nice photos from my Japan trip in 2006: I like how the deer knows to use the crosswalk. The Martian candy that Scarlett posted above reminded me of this. In Japan, they sell "Buddha Boogers" as snacks: We didn't try any.

themetfairy Nov 25 2008 08:50 AM

BG - that first photo is especially gorgeous!

themetfairy Nov 26 2008 05:05 AM

I thought my candle looked pretty last night, so I decided to shoot the flame up close.

themetfairy Nov 27 2008 06:06 AM

Happy Thanksgiving!

soupcan Nov 27 2008 01:25 PM

Took this this morning..

themetfairy Nov 27 2008 01:32 PM

Very nice - I'm jealous!

themetfairy Nov 28 2008 06:36 AM

This is quite possibly the best picture I've ever taken -

dgwphotography Nov 28 2008 07:09 AM

Ooooooh - great thread, I'll try to keep it to only one shot a day... I went to Adobe Max in San Francisco last week with my Art Director and a few of our graphic artists. The last night we were there, they wanted to go out and and have dinner at Ruth's Cris Steakhouse. I passed - I wanted to get up early to do a little sightseeing the next morning. We met in the lobby for breakfast, and one of the guys started teasing me - he was saying how I missed such an amazing steak dinner, and I really missed out. I just said, "there are Ruth Chris Steakhouses all over - there's even one up on the Berlin Tunrpike. There's only one Golden Gate Bridge, and you missed it.

soupcan Nov 28 2008 07:13 AM

Nice shots guys. Iubitul - you've got a gift.

Edgy DC Nov 28 2008 07:42 AM

Nothing like folks telling you you missed an "amazing" night at a chain restaurant. Way to be an individyoouhl. Excellent shot.

G-Fafif Nov 28 2008 07:44 AM

[quote="Iubitul":2tldfa7s]Ooooooh - great thread, I'll try to keep it to only one shot a day... I went to Adobe Max in San Francisco last week with my Art Director and a few of our graphic artists. The last night we were there, they wanted to go out and and have dinner at Ruth's Cris Steakhouse. I passed - I wanted to get up early to do a little sightseeing the next morning. We met in the lobby for breakfast, and one of the guys started teasing me - he was saying how I missed such an amazing steak dinner, and I really missed out. I just said, "there are Ruth Chris Steakhouses all over - there's even one up on the Berlin Tunrpike. There's only one Golden Gate Bridge, and you missed it. [/quote:2tldfa7s] Is it my imagination, or did you somehow make that scene a beautiful blue and orange?

DocTee Nov 28 2008 08:42 AM

Iubitul-- I saw a NYMets clad photog at Hyde Street Pier last Saturday afternoon. Was that you?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 28 2008 10:32 AM

very nice. Thread over!

metirish Nov 28 2008 10:53 AM

WOW that is spectacular .

dgwphotography Nov 28 2008 10:54 AM

[quote="DocTee":zpdxvrpx]Iubitul-- I saw a NYMets clad photog at Hyde Street Pier last Saturday afternoon. Was that you?[/quote:zpdxvrpx] If it was Sunday and not Saturday, it was probably me. We got there Sunday afternoon... When I unpacked, I found that my youngest snuck her stuffed monkey into my suitcase to keep me company. I took it everywhere with me, and took pictures of it all over the place - each night, I would send her an email (I set up an account in gmail just for the monkey) with some of the pictures from that day. Seeing the Bay Bridge.. Taking a ride on a cable car... Visiting the SFFD...

DocTee Nov 28 2008 11:49 AM

Very cool... it was Saturday for sure-- guess there's an impostor! You should drop me a line the next time you are in town (that goes for everybody)-- I can give you a pretty good tour.

soupcan Nov 28 2008 05:56 PM

Loving the monkey.

themetfairy Nov 29 2008 06:06 AM

Last night D-Dad and I saw Robert Klein perform. He was testing out new material at our local branch of Catch a Rising Star. At age 66, he still brings the laughter -

bmfc1 Nov 29 2008 09:16 AM

"I can't stop my leg!" is one of my favorite comedy pieces of all time. I hope he still performed it, even though he was trying out new stuff.

themetfairy Nov 29 2008 09:45 AM

[quote="bmfc1":1tpas8ll]"I can't stop my leg!" is one of my favorite comedy pieces of all time. I hope he still performed it, even though he was trying out new stuff.[/quote:1tpas8ll] It was his closing bit. As it was the last time that we saw him (when he was trying out material for his 8th HBO special).

themetfairy Nov 30 2008 06:19 AM

What's noticeable about this shot is that the chipmunk was a fast little critter. A second or two later and he was in his hole, underneath that bush. I was quite proud of myself for catching him in action.

themetfairy Dec 01 2008 05:05 AM

Here's the same chipmunk, a minute or so earlier. Bright-eyed (and presumably bushy-tailed) -

themetfairy Dec 02 2008 05:20 AM

This is the 9/11 memorial in my township. It was designed as a place for peaceful thought and reflection.

holychicken Dec 02 2008 07:58 AM

My favorite pictures of my dog: This one has been photoshopped a bit, but I really like it: I am just starting to take pictures. But one day I will be like Iubitul.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 02 2008 08:15 AM

Venice flooded yesterday, which reminded me of my visit there four years ago. On our last day, there was an Aqua Alta (high water) and it made it hard to get around. This year's flood was much higher, and they couldn't deploy the platforms seen in this photo because the water would have made them float. We had to carry the kids through the deeper water. Since it was our getaway day, we weren't sure we'd be able to drag our suitcases to the waterbus station, but luckily the water receded by the time we were done with our last sightseeing stop.

dgwphotography Dec 02 2008 09:01 AM

wow - I want to go to Venice someday. My maternal grandparents were born in Abruce, and really feel the pull to go there. We Florida this year - the girls really loved Sea World. One day, we were leaving at closing time, and walked right by the underwater viewing area of shamu's tank, and Tilly was just swimming around and around... There was no one there, and I said "hmmmmmmmm..." I just wish I snapped just a fraction of a second later, so Tilly's tail wouldn't be coming out of Ashley's head....

Centerfield Dec 02 2008 09:12 AM

[quote="Iubitul":2ic5m98b][quote="DocTee":2ic5m98b]Iubitul-- I saw a NYMets clad photog at Hyde Street Pier last Saturday afternoon. Was that you?[/quote:2ic5m98b] If it was Sunday and not Saturday, it was probably me. We got there Sunday afternoon... When I unpacked, I found that my youngest snuck her stuffed monkey into my suitcase to keep me company. I took it everywhere with me, and took pictures of it all over the place - each night, I would send her an email (I set up an account in gmail just for the monkey) with some of the pictures from that day. Seeing the Bay Bridge.. Taking a ride on a cable car... Visiting the SFFD... [/quote:2ic5m98b] This is totally not fair. Who invited this guy? It's not enough to show off how good a photographer he is, he has to show off how good of a father he is on top of it. A gmail account for the monkey? Way to go guy. Thanks for ruining for the rest of us.

holychicken Dec 02 2008 09:39 AM

[quote="Centerfield":ultqyxiu]This is totally not fair. Who invited this guy? It's not enough to show off how good a photographer he is, he has to show off how good of a father he is on top of it. A gmail account for the monkey? Way to go guy. Thanks for ruining for the rest of us.[/quote:ultqyxiu] Agreed. I was going to say something earlier about banning all pretend nonprofessional photographers from this thread. But I stopped myself because, you know, I like looking at his photographs.

themetfairy Dec 02 2008 09:47 AM

[quote="holychicken":i27kglxi] I am just starting to take pictures. But one day I will be like Iubitul.[/quote:i27kglxi] Nah - none of us starting at this stage in life will be able to reach his level. He's got too much of a head start on us. Nice pix, though - the dog is adorable :)

themetfairy Dec 02 2008 09:57 AM

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":1g1fybvc]Venice flooded yesterday, which reminded me of my visit there four years ago. On our last day, there was an Aqua Alta (high water) and it made it hard to get around. This year's flood was much higher, and they couldn't deploy the platforms seen in this photo because the water would have made them float. We had to carry the kids through the deeper water. Since it was our getaway day, we weren't sure we'd be able to drag our suitcases to the waterbus station, but luckily the water receded by the time we were done with our last sightseeing stop.[/quote:1g1fybvc] That's wild stuff BG. I remember being in St. Louis during their flooding in 1993. We went back there again in 2006, and it was odd seeing things that had been underwater during our previous visit.

themetfairy Dec 03 2008 05:40 AM

My hubby and I were out for a walk on a local trail. This guy was sitting in a nearby tree, practically posing for the camera -

Number 6 Dec 03 2008 08:15 AM

An unrestored temple in Cambodia. The tree that's eating it is a strangler fig, which actually grows from above downward.

metirish Dec 03 2008 08:25 AM

[quote="Number 6":2o6r5q07]An unrestored temple in Cambodia. The tree that's eating it is a strangler fig, which actually grows from above downward. [/quote:2o6r5q07] WOW , great shot.

dgwphotography Dec 03 2008 08:52 AM

[quote="Number 6":1znr28ff]An unrestored temple in Cambodia. The tree that's eating it is a strangler fig, which actually grows from above downward. [/quote:1znr28ff] now that's cool.

