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Thanksgiving weekend wound down and we had some dead time on Saturday afternoon. I headed out to find something new in Lawrence to photograph. Came across a cool bridge over the Wakarusa River that I stopped to photograph for awhile. Nothing earth-shattering, but kind of cool.

Okay, I'll eventually get more photos posted from Thanksgiving, but this one in particular deserved its own showcase. Here's my Special K, blissfully unaware of why I was taking this photograph.

In honor of Logann surviving long enough to see his 16th birthday I compiled a short video of some of his more memorable moments over the years. Sharing it with family just wasn't enough, so please click on the link below. ...Oh, and if you're wondering about this image in particular, we decided to wrap his presents in pages from the Victoria's Secret catalog. As evidenced by the color of his cheeks in this shot, we achieved our intended effect.

With a day of no concrete plans other than a trip to the shoe store (baby needs a new pair of shoes!), I found time to shoot -- even if only for less than an hour. Results were not terrible.



Shot at the railroad bridge and Visitors Center park in North Lawrence, I got a handful of photos and 2 or 3 HDRs out of it.

It's November, Autumn is meteorologically over, there is frost on the windows and mornings are welcoming us with temperatures in the teens, yet this stupid feline continues to exert deft ninja maneuvers to scoot out the door as soon as it's opened.

These are the looks I get from him on the occasions I actually manage to grab him by the tail as he rockets past me, headed for freedom. If I listen closely I can almost hear his little feline brain saying "While you're at work today I will do unspeakable things to your pillow."

I wandered into the front yard to try and photograph the Christmas lights on the house the other night. When I realized I couldn't get a decent shot hand-held, and was too lazy to go back inside and get my tripod, I decided to take a different approach -- open the shutter and wave the camera around. The results were kind of cool.

Don't get me wrong, we do like having the biggest tree in the neighborhood. A 100-year old oak shades our house in the front yard. When you look at the sattelite imagery, it dwarfs every other tree around. But this is the third time we've raked the yard this year and once again, you can't tell we've done a thing.

But, the kids love it. Andrew and Logann actually don't mind helping with this chore, provided it's not freezing outside. Martin and Jess are all about the leaf piles -- it works out pretty well.

And while the weather was nice on Sunday, the boys were ambitious enough to string lights on the house for Christmas. ...Though half of the lights can't be seen from the street because of that darn oak tree.

More photos here.

Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, now abandoned and in the process of being demolished, is about 20 minutes away in Desoto, KS.

One of these days I'll go back and hop the razor-wire fence to get some shots on the inside.

Making breakfast Saturday morning with some fresh mushrooms bought at the local grocer. Just looked too cool to eat without first shooting the ingredients. No other reason.

I got this impromptu shot of Kaysia at the kitchen table the other morning. Pure luck, but I really like the way it turned out.