It's Been Fun!

Perfume (266th post - 293rd day of the year)

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Bent (265th post - 284th day of the year)

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This little lamp can be BENT to any angle, to light the surface properly. Oh . . . you noticed the clothes pin?! It's rather large, isn't it? A co-worker gave it to me as a joke - you know . . . to clip together all those large reports I work on. LOL.

Reminder (264th post - 284th day of the year)

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This little calendar book serves as a REMINDER to me of appointments and upcoming events.

Royal (263rd post - 283rd day of the year)

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This is about as royal as I'm going to find around here, I think! He is a king, after all!

Self-Portrait (262nd post - 287th day of the year)

*Riding home in the car after a short day-trip to Socorro, NM.

Knife (261st post - 283rd day of the year)

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Holiday (260th post - 282nd day of the year)

*The stores here are getting ready for the upcoming HOLIDAY season - Halloween being the first one.

Rubbish (259th post - 282nd day of the year)

*Some neighbors just moved out of their house. This is a pile of rubbish they left for the trash man.

Cobble (258th post - 282nd day of the year)

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After hunting all year, I've given up finding "real" cobble stones. But this is the floor in the entry way of a local restaurant, which is as close as I'm going to get, I guess.

Cartoon (257th post - 279th day of the year)

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It took me a couple days to realize that I had another picture from the Balloon Fiesta that would work for one of the themes . . . Nemo, the famous Disney cartoon character!

Inside Out (256th post - 278th day of the year)

*My husband recently gave up his hard contact lenses to go to the soft, pliable, disposable "Dailies." He tells me that it's sometimes hard to figure out if they are right side out or inside out. He turned one inside out for me, just for this picture.

Costume (255th post - 278th day of the year)

*I don't know . . . maybe this isn't a COSTUME. Maybe they were real Storm Troopers who stood guard while the Darth Vader baloon ascended (see below). I told him to "smile" but he didn't seem to be in the mood.

Balloon (254th post - 278th day of the year)

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Just a few of the 650 balloons participating in this year's festival.

Hat (253rd post - 278th day of the year)

*It's a tradition, at the Balloon Fiesta, for people to wear outlandish hats. Here are a few I snapped this morning.

Performance (252nd post - 278th day of the year)

*These young girls were getting ready for their dancing PERFORMANCE at the Balloon Fiesta. They were the Matsiko Children's Choir, from Africa.

Queue (251st post - 278th day of the year)

*Standing in line for the park 'n' ride bus, after the Balloon Fiesta.

Festival (250th post - 278th day of the year)

*Today is the opening day of the International Balloon Fiesta - Albuquerque's biggest FESTIVAL of the year.