Number 6 Dec 03 2008 09:22 AM

Thanks!! Honestly, the scenery did all the work on that shot.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 03 2008 09:29 AM

True, but you knew it would make a good photo, and it did.

themetfairy Dec 04 2008 05:10 AM

My friend and I were taking a walk, and I decided to see just how strong the zoom on my point and shoot camera is. Since the spider was a good 10 feet over my head, I'd say the zoom is pretty decent.

themetfairy Dec 05 2008 05:15 AM

I saw this blue jay in the leaves in the fall and thought it was pretty.

themetfairy Dec 06 2008 06:49 AM

Last night I took some pictures of our Shabbat candles after dinner was over. I like this shot - the perspective is a bit funky -

dgwphotography Dec 06 2008 08:45 AM

I like it - you could have tilted the angle even a touch more... I need a touch of summer - I saw this guy hanging around my neighbor's butterfly bush as I pulled into my driveway - I literally shot this while still sitting in the car...

themetfairy Dec 07 2008 06:49 AM

From a photographic viewpoint this isn't a great shot. But I wanted to get a picture of a black squirrel, just because they are reasonably common in this area and not so common in other places -

themetfairy Dec 08 2008 05:30 AM

This is not the typical kind of shot I would take. But my friend and I were taking a walk, and we were fascinated by watching this turkey vulture eating his fresh lunch. He was unperturbed by our presence, and we watched him dragging his prey and chomping away merrily -

cooby Dec 08 2008 07:34 PM

Yeeeyyuck!!

themetfairy Dec 08 2008 07:42 PM

Agreed. It's the only unpleasant photo I have in my collection. But it was really fascinating to watch this happening out in the open. I'll put up something nicer tomorrow.

themetfairy Dec 09 2008 05:08 AM

cooby - here's a much prettier shot for you -

cooby Dec 09 2008 06:35 PM

Much better!

themetfairy Dec 10 2008 04:38 AM

cooby will probably enjoy the next few shots. My friend and I went to the park last week, and found some interesting subjects. This guy had a definite "What are YOU looking at?" kind of attitude -

dgwphotography Dec 10 2008 05:17 AM

It's December, 35 degrees out, and there are tropical birds in my tree....

Edgy DC Dec 10 2008 05:36 AM

Wow. Why?

holychicken Dec 10 2008 06:01 AM

There is a substation is Maspeth that has become home to a flock of tropical birds (IIRC around ten). They like to sit on the warm power transformers. I imagine it is how they have survived numerous winters.

Fman99 Dec 10 2008 06:12 AM

[quote="Iubitul":121qhqoq]I like it - you could have tilted the angle even a touch more... I need a touch of summer - I saw this guy hanging around my neighbor's butterfly bush as I pulled into my driveway - I literally shot this while still sitting in the car... [/quote:121qhqoq] Beautiful.

themetfairy Dec 10 2008 06:33 AM

[quote="Iubitul":31t0vfhl]It's December, 35 degrees out, and there are tropical birds in my tree.... [/quote:31t0vfhl] Is it pining for the fjords?

dgwphotography Dec 10 2008 07:00 AM

Well, he's not nailed to his perch... From what I heard, there was a major accident on I-95 a few years ago involving a truck carrying a large number of exotic birds. Quite a few of these birds escaped, and have been nesting down by the beach for the last few years.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 10 2008 07:21 AM

That's why exotic birds shouldn't be allowed to drive trucks.

DocTee Dec 10 2008 08:36 AM

There are a large number of exotic birds that nest in the treees around Brooklyn College. Quite a juxtaposition.

themetfairy Dec 11 2008 05:28 AM

This Blue Heron wasn't driving anything - just hanging out in the park.

themetfairy Dec 12 2008 05:12 AM

Here's our friend from yesterday, having a bite to eat -

seawolf17 Dec 12 2008 05:13 AM

Why are all your photos of animals eating other animals? Don't make me call PETA.

themetfairy Dec 12 2008 05:19 AM

I'm just a cruel, cruel person. Wait until you see my flowers eating other flowers!

themetfairy Dec 13 2008 07:10 AM

These geese may have eaten something. Or maybe they're hoping for parts in a cover video of Walk Like An Egyptian -

cooby Dec 13 2008 07:59 AM

I think you should put those pretty roses on those poor little dead animals' graves

themetfairy Dec 14 2008 06:53 AM

No eating involved today. Why did the goose cross the road? I don't know why, but I caught him doing it. This was the first time I actually observed a goose walking, which caused me to finally comprehend why the Nazi march was called the Goosestep.

Kong76 Dec 14 2008 12:02 PM

themetfairy Dec 14 2008 01:53 PM

Kase - is that your dinner?

Kong76 Dec 14 2008 02:08 PM

Time's are tough, ya eat what you can grub up. Actually, it's in my stew. It just struck me funny. When I first was pulling it out of the bag it was almost erotic looking and then it quickly became mu- tant as it got longer and uglier and I never saw a double carrot before. I never claimed to be well en la cabeza.

dgwphotography Dec 14 2008 03:27 PM

You want geese? We got geese... There's an intersection right next to the duck pond downtown, and the geese are always crossing back and forth. The running joke in town is that the geese really run the town... My mom told me a story about one time when a lawyer was 15 minutes late for probate court, because the geese were blocking traffic. When the judge inquired as to his tardiness, he only had to explain that it was caused by the geese - the judge only laughed and understood... Only in Milford...

themetfairy Dec 15 2008 05:13 AM

I've been taking a lot of candle pictures lately. I like catching the reflections of the flames in the wax.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 15 2008 07:22 AM

That goose picture is fabulous! Did you just hold the camera down and shoot blind, or were you able to get down low enough to look through the viewfinder? Since I've switched to digital, it's a lot easier to get off-angle photos -- you don't have to worry about wasting film. It's especially good for getting photos of kids, pets, and other low-lying objects. Photos work so much better from the subject's level, rather than from overhead.

themetfairy Dec 16 2008 05:06 AM

I like the shot I got of the center of this rosebud.

dgwphotography Dec 16 2008 07:49 AM

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":8ca53azv]That goose picture is fabulous! Did you just hold the camera down and shoot blind, or were you able to get down low enough to look through the viewfinder? Since I've switched to digital, it's a lot easier to get off-angle photos -- you don't have to worry about wasting film. It's especially good for getting photos of kids, pets, and other low-lying objects. Photos work so much better from the subject's level, rather than from overhead.[/quote:8ca53azv] I was actually laying on my stomach at the edge of the intersection getting that shot. Yes, I was ever mindful of the traffic... I agree with you about the ease of getting off-angled photos - I've gotten to the point were I can pretty much frame a shot with my wide-angle lens without looking through it. This is one I took of my youngest last year at the local carnival - we were in the ferris wheel, and I just held my camera down around my knee, and pointed up:

themetfairy Dec 17 2008 05:06 AM

I like how I caught the wisp of smoke.

A Boy Named Seo Dec 17 2008 09:27 AM

That is pretty cool.

themetfairy Dec 17 2008 09:44 AM

Thanks :)

themetfairy Dec 18 2008 07:38 AM

What makes this special? It's not the photography - it's far from the best picture I've ever taken. It's not that it's pretty, although it is. It's not that the candle smells wonderful, although it does. It's that it's a cooby candle. And that is very special indeed :)

themetfairy Dec 19 2008 05:29 AM

A pretty picture for what will likely be a messy day -

Benjamin Grimm Dec 19 2008 05:49 AM

I took this picture at the Field Museum in Chicago. I like how it shows the dinosaur skeleton in its surroundings. And for some reason I like the expression and posture of the guy in the pale yellow shirt, just beneath the skull.

Edgy DC Dec 19 2008 06:07 AM

Dino likes redheads.

metirish Dec 19 2008 06:31 AM

I did indeed take this picture of Lorcan but then a friend of the missus did a job on it with an image editor.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 19 2008 06:54 AM

You should have destroyed the image immediately, as well as the hard drive on which it was created.

metirish Dec 19 2008 06:57 AM

I should have done that, , in the original picture Lorcan's eyes are not red yet in the MFY garb they are, that says it all right there.

seawolf17 Dec 19 2008 07:11 AM

Apparently you might also want to consider annulment. She's clearly crazy.

A Boy Named Seo Dec 19 2008 08:10 AM

[quote="metirish":wnmqbacm]I should have done that, , in the original picture Lorcan's eyes are not red yet in the MFY garb they are, that says it all right there.[/quote:wnmqbacm] Too funny.

themetfairy Dec 20 2008 06:33 AM

Last week D-Dad and I attended an Eid party. I had never had a henna hand tattoo before, but I decided to give it a try. This is how my hand looked when the henna was still drying - This is how it looked after I washed off the excess dried henna - One week later and the henna has almost completely washed off.

themetfairy Dec 21 2008 06:47 AM

I baked these when it was snowing on Friday. The kids loved coming home to find them -

cooby Dec 21 2008 08:25 AM

Metfairy where do you get all these roses?

themetfairy Dec 21 2008 09:00 AM

[quote="cooby":2251qn62]Metfairy where do you get all these roses?[/quote:2251qn62] The supermarket.

themetfairy Dec 22 2008 05:04 AM

I like this close up of the lighted wick.

themetfairy Dec 23 2008 05:04 AM

A Chanukah present that MK received from his grandparents - Vamos Carlos!

soupcan Dec 23 2008 07:35 AM

Wait a second...that's not a candle!

metirish Dec 23 2008 07:56 AM

Whatever it is it's done brilliantly.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 23 2008 08:03 AM

[quote="soupcan":2xq061xs]Wait a second...that's not a candle![/quote:2xq061xs] Then it must be a squirrel or a flower!

metirish Dec 23 2008 08:05 AM

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":ge2q15k5][quote="soupcan":ge2q15k5]Wait a second...that's not a candle![/quote:ge2q15k5] Then it must be a squirrel or a flower![/quote:ge2q15k5] Doh , I get it now......

themetfairy Dec 23 2008 08:55 AM

When the weather warms up a bit I'll have more variety in my subjects. In the meantime, I'll stick with what I can shoot inside (for the most part). And irish - thanks :)

TransMonk Dec 23 2008 09:18 AM

At first I thought you had cryogenically frozen Carlos Delgado to keep him from aging over the winter... ...or you had a Carlos Delgado ice cream cake.

themetfairy Dec 23 2008 09:19 AM

[quote="TransMonk":3fnzfiej]At first I thought you had cryogenically frozen Carlos Delgado to keep him from aging over the winter... [/quote:3fnzfiej] LOL - that's not a bad thought ;)

themetfairy Dec 24 2008 05:24 AM

My friend's dad, who is incredibly handy, built this. The decoration is in their front yard, and I think it's adorable!

cooby Dec 24 2008 08:36 AM

Very cute; I love it!

dgwphotography Dec 24 2008 08:41 AM

Merry Christmas, and Happy Hanukkah everyone!

