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dusty, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

The weather dude promised a nice day today. He lied. It was warmer than it's been, yes, but it's been grey and dreary out all day, and it didn't even feel all that warm. 40 degrees should feel much warmer than this, in the middle of January. Hmph.

Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny, though, and I plan to take advantage of it. ami_1 is meeting me for lunch at the Tavern restaurant in Westfield, as she will be passing through, and I will probably walk down there.

Anyhoo, the drab day was not conducive to walking around with my camera, so I prowled the office in search of fodder. The dusty plant, above, is only alive due to my ministrations, so I've immortalized it.

The boston.com RAW contest this month is "Mystery"; they want something like they used to do in Omni magazine (remember Omni? Awesome magazine) where they'd show a closeup of part of something, and you're supposed to guess what it is. I started out by entering this photo, which I took in the woods last weekend:

I think it's too easy to guess what it is, though. As I was walking through the dock this afternoon, I found something else that I think will work much better:

I see this every day, but if I saw this photo, I'd be hard pressed to guess what it is. Can you guess?

So I'm going to change my entry. I've never done that before, but to be honest, I entered the first one as a placeholder, in case I didn't come up with something better.

Oh, and the landlord called me today and said that Roto Rooter was on the way. They think it's a blockage in the utility room. I hope they're right, that they get it fixed, and that I won't have a flooded bathroom when I get home. If I do, you will probably hear my scream from where you are. Even you guys in California.