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What do you do when your camera batteries go dead on one of the most picturesque mornings of the year? “Buy more batteries” might be one answer, but I use rechargeables, so my choice was to make do today with the last images captured. The one above and directly below were taken on Wednesday, a day that brought alternating sunshine and dark clouds to northern Leelanau County. Skies were dramatic.
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This morning, Thursday, the sky was not as exciting, but heavy new snow, bright and white, made every corner of the landscape beautiful.
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It was probably just as well I didn't have dozens of photographs to fool around with today. Customers and friends kept stopping by the bookstore, and between visitors I kept diving back into that irresistible ARC of Loreen Niewenhuis's book. But sometimes, if the batteries are allowed to rest a while, I can turn on the camera and quickly snap, tricking the camera into giving me one more shot.... It worked! Here’s Sarah at Dog Ears Books in a bright, colorful new scarf. (We stole this idea from Bonnie.)
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There was good news in the batteries running low. When I got home and plugged in the charger, I found the wool tam that had gone missing. Now I’ll be going into Christmas Eve with a warm head, charged batteries and a stylish dog.
2 comments:
Great pics anyway. I sometimes carry some extra batteries, and have some in the car, in case I run out.
Thanks, dmarks. Either I have an extra set somewhere, or it occurred to me that it would be a good idea to have backup. Now, which was it???
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