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Christmas Dinner I

So... with no appreciable snow STILL in December -- and on track for the lowest recorded December snowfall -- we pulled a quick daytrip to Chicago on Christmas Day. I'd thought to pack a full camera bag, but finally decided on just the lightweight D100, even though its internal flash doesn't work well. I shot a mix of shots at 1600 ISO and flash --sometimes I remembered to reset to 200 ISO, but some of the flash shots were at 1600 ISO, and so were pretty dreadful.

When we got in, I had to let the D100 warm up. It had gotten buried under a couple of bags, and so without car heat, the battery had dropped low enough I had to reset the clock. I had to nurse the battery along -- of course I hadn't packed a second battery, since I didn't bring a bag.

So forgive the crappy quality...


Our host Ben. (Click on photo for larger.)
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Our hostess Lisa. (Click on photo for larger.)
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Nephew Leo and the tiny new black kitten Boris. (Click on photo for larger.)
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The Joe glare. (Click on photo for larger.)
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A black cat backlit -- the black hole kitten -- he was all over the place. (Click on photo for larger.)
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The older orange cat Tigey wants nothing to do with the upstart interloper. So sits alone in the sun. (Click on photo for larger.)
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Rebecca. (Click on photo for larger.)
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Mrs. Dr. Phil had gotten a box from Amazon -- her gift was supposed to be giftwrapped. Instead the box came in a swell blue fabric gift bag with a gold ribbon. Unexpected and rather nice. (Click on photo for larger.)
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Lisa's wonderful spread -- much better than the photo -- featuring a roast, wild rice, polenta, green beans and toasted almonds, homemade horseradish sauce. (Click on photo for larger.)
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Little Boris kitten playing. All energy, no brains. (Click on photo for larger.)
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Dr. Phil and Mrs. Dr. Phil -- Christmas 2014. (Click on photo for larger.)
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One of the candles on the dining room table. (Click on photo for larger.)
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An exquisite mincemeat pie. Robertson's Mince Meat, with citrus peel and no suet. (Click on photo for larger.)
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The three sisters and their mom. There's a great cellphone photo, but they were all cutting up here. (grin) (Click on photo for larger.)
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Merry Christmas!

Dr. Phil
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