SubscribeI chased my dog around the back yard, offering him cash, fame and dog treats if he would just let me take a few photos of him. He agreed to a dog treat with some people food to be named later.
The Big DumpTruck
Throwing Little Thought Pebbles at Your Windshield Since 1996
Category: photos
Red and Yellow In Hollis
I stopped to buy some strawberries at Lull Farm in Hollis NH. I had been driving around looking for something interesting to photograph, and wasn’t having much luck, so the strawberries were my “cheer up” treat. I am glad I grabbed my camera out of the car, because not only do I have some “just picked” berries, I have a couple of pretty cool photos.
Photo – Verbena
Sometimes, you have to make your own sunshine. Or just fake yourself out by zooming in on something sun-colored.
Photo: Bike and Shadows
Some days, you just take photos you really like. Today was one of those days.
Gerani-omes
Playing with the Hipstamatic app on the iPhone. I kind of lost the energy to take and process photos, but I’m trying to be better. To get myself “excited” about the process I bought the app and will try to take enough photos that I find some to upload to the flickr feed on a more regular basis. I will say the idea of no processing (outside of what the app does) is appealing to my lazy self. Plus the instant gratification of uploading to flickr right from the iPhone if I get something I like.
This is the new background on my phone.
Why You Should Always Carry a Camera
You never know when you’ll spot something worth photographing. Or maybe you’ll need to use the camera as a weapon to fight off wolverines. But I think it was be better to use it to take photos.
I had to go pick up my son at his friend’s, and passed this view.
To Serve and Protect
It’s a lovely day. Lots of rain. Not much going on. The dog is armed, and dangerous. If you come in my back yard and are of the squirrel persuasion, you are dead meat, my friend.
Heavy Sticky Snow Day
Heavy Sticky Snow Day, originally uploaded by Big DumpTruck.
As much as I enjoy getting the 6am “there’s no school today” phone call, this one was horrible to clean up. 1 hour to clean the driveway WITH the snowblower. Why yes, there are days that I regret not buying a truck with a plow, why do you ask?
Jan 2010 Full Moon
I couldn’t resist trying to get a shot of the full moon tonight. Click it to look at larger versions.
How Could I Resist?
I have owned the bigdumptruck.com domain for 13+ years now. I use BigDumptruck as my user name on a lot of sites (including twitter and flickr). I also collect Department 56 Christmas buildings (I started with the Dickens Village, supplemented with a couple of New England Village houses but for the past 4 years or so I’ve become obsessed with the North Pole Series – the fun Santa’s Village buildings.
Last year I spotted a must-have: Dumpy’s Toy Trucks. It’s a dumptruck, tilted back! See the wheels and the cab and the hood?! It’s awesome, and was my choice for the house I could buy this year. I don’t think they’ll come out with one any time soon that I like as much (or is as appropriate for me).
