Great Scott! I Think I Hit 1885!

Great Scott! I Think I Hit 1885!, a photo by hbmike2000 on Flickr.

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While riding around in my time machine, I decided to head back to the old west to find Dr. Emmett Brown. I had a question that I had been trying to figure out for years and it was driving me crazy. It took me a few days after I got there but I finally found the wild haired ole crazy kook. Doc! I said, how many pounds of beans to I need to eat to get me and my roller skates up to 88 mph?

View from the past

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PS.
It's two pounds by the way. If you eat three pounds you just go POW! Right to the Moon Alice! and quite frankly that would be a different show and cause a paradox in the space time continuum.

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(Also, that building is waist high. It is one of the scale model trains at the Joshua Tree Southern Railroad Museum)

Sunning By The Pool

Sunning By The Pool, a photo by hbmike2000 on Flickr.

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If you ever cage up a Little Monster, make sure their feet can't stick out through the bottom of the cage. Otherwise, all they do is lift the cage and go where they want.

PS.
If you wondering, yes, I threw him in the pool. No, he doesn't float.

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Cliche Saturday HCS

The Return Of Flyboy Fred

The Return Of Flyboy Fred, a photo by hbmike2000 on Flickr.

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After much crying, mud slinging, rock throwing and crying out for Mommy (yes, all that was from me) I finally got Flyboy Fred back from that mean little kid. Now I can throw him in to the old dirty grocery bag with all the other forgotten about toys and chuck him to the back of the closet where he belongs!

View from a helicopter

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Pioneertown Hotel Lobby

Pioneertown Hotel Lobby, a photo by hbmike2000 on Flickr.

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I don't know why I hadn't posted this yet. From the piano to the vase to the door that says Room Upstairs, this was one of my favorite shots of that day. I blame the cat.

View having a seat but brush the dust off first.

The Last Known Whereabouts Of Flyboy Fred

The Last Known Whereabouts Of Flyboy Fred, a photo by hbmike2000 on Flickr.

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With the early morning sun glinting off the cockpit windshield, Flyboy Fred strapped himself in to the seat of his fine little helicopter, placed his sunglasses on his face and gave a sideways glance over to me. I nodded and quietly asked, You ready? He slowly bobbed his head up and down in the affirmative and that was when I reached out and grabbed his helicopter and chucked him through the air. Over the fence he flew like a grand old Eagle flipping head over tails.

Everything was fine until the words, OH COOL, wafted over from the other side of the fence. Hopping up and down to see who uttered those words and why, I saw a little kid holding my helicopter in his dirty, grimy, little hands. I hollered to the boy to give me back my toy, He gave me the finger instead, said something about my mother and ran off. Quickly I pulled myself over the fence and landed with all the grace of the last Dodo face first in the dirt. I brushed myself off and gave pursuit! Two hours later and about 100 feet into the desert I caught up with the little monster and ... Well, that's when he beat me up and kept my toy helicopter.

Obviously, I'm never going to tell THIS story to anybody.

View plotting how to get your toys back from little kids

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Sliders Sunday: HSS

The Treasure Hunt

The Treasure Hunt, a photo by hbmike2000 on Flickr.

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Keys ... Check
Pirate Skull Eye Patch ... Check
Blood Stain on wooden chest ... Check

Alright then, it has only taken me a year to find these. They were well hidden. Stuffed in a little open box on the computer table within arms reach of where I sit every day. Finally, I am able to go on a real adventure to find the Treasure that I don't remember what it is or where I buried it.

I really hope I didn't bury it in the cat box again.

View with your Pirate Swords hanging from your side and saying, Aye Matey, every ten minutes.

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Comp Corner: Under Lock And Key

Cliche Saturday: HCS

Your Check Is in The Mail

Your Check Is in The Mail, a photo by hbmike2000 on Flickr.

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And as soon as they use a crane to lift this off the track that ends in 100 feet, both directions and load it on to some big ole truck and drive it down a narrow dirt road and out of the hills of Joshua Tree, it's your.

View saying to yourself, I can't believe he wrote me a check for a Million Dollars using a Crayon.

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Help Me Obi-Wan Kenobi, You're My Only Hope

Help Me Obi-Wan Kenobi, You're My Only Hope, a photo by hbmike2000 on Flickr.

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I think R2D2 is stalking me. Everywhere I go, I find him two steps behind me. Last week I found him under my bed. He said it was for " Security " reasons but I don't know. I am very uncomfortable. The way he beeps at me has me worried for my own safety. Then, this morning I was cleaning his room and I found this Selfie of him Googling me on his phone. Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope.

Love,
Princess Leia

View looking under your bed for R2D2

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Flickr Friday: #MyFavoriteMovieScene (You remember it your way, I'll remember it mine) :)

Photo-bombed By A Dino

Photo-bombed By A Dino, a photo by hbmike2000 on Flickr.

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Everybody's got to get into the picture.