Benjamin Grimm Dec 24 2008 08:44 AM

I have that same ornament. It's one of my favorites (along with the one of Barbara Eden as Jeannie -- mrow!) and I've been waiting a long time to make it one of a pair.

cooby Dec 24 2008 08:46 AM

Using "Barbara Eden as Jeannie" and "pair" in the same sentence is just waiting for someone to make a wisecrack.

dgwphotography Dec 24 2008 08:48 AM

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":1a9ldh84]I have that same ornament. It's one of my favorites (along with the one of Barbara Eden as Jeannie -- mrow!) and I've been waiting a long time to make it one of a pair.[/quote:1a9ldh84] Me too. I really thought I was going to have a second one that said 2006.... You have an ornament of Barbara Eden as Jeannie? Really? I would love to see that one.

Edgy DC Dec 24 2008 08:50 AM

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":1o5tzjwd]I have that same ornament. It's one of my favorites (along with the one of Barbara Eden as Jeannie -- mrow!) and I've been waiting a long time to make it one of a pair.[/quote:1o5tzjwd] This one?

Benjamin Grimm Dec 24 2008 09:00 AM

That's the one!

soupcan Dec 24 2008 09:10 AM

Doo-doo, doo-doo-da-doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo-da-doo-doo...

dgwphotography Dec 24 2008 09:21 AM

Rockin' Doc Dec 24 2008 11:34 AM

For several years during my adolescence, I Dream of Jeannie was practically my favorite television show.

themetfairy Dec 25 2008 07:00 AM

Merry Christmas -

themetfairy Dec 26 2008 06:42 AM

A Chanukah image -

metsmarathon Dec 26 2008 11:02 PM

two can play this candle game!

themetfairy Dec 27 2008 05:37 AM

But can you do flowers?

themetfairy Dec 28 2008 06:13 AM

dgwphotography Dec 28 2008 02:19 PM

[quote="themetfairy":393prutn]But can you do flowers?[/quote:393prutn] Yes, I can...

themetfairy Dec 28 2008 02:37 PM

Well sure, I know that YOU can do flowers....

Rockin' Doc Dec 28 2008 04:15 PM

themetfairy Dec 28 2008 05:02 PM

Very nice Doc - was that with your Christmas camera?

metsmarathon Dec 28 2008 05:49 PM

[quote="themetfairy":euh8gbvy]But can you do flowers? [/quote:euh8gbvy] um, i can try, but the flowers don't like to cooperate...

Rockin' Doc Dec 28 2008 06:03 PM

metfairy - "Very nice Doc - was that with your Christmas camera?" No, that was actually taken in the gardens of Mount Vernon during the CPF roadtrip to D.C. for a July 4th gathering. My Christmas camera is actually just another duplicate of my other camera so I don't have to change lenses when I'm out shooting pictures. Either that or I can load each with a different speed films, one for indoors (800 ISO) and one for outside (200 ISO). What can I say, I'm old school and still using film. My kids think I'm nuts for not converting to digital, but film is what I'm used to.

themetfairy Dec 28 2008 06:09 PM

Once you go digital, there's no going back.

themetfairy Dec 28 2008 06:10 PM

[quote="metsmarathon":1zp9l1gs][quote="themetfairy":1zp9l1gs]But can you do flowers? [/quote:1zp9l1gs] um, i can try, but the flowers don't like to cooperate... [/quote:1zp9l1gs] LOL

themetfairy Dec 29 2008 06:08 AM

On the eighth night - A Metsian Menorah!

Frayed Knot Dec 29 2008 06:55 AM

Let's just rename this the 'Flowers, Candles and Critters' thread.

Edgy DC Dec 29 2008 07:02 AM

Crucified by the FCC.

soupcan Dec 29 2008 07:05 AM

[quote="Edgy DC"]Crucified by the FCC.

Closet Howard Stern fan.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 29 2008 07:35 AM

I miss Howard. Heard where Sirius just did a 5-part "History of HS" series, would like to listen to it but don't wanna pay for Sirius and don't know how to use, or whether to trust, download sites. In other words, will someone please download this for me and send me the MP3s. Thank you. Sincerely, JCL

themetfairy Dec 29 2008 08:29 AM

[quote="Frayed Knot":1oy4n8u7]Let's just rename this the 'Flowers, Candles and Critters' thread.[/quote:1oy4n8u7] Got any requests?

metsmarathon Dec 29 2008 08:37 AM

[quote="Frayed Knot":2quamcf3]Let's just rename this the 'Flowers, Candles and Critters' thread.[/quote:2quamcf3] so, you've seen my mantle, then?

metsmarathon Dec 29 2008 03:54 PM

since the FCC set doesn't seem to be terribly popular, despite the fanciness of the cameras we try to use, how's this for low-fi cheesery? that's me, taken while running during the strongest of many downpours during the 2008 hamptons marathon, using a disposable kodak camera that proved surprisingly water-tolerant. note the many raindrops, twinkling countlessly, like the stars in the sky i think it was about mile 18. and the absurdity of the downpour really did help at that point.

dgwphotography Dec 29 2008 10:39 PM

My youngest was ordained as an altar server earlier this year, and I wanted to try something different:

themetfairy Dec 30 2008 10:01 AM

FCC dismay or not, this is my shot of the shamesh going out on the final night of Chanukah -

themetfairy Dec 31 2008 07:19 AM

I still have a couple of shots of this flower in the queue. I took pictures of it over a several day period. I'll make it a New Year's resolution to find different photo subjects in 2009 -

dgwphotography Dec 31 2008 08:47 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 31 2008 08:51 AM

My youngest (again) warming up before a game... To give equal time, my oldest: It's hard to get shots of my oldest, because she's at the age where she's sick of dad taking her picture, so I usually get something like this:

metsmarathon Dec 31 2008 08:50 AM

the other day we decided to finally dust off the pile of race medals and do something with them. as a result, i can now show this picture.

themetfairy Dec 31 2008 08:53 AM

FINALLY! I've been dying to see those medals for years :)

dgwphotography Dec 31 2008 08:59 AM

[quote="Rockin' Doc":3fpowfjh]metfairy - "Very nice Doc - was that with your Christmas camera?" No, that was actually taken in the gardens of Mount Vernon during the CPF roadtrip to D.C. for a July 4th gathering. My Christmas camera is actually just another duplicate of my other camera so I don't have to change lenses when I'm out shooting pictures. Either that or I can load each with a different speed films, one for indoors (800 ISO) and one for outside (200 ISO). What can I say, I'm old school and still using film. My kids think I'm nuts for not converting to digital, but film is what I'm used to.[/quote:3fpowfjh] I still take out my 35mm SLR from time to time. There's nothing like the tactile feeling of real film.

metsmarathon Dec 31 2008 09:00 AM

[quote="themetfairy":34ayhwoa]FINALLY! I've been dying to see those medals for years :)[/quote:34ayhwoa] and here's the rest of 'em! well mostly. the right hand side is the wife's complete collection (so far). half of mine are still hiding in a box somewhere, but the two sets are nearly identical.

Centerfield Dec 31 2008 09:13 AM

[quote="metsmarathon":1thwuqfu]since the FCC set doesn't seem to be terribly popular, despite the fanciness of the cameras we try to use, how's this for low-fi cheesery? that's me, taken while running during the strongest of many downpours during the 2008 hamptons marathon, using a disposable kodak camera that proved surprisingly water-tolerant. note the many raindrops, twinkling countlessly, like the stars in the sky i think it was about mile 18. and the absurdity of the downpour really did help at that point.[/quote:1thwuqfu] We allow wet-t-shirt pics on this board?

themetfairy Dec 31 2008 11:01 AM

[quote="metsmarathon":2ewsmrez][quote="themetfairy":2ewsmrez]FINALLY! I've been dying to see those medals for years :)[/quote:2ewsmrez] and here's the rest of 'em! well mostly. the right hand side is the wife's complete collection (so far). half of mine are still hiding in a box somewhere, but the two sets are nearly identical. [/quote:2ewsmrez] Very cool! Perhaps you'll give us some year-by-year closeups in the coming weeks?

themetfairy Jan 01 2009 07:18 AM

cooby Jan 01 2009 12:49 PM

[quote="Frayed Knot":11q1gjj3]Let's just rename this the 'Flowers, Candles and Critters' thread.[/quote:11q1gjj3] It could be worse, it could be a bunch of pictures of CHEESE

themetfairy Jan 01 2009 01:24 PM

themetfairy Jan 02 2009 05:47 AM

The last of the yellow rose pix -

cooby Jan 02 2009 08:19 AM

Whew, I was beginning to think we were going to be following this yellow rose the whole way through its death throes

Edgy DC Jan 02 2009 08:30 AM

So, I was in Paris the other day when an anachronistic old car passed by. I thought, "I'd like to get that in black and white." And just when I get the film loaded, this couple grabs a smooch. I think I got a keeper here.

themetfairy Jan 02 2009 09:33 AM

[quote="cooby"]Whew, I was beginning to think we were going to be following this yellow rose the whole way through its death throes

Frayed Knot Jan 02 2009 10:59 AM

CF -- We allow wet-t-shirt pics on this board? Allow it? We encourage it.

metsguyinmichigan Jan 02 2009 11:26 AM

[quote="Edgy DC":1yl7phua]So, I was in Paris the other day when an anachronistic old car passed by. I thought, "I'd like to get that in black and white." And just when I get the film loaded, this couple grabs a smooch. I think I got a keeper here. [/quote:1yl7phua] That's really cool, Edgy. You could make a poster out of that. A lot of college girls would hang it in their dorm rooms.

cooby Jan 02 2009 12:42 PM

Gosh, you'd think they'd have newer cars over there by now ;) Cool to see they still wear berets, though

dgwphotography Jan 02 2009 01:24 PM

The gazebo on the Milford Green on New Year's morning - this is my first attempt at a technique I read about here. It involves using a telephoto lens and taking multiple shots of a scene and then stitching them together - this results in a wide angle shot with a narrower depth of field than would otherwise be possible. This shot consists of 50 images stitched together.

metsguyinmichigan Jan 02 2009 01:43 PM

That is so cool! I loved Milford's town green.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 02 2009 02:48 PM

I took some pictures of the forum in Rome with something similar in mind. Maybe I'll be inspired to finish it off and post it here.

