Inauguration

2009-02-13 08:34:09 -0500
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This post is a little late, but I just uploaded this photo from my phone.

On Inauguration Day, some coworkers and I gathered in a conference room to work while we tuned in.

I thought this picture was funny...if you look closely, you'll notice we are all live-tweeting. Dorks.

Early Valentine's Day

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Storm moving out

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I took this photo as Neil and I headed out of the city last night. We saw some of the most beautiful clouds and several rainbows. It was definitely the calm before the storm. While we were watching Pi, a windstorm battered our house and sent debris flying down the street.

Turn, turn

Last weekend, we visited the Cincinnati Nature Center in Milford, where we were married. We had a heavy snow the week before, and then ice covered everything. On Saturday, the temperature rose, the sun came out and winter hinted at spring for a few hours.

It was a bright day and the snow was almost blinding. The sun glinted off the branches of all the trees, which looked like delicate glass. We had to be careful of huge drips from the treetops.

I was fascinated by the buds encased in ice. It's really so beautiful and symbolic it doesn't even need to be explained.

We walked out to the cabin in the middle of a field, where we saw snow shoe prints and the tracks of everyone, man and beast, who came before us.

Inside, small bird prints were scattered on the light snow that had drifted inside on the rough floor.

It was nice to visit in weather the complete opposite of what we had on our wedding day, which was hot and sticky but quite lovely when it cooled down in the evening. I love to see the seasons change, especially in the woods surrounding Krippendorf Lodge (pictured), on whose steps we said our vows.

Seasons change, so do we. We've gone through so much in three years, in fact, that it's almost hard to believe that's us standing on the steps in the early summer sun.

Ride Home From Work

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That evening, things were no better. This is a view on the way home--that's all ice. We slipped all the way home. It took about two hours.

The Ride to Work

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I used my iPhone to take a photo of the road conditions so coworkers could judge for themselves if they wanted to chance it.

It took me two hours on this particular day.

Oh, and my husband was driving, not me.

Mystery Rabbit

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The stenciled image above was spotted by Green Pilgrim in Portsmouth, Ohio. I was looking through his photostream for photos of my alma mater when I came across this. He has been searching for it's meaning, and I am now sucked in as well.

The only thing close to looking like a clue is this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/miho_stories/2395040245/

I also found an associated site, but it's in French.

There's a definite Alice in Wonderland vibe, but I can't read too much more into it. Ideas? Clues? Anyone?

Stranger's Photo

We found this photo in an antique shop in Portsmouth when we visited in December.

I love collecting the photos of strangers who have long since passed.

In this one, the boy is holding a toy gun and wearing what appears to be some sort of jester outfit with a fez.

I love trying to decipher what purpose such props had. Often I find symbols that have long since lost their meaning in our society.

-13

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Today it feels like -13 degrees in Cincinnati. I nearly froze walking the short distance from my car to my office building. I was the first one in and saw the sun rise over the river. The orange light spilled through the quiet office. It was a warm-looking, gorgeous sunrise, though outside it felt like there was no sun at all.

No!

No!

No shoes with wheels. Good, I hate those things.

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