Day Fourteen: A penny saved is a penny earned

Right now, it is one degree outside. One degree Fahrenheit...not Celsius.  The wind chill makes it feel like -14 degrees.  Needless to say, it is COLD.  The bone chilling temperatures not only freeze my nose, but freeze any desire I have to go outside, or take pictures out there.  For those of  you who don't know, I am always cold.   I will sleep in flannel pants, a sweatshirt, use three blankets and I will still be cold. In my office, a space heater is always on.  Even during the middle of the summer, you'll find me in a sweatshirt some evenings.  I am always cold. Thus, the sub-zero windchill causes me to avoid the outdoors at all costs.

What the heck does that have to do with my picture of the day, you ask?  Not going outside--whether to venture out to go shopping or simply to a friend's house-- significantly limits my photo taking opportunities.  I stay at my house (or hang out at Pete's) as much as possible to reduce my exposure to the winter elements.  Some days it is possible to find great pictures of things "happening" inside. Other days it is nearly impossible; the creative juices are 100% inhibited by the lack of fresh oxygen. 

Yesterday, however, I apparently had enough of the gas to help me find something moderately creative.  Pete has the jug of pennies in his kitchen. As I'm writing this, I realize I forgot to ask why he has these pennies or what the story behind the jug is. (Pete, care to comment an fill us all in?)  As we (Pete was) were making dinner, I took the jar, dumped a few out, turned it on its side, and VOILA!

Come next Wednesday, it's suppose to be 53 degrees (Gotta love the ever fluctuating temperatures in the midwest).  Hopefully I'll get outside and the creative juices will once again flow free.