Rockin' Doc Jan 02 2009 04:06 PM

Iubitaul, awesome work with a very innovative technique. I don't think I have thwe patience or the software to duplicate such an effect. If you don't mind my asking, what software did you use to piece the images together?I would imagine this technique is infinitely more difficult with my old school film SLR. Nice article, thanks for sharing. I would like to be able to stitch 3-4 images of panoramas together, but I'm not quite sure how to do it without having my own dark room to develop and manipulate the images. I may have to try to see if I can do it by digitizing shots and then stitching them together.

dgwphotography Jan 03 2009 06:24 AM

Thanks Doc - I used Photoshop CS3. This would be exceedingly difficult to do in the darkroom - your best bet would be to digitize the images first. A dedicate film scanner would work better than a flatbed that scans the prints, IMO.

Fman99 Jan 03 2009 07:19 AM

From my recent trip to the Museum of Natural History.

themetfairy Jan 03 2009 07:24 AM

This box was given to season ticket holders last year -

Kong76 Jan 03 2009 07:36 AM

Definitely the best thing they've given out since the apple clock lol. It's funny because I just found mine the other day buried in some stuff and it meant more to me now that the dump, er, I mean the ol' girl is now just about gone. Nice old fashioned file cabinets in the backround. OE: Drawers are kinda small, is that a card catalog or something?

themetfairy Jan 03 2009 07:44 AM

[quote="Kong76":2i41vsq3] OE: Drawers are kinda small, is that a card catalog or something?[/quote:2i41vsq3] It's a CD holder that looks like an old card catalog case. I had to have it (D-Dad gave it to me for Chanukah a few years back).

Valadius Jan 03 2009 09:58 AM

I have that box, my dad gave it to me.

themetfairy Jan 04 2009 07:04 AM

[quote="themetfairy"][quote="Kong76"] OE: Drawers are kinda small, is that a card catalog or something?

It's a CD holder that looks like an old card catalog case. I had to have it (D-Dad gave it to me for Chanukah a few years back).

Here's a picture of the entire case -

Benjamin Grimm Jan 04 2009 12:33 PM

The Forum in Rome, 2004. Six images stitched together in Photoshop. It looks better larger, but I didn't want to stretch the page too much.

themetfairy Jan 04 2009 01:22 PM

Very cool!

metsguyinmichigan Jan 04 2009 01:34 PM

What's left of Tiger Stadium. The crumbling building in front used to have a store with all kinds of really old souvenirs. They've spared this last part -- for now.

themetfairy Jan 05 2009 04:56 AM

For the start of the first work week of the new year -

themetfairy Jan 06 2009 04:53 AM

Every librarian needs a Nancy Pearl action figure - Complete with shushing motion!

dgwphotography Jan 06 2009 09:18 AM

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":ny2qitlw] The Forum in Rome, 2004. Six images stitched together in Photoshop. It looks better larger, but I didn't want to stretch the page too much.[/quote:ny2qitlw] Ben - that looks really cool. After you combine the layers, click on blend layers while they are still highlighted - that should make the sky look a little more seamless...

themetfairy Jan 07 2009 05:23 AM

Remember Animaniacs? I bought this back in my NYC days, at the old Warner Brothers store on 57th and 5th.

themetfairy Jan 08 2009 05:23 AM

We gave a bottle of Nancy's Fancy to my mom for her birthday. Here's a close-up on the label - The wine was nice, but I'm looking forward to having an opportunity to try the other GTS wine, which is supposed to be the better of the two releases.

themetfairy Jan 09 2009 05:16 AM

Our township's homage to the War of the Worlds martian invasion that didn't really happen is a cool thing to photograph - Now that I know a little more about photography, I'll work on getting a better shot of it one day.

themetfairy Jan 10 2009 06:05 AM

Don't forget to stock up on fine wine before being snowed in for the day -

themetfairy Jan 11 2009 06:20 AM

The waning of the cooby Candle -

cooby Jan 11 2009 09:20 AM

Good timing, I am drinking the last of your Nutcracker Suite coffee today :)

themetfairy Jan 12 2009 05:29 AM

This is either in honor of my grad school or my kids' high school. One mascot fits all -

themetfairy Jan 13 2009 05:08 AM

Why is this a beautiful sight? It's a sign that they will be digging in the neighborhood soon. Why is that so exciting? It's because they will be digging to install FiOS lines. I will FINALLY be free from Fucking Comcast soon!

cooby Jan 13 2009 04:30 PM

What's so bad about Comcast?

themetfairy Jan 13 2009 04:57 PM

Everything.

themetfairy Jan 14 2009 05:09 AM

Don't think of this as a candle. Think of it as a flame - In the midst of the cold weather, it was the only thing that seemed like fun to shoot yesterday.

themetfairy Jan 15 2009 05:11 AM

MK watching the fire last night. I thought the flame tendrils were pretty interesting.

themetfairy Jan 16 2009 05:21 AM

Yesterday's snow - I didn't feel like going outside, so I just opened my window to take the photo.

themetfairy Jan 17 2009 05:21 AM

Something has been around the kitchen a bit too long.

themetfairy Jan 18 2009 06:29 AM

Columbus Circle and the entrance to Central Park, as seen from the shopping mall at Columbus Circle.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 18 2009 08:11 AM

I like that one!

themetfairy Jan 18 2009 08:28 AM

Thanks BG :)

Benjamin Grimm Jan 18 2009 09:29 AM

Man in Central Park, September 2005.

themetfairy Jan 18 2009 09:56 AM

Where was that BG? I don't recognize that part of the park offhand.

soupcan Jan 18 2009 10:17 AM

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":1z4qrpur]Man in Central Park, September 2005.[/quote:1z4qrpur] You could have said that picture was from 1971. It's got a sort of timelessness to it.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 18 2009 12:01 PM

[quote="soupcan":346cuk72] You could have said that picture was from 1971. It's got a sort of timelessness to it.[/quote:346cuk72] Yeah, I guess it does. (I love the old guy's shoes, by the way. You have to be of a certain age to wear shoes like that to take a nap in the park.) And metfairy, I don't remember exactly where it was, but it was in a playground down near the southeast corner of the park. You can see the buildings of Fifth Avenue and Central Park South from the playground.

themetfairy Jan 18 2009 12:22 PM

That explains my unfamiliarity with it - my 'hood was the West Side. I agree about the timelessness of the shot.

soupcan Jan 18 2009 01:07 PM

Name the celebrity that my son is posing with...

cooby Jan 18 2009 01:17 PM

Mary Ann

soupcan Jan 18 2009 01:35 PM

Nope.

cooby Jan 18 2009 01:46 PM

That Harry Potter lady? (Love the Edgar Allen Poe stuff in the background btw)

soupcan Jan 18 2009 01:54 PM

Nope X2. You do know who she is though..

cooby Jan 18 2009 02:02 PM

Mrs. Cranepool? An Edgar Allan Poe granddaughter?

soupcan Jan 18 2009 02:37 PM

Nope, nope. You all know who she is - I just didn't think the photo looks anything like I thought she did.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 18 2009 03:28 PM

Rachael Ray?

Fman99 Jan 18 2009 03:37 PM

I got nothing.

DocTee Jan 18 2009 03:40 PM

Marlo Thomas

cooby Jan 18 2009 04:15 PM

Oooh! I hope so, I loved That Girl

Kong76 Jan 18 2009 04:35 PM

KB said Marlo without hesitation, I don't see it though. That Girl lives in Brewster anyways, not Connecticut.

soupcan Jan 18 2009 05:23 PM

We have a winnah! Marlo Thomas it is.

Kong76 Jan 18 2009 05:58 PM

If ya can find a way to work it, tell soup jr. all us mid forty guys are way jealous that he got to put his arm around That Girl.

soupcan Jan 18 2009 06:41 PM

Yeah - he knows. I showed him all the 'That Girl' clips on YouTube.

cooby Jan 18 2009 08:36 PM

She is still very pretty. He's a lucky boy :)

themetfairy Jan 19 2009 06:46 AM

My birthday present to D-Dad -

themetfairy Jan 20 2009 06:08 AM

And the birthday cake -

metsmarathon Jan 20 2009 07:54 AM

i took this photo a few weeks ago of the lake mohawk country club, in beautiful sparta, nj. i love the muted colors.

themetfairy Jan 20 2009 08:33 AM

Very pretty!

themetfairy Jan 21 2009 05:16 AM

We bought this at a silent auction at Shea during a game in 2007 - It's a bottle from the 2006 celebration for clinching the Eastern Division Championship, and it's signed by Ollie Perez. I'm hoping to have the opportunity to pick up a companion piece for this bottle after the 2009 season....

themetfairy Jan 22 2009 05:07 AM

We had a visitor in the wake of last week's dusting -

DocTee Jan 22 2009 07:53 AM

deer?

soupcan Jan 22 2009 08:02 AM

I'm guessing grizzly.

themetfairy Jan 22 2009 08:14 AM

D-Dad thinks it was a cat. I thought it could have been a deer - they do occasionally frequent the neighborhood. As far as I know, there are no grizzlies in the area.

soupcan Jan 22 2009 08:15 AM

Those are not deer prints.

