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Welcome to the last (yahoo!!!) day of  30 Days of Photos , where 18 bloggers participated in posting a photo a day for 30 days. Here are the other 17 idiots you can visit one last time (sniff) after you've been here: Ziva ,  Mike ,  Nicky & Mike ,  Mo ,  Meleah ,  Bryan ,  Mariann ,  Malissa ,  Nora ,  Laughing Mom ,  Tanya ,  Elizabeth ,  00dozo ,  Cheryl ,  Kristen  and  Katherine This, my friends is the last day of our little 30 Days of Photos exercise. It's been a long haul. And a challenging one, coming up with a photo each day to match those dastardly daily themes. And I've saved the best for last. The devil. My first impulse was to post a picture of Ziva and Mike, the hosts of this hellish little exercise. They really put us through our paces. But getting Ziva from Finland and Mike from Colorado together for a picture, let alone that those two could agree on anything from one day to the next, was easier said than done. So we're going with t

Welcome to the second last day of  30 Days of Photos , where 18 bloggers are participating in posting a photo a day for 30 days. Here are the other 17 you can visit after you've been here: Ziva ,  Mike ,  Nicky & Mike ,  Mo ,  Meleah ,  Bryan ,  Mariann ,  Malissa ,  Nora ,  Laughing Mom ,  Tanya ,  Elizabeth ,  00dozo ,  Cheryl ,  Kristen  and  Katherine These lines are actually bleachers at the soccer field near our house. They haven't started to play yet. But when they do you can bet parents and family members will be lining up to watch.

Welcome to  30 Days of Photos , where 18 bloggers are participating in posting a photo a day for 30 days. Here are the other 17 you can visit after you've been here: Ziva ,  Mike ,  Nicky & Mike ,  Mo ,  Meleah ,  Bryan ,  Mariann ,  Malissa ,  Nora ,  Laughing Mom ,  Tanya ,  Elizabeth ,  00dozo ,  Cheryl ,  Kristen  and  Katherine Today's theme is "outlier". One of the definitions of outlier is:  "someone   who   stands   apart   from   others   of   his   or   her   group,  as   by   differing   actions,   beliefs,   religious   practices,   etc.. .  Synonyms:   outsider,   nonconformist,   maverick;   original,  eccentric,   bohemian;   dissident,   dissenter,   iconoclast,  heretic." We have a friend who fits this description to a tee. Tee for Terry. Terry runs a restaurant called Hino's. A Japanese restaurant...because Terry Hino is Japanese. Terry's run his restaurant for close to 30 years. We discovered him about 10 y

Welcome to  30 Days of Photos , where 18 bloggers are participating in posting a photo a day for 30 days. Here are the other 17 you can visit after you've been here: Ziva ,  Mike ,  Nicky & Mike ,  Mo ,  Meleah ,  Bryan ,  Mariann ,  Malissa ,  Nora ,  Laughing Mom ,  Tanya ,  Elizabeth ,  00dozo ,  Cheryl ,  Kristen  and  Katherine Well look at him. Guess who? Yeah that's me about 59 years ago. I took a picture of that picture a couple of days ago. Hey you didn't want to see a picture of a nude 59 year old man, did you? Trust me. You don't. It's appropriate I'm in my birthday suit. Tomorrow's my birthday! The big 6-0!

Welcome to  30 Days of Photos , where 18 bloggers are participating in posting a photo a day for 30 days. Here are the other 17 you can visit after you've been here: Ziva ,  Mike ,  Nicky & Mike ,  Mo ,  Meleah ,  Bryan ,  Mariann ,  Malissa ,  Nora ,  Laughing Mom ,  Tanya ,  Elizabeth ,  00dozo ,  Cheryl ,  Kristen  and  Katherine I don't know who the hell chose the themes for this little exercise but today's is one of those themes that really left me scratching my head. I mean who the heck wants to see a picture of my toothbrush? Well, here's a bonus for you guys. Here's a picture of my toothbrush and my wife's. I know. Pretty risque, eh? A photo of two toothbrushes co-habitating in a cup with a tube of toothpaste. I may have started an internet phenomenon.  It could go viral. Two toothbrushes, one cup.

