Went for an impromptu, short walk along Mission Bay just east of SeaWorld on a picture postcard southern California day with Sylvia, Rodrigo, Lilo and Stitch. Finished the outing off with a deliciously sweet Berry Blast Slurpee and a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos from 7 Eleven.
Aug 05 2011
Menagerie Watch: Day Two
Second day of watching the neighbors’ cats and dogs. (Other than working on Oxnard photos and watching podcasts, I didn’t do much else today. Sad? Maybe. Pathetic? Youbetcha.)
Aug 04 2011
Back On The Farm
Starting another animal-sitting stint for the neighbors. This one’s for three days, two nights and still with two dogs that need meds and eight cats that sleep a lot.
Aug 03 2011
My Latest Canvas Print
Received a canvas print today of the wagon and barrels photo that I shot in Old Town back on July 14. As always I am very happy with the quality that Picture It On Canvas produces.
Aug 03 2011
Loving My Lizard
My photo of a Coast Horned Lizard was added to a group of other lizard shots on a Live Journal page on 500px. My plans to take over the Internet are crawling along nicely.
Little Dragons
Aug 02 2011
Homes From The Past
Drove around Camarillo checking out the three houses our family lived in while us kids went to schools in the area. They seem much smaller than my younger mind remembers.
1906 Kendall
1504 Palmer
889 Calle La Sombre
Aug 02 2011
Where Saints Are Made
Spent over an hour walking around my old high school in Oxnard with my sister and mom, taking pictures and chatting with a few of the staff including the new school principal.
Aug 02 2011
What’s An Oxnard: Day Two
Much merriment was had today starting with an excellent breakfast at the resort, followed by tennis playing, kite flying, bocce balling and walks along the beach. There was some Starbucks and donuts thrown in there somewhere for good measure.
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Aug 01 2011
What’s An Oxnard: Day One
Start of our two-day trip up to Oxnard to meet up with my visiting brother and his entourage.
(More info and p i c s to come.)
Jul 31 2011
Ozzie Makes Dinner
My brother, Ozzie, made and invited us to dinner tonight. He made his own version of Hungarian Gulyás (meat stew) with dumplings which turned out tasting pretty good.
Jul 30 2011
Visiting With Old Friends
Had a great time catching up with old friends: swimming, eating, playing games, eating again, playing more games, telling ghost stories and finally roasting marshmallows over a fire pit. Wonderful way to spend a Saturday.
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Jul 30 2011
Comic Con: The Early Years
Visited the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park to see the Comic Con: The Early Years exhibit. It was a surprisingly minimal presentation with only three small display cases in the middle of a large open area. For the $6.00 admission that I paid I stayed and went through the rest of the museum, which took less than an hour. Spent another half an hour walking around the park, including strolling through the Arboretum, taking lots of pictures.
Jul 29 2011
Zoo Day With Niece And Nephew
Had a good day as tour guide for my nephew, Stephen, his girlfriend, Jeri, and my niece, Kimi, at the San Diego Zoo. While quite a few animals were asleep or hiding, we still got to see most of the Zoo and had a pretty good lunch there as well.
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Jul 28 2011
I Am Now Spotifying
Created a Spotify account to listen to full tracks of music before deciding whether I should buy them, or if I even need to since the service streams the tracks. It also imports all my iTunes playlists. This fantastic service has been available in Europe for a while now and only recently finally came over to the U.S. As soon as I get my iPhone 5 I can start listening to music anywhere, anytime.
Jul 28 2011
The Beauty Of The Brown Widow
Macro shot of the Brown Widow spider’s undercarriage. More beautifully colored than its more infamous cousin. Found this one nested on a plant in our backyard.
My iNaturalist-ings
My Flickr Photostream
