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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 March 1, 2005 Dawn Through a Frosted Winter Window, Groveland, NY	Displayed March 1, 2006 Prudential Tower in Late Afternoon Sun, Boston	Displayed March 1, 2007 Cellar Access, Jello Factory, Leroy, NY
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Displayed March 1, 2008 Trees Wrapped in Vines and Snow, Harvard, Mass.	Displayed March 1, 2009 Memorial in Snow, Powderhouse Square, Somerville, Mass.	Displayed March 1, 2010 Penny Studying Time, Lynn, Massachusetts
Displayed March 1, 2011 125 London Street, Living Room Waiting To Be Occupied	Displayed March 1, 2012 Cloudscape Over The Salt Marsh, Saugus, Massachusetts	Displayed March 1, 2013 Silly Getting Comfortable, Dell Court, Lynn, Massachusetts
Displayed March 1, 2014 Penny In Motion, Feeling the Catnip, Lynn, Mass.	Displayed March 1, 2015 Peabody South Congregational Through Winter Sunset Trees	Displayed March 1, 2016 Architecture in Afternoon Sun, Financial District, Boston
Displayed March 1, 2017 Geese on the Mystic at Alwife Brook Under Cloudy Skies	Displayed March 1, 2018 Alewife Brook Under the Mystic Valley Parkway Bridge	Displayed March 1, 2019 Clouds and Palms With Sunlight Highlights, Plantation
Displayed March 1, 2020 Sunset Lit Trees, Plantation, Florida (cross eye stereo)	Displayed March 1, 2021 Crane Standing in Sunset Light, Plantation, Florida	Displayed March 1, 2022 Waterfowl in the Lake, West Library, Plantation
Displayed March 1, 2023 Many Layers of a Complex Cloudscape, Sunrise, Florida	Displayed	Displayed

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 7797 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 July 1, 2006 Click image for full view Bikes, Ramps and Shells, Charles River at Mass. Ave.

Sample Photo Displayed March 1, 2013 Click image for full view Silly Getting Comfortable, Dell Court, Lynn, Massachusetts

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.