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    • November 26, 2006

    my dad feels his snow is more impressive than mine.

    Filed under: stuff — meg @ 7:52 pm

    I’m not sure I can argue.

    My mother sent him out to knock snow off the lilac so it wouldn’t snap:

    He’s a good man.

    And, for cute value, TINY BIRDS:

    Mmm. Tiny birds.

    11 Responses to “my dad feels his snow is more impressive than mine.”

    1. Ashley S Says:
      November 26th, 2006 at 8:16 pm

      Absolutely beautiful! Down here in Seatlle we have about 3″ and it’s still snowing hard. I love it!

    2. sandra Says:
      November 26th, 2006 at 11:01 pm

      Hey Meggers! Your tiny birds are bushtits. They travel in small packs like that and make a delightful buzzing sound. Oh, and your Dad’s snow is very small beer compared to MY snow! ;-)

    3. Christina Says:
      November 27th, 2006 at 12:19 am

      My parents’ yard looks much like yours. Out here in my side of the ‘burbs we are well over a foot on the ground as well.

    4. Phil Says:
      November 27th, 2006 at 12:22 am

      Your dad’s got a terrific eye! What’s he shooting with?

      Ashley, it seemed to be melting here near Greenlake at 10pm - I’m thinking the snow day everyone’s counting on is in jeopardy. If not, enjoy!

    5. meg Says:
      November 27th, 2006 at 12:33 am

      Phil, I’ll let him tell you in comments. And he DOES have a good eye, doesn’t he?

      SANDRA! HI! And did you just say “bushtits”?

    6. iSore Says:
      November 27th, 2006 at 12:48 am

      The birds are known here as kinglets - tiny, travel in packs, maybe because they’re tiny - and the camera is a digital Panasonic DMC-FZ7 Lumix, with Leica lens.

    7. sandra Says:
      November 27th, 2006 at 1:54 am

      bushtits! HA! I said it again. bushtits! There’s just no shutting me up!

      iSore, Kinglets are a different bird, but roughly the same size. They will have either a bit of red or a bit of yellow depending on the, um, brand. (?)

    8. Bozoette Mary Says:
      November 27th, 2006 at 9:00 am

      Your dad is Cutie McCuterson.

    9. Phil Says:
      November 27th, 2006 at 10:22 am

      Thanks, iSore. I considered that camera because my friends at Dharma Bums do such nice things with theirs. I settled on the similar Canon S3 IS. Isn’t the zoom a terrific thing to have?

    10. iSore Says:
      November 27th, 2006 at 10:47 am

      With 6 MP and 12X optical zoom (equivalent to over 400 mm) and excellent image stabilization we can all look like we know what we’re doing.

    11. Ashley Says:
      November 27th, 2006 at 4:25 pm

      It hasn’t snowed here in Utah yet and everyone is of the mind that its enough already, just get it over with.

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