PICTURE POST II!

[Timby]

And one more because Spike decided to actually be cute a few minutes ago:

 

[Tom Hendricks]

Having a whole house generator installed today.

 

[RoJoHen]

My parents got one of those installed a couple years ago, mostly just to keep the sump pump running so that the basement doesn't flood.

 

[Tom Hendricks]

Here is the generator, fully installed and running.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Exactly like mine! Hope neither of us has to actually use them anytime soon...

 

[cooleddie74]

I don't have one of those generators, but thankfully my area only very, very rarely experiences the kinds of severe weather-related problems where one of those becomes a necessity. When power goes down in these parts it tends more often than not to come back up in a matter of a few short hours.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ But it only takes a few hours for (among other things) the food in your refrigerator to spoil...

 

[cooleddie74]

Too true. I know all too well. I've just held off on getting one for various reasons, largely the prices at the times when the idea came up.

 

[TheSeeker]

My wife sent me this picture of my daughter getting ready for her first real ballet class this afternoon.

 

[auntiehill]

Precious!

She looks like a Hummel figurine.

 

[think]

me and Steve Wozniak

from 11-15-11

 

[Gary7]

^ Very cool, think! Is Steve wearing his Nixie tube watch?

 

[Gary7]

 

[Kestra]

Couple pics that I took outside today. I was freezing so I couldn't mess around with settings or lenses, unfortunately.

 

[Mary Ann]

Beautiful pics! And the sky is so blue. Blue sky...I've pretty much forgotten what that looks like. *sob* Anyway, we're supposed to have a few hours' rest tomorrow morning from the rainstorms (though the entire weekend is a write-off once again), so I'm going to head to the river and the quayside to see how high the water level is now.

 

[cooleddie74]

Nice and sharp pics, Kes. I'm not too familiar with Chicago's skyline but I know the skyscraper in the top image isn't the Willis (Sears) Tower. Do you know which building that is by any chance?

 

[Kestra]

Thanks guys. It has been snowing so much that this was one of the few days I was able to get out there and take pics at all. Eddie, that's the Trump Tower and you're looking at it from the Chicago River. Well technically, I was on Lakeshore Drive over the Chicago River.

 

[Tom Hendricks]

My son Ian declared this morning that it was Handsome Day and this is the outfit he put together. Some friends have called him the mini Doctor Who.

 

[think]

^ Very cool, think! Is Steve wearing his Nixie tube watch?

yes he was.. cool, I noticed that when I was there too.. said something about owning company stock and such.. the watch was made with tubes.? -it was interesting to see. I had thought it was a little strange to have tubes on the wrist where they might .. pop or break.,,

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[Mary Ann]

There was a break from the wet and windy weather this morning, so I took the puppy for a walk. While walking along the river I heard this raven before I saw it. I was surprised to see it sitting on one of the lower branches overhanging the path.