Cotati, CA Kids Day Parade

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Cotati, CA
Lots and lots of cute kids gathered in the town square to march in the parade and watch a creative magic show. See the entire gallery at PhotoSensei.

Butterscotch

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Rockford, MI
A lazy kitty portrait on a sultry summer afternoon. Give me a patch of shade and I am happy. See the entire gallery at PhotoSensei.

2005 July 4th Fireworks

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Lake Michigan
At our family reunion in Whitehal/Montague, MI, on the eastern shores of Lake Michigan, I shot many of these shots hand-held with a modest 18-70 zoom lens, which I subsequently sold. See the entire gallery at PhotoSensei.

Lynn McIntosh Mesmerized

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Lake Michigan
Lynn was so taken by the 10:30 PM sunset that she waded into the icy waters with all of her clothes on and watched as the orb slipped below the horizon. To get into that water at all, one definitely needs to be, you guessed it . . .

mesmerize
    v 1: attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the
         audience with her tricks" [syn: magnetize, mesmerise,
          magnetise, bewitch, spellbind]
    2: induce hypnosis in [syn: hypnotize, hypnotise, mesmerise]

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