Ryan's "Elevated"

Grain must be elevated (by elevators, surprisingly enough) to the top of a silo to fill it.

This is a little silo just west of Millard, NE. There was once a little town around it, but not much remains. At one time I knew the name of the town, but I'm not having any luck with google...

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Cory's Elevated

Down the street from my house are a few houses that are elevated several hundred feet above the canyon floor.  These are not back yards to play football in.

Mike's "Elevated"

Our company's picnic was at Vala's Pumpkin Patch this year.
Though I've only been there a few times now, I always love the goats that live on elevated walkways.  This one is probably about 8 feet in the air.

Fred's "Elevated"

The Ford Pinto is elevated to the automotive status it rightly deserves.

"Elevated" due tomorrow!

Next week: "Fantasy"

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Ryan's "Five"

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Mike's "Five"

Self explanatory...

Fred's 5

Here are 5 shiny all-new completely redesigned 2013 Honda Accords.  Want.

Cory's Five

Here in Los Alamos is a crazy surplus store named The Black Hole, which for many years collected scientific (and not so scientific) equipment from places like lab auctions.  Alas, the end of an era is upon us - the store is closing, and they're trying to get rid of as much junk as they can before the rest is hauled away.  This is one of the items there - an old cash register that, for whatever reason, seems to regard the single-digit five as special enough to get a different-colored button than the other single digits.

Despite wandering around the store for two hours, I just couldn't bring myself to buy anything.  Some of the things I didn't buy include a six-foot wide, 500 pound roll of mylar, some leaking cans of Texxor Heat Cell, some sketchy looking capacitors, some transformers, or anything else for that matter.

If you're feeling jealous of the treasures, there are even more pictures in their own Flickr set to make you even more jealous..

Next week: "Elevated"

"Five" is due tomorrow.

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Mike's "Celebration"

The only chance I got to use my camera this week, was to photograph the components of the sound system where I do my open mic, so that I can make a manual for hooking it up.  After a year and a half, I have decided to step down from this, and should anyone step up, I want to pass what I know along.
Hence, I have to stretch the topic, as usual, because the picture was shot for a different purpose, but you should be used to that by now!  Sunday night is when I and my fellow musicians celebrate local music.  This is 2200 watts of celebration.

Cory's Celebration

The addition of a pinwheel turns a simple meatball sandwich lunch into a CELEBRATION!

Next week: "Five"

"Celebration" is due tomorrow.

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Ryan's "Monumental"

I found a monumental restoration project for someone:

Actually, a couple projects...

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Cory's Monumental

What's more monumental than Monument Valley?  Lis, Maddy, and Emily were out on the East Coast all last week, so I skipped out on work and took a trip up to Mesa Verde, Monument Valley, and a few places in between.  The three monuments seen here are, from left, West Mitten, East Mitten, and Merrick Butte.

Some more pictures from the trip are up on Flickr.

Fred's "Monumental"

For gearheads, this is pretty monumental.

Mike's "Monumental"

Normally I say, "When I don't leave the house for a picture, it's a punt.", but I have been staring at this tiny structure alongside my television this week wondering what the story is.

I have decided that ancient druid ants, possibly of alien decent, used methods beyond our imagination to hoist these heavy object on top of this white structure.

Over time their weight has shifted.  Their existence only to be saved by a nearby structure.  All of this, quite monumental.

Next week: "Celebration"

"Monumental" is due tomorrow.

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Ryan's "Inverted"

This is Spotswood. She lives with Jenny's sister and her family. There's a fair amount of evidence the she has at least one inverted chromosome.

The picture doesn't really do her justice....

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PS: Yes... her eyes do track independently.

Mike's Inverted

I ran across this barn along Highway 98.
If it were to fall down any more, it would be inverted.

Fred's Inverted

Turn a gear one way, and the next one inverts the rotation.  I've taken on a new hobby.

Cory's Inverted

I've used pictures like this in past weeks, but I have no shame doing it again.  Sophie likes to sleep in rather inverted positions (semi-inverted in this case).

Next week: "Monumental"

Due tomorrow: "Inverted"

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