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5.14.08
Anaheim
Down to Anaheim for a work photoshoot and had a chance to run over to the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA. So here's a bunch of new aircraft textures.
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5.3.08
Phew
Guess it took me a bit longer than I thought to get back to the site here. Its been quite busy at work and I've been working hard on yard stuff here.
Finished putting in dwarf citrus trees and raised beds today. Will be doing the drip irrigation system in there tomorrow and probably will plant a smallish garden at the same time. The beds are 3' by 9' and a foot tall. Going to build a compost "bin" in the far right corner of this pic and a raised planter for a herb garden on the far left.
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4.2.08
New Home
Well, pretty much settled in the new house. Will be posting pics sometime shortly. Having my first BBQ/party this saturday. Phones are up, internet is up, all is good. Plenty of work to do in the backyard still. Work is plenty busy too. |
3.22.08
New Site and New News.
The house is mine, but the funding didn't go through yesterday (when it was supposed to). Some paperwork got missed on the seller/title side so it didn't close. Definitely a buzz kill for a bit, but I should get keys Monday.
Anyway, I've been working on this new version of the site on and off for a few weeks and its finally time to launch it. I hope you'll find the new navigation MUCH EASIER than all the crazy drop-downs like it was. The new "Spry" features of Dreamweaver CS3 are very nice. I've also made a Visual Index (top right) where you can browse almost all of my collections by a huge thumbnail index. If you run across any broken links, please let me know at ethernectar at mac dot com. Thanks! |
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3.17.08
Closer & Closer...
Hope to be closing escrow this friday. Speedbumps last week, surprises around every corner. Had a great shoot with Tawny and Armour Sans Anguish yesterday. This site is undergoing a substantial rebuild, so my postings will be a little limited for a while as I'm working on the new version.
Update: selects are here>> |
3.8.08
Moving ahead:
House
deal is moving ahead... Escrow is supposed
to close on the 21st of this month. Then
time to move and then into two catalogs
at the office. Going to be a busy month. |
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3.1.08
Fort Point, San Francisco, CA
My buddy Allen and
I took off on a day trip to the city.
Walked through Chinatown for a bit and
then went to Fort
Point (the old fort that sits at the
base of the Golden Gate Bridge.) What
a great place to take pics. Weather was
stellar, albeit crazy-windy at the fort,
especially on the top level, amazing building.
Then had burgers and beers at a cool old
bar. Browsed IKEA on the way home and
took sunset pictures from the top of the
parking garage until they kicked us out.
Was a great day. Enjoy
the pics. |
2.20.08
Lunar Eclipse at Knights Ferry
Went out with some
fellow photo guys last eve to shoot the
Lunar Eclipse. We were going to shoot
in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Knights Ferry
but it was closed. Then we got kicked
out of the Knights Ferry Park. Wound up
shooting from the top of a hill that overlooked
the river valley and the highway on the
other side. Got a few so-so pics of the
eclipse and then some fun shots playing
around with lights and strobes. (Sorry the collection got lost in the site update.) Looks like this third
house option is moving ahead, which is
finally great news after two failed deals.
Stay tuned. |
2.14.08
Less Limbo:
Have
cancelled on the Maestro house earlier
this week. The bank that owns it is entirely on some kind of banker's "crack"
and lives in a parallel universe where
time and reality don't exist as they do
here. So have started over for the 3rd
time. Looked at about 10 housesand my
next offer goes in tomorrow. If you're
on flickr and friend or family (at least
according to flickr), you can see some
snapshots here of that house. Time will tell if this
is the place or not... If it wasn't for Cindy (my realtor) I'd probably have given up. |
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2.9.08
Utah Road Trip with Dad
Dad and I went on
a week-long road trip through several
National and State Parks in Southern Utah.
Drove through two days of snow and ice
to get to Moab, then had great weather.
We went to these sites: Goblin Valley
State Park, Dead Horse State Park, Arches
National Park, Canyonlands National Park,
Capitol Reef National Park, Escalante/Grand
Staircase National Monument and Zion National
Park. All told, more than 2400 miles and
we had a great time.