Don't forget to mosey on over to dufus daze for this week's Pause Ponder and Pun caption contest. This week's winner could win a fantastic prize...or not. **** Welcome to  30 Days of Photos , where 18 bloggers are participating in posting a photo a day for 30 days. Here are the other 17 you can visit after you've been here: Ziva ,  Mike ,  Nicky & Mike ,  Mo ,  Meleah ,  Bryan ,  Mariann ,  Malissa ,  Nora ,  Laughing Mom ,  Tanya ,  Elizabeth ,  00dozo ,  Cheryl ,  Kristen  and  Katherine Your servant here, he has been told to say it clear, to say it cold: It's over, it ain't going any further And now the wheels of heaven stop you feel the devil's riding crop Get ready for the future: it is murder  The lyrics are from Leonard Cohen's The Future . I like Leonard Cohen. I love his lyrics. Sometimes they can be a little dark. But, hey, we all have our moments. I hope to be around many more years to enjoy his lyrics. Dark mo

Welcome to  30 Days of Photos , where 18 bloggers are participating in posting a photo a day for 30 days. Here are the other 17 you can visit after you've been here: Ziva ,  Mike ,  Nicky & Mike ,  Mo ,  Meleah ,  Bryan ,  Mariann ,  Malissa ,  Nora ,  Laughing Mom ,  Tanya ,  Elizabeth ,  00dozo ,  Cheryl ,  Kristen  and  Katherine I took a bit of a different take on today's theme. I don't get out much and when I do I never really encounter a crowd. So how the heck will I take a picture of one?  So for today's pic I went to my music collection and pulled out a couple of my Crowded House CDs. Do you know them? Crowded House is an Australian band that started out as Split Enz in the 70s, the brainchild of Neil Finn who hailed from New Zealand. They were most popular in the decade beginning in the mid 80s. Brother Tim also played in the group. One of my favourite Crowded House songs is Don't Dream It's Over . Neil and his br

Welcome to  30 Days of Photos , where 18 bloggers are participating in posting a photo a day for 30 days. Here are the other 17 you can visit after you've been here: Ziva ,  Mike ,  Nicky & Mike ,  Mo ,  Meleah ,  Bryan ,  Mariann ,  Malissa ,  Nora ,  Laughing Mom ,  Tanya ,  Elizabeth ,  00dozo ,  Cheryl ,  Kristen  and  Katherine Well, here are the fish. The only tale I have is that I took their picture at the supermarket when I was doing the grocery shopping last Friday. They didn't even smile.

Ha, ha, ha, what a great collection of the week's political cartoons. Where? Over on  dufus daze , naturally. **** Welcome to  30 Days of Photos.  We're in the home stretch with just a week to go. Thank God! (Did I just say that out loud?) So this is where 18 bloggers are participating in posting a photo a day for 30 days. Here are the other 17 you can visit, who are equally happy there's only 7  - aw damn, Cheryl tells me there's 8 - more days, after you've been here: Ziva ,  Mike ,  Nicky & Mike ,  Mo ,  Meleah ,  Bryan ,  Mariann ,  Malissa ,  Nora ,  Laughing Mom ,  Tanya ,  Elizabeth ,  00dozo ,  Cheryl ,  Kristen  and  Katherine A portrait with a twist...of tangerine(s), baby tomato and a banana.  Aw, why so serious? Just one more week to go.

Welcome to  30 Days of Photos , where 18 bloggers are participating in posting a photo a day for 30 days. Here are the other 17 you can visit after you've been here: Ziva ,  Mike ,  Nicky & Mike ,  Mo ,  Meleah ,  Bryan ,  Mariann ,  Malissa ,  Nora ,  Laughing Mom ,  Tanya ,  Elizabeth ,  00dozo ,  Cheryl ,  Kristen  and  Katherine One morning on my Panama visit I got up early, about 5:30am, and hit the beach with my iPhone camera. I walked east. I wanted to get some shots of the sunrise. I did and the pics were spectacular. After I had enough pics I turned back to retrace my steps.  Look what I saw in the western sky. Here's a pic of the moon setting.  Gorgeous. And look at that lovely, peaceful beach. You can tell I was the only idiot up at that hour.