Frayed Knot Jan 22 2009 08:18 AM

Deer got hoofs. Those are paws - probably cat of some kind.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 22 2009 08:21 AM

Yeah, really. They're as likely to be snake prints as they are to be deer prints. How big are they? If they're bigger than what a house cat would leave, then I'd suspect they're from a dog. Unless you have bobcats or lynxes in your area.

themetfairy Jan 22 2009 08:22 AM

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":23ubqp60]Yeah, really. They're as likely to be snake prints as they are to be deer prints. How big are they? If they're bigger than what a house cat would leave, then I'd suspect they're from a dog. Unless you have bobcats or lynxes in your area.[/quote:23ubqp60] I'm not good at judging these things. I'll go with D-Dad's assessment - he's better at wildlife things than I am. It was probably a cat.

Edgy DC Jan 22 2009 08:23 AM

Definitely basilisk.

metsmarathon Jan 22 2009 10:52 PM

cat. note the lack of claws. cats' claws retract, while dogs' don't. i don't think.

themetfairy Jan 23 2009 05:13 AM

bmfc1's fantasy camp adventures inspired me to take a picture of this - This is from a Mets fantasy camp locker from a few years ago. My friend's husband was there, and he stole, um, I mean brought this home for me as a souvenir.

themetfairy Jan 24 2009 05:57 AM

I'm running out of inspiration for the moment. So I figured I'd post this and then take a break until I find something fun to shoot.

Kong76 Jan 25 2009 05:19 PM

Part of our dinner, sliced sea scallop a la cranepoolla ...

soupcan Jan 25 2009 06:16 PM

Since this thread seems to have devolved, I submit this.. This picture is a result of handing a camera to a woman at a ski mountain and asking her to snap a shot while she was breastfeeding. That's me on the left.

Kong76 Jan 25 2009 06:25 PM

Who is the guy on the right? OE: (and my scallops tasted better than I guess my picture looks)

soupcan Jan 25 2009 06:30 PM

[quote="Kong76":1c7j3paq]Who is the guy on the right?[/quote:1c7j3paq] That is my best friend for the past 25+ years. We met the first day of our freshman year at Syracuse U. and have stayed close since.

DocTee Jan 25 2009 06:43 PM

Handing a woman a camera and asking her to take your picture while breastfeeding. I suppose that's better than you taking her picture while she's nursing her child, but not by much.

Kong76 Jan 25 2009 06:51 PM

soup: That is my best friend for the past 25+ years. We met the first day of our freshman year at Syracuse U. and have stayed close since <<< That's nice, I'm lucky to have a couple of 25-35 year old friendships too. I thought it might be someone famous and I'm famous people challenged sometimes.

cooby Jan 25 2009 06:54 PM

Nice job keeping your eyes on the camera, both of you

soupcan Jan 25 2009 06:57 PM

We didn't realize she was breastfeeding until I handed her the camera - then it was kind of awkward and I chose to just pretend everything was cool.

cooby Jan 25 2009 06:59 PM

That happened to me at a family picnic once, I walked over to say something to my cousin and she was breastfeeding her daughter who I swear to god was 3 years old. Talk about uncomfortable.

metsmarathon Jan 25 2009 07:17 PM

but... that's not a picture you took...

metsmarathon Jan 25 2009 07:19 PM

yay, souvenirs! or... mickey orgy! this was basically what it looks like - the top of a bucket of plush mickey marathon souvenirs. i tend to like photos of bunches of things that are all basically the same.

themetfairy Jan 25 2009 08:19 PM

[quote="metsmarathon"] i tend to like photos of bunches of things that are all basically the same.

Then you'll probably like this -

metsmarathon Jan 25 2009 08:35 PM

yum, cookies!

themetfairy Jan 25 2009 08:37 PM

They're real, and they're spectacular :)

themetfairy Jan 26 2009 05:21 AM

A close-up crop -

metirish Jan 26 2009 06:42 AM

[quote="soupcan"]Since this thread seems to have devolved, I submit this.. This picture is a result of handing a camera to a woman at a ski mountain and asking her to snap a shot while she was breastfeeding. That's me on the left.

It's always the case but I would never have guessed that was you , you definitely look like you fit in at Aspen or Park City :)

soupcan Jan 26 2009 07:27 AM

[quote="metirish":2k73h96w]It's always the case but I would never have guessed that was you , you definitely look like you fit in at Aspen or Park City :)[/quote:2k73h96w] I wish. Put anybody in a turtleneck and ski clothes though, and for the most part they'd all look like that.

themetfairy Jan 29 2009 05:16 AM

OE - I forgot that I posted the snow picture in the snow thread. So here's what I did yesterday while the boys were home from school -

themetfairy Jan 30 2009 06:31 AM

How can Half & Half be fat free?

SteveJRogers Jan 30 2009 06:49 AM

[quote="themetfairy"]OE - I forgot that I posted the snow picture in the snow thread. So here's what I did yesterday while the boys were home from school -

Send some to me!

themetfairy Jan 30 2009 07:05 AM

You're assuming that D-Dad and the boys have left any uneaten.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 30 2009 07:48 AM

I'm beginning to think this thread has "jumped the shark."

metsmarathon Jan 30 2009 08:01 AM

jump the shark? never! it seems that somebody has entirely too much time and money on their hands, as every time we go to walt disney world, there's some yahoo flying high overhead in a skywriter, trying to convince the whole of central florida of the wonderfulness of christ. i'm not entirely sure how effective the strategy is - as that's a discussion for another thread - but when it said "smile jesus loves you :)" it did indeed make me smile. mostly cos there was a smilie face in the clouds, as depicted here, sometime before disappearing into the ether.

dgwphotography Jan 30 2009 08:19 AM

I shot this at the train station about a year ago:

Rockin' Doc Jan 30 2009 04:34 PM

[quote="metsmarathon":1q8ncpby]jump the shark? never! it seems that somebody has entirely too much time and money on their hands, as every time we go to walt disney world, there's some yahoo flying high overhead in a skywriter, trying to convince the whole of central florida of the wonderfulness of christ. i'm not entirely sure how effective the strategy is - as that's a discussion for another thread - but when it said "smile jesus loves you :)" it did indeed make me smile. mostly cos there was a smilie face in the clouds, as depicted here, sometime before disappearing into the ether.[/quote:1q8ncpby] I looked at that picture and i thought it was a jellyfish.

themetfairy Feb 02 2009 05:00 AM

In honor of Groundhog Day -

Fman99 Feb 03 2009 10:58 AM

My son, the snow ninja:

metsmarathon Feb 03 2009 11:57 AM

it's cold and snowy out, so i figured that this thread could use a little bit of hell-fire and brimstone, courtesy of an epcot apocalypse! i probably did just about everything wrong that i could possibly do wrong. it is way overexposed and not really aimed well. also, i think i'm focused on the foreground water. about the only thing i did right was not wiggle the camera. but hey, it looks kinda cool...

themetfairy Feb 03 2009 12:17 PM

FKid is adorable! And nice shot MM :)

dgwphotography Feb 09 2009 12:59 PM

a panoramic shot of the Moscone Center in San Francisco, November, 2008:

themetfairy Feb 13 2009 02:14 PM

Hey guys - don't forget to buy those Valentine's Day flowers - MK's trombone teacher saw these and suddenly remembered that he needs to buy a gift for his wife PRONTO!

metirish Feb 16 2009 04:52 AM

Bronx Zoo monkey

themetfairy Mar 08 2009 05:36 PM

The pin MK received for participating in his regional band concert this afternoon.

themetfairy Mar 12 2009 08:38 PM

Hungry? I wanted a Fluffernutter, but I didn't want to blow the diet. So I had it on a rice cake.

themetfairy Mar 21 2009 12:01 PM

Spring is finally arriving - My forsythia are just starting to come into bloom.

metsmarathon Mar 22 2009 12:55 PM

i want to go (back) to there...

soupcan Mar 23 2009 08:05 AM

My youngest and oldest with a guy either one of them could have been named after if things had turned out differently I wasn't there but supposedly Straw was incredibly nice to them.

themetfairy Mar 23 2009 08:53 AM

Very cool :) I have to say from experience, Strawberry is very gracious with young fans.

A Boy Named Seo Mar 23 2009 05:07 PM

There's a beach south of Big Sur where elephant seals love to hang. Stopped there on Friday and got pretty close (15 ft. or so up a hill, plus some zoom action) to a little, photogenic calf. Cute? Yeah, cute.

themetfairy Mar 23 2009 06:09 PM

Not just cute - adorable!

Benjamin Grimm Mar 23 2009 06:45 PM

That is a great photo. We saw elephant seals at Ano Nuevo when we were in California in 2007, but this is as close as we were able to get: We got closer to the sea lions at Fisherman's Wharf:

A Boy Named Seo Mar 23 2009 09:05 PM

Is that second one dead? Or just, um, sleeping?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 23 2009 09:18 PM

Nice shot. What's the black crap on his neck?

A Boy Named Seo Mar 23 2009 10:44 PM

I don't know. Tar maybe? Hope I'm wrong.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 24 2009 05:21 AM

[quote="A Boy Named Seo":2jozr03p]Is that second one dead? Or just, um, sleeping?[/quote:2jozr03p] Sleeping. I'm sure you've been to that pier on the Wharf where all the sea lions are barking and shoving. This guy was serenely sleeping during all that chaos. (Until a sea gull landed nearby. THAT woke him, or her, up.) I don't know what's on the neck. I should have gone down there to get a sampling. Maybe it's just sea lion bling.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 24 2009 06:43 AM

This is a java sparrow. I took this photo in a city park in Honolulu last summer.

