What do you do when it's after 10:00 pm and you haven't taken a picture for the day? Hipstamatic Self Portrait.  

On my way to work I pass a place called K's Korners.  It's a General Store/Bar and you never know what might show up in the parking lot.  I'm not sure how long this guy has been there but he's been catching my eye for a few weeks.  Today I decided to stop and have a picture.

You know you're getting old when your kids start driving.

I took a trip down to Lock and Dam 14 hoping the eagles were still around but with none roosting in the trees I decided to focus my attention on the gulls.

There were eagles around, just none close enough for good photos.

One year ago was a very "blue" time for our family.  Around this time my wife had fallen on the ice and bruised her tailbone.  On February 8th, I was scheduled to have knee surgery.  After having my leg shaved and an IV put into my arm, it was discovered that they didn't have the cadaver ligament necessary for the surgery.  I had the surgery the next day. (February 9th)  If that weren't enough, my daughter jumped off the bleachers at the junior high dance and broke her tibia and fibula on February 10th.  

It's 7:30 pm, dark outside and I haven't taken a photo today.  What to do.  I decided to take Hipstamatic shots of a mushroom ornament until I get one I like.

I'm getting to be a pretty good math tutor now that I'm on my second Junior High student.

A blue face from the light of an iPhone or Kindle is a pretty common scene at our house.

I knew I wasn't going to have a lot of time for a photo so I took a quick shot of some tree branches just in case I didn't do anything else.  It turned out I didn't take any other photos so I had to use what I have. I mirrored it a couple times to make it more interesting.

We don't have Waffle House in northern Illinois, the closest one is 210 miles south, so any chance I get I stop for breakfast.  On our way home from St. Louis we stopped at this one in Granite City. 

I took my son to the Monster Jam show in St. Louis, MO.  In the afternoon they have a pit party where you can meet the drivers.  This is Logan with Nicole Johnson, the driver of the Scooby Doo Truck.  He normally doesn't smile too much in photos but she told him to smile big or she would draw a smile on his face (notice the Sharpie in her right hand).

Here is Nicole and the Scooby truck in action.  The image quality isn't the best but it will have to do.  

1/800 sec, f5.6, ISO 3200 with a Canon point and shoot.

The highlight of the night was Adam Anderson in Grave Digger Legend jumping over Maximum Destruction after it had rolled in the middle of the table top.