Welcome to  30 Days of Photos , where... whoa, whoa, whoa, you really want me to go through all of this again? Yeah? Okay. 18 bloggers are participating in posting a photo a day for 30 days. Here are the other 17 you can visit after you've been here: Ziva ,  Mike ,  Nicky & Mike ,  Mo ,  Meleah ,  Brya n,  Mariann ,  Malissa ,  Nora ,  Laughing Mom ,  Tanya ,  Elizabeth ,  00dozo ,  Cheryl ,  Kristen  and  Katherine This is a cockatoo, parrot, bird thingy. He lives in the zoo at El Valle in Panama. He says "Hola" a lot. I think he thought I was going to give him food. He poked his head through the fence. He must have been disappointed. I only took his picture.  

Welcome to  30 Days of Photos , where 18 bloggers are participating in posting a photo a day for 30 days. Here are the other 17 you can visit after you've been here: Ziva ,  Mike ,  Nicky & Mike ,  Mo ,  Meleah ,  Bryan ,  Mariann ,  Malissa ,  Nora ,  Laughing Mom ,  Tanya ,  Elizabeth ,  00dozo ,  Cheryl ,  Kristen  and  Katherine In this instance the light at the end of the tunnel, while white, is not an approaching speeding train. This is the (in)famous Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel in Montreal (Hi Nicky and Mike!). On Easter weekend my wife and I were traveling from Victoriaville (which likes to think of itself as the poutine capital of the world) to Montreal (the roads and bridges under construction capital of the world). The bridge travels beneath the main shipping channel of the St. Lawrence River.  It's scary. Tiles have fallen off the tunnel walls. It's always dripping. I have visions of that movie 2012 with John Cusack every time I p

Don't forget to stop by dufus daze for our latest instalment of Pause Ponder and Pun. Katniss Everdeen has nothing on today's edition... **** Meanwhile, in an unknown dimension found in a dastardly rip in the time-space continuum... Welcome to  30 Days of Photos , where yadda, yadda, yadda, 18 hijacked hooligans bloggers are being forced unmercifully participating in posting a photo a day for a frakkin' month 30 days. Here are the other 17 suckers you can visit after you've been here: Ziva ,  Mike ,  Nicky & Mike ,  Mo ,  Meleah ,  Bryan ,  Mariann ,  Malissa ,  Nora ,  Laughing Mom ,  Tanya ,  Elizabeth ,  00dozo ,  Cheryl ,  Kristen  and  Katherine Okay, I know you guys have missed my little history lessons, so sit back and enjoy. This is a picture of the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. It was built to commemorate Canada's centennial - hence the name - and unveiled in 1967 on, uh, the, like, centennial of our c

Welcome to  30 Days of Photos , where 18 bloggers are participating in posting a photo a day for 30 days. Here are the other 17 you can visit after you've been here: Ziva ,  Mike ,  Nicky & Mike ,  Mo ,  Meleah ,  Bryan ,  Mariann ,  Malissa ,  Nora ,  Laughing Mom ,  Tanya ,  Elizabeth ,  00dozo ,  Cheryl ,  Kristen  and  Katherine I think one of my favourite Groucho Marx quotes has got to be, "Time flies like an arrow but fruit flies like a banana." Funny guy, that Groucho. One of my favourite Rolling Stones songs has got to be Time Is On My Sid e, an oldy but a goodie from 1964. It was their first U.S. top 10 hit and they performed it on their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show.  But all that aside this theme gave me some trouble and as time ticked away I wracked my brain wondering what the heck I could come with. Seconds away from my deadline, I finally remembered what I had stashed in the bottom drawer of my bedside table. Yep, all t

Welcome to  30 Days of Photos , where 18 bloggers are participating in posting a photo a day for 30 days. Here are the other 17 you can visit after you've been here: Ziva ,  Mike ,  Nicky & Mike ,  Mo ,  Meleah ,  Bryan ,  Mariann ,  Malissa ,  Nora ,  Laughing Mom ,  Tanya ,  Elizabeth ,  00dozo ,  Cheryl ,  Kristen  and  Katherine If you're a regular follower of my blog you'll know that last month I spent 2 weeks in Panama, mostly golfing and imbibing a Balboa or Corona or two on my brother-in-law's balcony. But there were days we ventured out of the tranquility of the Bijao Beach and Golf complex such as the day we headed out to El Valle to take in the sights and visit the local zoo. This is the church in El Valle, presumably built many years ago. It has a simplicity yet beauty about it. I'm not a church-goer, but I was attracted to this temple of worship. The majority of Panamanians, by the way, are Catholic. The church may appear or

