tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30187432018857946212024-02-07T01:39:27.847-05:00Breathe in DigitalRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.comBlogger367125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-6049362227880086682012-03-18T20:31:00.001-04:002012-03-18T20:31:14.731-04:00(11/52) Bird Cage<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6994896737/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6116/6994896737_f3ea12e0d1.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6994896737/">(11/52) Bird Cage</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>More wedding stuff! This is Kathleen's bird cage veil. I think it's excellent. I know it's a little bit hard to see as a veil in this shot, but I think it works as an interesting bisual anyway.</p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-17595500042808563642012-03-11T19:52:00.001-04:002012-03-11T19:52:20.958-04:00(10/52) Alien Pods<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6828178964/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7046/6828178964_4d76a9b3c5.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6828178964/">(10/52) Alien Pods</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>So Kathleen read somewhere that you can grow little avocado trees by planting avocado seeds. First step is you partially submerge them in water until they sprout. Here's to hoping this experiment goes well, because we love avocados.</p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-40359480968424901222012-03-04T14:11:00.001-05:002012-03-04T14:11:52.981-05:00(9/52) Lines<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6953055125/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7054/6953055125_db63434c49.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6953055125/">(9/52) Lines</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>This past Friday, I did a photo shoot for a local band called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheFoxsWaltz" rel="nofollow">The Fox's Waltz</a>. Most of the kids in this band are ex-students of mine. I'll be working on a lot of photos that they'll use for promo material, album liner shots, and that sort of thing, but for the sake of my own project, I'll just stick to this one for now. Click on this to look at it closer and on black - the bigger the better.</p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-68188011488053405802012-02-26T21:33:00.001-05:002012-02-26T21:33:28.776-05:00(8/52) Vacation Reading<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6933716995/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7207/6933716995_f8bb08b786.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6933716995/">(8/52) Vacation Reading</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>Tomorrow Kathleen and I are going on a 3 day mini vacation to Saugatuck where we'll be staying in a bed and breakfast with a fireplace in our room and lots to read. <br /><br />I can't wait!</p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-55522475642772719922012-02-19T21:18:00.001-05:002012-02-19T21:18:23.234-05:00(7/52) Wedding Suit Up<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6906828081/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7187/6906828081_077f4679ef.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6906828081/">(7/52) Wedding Suit Up</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>Today I brought home my wedding suit. I love the details of it. <br /><br />(the wedding is June 16th - I like getting things done ahead of time as well)</p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-89844999798385269622012-02-12T19:43:00.002-05:002012-02-12T19:52:14.086-05:00(6/52) Pizza Time!<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6866304143/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7202/6866304143_e6df1ca4c9.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6866304143/">(5/52) Pizza Time!</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>Kathleen and I make delicious pizza together. Look at this one <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6866304143/sizes/o/in/photostream/">full size</a> for a moment - the expore had to be pretty long because it was being lit by the oven light, so you can see the out of focus bits where the cheese was bubblig.<br /><br />Delicious.</p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-72823114688962080732012-02-05T21:07:00.001-05:002012-02-05T21:07:48.709-05:00(5/52) Don't Spend It All At One Time<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6827040073/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7006/6827040073_09eb20b18f.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6827040073/">(5/52) Don't Spend It All At One Time</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>(2/2 International Monetary Fund)<br /><br />This is the second in my two part series about international money. I won't explain the joke.</p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-43828014608217331092012-01-30T07:42:00.001-05:002012-01-30T07:42:35.138-05:00(4/52) Don't Spend It All In One Place<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6788958763/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7027/6788958763_ca1c7da360.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6788958763/">(4/52) Don't Spend It All In One Place</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>(1/2) International Monetary Fund set.<br /><br />Kathleen has a lot of foreign money from her trips around the world. Here we have some Chinese Yuan, some Russian Rubles, an assortment of small British coins, some coins from teh Czech Republic, I think a Canadian coin or two, and at least one piece from India. I could't get them all in focus at the same time, so you'll just have to trust me on this. <br /><br />Look for next week's shot to be similarly theme.</p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-43322564015263900312012-01-23T18:21:00.001-05:002012-01-23T18:21:14.053-05:00Boss, I swear . . .<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6751725823/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7172/6751725823_cfd1a850b4.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6751725823/">Boss, I swear . . .</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>This is what <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/sets/72157626566562144/">Scout</a> would look like if she had a real job. And if she got caught embezzling. <br /><br />Bad dog.</p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-29236838100929093892012-01-14T18:55:00.001-05:002012-01-14T18:55:19.016-05:00(2/52) Winter Has Arrived<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6697723031/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7171/6697723031_14f6fa24fc.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6697723031/">(2/52) Winter Has Arrived</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>The first half of January here in southern Michigan has been marked primarily by low 40 degree weather and rain. This is <i>highly abnormal.</i> So yesterday, the temperatures finally dropped and we got a couple of inches of snow. It's not much (at least not on this side of the state), but it'll do.</p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-55438582919602132322012-01-06T18:24:00.003-05:002012-01-15T11:21:08.448-05:00(1/52) Alternative Energy<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6649657269/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7157/6649657269_c61d6472a9.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6649657269/">(1/52) Alternative Energy</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>So for my first week, I'm back to my old tricks from my 365 project (e.g., I'm using lots of restricted light). I'm looking forward to experimenting more in the weeks to come.</p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-54453352147764573272011-12-06T20:08:00.001-05:002011-12-06T20:08:43.459-05:00Announcement<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6468978269/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6468978269_3f4a104320.