Our dogwood has been loaded with blossoms this year, providing a visual feast and drawing my camera on an almost daily basis. The blossoms are fading now.
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Saturday, May 24, 2008
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Saturday, May 17, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Photo Published
I've just gotten word that the picture of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco shown above is being included in the Schmap guide to California. While there is no monetary compensation for this it's cool that my picture is being included. The Schmap guide is an online travel guide. The homepage is here, and the page with my picture is here.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
See It Sunday: Bright
A bright orange flower in the bouquet Amy gave me on our anniversary in February.
More See It Sunday is here.
Sunday, May 04, 2008
PhotoSunday: Spring
Spring night.
Before class started on Thursday night I spent some time watching these little guys practice. The uniform shirts were too big, they were missing as many balls as they stopped and they were having a blast!
Before class started on Thursday night I spent some time watching these little guys practice. The uniform shirts were too big, they were missing as many balls as they stopped and they were having a blast!
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Thursday, May 01, 2008
Thursday Challenge: Spring
This pasque flower sits at the end of our front walk. I really love it's look. Unfortunately it is truly a Spring flower. It blooms for about a week and then is done until next year. In finding the link to the information about it I discovered that it's the state flower of South Dakota and the provincial flower of Manitoba. (And I think my picture is nicer than the one on the listing at wikipedia.) Another picture of it is here.
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Lensday: Purple
On the plaza in front of the hotel near where I work in.
(I'm having a lot of fun with my new camera, though I still need to figure out all of it's features. Work is still nuts, the conference for the users group that I'm president of is in less than 2 weeks and the summer softball league season starts in less than 2 weeks. So, if you don't hear much from me you'll know why.)
(I'm having a lot of fun with my new camera, though I still need to figure out all of it's features. Work is still nuts, the conference for the users group that I'm president of is in less than 2 weeks and the summer softball league season starts in less than 2 weeks. So, if you don't hear much from me you'll know why.)
See more Lensday here.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Sad Day
My wife teases me occasionally about the number of cameras I own (if you count the hand-me-down from her Dad, the one with the broken light meter and the video camera I own 7). I regularly use three - a digital camera bought shortly before we went to Quebec in 2003, the waterproof digital camera I use when kayaking, and a 35mm film camera. The 5 year old digital camera is the work horse of the bunch. At least it was until yesterday. The shutter release stopped working consistently yesterday afternoon, and by this afternoon it stopped working completely.
After trying all of the non-invasive options we could think of, I decided to open up the camera well aware that at some point I would cross the point of no return. Fourteen teeny-tiny screws later a 1/4 inch piece of metal fell out. We were able to figure out that it was one half of the spring mechanism for the shutter. The completely worn out half, and it was not going back where it came from.
The good news is that I have other cameras. I will miss this camera, though. It has taken pictures of wonderful trips - snow in Quebec, the beach in San Diego, our honeymoon in Mexico, smiling children, softball games, flowers, most everything you've seen here that wasn't taken from my kayak.
I'll be adding another camera to my arsenal soon. Until then my waterproof digital will be pressed into service.
After trying all of the non-invasive options we could think of, I decided to open up the camera well aware that at some point I would cross the point of no return. Fourteen teeny-tiny screws later a 1/4 inch piece of metal fell out. We were able to figure out that it was one half of the spring mechanism for the shutter. The completely worn out half, and it was not going back where it came from.
The good news is that I have other cameras. I will miss this camera, though. It has taken pictures of wonderful trips - snow in Quebec, the beach in San Diego, our honeymoon in Mexico, smiling children, softball games, flowers, most everything you've seen here that wasn't taken from my kayak.
I'll be adding another camera to my arsenal soon. Until then my waterproof digital will be pressed into service.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Macroday: Sneaker
The sneakers Amy keeps under her desk at work to pull on when she wants comfort.
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Saturday, April 05, 2008
PhotoHunters: Glass
This is part of the ceiling in the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. The glass flowers were made by Dale Chihuly. We have both admired his glass work from afar so this was a must see destination during our adventure in Las Vegas.
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Friday, April 04, 2008
Happy Birthday, Mommy!
Today is my mother's birthday. My mother loves daffodils. I have yet to see a daffodil in the wild this year, but I did find these small ones at the grocery store the other day and they followed me home. Happy birthday mommy!
(On another note I have not fallen off the face of the earth. I'm just really busy at work and haven't been able to scare up enough energy to write. I haven't even been taking that many photographs although I have managed to get a least one a day. There have been a few nights when I've been wandering the house at 11:30 looking for something to take a picture of. Things should get back to a more normal pace soon.)
