Avocation

I've been doing lapidary work for about 40 years. It's where I go to relax and lose myself in the noise of the machines.

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Signs

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Abnormal

I dress like this about twice a year. I also noticed I could use a haircut. :-)

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Carnival

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Mecha-kraken!

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Feathers

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Afternoon Shower

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Osprey Perch

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Black Vulture

Waiting for the day's buffet

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Brown

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Bud Vase

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Foggy Swamp

In the stillness when the sun is just beginning to come up.

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Doe, ...a deer, ...a female deer...

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The Dark Knight

LOOK! The Bat Signal tells Batman that Gotham needs help!

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Plastic Hunter

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Nature's Curves

This is a cross section of a fossilized Ammonite, an early cephalopod with a shell. They lived between 65 and 400 million years ago.

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Nosferatu

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Summer Corn

It's always a sure sign of summer around here when the sweet corn is ripe. Right off the stalk with a little butter, salt, and pepper - joined with a pepperjack cheeseburger right from the grill!

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Splendor in the Grass

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Winter

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Kinda Old

...but still working .

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Strange Bedfellows

Our cat will sit there forever letting the dog groom her.

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Foliage

Where we live, autumn announces its presence loud and clear!

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Turf

local ball field

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