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6468978269/">Announcement</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>This is more than a simple statement of mathematical certainty. This is an announcement of an impending project, one that I hope you will enjoy.<br /><br />I tried my hand at a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/sets/72157623114124510/">365 day project</a> back in 2010, and I did pretty well, but the reality of teaching in the Fall semester at my school was too much to handle, and I couldn't finish it. I think limiting myself to one photo per week next year will allow me the space and flexibility to actually finish what I started, this time.<br /><br />So check back here in the first week of 2012. I'll have more to show you then.</p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-66734201716740341842011-08-25T09:54:00.004-04:002011-08-25T09:59:21.990-04:00A Wedding Day<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079254109/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6062/6079254109_b178762f80.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079254109/">Down the Aisle</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>My best friend got married on Saturday, August 20th. Kayleigh has been my longest standing, closest friend, and this was the first wedding I *very nearly* cried at. She and Greg are an amazing couple, and I love them both!<br /><br />Congratulations!</p>
<br />
<br /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079254197/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6202/6079254197_8693a6da33.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079254197/">Presentation</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p></p>
<br />
<br /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079790884/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6070/6079790884_8e4baaeca5.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079790884/">Newlyweds</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p></p>
<br />
<br /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079790996/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6072/6079790996_c234f27bca.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079790996/">Cake</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p></p>
<br />
<br /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079254567/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6197/6079254567_21f0509db5.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079254567/">Curious</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p></p>
<br />
<br /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079791256/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6202/6079791256_54591af802.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079791256/">Cut the Cake</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p></p>
<br />
<br /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079791392/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6063/6079791392_b884528348.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079791392/">Love</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p></p>
<br />
<br /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079791498/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6087/6079791498_aee151739a.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079791498/">Happy</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p></p>
<br />
<br /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079791626/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6068/6079791626_5fc1664cb5.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079791626/">Dress</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p></p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-58082202852665249602011-08-25T09:34:00.004-04:002011-08-25T09:34:49.530-04:00Sorry for the Delay<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079214751/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6207/6079214751_4e86d51021.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079214751/">The Fam</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>These two photos were from our trip to Letchworth earlier this summer. I meant to upload them soon after the rest, but totally forgot! Enjoy :)</p>
<br />
<br /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079214869/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6187/6079214869_f4e42b58f2.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6079214869/">4th of July</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p></p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-53485394681952604502011-08-16T18:50:00.001-04:002011-08-16T18:50:47.962-04:00Engaging<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6050648573/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6181/6050648573_827b14d6ec.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/6050648573/">Engaging</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>Kathleen and I have been engaged for about a month now, but we just got the ring today. We decided to forego diamonds in lieu of something more symbolic - our birth stones.<br /><br />I think pearl and amethyst looking smashing together, don't you?<br /><br />(Also, this is white gold, but the wood table makes it look more yellow)</p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-2068916025322570392011-07-07T10:40:00.007-04:002011-07-07T10:42:15.880-04:004th of July 2011 (post 1)<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5910217884/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5317/5910217884_b63c6534f2.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5910217884/">Letchworth upper falls</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>Over the 4th of July weekend, Kathleen and I went camping with Kathleen's parents and sister at Letchworth State Park in NY. The main feature of this park is a massive gorge, often called "The Grand Canyon of the East." It's not quite as deep as the Grand Canyon, but it's pretty impressive. I'll post some more gorge-like photos later on. Here are the first three in this set.</p><br /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5910218260/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5276/5910218260_e90c12a960.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5910218260/">Letchworth middle falls</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p></p><br /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5909660489/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6043/5909660489_73f298a972.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5909660489/">Vaguely Troubling</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p></p><br />This last one was just too awesome to pass up :PRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-31982249824287009512011-06-13T16:17:00.008-04:002011-06-13T16:20:58.701-04:00Gardening<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5830192102/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5230/5830192102_155ce3fdb2.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5830192102/">The corn is as high . . .</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>Kathleen and I have planted our first garden together, and this is the first time that I've done any kind of gardening in more than a decade! Crazy. I'm having a lot of fun with it, though. This year we've planted corn (pictured above), tomatoes (flowers below), an onion patch (below), hot peppers, cantaloupe, zucchini, summer squash (none of which are pictured here), and we're trying to get some spinach and swiss chard to come up, but the spring was so wet that we didn't put the seeds in until two weeks ago, so we may have to do a late summer planting and try for a fall crop of that stuff.<br /><br />Anyway, I'm delighted by our progress so far!</p><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5830192324/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3562/5830192324_308332258f.