In honor of Earth Day 2012, I created this Facebook cover photo of some pansies sparkling with dew drops. I added a quote from the poet William Blake: "To see a world in a grain of sand, / And a heaven in a wild flower, / Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, / And eternity in an hour." I was very happy with how the macro focus on my camera worked to capture the droplets and velvety surface of the flowers.

This composite digital image by Will Murray ("Willscrlt") was completed at 2:17 PM on Sunday, 22 April 2012. The included close-up photo (HB P4150128) of pansy flowers was taken by Will Murray ("Willscrlt") at 10:16 AM on Sunday, 22 April 2012 at one of the flower planters in front of the CBRE Building at 555 Capital Mall, Sacramento, California, 95814.

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This image became my Twitter background image on Earth Day 2012 (22 April). I found the beautiful blowing ornamental grass growing at the base of a skyscraper in downtown Sacramento. I added some texture filters and a slight blur to the photo to give it more of an artsy feel.

This composite digital image by Will Murray ("Willscrlt") was completed Sunday, 22 April 2012. The included photo (SAM_0748) of blowing ornamental grass was taken by Will Murray ("Willscrlt") at 10:02 AM on Saturday, 21 April 2012 at near N St. in the alley between 5th St. and 6th St.

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The Rev. Dr. David Thompson, pastor of The Experience, delivers his sermon to the members of the congregation.

The photo was taken at 5:44 PM on Sunday, 24 January 2010 at The Episcopal Cathedral for the Diocese of Northern California, 2620 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, California 95816. It features Rev. Dr. David Thompson speaking from the pulpit.

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Celebrate the New Year, but please celebrate responsibly! Pick a designated driver or take a taxi. Don't drink and drive.

I stopped by Costco this morning to pick up a pumpkin pie for tonight's dinner (probably the last one for the season *cry*). I thought that these wine bottles might make a nice photo. Ironically, I didn't buy any alcohol. We will be celebrating the new year with sparkling peach juice. Yummy!

The warehouse lights are not the best lighting, so I touched up the color a bit in Photoshop on my laptop--the first time I've used my laptop for color tweaking, so hopefully its calibration is pretty close to right. I also blanked out the prices and item numbers on this low-res image to make it a bit more reusable.