teenaged mushroom
druid labs east, nj (2002-11-15)
It's either a swab for cleaning computer keyboards or a microphone for raccoons. 

nerve center
wildwoods international kite festival, nj (2004-05-29)
A view through the control hub for the 2004 East Coast Sport Kite Championships during the Wildwoods International Kite Festival. There are two independent sound systems, one for each ballet field. (There are two other fields without sound.) Competition management occurs under this tent (staff assignments, scoring, announcing, etc.). 

sunlit inti and cathy
kala point, wa (2006-01-22) 

moonlit inti and cathy
kala point, wa (2005-12-14)
the image has been cropped 

isobars
kala point, wa (2005-06-08)
Ponce de León and his men gazed at the Fountain and despaired of ever descending the treacherous cliffs. 

moon, by pete dolphin
rockaway kite festival, ny (2003-08-23)
Also called Man In The Moon, and Harvest Moon. It's a 12-sided cellular kite, about 9 feet in diameter and 2 feet high, and weighs 3 pounds or so.
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"he's dead, jim"
kala point, wa (2006-01-22)
A recently deceased blood star, washed up on the beach, waved a frozen hello, and washed back out. 

albino-bottomed tree snout
deception pass, wa (2005-12-31)
Elven reconnaissance post. 

daylily
druid labs east, nj (2004-07-18) 

out-of-season fountain
deception pass, wa (2005-12-31)
Before surfacing from their dens, gophers always check for hostiles with their periscope. 

just a cog in the machine
kala point, wa (2006-01-22) 

dragon kites
wildwoods international kite festival, nj (2005-05-29)
Well, one of the several varieties of dragon kites... 

hiding in the brush
kala point, wa (2005-12-25)
Portal to another dimension. 

sweet autumn clematis
lisa's garden, mi (2004-08-14)
Thanks to BlueHeronDruid for identifying the flower. 

house in the trees
kala point, wa (2005-12-14)
[assume cheap UFO joke here]
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dune grass stalk
atlantic shore, nj (2005-01-01)
The Salted Rock Company uses a specially-designed harvester to extract their product from the local beaches. After suitable repackaging, it will be sent off to tony spas in LA as an overpriced elbow exfoliant. 

ew, gross!
druid labs pnw, wa (2005-06-22)
As slugs went, it wasn't a bad slug. Still, it was a slug. A big one. And it reminded me way too much of the leeches we occasionally found attached to us while innertubing Pigeon River in Indiana. We let him go and he headed for the trees.. 

art class 109, "horizon"
rockaway, ny (2004-08-22)
"If I can just hit that damn blue dot," Francis thought, "I can attain the rank of Reserve Junior Commander In Training!"
the image has been rotated and croppped to vaguely echo kala point sunset 

kala point sunset
kala point, wa (2006-01-14)
It was a pretty good day, you betcha.
colors have been adjusted 

fighter kite fabric
rockaway, ny (2004-08-22)
Not sure how Orcon Corp feels about this...
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art class 108, "disorientation"
deception pass, wa (2005-12-31)
From the (not) passenger seat of the (not) idling swedemobile. 

inti
kala point, wa (2005-12-26)
"Where's the stick? Throw the stick! Where's the stick? Give me the stick! Where's the stick? I want the stick!" 

sunset through the trees
druid labs midwest, il, by cathy carroll (unknown date)
After Glinda left the Tree People quickly started squabbling. 

elephagirkey
kala point, wa (2005-06-09)
The elephagirkey is the latest in science's attempts to fashion a long-haul replacement for the camel. Researchers must find a way to eliminate the elephagirkey's dependence on underground water before this can happen. 

shasta daisy
druid labs pnw, wa (2005-07-24)
Kids leaving school at the end of the day. 

kites in the window
wildwood, nj, by cathy carroll (unknown date)
After a hard day on the beach, Guido just didn't have the energy to deal with the ghosts in the hotel room. 

grizzled driftwood
kala point, wa (2005-12-24)
Driven by lust, the Giant Sea Slug oozes its way down to the water where it will head upstream to mate.
the image has been rotated slightly to straighten the background 

pamela's parasol
kala point, wa (2005-12-25)
If you poke too enthusiastically at the space-time fabric, you come across another dimension. 

rocks by the road
i-90, western idaho, by cathy carroll (2005-05-02)
From the passenger seat of the (not) speeding swedemobile. 

ferns in the forest
kala point, wa (2005-06-08)
Sally the Troll knew, just knew, that this time her tiger trap really truly would catch those pesky faeries. 

flatland pyramids
druid labs pnw, wa (2005-11-09)
It was an aberrant fantasy, this dabbling in alien shapes, and the Domino Gods put a Quick Stop To It when light (and reason) came. 

floodlight model fl6451a
m.v. klickitat ferry, wa (2005-12-31)
The bank examiners were on their way, George knew, and they weren't going to be happy.