Photo 365 Project - State Fair Bike Air

This was the 10th year The 3rd Lair has had a bike/board demo at the State Fair.

Photo 365 Project - Ditto Face 2.0

The cat has been in several picture of the day posts, it is time the dog got some more face time.

Photo 365 Project - Street Light

As we slip into the end of summer the sun is setting earlier. Walking the dog after work I noticed a sight I haven't seen for quite a while; street lights coming on early. It was tough to get a picture with my phone, this one was as good as it got and it still looks like a picture of the sun shining through a tree.

Photo 365 Project - Traffic Jam

Time for our annual company golf event. The post-golf dinner happened to be south of the office and timed to coincide with people leaving the city. It was a very nice day.

Photo 365 Project - Apple Crop

It's been a good growing season for apples; plenty of rain and sunshine. It was tough getting a picture of a tree full of apples, a rough shot for picture of the day.

Photo 365 Project - Boat Dock

This little abandoned shell of a boat dock was found outside a restaurant-turned-event center. The spousal-unit and I attended a wedding and this seemed like a nice picture of the day as the sun went down.

Photo 365 Project - Cat on Rail

Distinctly different from the Cat in Rail picture (and eerily similar to the Oh Hai picture), this one shows the Sugar Cat precariously perched on top of a stair railing.

Photo 365 Project - Firkin

It was a Firkin day at Old Chicago. A little over 10 gallons of cask conditioned beer with no carbonation added. Served in a pint glass with a 4oz side glass containing the carbonated version of the same beer for a taste comparison.

Photo 365 - Dozers

A quick visit to Carriage Hills while walking the dog and these bulldozers were lined up for a picture. Why not oblige them. Some other big construction trucks and equipment were also nearby, maybe they'll get their picture taken another day.

Photo 365 - Thunderhead

I left work, turned left, and this is what I saw. I actually drove a bit before deciding I couldn't let this thunderhead cloud go away unphotographed. So I turned around went back to a good spot for a picture, hopped out of the car and made it happen. By the time I got home this had boiled up and been surrounded by masses of other clouds that turned gray and dumped buckets of rain, thunder and lightening on the neighborhood. By sunset it was all over.

Photo 365 - Chicago Dog

My Twitter/Facebook update that went up at the time this picture was taken said "At Old Chicago, eating a Chicago Dog, watching the Twins play the Chicago White Sox". 'nuff said.

Photo 365 - Sunset

One of those pictures where you turn a corner and say, wow- that would make a nice picture.

Photo 365 - Espresso Cleaning

This is a bit of a placeholder picture, I didn't have anything else on this day. But on the theory that each Photo 365 picture could act as a reference shot for future improved versions of the photos, this one shows a picture of Steam. Class, lets go take a better picture of "Steam". Perhaps evaporation off a pond at sunrise would be a close enough "improved version".

Photo 365 - Turtle Rescue

Back from my trip just in time to catch this little dude trying to cross a busy road. The spousal-unit and I stopped and pulled him off the street, snapped his picture, then put him in a wooded wetland nearby. Hopefully he'll stay off the street in the future.

Photo 365 - Boston Bridge

I took this picture while on an unplanned detour returning to the Boston Airport. After returning home I googled the bridge and found it is actually the Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge. Nice name, nearly as complex as the design. Still, not a bad picture for a spur of the moment stuck in traffic photo.

Photo 365 - Double Tree

It may not look like a tree, or even a double tree, but that's what it is. A quick walk through the neighborhood near the hotel turned up a lot of commerical property and not much else. Not very photogenic on the outside, it was comfortable enough on the inside.

Photo365 - Sweet Dreams

The hotel I stayed at has this nice pillow arrangement to greet travelers. It is cute, I'm just wondering if anybody actually uses that many pillows when they sleep.

Photo 365 Project - Late Arrival

On a business trip to Boston my flight was delayed, leaving me with the arrival time shown in the picture. I'm crediting this photo to the day I left on the trip, not the morning of my arrival.

Photo 365 Project - Flowers

These flowers are guarding the side of my garage. I was opposed to the sunflowers, but the spousal-unit's plan seems to have come together nicely.

Photo 365 Project - XFiles Alaska Comic

OK, a filler photo. I took this as a reference photo but then didn't take any other pictures that day. So here you go, a memo to myself in photo form.