Edgy DC Mar 24 2009 06:48 AM

Badass little nutcracker of a beak on that guy.

themetfairy Mar 25 2009 12:55 PM

My backyard patio - It now has home and away seating.

Edgy DC Mar 25 2009 01:04 PM

I don't know. Those Phillie fans are closer to the plate. More access and stuff. Really, nice work.

metirish Mar 25 2009 02:04 PM

Looks really sweet , looks like a great place for a barbecue.

soupcan Mar 25 2009 02:16 PM

Serious whiffle and stickball tournament site! Did you ever check your house on Google Earth to see if you could get a nice aerial shot of your backyard?

themetfairy Mar 25 2009 02:19 PM

Thanks. And yes - it's a nice whiffle ball location. I haven't done Google Earth, but I've checked out the satellite photo from Google Maps. I can see the patio on it, but not with any resolution to speak of.

cooby Mar 25 2009 06:31 PM

I once found our pool on one of those satellite pics but I haven't been able to figure out which one since.

themetfairy Mar 27 2009 08:05 AM

I was out taking more pictures this morning. Here are the Shea seats in the morning dew -

Centerfield Mar 27 2009 08:17 AM

It's nice and all, but it's not a great representation of the layout of Shea. If metfairy wanted to be authentic, she would have positioned the seats so that you could only see the patio by turning and craning your neck.

themetfairy Mar 27 2009 08:51 AM

I'll try better in my next home.... But in the meantime, I took a couple of more shots. A different perspective on the home and away seating - A better view of the morning dew on a Shea seat -

Herb Gardner Mar 28 2009 12:40 PM

[quote="soupcan"] My youngest and oldest with a guy either one of them could have been named after if things had turned out differently I wasn't there but supposedly Straw was incredibly nice to them.

on a laptop that little boy looks like he is reaching out of the bottom of the picture

dgwphotography Mar 28 2009 03:10 PM

Hands... My oldest is a student at the Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School, where she has a concentration on visual arts. The school recently moved to it's brand new building in downtown New Haven, right in the shadow of Yale University. Today, the school was dedicated, with the mayor heading the festivities - here, she is demonstrating one of the pottery wheels in the art wing for the visitors today.

Edgy DC Mar 28 2009 03:44 PM

[quote="Herb Gardner"][quote="soupcan"] My youngest and oldest with a guy either one of them could have been named after if things had turned out differently I wasn't there but supposedly Straw was incredibly nice to them.

on a laptop that little boy looks like he is reaching out of the bottom of the picture
To me, the merchandise hanging on the wall behind the little girl suggests very large ears.

themetfairy Mar 28 2009 03:47 PM

[quote="Iubitul":3pi6yeao] Today, the school was dedicated, with the mayor heading the festivities - here, she is demonstrating one of the pottery wheels in the art wing for the visitors today.[/quote:3pi6yeao] Is the she your daughter or the mayor?

Edgy DC Mar 28 2009 04:14 PM

(gross)I had the odd hand wart now and then from the age of 15 until my senior year of college. My final class was an elective potting class, and once I hit the clay, my final wart disappeared. Forever!(/gross) That's my potting story. Thank you, potter's wheel.

dgwphotography Mar 29 2009 02:33 AM

[quote="themetfairy":30py5whm][quote="Iubitul":30py5whm] Today, the school was dedicated, with the mayor heading the festivities - here, she is demonstrating one of the pottery wheels in the art wing for the visitors today.[/quote:30py5whm] Is the she your daughter or the mayor?[/quote:30py5whm] My daughter - I don't think John Destefano would like being referred to as "she"

themetfairy Mar 29 2009 05:56 AM

Well, it's not like a female principal is something out of the ordinary.

themetfairy Mar 30 2009 10:48 AM

This is the gift that the Mets are giving to 2009 season ticket holders.

soupcan Mar 30 2009 07:13 PM

Its pretty craptastic if you ask me.

Kong76 Mar 30 2009 07:20 PM

Very disappointing after opening two boxes and some blue tissue paper to find that this afternoon.

metsmarathon Mar 30 2009 09:38 PM

i've been meaning to post more pictures from hawaii. this looks like a picture i wouldn't think i was capable of (though, really, the camera did all the work) a balcony of the sheraton waikiki, at night. same balcony, in daylight. with people.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 30 2009 09:46 PM

nice. we're there next year, i promise.

A Boy Named Seo Mar 31 2009 11:40 AM

Wow, the night shot is great. And you marathons make a beautiful couple. I see no trace of Glavine anywhere.

Edgy DC Mar 31 2009 11:45 AM

The night shot is perfect for this thread, as it actually looks like cheese.

themetfairy Mar 31 2009 02:12 PM

Lovely :)

themetfairy Mar 31 2009 03:02 PM

The forsythia in my front yard are just starting to bloom -

metsmarathon Mar 31 2009 09:22 PM

this picture, of a lone palm tree in kapiolani park, i like. there's something about the lighting that really appeals to me. the sun wouldn't cooperate for most of the whole time we were there. the wife ran a womens only race that morning, and i brought the camera along. i was hoping for a sunrise over diamond head. this seems to capture a different mood entirely.

themetfairy Apr 02 2009 08:54 PM

Let's Go Mets!

cooby Apr 02 2009 08:57 PM

12 cuties. Which one is yours? (j/k)

themetfairy Apr 04 2009 04:12 PM

Sidearming lefty in action -

SteveJRogers Apr 04 2009 04:58 PM

What's the patch on the cap?

DocTee Apr 04 2009 05:02 PM

Nice to see that not one of those kids is a flat-brimmer. God I hate that look.

themetfairy Apr 04 2009 05:22 PM

[quote="SteveJRogers":3siva6y5]What's the patch on the cap?[/quote:3siva6y5] The MLB logo. We pay the licensing fees in this Little League.

themetfairy Apr 09 2009 11:10 AM

It's finally starting to look like spring around here. This is the callery pear tree in my front yard -

Farmer Ted Apr 09 2009 12:19 PM

It would be nice to know that 11 of those kids are Phillies fans forced to wear the Mets uni.

themetfairy Apr 09 2009 12:25 PM

Nah - there are a good number of Mets fans on that team. The manager drafted them that way. There are one or two MFY fans, but most of the kids root the right way.

metsguyinmichigan Apr 09 2009 02:09 PM

[quote="themetfairy"]Let's Go Mets!

MK has a smile that can light up a room. You see that photo, and you just have to say, "There's one happy, well-adjusted kid."

Couse, if he was stuck on the Lil Yankees, I wouldn't expect such a look.

themetfairy Apr 09 2009 02:35 PM

Thanks Michigan :)

Kong76 Apr 10 2009 04:52 PM

He has his Mom's smile, smiling cheeks, and smiling eyes (not to get her all big head on us) but it's true ... Tonight's grub ... Seafood a la Kong ... I hit one into the parking lot tonight.

A Boy Named Seo Apr 10 2009 04:54 PM

Man, that looks really good.

themetfairy Apr 10 2009 06:32 PM

Yes. Plus it looks like something I can eat on my diet - yum :)

dgwphotography Apr 11 2009 07:09 AM

oh man - that looks really good - post the recipe, please...

Kong76 Apr 11 2009 08:15 AM

There's no real recipe, per se, things like that just evolve. There's a lot of sliced garlic, a little chopped onion, and fresh chopped basil sauteed in olive oil and an unhealthy amount of salted butter (there goes the diet). Add some bottled clam juice, white wine, chicken broth (yes chicken broth), a little oregano, crushed red pepper, sea salt, crushed black pepper, and some fresh chopped clams. Simmer covered for a half hour on low heat. I use commercial pans so I just put another one on top and it makes a nice little stainless steel stove top oven. Make some penne or rigatoni and set aside while that's going on. Give the clams a two minute start covered and then add the shrimp, scallops and cook to your doneness. I don't like overcooked seafood. Throw the pasta in and mix it up and serve right in the pan. Why dirty a platter? Works good with mussells and squid but the squid looked old in the store and they didn't have any mussells left. If you use squid, cook the squid during the half hour simmer time. Squid is funny, you can cook it real quick sometimes and it's tender or you can cook it a half hour and it's ten- der. There is an in between point when it's rubbery. I've taken to cook squid at least 30-40 minutes these days.

themetfairy Apr 20 2009 01:59 PM

This is my Weight Watchers Lifetime Membership key. I earned it in 1986. It was tucked away in a drawer, because it seemed ridiculous to use it for anything while I was back to being overweight. Now I need to find a key to hang on it. I can use it again :)

soupcan Apr 21 2009 01:38 PM

Took these while in the Anza-Borrego desert last week. They are life-size sculptures of prehistoric creatures that were indiginous to the area. Website if you're interested: Galleta Meadows

themetfairy Apr 21 2009 01:43 PM

Very cool!

cooby Apr 21 2009 06:41 PM

They are really quite spectacular, what are they made of?

metsguyinmichigan Apr 21 2009 10:59 PM

Not sure why, but I like shots of baseball stuff laying around. This was in the visitors' dugout at Memorial Stadium in 1991.

themetfairy Apr 22 2009 05:14 AM

Very cool Michigan :)

soupcan Apr 22 2009 11:11 AM

[quote="cooby":18t68nlb]They are really quite spectacular, what are they made of?[/quote:18t68nlb] They're all made out of scrap metal. When first installed they are silver but very quickly the extreme elements give them a rusty patina. Up close they are really amazing. I did mention that they are prehistoric creatures but there are a few exceptions - the large Indian head, sits outside an area called 'Indian Head Ranch' and the rams are representative of animals that presently live in the foothills surrounding the desert. They are known as 'Borregos', hence the name of the desert- Anza-Borrego (Anza was the explorer who first came to the area).

