A Little Dusty

Wow. It's a little dusty over here at the old blog. I guess you could say I took a bit of a sabbatical. That sounds so much better than I just never got around to blogging for the past month, right? So, how about some random catching up? You know much I love the randomness of life.

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One of the bigger events is that my oldest, Caleb, turned 19!

He loves to jump off of things. Of course, I love to photograph it.

He's just a smidgen under 6' tall now. Not that you can tell from the pictures. I can't believe he's 19, though. Where on earth did the time go?

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I took a trazillion, er, maybe 1800+ photos in October. Perhaps that's why I never blogged. I was behind the viewfinder much of the month. (So that's where I've been!) My niece is always a willing subject for my picture-taking madness.

But don't let this serene image fool you...

...she's really a wild child!

(Yes, that's a guinea pig on her shirt. They have 5 of them at their house. Not including the one on her shirt.)

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John had a birthday this month, too. But I won't tell you his age, since it's not polite after a certain point, right? But I will tell you that both the boys are taller than he is. Not that height has to do with age, either, but there it is. Zach's about 6'1-1/2". His goal is to be taller than his uncle, who is 6'3". Since he's just 17, I think he has a shot at it.

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We still had some beautiful fall colors, since the weather was so mild.

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We also had our first snow of the year.

I didn't say we had a LOT of snow. Just the first one.

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There were some amazing sunsets.

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We played with some long shutter speeds.

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We visited some friends at their barn. No, they're not llamas. But they've been friends for a long, long time now. We used to be next door neighbors, once upon a time.

These three were about 2, 6, and 4, respectively back in those days. And yes, they're all tall. Once again, the time it does fly.

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Not that there weren't other happenings in October, but based upon a somewhat quick perusal of the 1800+ pictures I took, these were some highlights. Besides, I think this post has gotten long enough. I should save something for tomorrow.