For our regulars expecting to find Sunday Funnies  here, just jog on over to dufus daze where the week's best editorial cartoons are on display. Meanwhile, back at the ranch... **** Welcome to  30 Days of Photos , where 18 bloggers are participating in posting a photo a day for 30 days. Here are the other 17 you can visit after you've been here: Ziva ,  Mike ,  Nicky & Mike ,  Mo ,  Meleah ,  Bryan ,  Mariann ,  Malissa ,  Nora ,  Laughing Mom ,  Tanya ,  Elizabeth ,  00dozo ,  Cheryl ,  Kristen  and  Katherine Well, we're into week 3 of our little photo sojourn. The half-way point. Yippee. Only two more weeks to go. So settle back and let's see what's yet to develop.  "Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice." (Henry Ford) A couple of years ago we had to chop down a huge maple tree in our backyard. It had split and we were worried it might fall on the house in a heavy wind.  The wood from that tree has last

If you're looking for this week's results from Pause Ponder and Pun scoot on over to dufus daze where all is revealed, and then some. **** Welcome to  30 Days of Photos , where 18 bloggers are participating in posting a photo a day for 30 days. Here are the other 17 you can visit after you've been here: Ziva ,  Mike ,  Nicky & Mike ,  Mo ,  Meleah ,  Bryan ,  Mariann ,  Malissa ,  Nora ,  Laughing Mom ,  Tanya ,  Elizabeth ,  00dozo ,  Cheryl ,  Kristen  and  Katherine Remember Level 42, the British pop-rock, jazz-funk group from the 80s? One of their biggest hits was   Something About You . Yeah, well, this post isn't about them at all. It's about the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything. Unless you've been living under a rock - and not that there's anything wrong with that - you'd know that 42 was the answer. Not that anyone knows the question, mind you. This whole construct is one of

Welcome to  30 Days of Photos , where 18 bloggers are participating in posting a photo a day for 30 days. Here are the other 17 you can visit after you've been here: Ziva ,  Mike ,  Nicky & Mike ,  Mo ,  Meleah ,  Bryan ,  Mariann ,  Malissa ,  Nora ,  Laughing Mom ,  Tanya ,  Elizabeth ,  00dozo ,  Cheryl ,  Kristen  and  Katherine There are many things in life that give me pleasure. #1 of course is my wife. Life with her is a dream. And I'm not sharing my dreams, just so you know. I love golf, as many of you know, music, books and classic TV series on DVD. When I was in Panama last month we went out to dinner at a Japanese restaurant at the Bijao Hilton Hotel. The kind of restaurant where they cook what you order right in front of you. It's called teppanyaki cuisine and it makes for a fun night out. This was dessert. A Petit Gateau Chocolate and Ice Cream. It really was the epitome of pleasure on a plate.

Welcome to  30 Days of Photos , where 18 bloggers are participating in posting a photo a day for 30 days. Here are the other 17 you can visit after you've been here: Ziva ,  Mike ,  Nicky & Mike ,  Mo ,  Meleah ,  Bryan ,  Mariann ,  Malissa ,  Nora ,  Laughing Mom ,  Tanya ,  Elizabeth ,  00dozo ,  Cheryl ,  Kristen  and  Katherine And on Day 12 the photographer saw his shadow. Know what that means? I fear that there's still 18 more days of this frakkin' meme.

Hey it's Wednesday and time for Pause Ponder and Pun . You can find our latest pictorial punfest over at dufus daze today while we continue here with 30 Days of Pain Photos . So, welcome once more to  30 Days of Photos , where 18 self-flagelists bloggers are participating in posting a photo a day for 30 days. Here are the other 17 you can visit after you've been here: Ziva ,  Mike ,  Nicky & Mike ,  Mo ,  Meleah ,  Bryan ,  Mariann ,  Malissa ,  Nora ,  Laughing Mom ,  Tanya ,  Elizabeth ,  00dozo ,  Cheryl ,  Kristen  and  Katherine I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round I really love to watch them roll No longer riding on the merry-go-round I just had to let it go (John Lennon) I gave this bike to my wife for her 50th birthday not too long ago.  It's one of those retro bicycles made by Electra . Kinda cool.  Oops, I just realized that now you have some idea of her age, eh?  Sorry I mis-spoke honey.