The last several days have featured a little wet weather... and now it's cold. So... not much going on outdoors lately... This first image was taken out on the street in front of the house around 8pm with the sun already well below the horizon after a bit of rain. {D3 + 85mm f/1.4 lens - ISO 2500, f/1.4 @ 1/50th of a second.}

Kylie has worked with Eileen for several years, and recently Eileen took a new position in Washington DC, so Thursday we went to a little going away party for her. Best wishes in your new endeavor, E!

Not too long ago the down spouting was blown off a corner of the house in the back yard. Since I can barely spell Bob Vila, let alone remotely pretend to have any of his skills, the spouting is still not back on the house yet. The upside? We get our own man-made waterfall in the backyard when it rains. The downside? The dog's about to need swimming lessons... the water is making a mess of the yard in that corner. Maybe I should just pick up some coi fish and feature our little watering hole.

For the record, no animals were harmed in this next image... at least not physically. Have you ever seen anything so pitiful? Kylie's pretty pumped about buying a few outfits for the dog, including this little water-resistant number. Me? I'm okay with the au-natural look. It might be a little different if she was a bigger dog, but it's hard to look serious when I show up for flag football games with a 4 lb pooch blinged out in snazzy sweaters and rain coats.