Wax

Second in an occasional series...

Algebra II

Checking homework solutions on the teacher's website

Survivor

Weeks after the first frost, a stray impatien thrives in a window well

Pipkin

Repeat appearance

Opening Night

Scenes from the freshmen theater group's hilarious Murder's in the Heir

Warmth

Our friend relaxes just beyond the shadows of the house

State Championship Day

"The road to Columbus is paved one mile at a time" - Coach Richie, Summer '09

The race started - and finished - on the Scioto Downs infield

Participation Award... or, as he prefers, Certificate of Greatness

Clover

Full

Another cold and windy day in Troy

Opening straightaway

A mile into the Troy Regionals, runners begin to separate into packs

Twenty runners in the tight third pack - just after mile one

State qualifiers

Mythological Costume

Inspired by the ancient Greeks

Mushrooms

In their final hours

Next Up: Regionals

The course was a good test for the boys... and for Tide Detergent

Sixteen Years Old?

Rescued from our dusty windowsill and carried outside to fly away

Trumpets sit in the back

Potential benefit to switching to the flute: Clearer photos

Repeat

On a cold and muddy morning, conference champs again

Searching

Turkey Vulture along the highway

The First To Fall

I liked them better on the tree...

The First To Change

Emerald Ash decked in gold

Thistle

Summer and fall

Orange Barrels, Orange Sky

Encouragement

Midwest Meet Of Champions

Violators

Complete disregard

Adidas Saturday Night Lights

Cross Country after dark:

First Place for the Good Guys... but terrible action photography

Overpass

Paddock Road crossing I-75

Glimpse

Rainclouds break, briefly

Glamor

Maybe it's Maybelline

Sprint To The Finish

Alliance Invitational

The Script

Miss Withers

Honeybees

Playing with some new macro filters

Short timer

Pataskala sunflower

Out of the woods

The Pataskala course twice had the boys out of view for 4 minutes

Circuitous

A bolt of lightning finds its way to the ground

Are you looking at me?

Wasp, interrupted.

In Step

Strong showing for the Good Guys this morning

Circle of Life

A young finch tearing apart our Hosta

New Season

Five minutes before the gun

First day...

... of 9th and 11th grades

New Spikes

Time trials today

Grass Trimming

One of our backyard friends, lending a hand

On The Hook

American Goldfinch

Hosta

(and 6-legged friend)

Variety

Teaching herself a new instrument

Garden At Night

Young's Dairy Farm

Yellow Springs, Ohio

Dragonflies

Detail

"When two dragonflies love each other very much..."

Darting about

Odd Couple

Goldfinch and Mourning Dove

Mahketewah Lake

Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum

Effort

Summer tune-up race for the cross country team

Dreaming of Roy Halladay

Too bad the Sox didn't get the Jay they needed last weekend

iPod Touch

Stick Wars app (level 120)

Thief

The birds have competition...

American Black Vulture

Spotted yesterday alongside Rt 177 in Morning Sun OH

Backing down from my challenge, apparently

Red-Tailed Hawk

Soaring...

Watching...

"He gone" --Ken Harrelson

Rainy Morning

Sleepy

House sparrow catching a few winks atop our grill

Hungry Bird

American Tree Sparrow with his mouth full

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Food Fight

C'mon, there's plenty to go around

Joust

Neighbors, apparently settling their differences in the backyard

Sunset

As seen from Flight 3121

Swim

Indian Point - Mt. Desert Island, ME

Red Adirondack Chairs

Indian Point - Mt. Desert Island, ME

Call

White Throated Sparrow atop Cadillac Mountain

Bloom

Cadillac Mountain - Acadia National Park, ME

Ocean View

Summit - Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, ME

Sprint

Cadillac Mountain - Acadia National Park, ME

Waterproof... to a point

After the scramble down Mt. Roosevelt

Killington View Outcrop

Thunderstorms chased us all the way down Mt. Roosevelt

Search

Looking for the Mt. Roosevelt, VT trailhead

Sweet Cream and Cookies

Ben and Jerry's Factory - Waterbury, VT

...Down

Spruce Mountain Alpine Slide - Stowe, Vermont

Up...

Spruce Mountain Alpine Slide - Stowe, Vermont

Moose Sighting

From a respectful distance

Wildflowers

Pico Peak, Vermont

Pico Peak, Vermont

The best views from Pico are found just below the summit

Snack time

Catching a break on the way down from Pico Peak

Wings

Sherbourne Pass Trail to Pico Peak, VT