Edgy DC Apr 22 2009 11:17 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 22 2009 11:24 AM

Yeah, I was showing them to my wife and had a hard time convincing her of the history of a now-extinct tribe of giant half-buried Indians on our continent.

soupcan Apr 22 2009 11:20 AM

Har-de-har-har-har.

Fman99 Apr 22 2009 11:28 AM

[quote="soupcan"]Took these while in the Anza-Borrego desert last week. They are life-size sculptures of prehistoric creatures that were indiginous to the area. Website if you're interested: Galleta Meadows

Nothing says fun like giant robotic desert animals chasing, eating and fucking each other.

soupcan Apr 22 2009 11:40 AM

Nobody is fucking. That vicious sabre tooth is attacking!!! GRRRRRRR!!!!!

metsguyinmichigan Apr 22 2009 12:30 PM

They're not as cool as a giant No. 42, but still pretty cool. :)

Benjamin Grimm Apr 22 2009 12:35 PM

[quote="soupcan":1s7bac1g]Nobody is fucking. That vicious sabre tooth is attacking!!! GRRRRRRR!!!!![/quote:1s7bac1g] Try seeing the world through Fman's eyes...

themetfairy Apr 25 2009 06:44 AM

Sunset over Citi Field -

Kong76 Apr 26 2009 03:37 PM

Took these through my windshield on blackberry, so they're not quality ... Fri afternoon in Elmsford, NY: Sat morning: Update tomorrow.

metirish Apr 26 2009 03:41 PM

Excellent Kong , very funny.

Frayed Knot Apr 26 2009 05:30 PM

I guess the road crew thought they were in [u:15qbb4eu]Elmer[/u:15qbb4eu]sford. Make that, woad crew. See any wabbits while you were there?

The Second Spitter May 24 2009 04:23 AM

I took this photo at an "Art by the Sea" exhibit last Feb. It made me think of a CPFer.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 24 2009 09:16 PM

Crazy sky over the roses tonight.

metirish May 24 2009 09:21 PM

Nice shot....

themetfairy May 30 2009 08:06 PM

A Mark Fidrych-esque moment -

themetfairy May 31 2009 05:35 PM

MK emulating Kase -

metsguyinmichigan May 31 2009 06:38 PM

MK is awesome -- and always very well-dressed.

cooby May 31 2009 06:47 PM

"I lost my white whisker!"

The Second Spitter Jun 01 2009 04:27 AM

[quote="themetfairy"]MK emulating Kase -

If Gary Carter read CPF he'd lodge a complaint about his number being reissued.

soupcan Jun 03 2009 09:43 AM

Got these pictures and story in a email... Wild. Just to warn you - the pics at the bottom are a little graphic From a friend in Tucson: Background: My brother, Daniel, was visiting a friend in Montana and touring through Glacier National Park . They were hiking up a CLOSED ROAD when they came upon this scene. It is evident that the mountain lion and bighorn sheep were fighting on the mountain and fell to their immediate death sometime during the struggle. Pay special attention to the mouth of the mountain lion.....as it still has sheep hide in its mouth! Tyson.

A Boy Named Seo Jun 03 2009 09:46 AM

gross.

Fman99 Jun 03 2009 09:48 AM

I can't fall asleep without a nice piece of mountain sheep hide to chew on.

cooby Jun 03 2009 07:38 PM

Sad, very sad.

Fman99 Jun 04 2009 12:12 PM

Pictures of Fgirl to lighten the mood in here...

Fman99 Jun 04 2009 12:13 PM

One more...

themetfairy Jun 04 2009 01:01 PM

What a cutie :)

Edgy DC Jun 10 2009 07:22 AM

My nephew/godson rocking 93rd Street with his band The Westys. My brother, forced to leave his own rock 'n' roll fantasies behind, can beseen behind my nephew's head in the Ruben Kinkaid role. Some of you may remember Mac as a mouthy little tike from the MOFo Picnic and the Blue Tarp lounge. You'll be happy to know that he's growng into quite the rock 'n' roll douchebag. Nah, he's alright.

soupcan Jun 10 2009 07:44 AM

Good rockstar hair.

Edgy DC Jun 10 2009 07:47 AM

Yeah. Maybe Duran Duran is hiring.

themetfairy Jun 10 2009 08:01 AM

That's Malcolm? Who allowed him to grow up?

Frayed Knot Jun 10 2009 08:03 AM

Edgy DC Jun 10 2009 08:11 AM

The Westys. They're not quite up to the standards of the original Recess Monkeys, but they make a joyful racket. By "joyful," I mean "tortured."

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 10 2009 08:25 AM

Clockwise from left: Danny Bonaduce II, bass; Rico Suavo, drums; Pat Androgestein, keyboards; Joplin Benatar, vocals; Rock Volume, lead guitar.

Fman99 Jun 10 2009 08:27 AM

[quote="Edgy DC":kcc929gr]The Westys. They're not quite up to the standards of the original Recess Monkeys, but they make a joyful racket. By "joyful," I mean "tortured."[/quote:kcc929gr] Great picture. Looks like an album cover photo.

Edgy DC Jun 10 2009 08:32 AM

My friend just dug up the Recess Monkeys --- the all-time standard bearer for pubescent rock bands, from Canada and elsewhere. This is so good, I had come to think I imagined it.

metirish Jun 10 2009 05:58 PM

Great pics of the band...very cool. Your nephew has the detached rock star persona going on? A few things , he's a good looking kid , plays guitar , plays actual gigs....I'd say he's doing alright...

themetfairy Jun 10 2009 07:39 PM

The jazz great of the future plays tonight -

themetfairy Jun 12 2009 12:09 PM

If you're going to eat potato chips, make them the official potato chips of the Mets!

metirish Jun 12 2009 12:42 PM

It's missing a picture of Jeff opposite the Mets logo.

themetfairy Jun 19 2009 08:51 PM

A close up shot of an apple slice floating in the appletini punch bowl -

themetfairy Jun 28 2009 07:04 PM

My friend and I came upon this big-ass turtle during a walk in the county park. He didn't seem afraid of us at all - ready to stare us down like Clint Eastwood.

themetfairy Jun 29 2009 05:41 PM

I never noticed until this evening that the Shea Stadium seats were manufactured by the Arlington Seating Co. -

SteveJRogers Jun 30 2009 05:38 PM

That blood red sunset from Friday night Closer shot of the Manhattan skyline, from the stairs leading up to Section 516/517 Over at Arthur Ashe Realizing something Shea had that Citi doesn't. A good view of the scoreboard over there at the USTA. Sometimes during the week or so leading up to the open, you could take a peek at scoreboard testing.

themetfairy Jul 02 2009 07:29 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 02 2009 07:32 PM

avi

themetfairy Jul 02 2009 07:30 PM

Nice pix Steve :) This is sunset tonight in the local county park -

themetfairy Aug 01 2009 06:40 PM

A gift from G-Fafif -

dgwphotography Aug 02 2009 11:33 AM

I went to ConnectiCon with my oldest yesterday. While I was waiting in the lobby for Ashley to get out of her last workshop, this guy sits down next to me, and starts playing his guitar...

themetfairy Aug 13 2009 01:22 PM

This is from the base of the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. The Canadian falls are to the right; the American falls to the left. The Maid of the Mist is under the rainbow.

themetfairy Aug 15 2009 06:07 AM

The Amazin' Cow, which is part of the Flushing Cow Parade, was at the Promenade Level food court at Citi Field last night -

themetfairy Aug 15 2009 06:14 AM

Mad Men Mr. Met -

Kong76 Aug 15 2009 07:04 AM

Holy cow!

dgwphotography Aug 15 2009 07:24 PM

The sunset as viewed from the Pepsi Porch

Kong76 Aug 15 2009 07:57 PM

Pretty shot. I hope the next time I'm on the Pepsi Porch it's for a night game. Off to WebMD to look up sunstroke.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 15 2009 09:11 PM

That's a pretty extreme shift, putting two guys in right field like that.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 16 2009 05:17 AM

Positioning them with their backs to home plate is also interesting strategy. No wonder the team is in fourth place.

A Boy Named Seo Aug 19 2009 12:18 PM

Just before me & my girlie climbed up Half Dome at Yosemite.

soupcan Aug 19 2009 12:21 PM

'zat a ladder?

A Boy Named Seo Aug 19 2009 12:39 PM

There's a set of 2 steel cables drilled into the rock (I think originally by John Muir). About every 10 feet or so is a wooden board to get your footing on. Someone slipped and died off this thing two weeks before we got there. It's kinda steep and once in a while a little scary, so of course she's one-handing it. The real bitch of it is that there's 2-way traffic on those cables. Here's us on the way back down:

metirish Aug 19 2009 12:41 PM

Very cool pix Seo......when were you there?

dgwphotography Aug 19 2009 12:47 PM

and she's not wearing a harness?

A Boy Named Seo Aug 19 2009 12:57 PM

We were there a little over a month or so. No, only saw 2 people with harnesses. One guy had his kid harnessed in (he was maybe 10 or so) and one other guy. That was it. The cables are thick and can be a pain on the hands. There's a giant pile of communal gloves at the bottom and you can grab a pair for the trip up and back. It's pretty gross, but necessary. One of my gloves was ripped and I got a couple nicks from the cable on my bare hand. Some people had no business on that thing and it made it harder for others who were a little more prepared for it. Pretty dangerous and there's basically no rules or anything. Great views, though.

themetfairy Aug 19 2009 01:13 PM

Nice pix Seo, and what a great climb! WTG :)

Fman99 Aug 19 2009 01:18 PM

[quote="dgwphotography"] The sunset as viewed from the Pepsi Porch

Hey DGW any chance I could get you to email or send me a big version of this for my own use as a desktop background at work? Like, say 2560x1024?

seawolf17 Aug 19 2009 01:18 PM

Holy frig, that's scary as hell.

