Jul 07 2011
Today I am honoring those friends with whom I had some sort of communication with on this day, be it over the phone, through text message, on Facebook, Twitter message, chat or email. They are presented in no particular order other than alphabetical and clock-wise from the top.
Jul 07 2011
For a while today I watched a video stream of amazing comic colorist Nei Ruffino do some coloring on a piece. Unfortunately I couldn’t watch the whole time and I missed getting some more image details.
Jul 06 2011
Installed two wooden strips onto our backyard fence just above the Milkweed plants where the 25+ Monarch larvae are feeding. This will give them a nice place to hang from when it’s time for them to begin pupating.
Jul 05 2011
Had a really good photo day at the San Diego Zoo with Mary and Diana. Got some fantastically lucky shots of Funani the Hippo and her recently born son Adhama. Also had the best meal ever at the Zoo at Albert’s Restaurant, contrasting with the worst the last time I visited. Ran into an old …
Jul 04 2011
After a terrific earlier than expected breakfast, I started helping the Tapias finish getting ready for a 1:00 4th of July pool party with some friends’ families visiting from Ireland and New Jersey. About thirty people were there and the party didn’t stop until well after a 9pm fireworks show. We got pretty tired from …
Jul 03 2011
Went to a wedding and reception this evening at the Marina Village Conference Center across from SeaWorld for a couple I had never met before. Luckily I went with two friends and knew the bride’s two sisters. Also knew a few of the other people. The food was fairly decent and there was an open …
Jul 02 2011
This squirrel…SQUIRREL!…was perched on a dead tree overlooking the canyon just beyond the fence in our backyard. It didn’t seem to mind at all that I walked up to take some pictures while it surveyed its domain.
Jul 02 2011
While our landlady and her brother were here installing new smoke/carbon monoxide detectors, her brother put up an American flag that my mom had bought a few days ago to display on this Fourth of July weekend. She loves being patriotic, which I commend.
Jul 02 2011
And if adding a new blog to keep up with wasn’t enough, I also set up a Shutterfly Share website for my Shutterfly photo account. Somebody please stop me. Anyone want to become a member of my site?
Jul 02 2011
Yep. As if not keeping up regularly with my other three blogs was enough, I’ve gone ahead and started a new one. Differences with this one is that 1) it will center on what my friends are doing, not what I’m doing and 2) it’s on Blogger. It won’t be updated very regularly since I …
Jul 01 2011
Probably my last full day of checking on updates since the fire is no longer an imminent threat to Los Alamos. Now I just have to keep an ear out for when my brother, nephew and my friends can return to their homes. Today I watched one news conference and some news videos, and found …
Jul 01 2011
Had ourselves a car fire on the freeway interchange in the canyon below our house. Fire department and police put it out and towed it very quickly and had the traffic backup moving in about twenty minutes.
Jul 01 2011
Changed all 22 of my calendars to July because June is now pining for the fjords.
