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I sometimes take for granted that the Yale campus is now practically my new backyard!  

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I have always loved this African wooden carving of an old man.

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The sun at an estimated 4.6 billion years old, at its middle age now, I feel blessed to have a sunset today!!

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The band uniforms are old.  Mt Carmel has the oldest ones of all the high schools in the district.  We've been asking for new ones for years now.  Guess what?  We are getting new ones!  This is the last year of wearing these.  We just had word that the district has authorized $50,000 to buy new uniforms.  YIPEE!! 

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This handsome Galapagos tortoise was enjoying a neck scratch today at the zoo.  He weighs a whopping 400 pounds and is estimated to be at least 100 years old.

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My 93 year old Mother-in-law is waiting patiently....

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Our cat, Whiskers, is going on 16 years of age; she's an old kitty-kitty. 

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Well, two things came to mind when I considered the theme of old.

1. Me
2. My grandfather's 1930 Brownie Camera

So I created a combo portrait:

Lined Up

Lined up

First night in Montreal, not looking forward to the morning...

Lined Up

I live in Park Slope, Brooklyn - the land of babies and baby strollers. This line of parked strollers is just one of many that you might see if you ever visit my quaint little neighborhood.

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This wasn't the pic I was planning on but our day didn't work out to plan at all.  Oh well.  Artists pencils.

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Lined Up

Lining up for communion this morning at church.

Lined Up

All my life I have been happy and fascinated at the library. This is how we used to check out books.

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Verushka will be relieved this is my photo of the week!  Lined up my hats ready to be worn for the racing season!!

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James lined up all the tickets that he and Joe (Dad) need for their marathon sports day.  Train tickets for the Long Island Railroad and New Jersey Path;  tickets for the NY Giants football game and then on to see the NY Rangers hockey game at Madison Square Garden tonight.  James is so excited and could not believe that he was going to have such a "dream" day.

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one side old, the other new, shows you how amazing those hepa filters are! Thanks Janet!!

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thought I had Lined Up sorted when we drove past this a couple of days ago.....timber stacked ready for charcoal burning. Unusual to see it stacked this shape (usually oval). Having chopped down dozens of trees they stack the timber and then cover the whole pile with earth leaving a tiny hole. They then set fire to the timber through the hole and leave to burn....very slowly without oxygen.....two weeks later they have charcoal to sell......and the devastation of the countryside increases. Not an easy way to make money, but they can do it with no investment and no overheads. A pile such as this would produce about 25 sacks of charcoal, each one selling at the roadside for about USD 8. Transported to Dar es Salaam the sacks sell for about $ 28. The countryside is fast becoming desert.