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I have recently been learning how to prepare some simple meals and side dishes. For example, I now know how to make scrambled eggs, mashed potatoes, and turkey dressing.
Now, you may scoff, especially at the eggs and potatoes. But the thing is, I didn't know how, and thought I really should learn.
So I did.
Like a bicycle for kids with its two extra wheels, or like a baby owl afraid to jump out of its nest and fly for the first time, this MIG plane is gathering confidence until a boost takes it far away in Kyrgyzstan's sky.
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So this was me yesterday. And partly today. Except today I actually bothered to put on real pants. I have an intense research paper due tomorrow and that's basically my life at the moment. So if there's no photo tomorrow it'll be due to me having my face stuck in books and journal articles and such. And probably where it should be now actually...
We went to a small zoo in Bowmanville, Ontario. During the show they brought out these darling lion cubs (3 months old). They were so cute we just wanted to take them home!
We also learned the difference between the "big" cats (lion, tiger, panther) and the small cats ... the roar! Big cats can roar, but not purr ... smaller cats can purr, but not roar. There's your animal lesson for the day.
These ROTC youngsters were learning how to raise the flag correctly. My walking group stopped and joined them in a short patriotic ceremony. 8AM.
UC Berkeley.
This is the grand vaulted ceiling over the main stairway at the John Rylands Library in Manchester. Although this has the look of a high-Gothic cathedral it actually dates to the late Victorian. (It opened in 1900.) It is now part of the University of Manchester. It was one of the first public buildings in the city ever designed to use electric lighting.
To capture the range of light and dark in this scene this shot incorporates three blended exposures with a 6-stop range.
Attn: This is Ross Dawson's Social Media Strategy Framework. Since work = learning, I retitled it just to get people thinking. Please refer to Ross's original, a powerful piece of work.