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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 January 1, 2005 Sunset, Bare Trees, Cambridgeside	Displayed January 1, 2006 Feeding Birds, Groveland, NY	Displayed January 1, 2007 A Cozy Entrance Beckons, Geneseo, NY
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Displayed January 1, 2008 Freshly Winter Frosted Oak, Groveland, NY	Displayed January 1, 2009 Leaving a Cold Winter Sunset, Jet Beyond the Charles River	Displayed January 1, 2010 Dump Truck and Cessna, Working Perspective, Groveland, NY
Displayed January 1, 2011 Hep Dog, Towel Origami, Lynn, Massachusetts	Displayed January 1, 2012 Bare Trees Bathed In Sunset Light, Groveland, New York	Displayed January 1, 2013 Winter Branches Against Clear Sky, Dell Court, Lynn
Displayed January 1, 2014 Sunny and Cold, Icicle Curtains, Groveland, New York	Displayed January 1, 2015 Winter Sky With Clouds and Bare Trees, Groveland, New York	Displayed January 1, 2016 Winter Sun and Woodland Fog, Harvard, Massachusetts
Displayed January 1, 2017 Sunset Sky With Jet Streaks, Groveland, New York	Displayed January 1, 2018 Architecture Study, Meadow Glen, Medford, Massachusetts	Displayed January 1, 2019 Happy New Year 2019! Esplanade Fireworks, Nine Hot Shards
Displayed January 1, 2020 Happy New Year 2020! Boston Esplanade Fireworks	Displayed January 1, 2021 Happy New Year 2021! Boston Esplanade Fireworks	Displayed January 1, 2022 Boston Esplanade Fireworks, Happy New Year 2022!
Displayed January 1, 2023 The Face of the New Year, Happy 2023! Esplanade Fireworks	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 7738 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 November 23, 2006 Click image for full view Free Birds in the Sky, East Boston

Sample Photo Displayed March 11, 2012 Click image for full view Silhouettes and Sunset Bands, from Boston Common

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.