View 65 million years ago

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Cliche Saturday HCS

Little Red Caboose

Little Red Caboose, a photo by hbmike2000 on Flickr.

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Believe it or not, I started to worry
I wondered if I had enough class
But it was Saturday night, I guess that makes it all right
And you say, "Baby, have you got enough gas?"

>snicker snicker<< You betcha, I had bean burritos last night

Little Red Caboose
Baby, you're much too fast
Little Red Caboose
You need to find a love that's gonna last
- Prince And MIke

View singing a long

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Little Red Caboose

Little Red Caboose, a photo by hbmike2000 on Flickr.

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Believe it or not, I started to worry
I wondered if I had enough class
But it was Saturday night, I guess that makes it all right
And you say, "Baby, have you got enough gas?"

>snicker snicker<< You betcha, I had bean burritos last night

Little Red Caboose
Baby, you're much too fast
Little Red Caboose
You need to find a love that's gonna last
- Prince And MIke

View singing a long

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Getty Images

Getty Images, a set on Flickr.

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These are my images that were invited to Getty Images for sale. You can purchase them by clicking on the You may license this photo on Getty Images under additional info just next to the description box

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you can see all my photo's available for license here

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Thank you and I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them.

The Long Tale Of The Extinction Of The Dinosaurs

The Long Tale Of The Extinction Of The Dinosaurs, a photo by hbmike2000 on Flickr.

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A Rock Fell.

It went BOOM !

The End

View during intermission

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Our Daily Challenge: Toys
(one would think this was easy but it took me HOURS to decide what to shoot and now I have toys EVERYWHERE)

Gunfighters For Hire

Gunfighters For Hire, a photo by hbmike2000 on Flickr.

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I'm a little confused about the sign on the door. Should I just slide my application under the door or just shoot them with my rubber band gun as they come out?

You know I'm gonna just shoot them. Wish me luck.

View ducking, I'm shootin everything that moves

Rule #1 Of Our Daily Challenge

Rule #1 Of Our Daily Challenge, a photo by hbmike2000 on Flickr.

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Always check to see what the challenge is early

so you don't accidentally eat your face

View glaring back

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Good Morning

Good Morning, a photo by hbmike2000 on Flickr.

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I made you some coffee.

Don't be rude, drink it.

I picked the rocks out, it's fine.

View with a big gritty grin

Transform

Transform, a photo by hbmike2000 on Flickr.

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I was lucky enough to see some props, gadgets and toys from the new Transformer Movie being made. This is a plastic mold for one of the new Transformers that starts off as a Chevy HHR. The body will be a 30 foot pile of crap and it ... I lost you at that last part, didn't I. Well, it IS part of a Chevy HHR. It is the rubber piece that fits inside the key/alarm remote. As you can see, my very handy Spouse tried to fix it cause it stopped working. And now I got a new play thing to photograph cause it's never going to work again. Or the other one my handy spouse broke too.

Come on, admit it, YOU thought it was really a Transformer for just a second.

(don't get me wrong, Chevy is a good car but they did a BIG misstep with the HHR. It literaly falls apart and has the oddest problems like not wanting to shift out of Park for an hour or two for no apparent reason. It did that for two months last year and then it just fixed itself)

View running from MEGATRON !!!

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TOTW: Cinematic

Go-Go Boy

Go-Go Boy, a photo by hbmike2000 on Flickr.

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Yes, he's 102.
Yes, when he shakes his hips to the left his butt continues to go to the right.
No, he's not the best looking dude in the world but he is always naked.
So when he said he wanted to be a Go-Go Boy, I couldn't contain myself. I chucked him in a cage and hung him outside.
I should probably go check on him, that was last week.

View dancing to Disco Duck (That's his favorite song to Go-Go Dance to)

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The Rio Grande Castle Peak Dining Car

The Rio Grande Castle Peak Dining Car, a photo by hbmike2000 on Flickr.

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This is the shot I got after I was thrown out the window of the Rio Grande Castle Peak Dining Car and rolled down the hill and landed in a cactus and the train sped away. I got the last laugh though, I held onto my sandwich the whole way.

View watching the old trains speed by

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This Year, Easter Will Be MINE ! Muhahahaha

This Year, Easter Will Be MINE ! Muhahahaha, a photo by hbmike2000 on Flickr.

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After the fiasco of trying to capture Santa Clause last Christmas, I've decided to go after the Easter Bunny. How hard can it be after all. I've got a carrot and ... dang it, I ate the carrot.

View while munching on a carrot stick but don't wrinkle your nose or I might capture you by mistake

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(I can't wait, I hear he taste like chicken)

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The bunny is a napkin holder my Mother In Law made.

Getty Images

Getty Images, a set on Flickr.

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These are my images that were invited to Getty Images for sale. You can purchase them by clicking on the You may license this photo on Getty Images under additional info just next to the description box

or

you can see all my photo's available for license here

www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?assettype=image&am...

Thank you and I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them.