Frayed Knot Aug 19 2009 01:35 PM

[quote="seawolf17":3a88wuj4]Holy frig, that's scary as hell.[/quote:3a88wuj4] Bah, it's the freakin' Half-Dome. Too wimpy, I notice, to try the FULL Dome! It's like taking the kiddie ride.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 19 2009 01:40 PM

Huh! I was at Yosemite in 2007 and wasn't even aware of that! (I remember thinking that the maps and handouts at Yosemite weren't all that they ought to have been. Nearby Sequoia did a much better job.)

MFS62 Aug 19 2009 01:46 PM

If you could get me to try that climb (it would have to be a gunpoint), by the time I got half way up I would have probably set a world's record for non-stop screaming. I hate heights. I got dizzy looking at the great pics. Later

A Boy Named Seo Aug 19 2009 01:57 PM

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":3ojdgwhs]Huh! I was at Yosemite in 2007 and wasn't even aware of that! (I remember thinking that the maps and handouts at Yosemite weren't all that they ought to have been. Nearby Sequoia did a much better job.)[/quote:3ojdgwhs] Half Dome and El Capitan are the two most recognizable sights in the park. We camped right in Yosemite Village and the hike up to Half Dome was 17mi round trip from the campsite. Long ass day (and then we drove back to LA that night!) Here's Half Dome from afar. This was taken on the hike to Yosemite Falls the day before. Once you get to the base of that thing, the cables are the last bit to the top. We were only there 2 and half days or so, so we went to the visitor center for maps, but ran into the same. The woman at the desk kept trying to talk us into doing other stuff in the village and gave us a couple of visitor guides and like a newspaper, but yeah, the help wasn't all that. Very crowded, but insanely beautiful. Here's one more and that's it, I promise. Nevada Falls, IIRC.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 07 2009 08:46 PM Re: CHEESE!

Let's see how this will/won't work... hmmm... ah fuk it

themetfairy Sep 10 2009 06:11 AM Re: CHEESE!

themetfairy Sep 10 2009 06:13 AM Re: CHEESE!

Wow - the image tag really does work! Instead of risking mucking up the picture above, I'll just explain it here. I took the photo at Citi Field last Friday night. Right before the game started, Angel Pagan threw a ball to D-Dad. That's the ball, and the glove, sitting on the outfield wall in front of our seats (which were in the first row of the Big Apple seating area).

themetfairy Sep 10 2009 06:16 AM Re: CHEESE!

This was taken the same time as the ball/glove picture above. They're leftover M&M's from MK's Bar Mitzvah. We had those little bags at every place setting at the reception, and we took some of the leftovers to the ballgame.

Kong76 Sep 13 2009 11:32 AM Re: CHEESE!

KB left me (not literally) and I tailgated by myself in the kitchen. J E T S Jets Jets Jets

cooby Sep 13 2009 12:09 PM Re: CHEESE!

Yum! Is that catfish I spy?

Kong76 Sep 13 2009 01:33 PM Re: CHEESE!

yuppers ©

themetfairy Oct 03 2009 06:56 PM Re: CHEESE!

D-Dad with the foul ball he caught today. This extended Jeff Francouer's at-bat in the 8th inning.

Kong76 Oct 03 2009 07:06 PM Re: CHEESE!

Nice!

metsmarathon Oct 16 2009 08:32 AM Re: CHEESE!

looking out my back door at yesterday's snow, with the back yard's typical compliment of deer. actually, four deer is a light day...

Edgy DC Oct 16 2009 08:43 AM Re: CHEESE!

Table on my patio Covered with October snow Got to grab my camera, take a picture of the scene One buck and three pretty does Looking on in bored repose Doo, doo, doo, lookin out my back door.

metsmarathon Oct 16 2009 09:14 AM Re: CHEESE!

excellent!

Kong76 Oct 17 2009 02:30 PM Re: CHEESE!

Cool picture, 'thon ... you should charge them rent they look so comfortable. Our dinner, well our marinating dinner to be ...

themetfairy Nov 06 2009 05:54 PM Re: CHEESE!

Dinner tonight -

Kong76 Nov 08 2009 10:34 AM Re: CHEESE!

First one to a heart attack wins! Steak and sharp cheddar three egg omelet with enchalada sauce ... You know you're in deep when it doesn't fit on the plate.

soupcan Nov 08 2009 11:01 AM Re: CHEESE!

Why are you eating on a towel?

Kong76 Nov 08 2009 11:21 AM Re: CHEESE!

Artistic license ... the plate doesn't go with the table cloth lol.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 08 2009 07:58 PM Re: CHEESE!

metirish Nov 08 2009 08:04 PM Re: CHEESE!

Really great pictures......I swear I'll be looking out for Ivan in the WWE in the years to come...

Rockin' Doc Nov 08 2009 08:46 PM Re: CHEESE!

That's some big time air Lunchpail has in the first picture. Either he used a trampoline or the boy has some serious hops.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 08 2009 10:20 PM Re: CHEESE!

The secret is his uncle threw him. I was thrilled just to get it in the frame.

Rockin' Doc Nov 09 2009 09:35 PM Re: CHEESE!

I have been going through old photos and putting them in albums for easier viewing. This is from a family trip to Orlando in 1998. We spent 4 days taking in Disney World and another day at Sea World Orlando.

cooby Nov 13 2009 06:46 AM Re: CHEESE!

You know, just looking at this guy, you get the feeling something is a little off with him.

metirish Nov 13 2009 07:12 AM Re: CHEESE!

Geeting roused from his beauty sleep like that......he looks a whole lot different now BTW.

themetfairy Nov 21 2009 09:20 AM Re: CHEESE!

These are my original engagement and wedding rings (we replaced them with a two-toned gold band with diamonds that never leaves my finger for our 25th anniversary). I lost the rings in the sofa Thursday night and was distraught. D-Dad surprised me this morning by taking the sofa apart, retrieving the rings, and putting the sofa back together.

Kong76 Nov 21 2009 09:56 AM Re: CHEESE!

Did D-Dad or I tell you how I almost lost my wedding ring at the Miami game? I got lucky, we were throwing around a football and my ring slipped off without my feeling it and fortunately the good honest folk tail-gaiting next to us picked it up and gave it to me.

themetfairy Nov 21 2009 10:30 AM Re: CHEESE!

I hadn't heard that one. Glad that you got the ring back!

themetfairy Nov 25 2009 10:21 PM Re: CHEESE!

I took this shot of a faceoff at tonight's Devils/Ottawa game -

themetfairy Nov 29 2009 01:24 PM Re: CHEESE! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 29 2009 05:30 PM

This morning we were helping my dad clear out his home so that he can put it on the market. He let me keep this poster. The event took place in 1972 (thanks to G-Fafif for narrowing down the date based on a 1972 calendar) at my parents' temple on Long Island; since my dad was the Men's Club president at the time, he got to keep the poster. I don't remember much about the actual event, except that it was very exciting to have a 1969 Met talking to us at our temple and then signing autographs.

Kong76 Nov 29 2009 01:32 PM Re: CHEESE!

That's really nice.

themetfairy Nov 29 2009 01:35 PM Re: CHEESE!

Thanks Kase.

themetfairy Nov 29 2009 03:15 PM Re: CHEESE!

This is also from my parents' house. We had given it to them as a gift several years ago -

cooby Nov 29 2009 04:09 PM Re: CHEESE!

Oh so that's what you were talking about when you said you were helping to pack up your home....god love you, that is so painful. But those are nice momentos and you will treasure them because of their belonging to your mom and dad. I know, I have some of Dad's old Mets stuff, (mostly that I got him!). Give them some hugs :)

themetfairy Nov 29 2009 04:38 PM Re: CHEESE!

Will do coobs - thanks :) It's not my home - I went through that about twelve years ago. This is my folks' home in Pennsylvania, where they moved after my dad retired.

themetfairy Dec 10 2009 12:55 PM Re: CHEESE!

Thank you cooby - you rock!

cooby Dec 10 2009 06:20 PM Re: CHEESE!

Happy Hanukkah!

Kong76 Dec 20 2009 02:14 PM Re: CHEESE!

Christmas tree, Jets, CPF ... all in one shot!

themetfairy Dec 20 2009 04:21 PM Re: CHEESE!

Pretty Kase :)

Kong76 Dec 20 2009 04:55 PM Re: CHEESE!

Looks better now that it's dark, but I'm too lazy. We have a lotta freakin' ornaments ... some from you :-)

metirish Dec 20 2009 05:09 PM Re: CHEESE!

Lorcan enjoying his first real snow

dgwphotography Dec 27 2009 03:46 PM Re: CHEESE!

Thad DeBrock at last night's Ari Hest Concert

cooby Dec 29 2009 09:07 AM Re: CHEESE!

Who the hell is this Kendra person and why the hell do we have to look at her baby pictures every god damn day?

Rockin' Doc Dec 29 2009 11:03 AM Re: CHEESE!

I think cooby has finally lost it. What baby pictures are you talking about? I don't see any in this thread. Was your comment intended for the "thread without a purpose" perhaps?

cooby Dec 29 2009 02:34 PM Re: CHEESE!

What'd I tell you? Rockin Doc doesn't know who she is either. THank god some broad named "Kourtney" had one, so we can look at hers now for then next 10 friggin days when we check our email.

Rockin' Doc Dec 29 2009 04:42 PM Re: CHEESE!

I'm getting more confused and clueless with each time I open this thread.

cooby Dec 29 2009 05:26 PM Re: CHEESE!

Be glad you don't live with me

metsmarathon Jan 02 2010 11:33 PM Re: CHEESE!

it might be time to take the tree down when the branches droop enough that the ornaments can touch the ground...