Month: December 2009
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The Baby Elephant
The original Double Elephant Folio edition of J.J. Audubon’s Birds of America publish around 1826 came in at a weight of about 56 pounds. I received the Baby Elephant edition for Christmas which comes in at about 20 pounds. Heavy. Each page is 11 3/4 x 15 inches. The paper is appropriately thick. This is…
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Christmas Dinner
When I was a little kid the idea of working on Christmas day was for the most part unheard of. But now, in the seasons greetings era those taboos are long gone. For now those of us who celebrate Christmas can go out for dinner from those that don’t. Just another day for them.
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Merry Christmas
The picture was not taken by me. I like the snow, the depth of it, the coverage of the trees and the framing of the picture. It is a picture of the old town of Sonneberg, Germany. Travelling out of the valley is where the newer part of town is located. When we were there…