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5830192324/">Onion Patch</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p></p><br /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5829643099/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5033/5829643099_34647fe173.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5829643099/">Tomato Flowers</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p></p><br />Oh, and Scout is our supervisor while we're gardening. She does a marvelous job at it . . . also, she eats a lot of grass.<br /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5829669327/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3494/5829669327_449430a642.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5829669327/">Task Master</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p></p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-54375436859631573392011-06-11T12:32:00.004-04:002011-06-11T12:33:06.814-04:00Yep<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5821086587/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3601/5821086587_cb93d36f2c.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5821086587/">Yep</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>That's dog hair.<br /><br />And for reference . . .</p><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5821086703/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3162/5821086703_75ab2c6a6c.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5821086703/">"Yep" reference shot</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p></p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-81636139585727768042011-05-14T19:22:00.004-04:002011-05-14T19:23:12.263-04:00Brown Eyed Girl<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5720424930/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3023/5720424930_7d561d2e6b.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5720424930/">Brown Eyed Girl</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>She did a pretty good job for her first time under the lights. It will definitely not be her last.</p><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5719866731/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2144/5719866731_bba8091831.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5719866731/">Scoutypants Marie</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p></p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-63555273382963719412011-05-14T19:21:00.001-04:002011-05-14T19:21:25.297-04:00Scorcher<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5714229778/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2278/5714229778_0a736c0d52.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5714229778/">Scorcher</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>This is a partly burnt tennis ball near an extinguised controlled fire in the Ann Arbor arboretum.</p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-25911929406849145962011-05-05T07:54:00.001-04:002011-05-05T07:54:13.110-04:00Spring Light Abstract<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5689605337/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5222/5689605337_d3b92f444c.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5689605337/">Spring Light Abstract</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>Every morning I wake up to this, I want to get the perfect picture of dappled light coming through the tree outside of my 3rd story apartment bedroom window. It's hard to capture exactly what I want, but this comes close.</p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-78184008910485841432011-04-30T11:28:00.001-04:002011-04-30T11:28:00.608-04:00Allergic Dog<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5672783836/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5265/5672783836_971b0f5b0d.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5672783836/">Allergic Dog</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>Scout itches her feet a lot, as well as other parts of her body, so when we took her in to the vet yesterday for a checkup, it was suggested that she may have allergies. Figures. Kathleen and I both have pretty bad spring allergies - it's only fitting that our dog does as well.<br /><br />Later today she'll have some benadryll.</p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-21934054131501378992011-04-24T11:08:00.008-04:002011-04-24T11:11:03.028-04:00Scout, our new dog!!!<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5649925512/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5101/5649925512_25b03826da.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5649925512/">Scout 3</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>Yesterday Kathleen and I rescued a puppy from the Humane Society of Huron Valley. We named her Scout. So far, she's an absolutely wonderful adult dog who is nicely house trained, is energetic yet can calm down, and she's making us both very happy pet owners :)</p><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5649925406/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5188/5649925406_5c755be26c.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5649925406/">Scout 4</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p></p><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5649925604/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5066/5649925604_e70ed9896c.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5649925604/">Scout 2</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p></p><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5649362889/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5146/5649362889_4f83d2eae9.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5649362889/">Scout 1</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p></p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-79278834384122095252011-02-21T13:32:00.008-05:002011-02-21T13:34:12.963-05:00Pizza Time!<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5465779368/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5174/5465779368_285bddd161.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5465779368/">Pizza Perspective</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>Kathleen bought me some awesome Christmas presents: a pizza stone, a pizza peel, and a huge and very sharp pizza cutter. With these tools, I have made it my goal to make awesome pizzas.<br /><br />I like what she and I have come up with so far.</p><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5465180789/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5292/5465180789_2d6a5b0da2.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5465180789/">Pizza Full</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p></p><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5465180509/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5258/5465180509_da2c9cd490.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5465180509/">Pizza Closeup</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p></p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018743201885794621.post-79115403101814286072011-02-21T13:30:00.001-05:002011-02-21T13:30:42.857-05:00Shattered<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5465757084/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5018/5465757084_5c9976cc7a.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/breatheindigital/5465757084/">Shattered 1</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/breatheindigital/">RLHyde</a>.</span></div><p>So many years ago, when I used to work for SEEUS at EMU (google it if you want), I found this set of plates abandoned in a vacated set of married couple dorms. I took them home, boiled all of them (you can't be too safe) and put them to use. I started with 4 big plates and 6 little plates. I still have all of the little ones, but this here represents the 2nd to last big plate. I only have one functional one left, and I think it has a chip in it.<br /><br />I still wonder why someone would leave behind these awesome plates.</p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03944830636426929343noreply@blogger.com0