RAINBOW

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A rainbow. There's no better sentiment to bring in the new year. To your health!

SUNSET

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In the spirit of not being the Doom who stole Christmas, I present this holiday-friendly, politically neutral photograph I shot in December 1999.

STUCK MARKET

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This is what I think about the stock market. The whole thing is contrived, and it [Wall St.] Fs up the country, the economy, and the world. This sculpture was illegally dropped off in Manhattan 21 years ago beneath a Christmas tree on Broad St. Read the wiki page here.

MOURNING DOVE

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This is a mourning dove. I used to think it was a morning dove, like, early in the morning. But they spell it like mourning? Their call is hard to explain, but that's probably where it got its name. I shot this on a 1991 December morning.