Monthly Archives: March 2009
Wide angle fun, day 1: Inside my house
For the next two weeks, I’m renting a Canon 10-22mm wide angle lens from LensRentals.com. I’m doing this for a couple of reasons. First, a friend of mine told me that I need to quit focusing in on details of stuff and try zooming out and looking at the big picture for a change. I [...]
Saturday night fun
Last night I went to Scandia with some friends for mini golf and air hockey. By my recollection, it’s been almost 12 years since I’ve played mini golf, so I was more than a bit rusty, but at least I kicked butt at air hockey to make up for my poor golf performance. . . [...]
Pick a direction
I pass this street sign on the way to work every day, and it never fails to amuse me. Hey, what can I say–I’m easily amused. One of these days I’ll get one of my other favorite street sign–the intersection of Elvas and Elvas. .
I miss Italy
The brightly-colored stucco of the house down the street from me makes me really want to go back to Italy. Sigh. .
Anyone know what these flowers are?
They are covering several lawns and grassy areas around my neighborhood, and I can’t figure out what they are, but I absolutely love them. So pretty!! As always, click on the picture to enlarge it. :-) .
A day at the races
Ok, so I was there in the evening, I was only there for a bit, and there were no Marx Brothers anywhere to be seen. But it was $1 hot dog night at Cal Expo, and there were horses to take pictures of, so despite the brisk, chilly wind, I hung out next to the [...]