(On another note I have not fallen off the face of the earth. I'm just really busy at work and haven't been able to scare up enough energy to write. I haven't even been taking that many photographs although I have managed to get a least one a day. There have been a few nights when I've been wandering the house at 11:30 looking for something to take a picture of. Things should get back to a more normal pace soon.)
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Waiting
Amy arrives tonight, in about 5 hours. I've been in Las Vegas since Sunday at a conference which ends mid-day tomorrow. We're going to spend a few days seeing the sights. I'm excited that she'll be here soon, though not soon enough. I'm counting the hours. (And yes I am pathetic.)
In the meantime, I'll have dinner with 5000 of my closest friends (it's a big conference) and then go listen to Bare Naked Ladies.
In the meantime, I'll have dinner with 5000 of my closest friends (it's a big conference) and then go listen to Bare Naked Ladies.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
RT and Horton
(Not sure why I'm inclined toward pictureless posts today, perhaps it's the rain, but here's another.)
When I first saw the trailer for Horton Hears a Who several months ago I knew that I would have to see the movie as soon as it came out, and that I would have to see it with RT, my college roommate. I read a lot of Dr Seuss as a child - The Cat in the Hat, The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, Green Eggs and Ham and even the little known I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew - but I had never read Horton.
Way back freshman year when RT discovered that I had never read Horton she was appalled. Shortly after I received a copy of Horton for my very own. It's in the bookcase next to my bed even now.
Work has been a bit nuts lately (preparing for an upgrade in late June) and I kept forgetting to call RT until the wee hours of the night. I finally grabbed a couple of minutes yesterday and gave her a call. After determining that she was in fact free today I mentioned that I wanted to take her to see Horton today. She was so excited that she decided not even to check with her partner, K, to see if she'd made plans for today. She'd been expecting to have to wait until the film came out on DVD because K was not interested in seeing it, she doesn't live near a theatre and doesn't drive long distances.
The movie was everything we could have hoped it would be, and RT was thrilled to watch not only the movie but also all the small people who were watching it with us. It is a testament to how good the movie is that there was very little unrest among the children. I highly recommend the movie. It has action, is visually interesting, stays true to the Seuss story, and delivers its message without being preachy. RT's favorite line - "...eats rainbows and poops butterflies".
After the movie we went out to lunch. We could have spent several hours more talking, but I had errands to run so had to rush off after dropping RT back at home. It was nice to be able to make RT's day and to remember that sometimes it's the little things that matter.
When I first saw the trailer for Horton Hears a Who several months ago I knew that I would have to see the movie as soon as it came out, and that I would have to see it with RT, my college roommate. I read a lot of Dr Seuss as a child - The Cat in the Hat, The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, Green Eggs and Ham and even the little known I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew - but I had never read Horton.
Way back freshman year when RT discovered that I had never read Horton she was appalled. Shortly after I received a copy of Horton for my very own. It's in the bookcase next to my bed even now.
Work has been a bit nuts lately (preparing for an upgrade in late June) and I kept forgetting to call RT until the wee hours of the night. I finally grabbed a couple of minutes yesterday and gave her a call. After determining that she was in fact free today I mentioned that I wanted to take her to see Horton today. She was so excited that she decided not even to check with her partner, K, to see if she'd made plans for today. She'd been expecting to have to wait until the film came out on DVD because K was not interested in seeing it, she doesn't live near a theatre and doesn't drive long distances.
The movie was everything we could have hoped it would be, and RT was thrilled to watch not only the movie but also all the small people who were watching it with us. It is a testament to how good the movie is that there was very little unrest among the children. I highly recommend the movie. It has action, is visually interesting, stays true to the Seuss story, and delivers its message without being preachy. RT's favorite line - "...eats rainbows and poops butterflies".
After the movie we went out to lunch. We could have spent several hours more talking, but I had errands to run so had to rush off after dropping RT back at home. It was nice to be able to make RT's day and to remember that sometimes it's the little things that matter.
Voted Favorite
I just discovered that my PhotoSunday post for W, which you can see here, was voted one of the favorites. While not a huge honor (out of 12 entries there were 4 favorites) but I'm still thrilled. It gave me a nice smile on this grey, gloomy day. Now I just need to figure out what to post for Z.
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Shutterday: Thing Seen
This week's theme at Shutterday is "Thing Seen" (swing on over to see other submissions). The photos submitted are to be of things yoy have a unique view of, something you noticed that most people might have missed, or something you saw and needed to show the world. I spied this traffic cone while walking in my neighborhood last weekend.
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