Oct 22 2011
A larger, orb-weaving spider set up shop just outside our kitchen window which gave me a perfect opportunity to get some macro close-ups without actually getting close and with being inside a nice, warm kitchen. Gave me a chance to use my tripod for some really good, steady, sharp images. Can’t believe how something that …
Oct 22 2011
Found a dying Monarch Butterfly that couldn’t fly on our driveway. No idea what was wrong with it. Looked really healthy although with a bit of a skinny abdomen. Picked it up and took it to one of our milkweeds for it to feed. Tried three times. Always ended up falling off and landing in the dirt. …
Oct 22 2011
Came across this little guy on one of our plumeria plants. Apparently they love to destroy tomato plants. I’ll have to keep an eye out for more of them. They have super nasty looking pointy larvae. Their name? Keeled treehopper.
Oct 22 2011
Our friends who arrived yesterday came over again this morning for some breakfast and a visit with my sister, her husband and my older brother who brought over his three kittens. They were here for only a few hours before continuing on their journey to meet up with more old friends.
Oct 21 2011
Old family friends who we haven’t seen in over forty years arrived this afternoon for a quick 24 hour visit. Too bad I can’t remember them other than by their family name. We sat and chatted, then went out for a Mexican dinner at Tio Carlos in the Midway area meeting my older brother and his kids …
Oct 20 2011
Had a very brief chat with Cali Lewis on Google+ today. Surprised to find out that she originally wanted to be a marine biologist. That she didn’t is a pity for all the moist animals that she would have befriended, but lucky for the rest of us arid, land-based mammals that she chose geeknicity.
Oct 19 2011
One of the neighbor dogs that I occasionally would dog-sit passed away today. She was quite mature and not in the best of health, but she was a good, loyal dog and she will be missed.
Oct 18 2011
Watched the live streaming of Google’s announcement of Ice Cream Sandwich (the latest Android operating system) out of Hong Kong being demoed on the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone. Lots of cool features from both the OS and the phone that Android fans will love, but for me they are definitely not enough to make me want …
Oct 18 2011
Our backyard Pacific Treefrog, Dennis Hopper, came back for another photo shoot today. Unfortunately I only got one decent one from the entire two-minute session.
Oct 17 2011
My mom and I went over to Ozzie’s house for a chicken dinner that Jeri had prepared for us. Ozzie and Kimi showed up a bit later. After dinner I played with the three kittens and then joined the others who were playing a few rounds of Scattergories.
Oct 16 2011
Went for a truncated evening walk along Rose Marie Starns South Shores Park at Mission Bay with the Tapias. It quickly got cold and windy once the sun set. Saw two cool things: first, someone was flying a glowing radio-controlled plane above us, and second, a satellite also flew over us as we got back …
Oct 16 2011
Today was officially “Steve Jobs Day” as decreed by our re-governor, Jerry Brown. I went to an Apple Store in Chula Vista with my tech friend, Rodrigo to play with as many Apple products as possible to honor Mr. Jobs. They had a bunch of post-it note tributes to him on the front entry windows. …
Oct 16 2011
Met the Tapias at José and Rosi’s house to sit and visit with them for a while before doing today’s Apple thing. José is still healing from his brain surgery from two weeks ago. Except for his scar he’s looking and acting very normal. ( c a r v a j a l p …
Oct 15 2011
Brenda called to have a video chat so she could show me her new LG Optimus V cell phone running Android 2.2 Froyo. Today she officially switched from T-Mobile to Virgin Mobile (which uses the Sprint network here in the U.S.). She went with Virgin Mobile because she didn’t have to sign the usual two-year …
