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Display Date:		December 31, 1969
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This site is where I share some of the beauty I see in the world around me with the rest of my community. I hope you like the pictures I've made available.

The picture of the day is changed daily at 3 AM, Eastern Time. If you click on the picture above, you will enter a slide show of the pictures that have been displayed on this site.

I'm writing a Kickstarter proposal to create a movie of the pictures that have been shown on this site. (At 1/3 second per image, it's going to be a 25+ minute movie!) If you would like to know when the Kickstarter is ready, or if you have any comments, please use this form to send me a message. (Relevant entries here will only be used to contact you re. the Kickstarter project.)

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You can also find more information about the PbF Movie project, including the planned Kickstarter reward levels, here on the project page.

Today In Review

Displayed July 14, 2005 Spring Crown, from Commonwealth Avenue	Displayed July 14, 2006 Shaded Picnic and Sails, Esplanade	Displayed July 14, 2007 As Though "A Mist Upon the Moor" Charles River, Boston
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Displayed July 14, 2008 Ironwork Study, Fence Detail, Cambridge Street, Cambridge	Displayed July 14, 2009 Reflecting Pool With Fountain, Esplanade, Boston	Displayed July 14, 2010 Pointing Out The Skip-Twister's Damage, Groveland, NY
Displayed July 14, 2011 Susquehanna River Perspective, Mifflinville, Pennsylvania	Displayed July 14, 2012 Fine Weather for Community Boating, Esplanade, Boston	Displayed July 14, 2013 South End Sunrise Full of Steeples, from 255 Mass. Ave.
Displayed July 14, 2014 Cloudy Water Discharge from Elginwood Pond, Peabody	Displayed July 14, 2015 Sunset Pastels and Streetlights, Northeast View, Boston	Displayed July 14, 2016 Partly Sunny and Hot at the Fountain, Lechmere Canal
Displayed July 14, 2017 Fresh Cherries, Ripe on a Tree, Brookings Street, Medford	Displayed July 14, 2018 Cloudscape Illuminated by Sunset, Groveland, New York	Displayed July 14, 2019 Grated Street Level Wall, Fairfield Street, Boston
Displayed July 14, 2020 von Braun's Office Replica, US Space & Rocket Center	Displayed July 14, 2021 Quilted Clouds With Shadows From Below	Displayed July 14, 2022 Early Morning Lake Perspective, St. Tropez Apartments
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There is also a calendar view (by month) of the available pictures which you can use to browse through the site. Note that when you make a selection on a calendar page, it takes you into the slide show at that picture, so that you can scroll back and forth from any date that you find interesting or convenient. (The monthly calendar view remembers which month you last looked at.)

FYI: As of now, there are currently 7567 daily pictures that have been displayed on this site since I first put it online on October 26, 2004.

The pictures in the slide show are displayed at 1024x768 resolution. If you've got a screen with enough space (e.g., 1152x864, 1280x1024 or larger), you'll be able to see the whole picture in your browser window without scrolling. On smaller screens, I'm afraid you'll have to scroll around to see complete pictures - at least for now...

I am working on a program, PbFpaper™, that will allow subscribers to have their winDoze desktop updated from this site each day. Subscriptions will be offered for several different screen resolutions, and the program will allow you to record your favorite selections, and redisplay them as your desktop background any time you want to. Once I have the winDoze version running, I'll be porting PbFpaper™ to FreeBSD and Linux, and at least to OS/X for Macintosh users.

In addition, limited edition prints of the photographs on this site are available through its sister site, LimitedEditionPhoto.com. The photos are printed using pigment-based inks for the maximum image life. Prints are offered either matted, or framed in any of a variety of styles. See the LimitedEditionPhoto.com site for further details.

... and, coming soon, PuzzleByFred.com where some of these photos will be offered as [1000 piece] jigsaw puzzles. (Do you have any preferences? Email your requests to me at puzzle.suggest@PhotoByFred.com - I am open to suggestions...)

... also coming soon, PosterByFred.com where some of these photos will be offered as inexpensive [inspirational] wall posters. (Do you have any preferences? As with the puzzles, I'm open to suggestions, so email requests or ideas to me at poster.suggest@PhotoByFred.com)

Thanks for your interest in my photos! Feel free to send me an email through the "Webmaster" link at the bottom of any page if you would like more information.

Sample Photo Displayed June 7, 2022 Click image for full view Not Walking Dogs in the Fountain, St. Tropez Apartments

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Ultimately, the purpose of this site is to support private space exploration and development (see L5Development.com for more information about the effort). As a measure of encouragement to join those enabling it, half of the subscription fees from PbFpaper™ will be deposited into an "L5 dollars" account in the subscriber's name at The L5 National Bank.