Here's almost 150
select photos including new panoramics
all shot on a Canon 5D, and mostly with
a circular polarizer.
No big news on the house
front. They're just getting started on
the demolition of the sheetrock. I'm sure
it will be late march at the earliest
before they're done but I'm going to stick
to this one. |
1.30.08
More Limbo:
Still
in limbo on the house, but it will be
worth the wait. I leave for Utah on saturday,
can't wait. Dad is going with me, its
going to be a great time together. Planning
on doing about 8 or 9 National or State
Parks. Stay tuned for new photos. Its
my first long road trip in a while. :) |
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1.14.08 Headed
Home
Sitting here in
a regional airport waiting for my flight
back through Chicago and then onto Sacramento.
Its been snowing here, hope that doesn't
impact either of my flights. We had a
very successful print check, you can see
a short video of the presses running here,
they're pretty impressive machinery. The
check went smoothly so I had some time
yesterday to go visit the National
Museum of the USAF. Was a pretty huge
collection. I only had my little Canon
G9, but
there are some great textures. Also a
couple shots from Brimfield (known for
its bricks) and a few of the cool concourse
in the Chicago O'Hare airport. Hope
you enjoy them all. |
1.12.08
Less Limbo:
Greetings
from gloomy Ohio. I'm here on a press
check for our Spring catalog and had a
few moments to write an update on the
house search. Before I left CA, and in
the beginning days of escrow on the Maestro house they had the city turn the water
on in order to do the inspections. Unfortunately
the washing machine hook up was open so
when the city turned the water on from
the street the water started flowing into
the house and flooded the place. It was
several hours before the first inspector
showed up, enough time to flood everything.
Since then the flooring has been removed,
the place aired out, inspected and inspected
again. Since its still the bank's property
they have insurance that will now replace
the flooring as well as remove/replace
the lower drywall throughout the place,
plus all moulding and trim... It adds
3-4 weeks of time to the process for the
contractors to get in there and do all
the work, plus make sure everthing is
100% dry. So, it extends the escrow period
and I'll stick around my current place
for a few extra weeks. Unfortunately for
me, almost everything is already packed,
lol.
Dad and I are headed
out on a week-long road trip in early
Feb. Going to southern UT to take pics
and see all those great parks and views.
Can't wait. |
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1.1.08 Happy
New Year & Sunday Trains
Went out with friends Allen and Cindy this afternoon to shoot some train cars.
Shot some neat grafitti, some texture
images and a few industrial pics. Click |
12.30.07
Limbo, part 2:
After
all of the inspections and declarations
I cancelled the offer on that house. Too
many issues with dry rot, termites, dry
rot, etc, etc, etc. So have been looking
at homes in a wider area than I had initially
thought about and have been pleasantly surprised.
Will put an offer in tomorrow on a newer
home (<10yrs) on the NE edge corner of
town, not too far from here. We'll see how
the process/inspections/etc goes... |
12.20.07
Limbo:
Well,
I accepted an offer/counteroffer on my first
home purchase today. Things are very good
at the office and this step is a move forward
based on how good things are there - and
also on our very hard work. I will post
more as time allows and as things develop/resolve. |
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10.28.07 All
The Gourdy Details
Took
some fun fall/harvest/halloweenish pics
today of a bunch of different colored and
patterned gourds. Orange
you glad you clicked here... |
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10.26.07 Party
Went to a fun costume
party at the Baird-Holt / Passalaqua 'Weekend
House' Here's about 40 pics, all available-light
with a 50mm ƒ1.4 at 3200ISO. Also a
few extra pics from a sunday brunch a couple
weeks ago. Click-away |
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10.21.07
SFBAS Napa
Met up with some fellow flickrers yesterday
in Napa. Had a nice time and visited a
few wineries. I
posted about 40 selects - click here.
You'll also notice some
changes in the gallery pages that will
make the site a little easier to manage
on my end, if you get lost, just click
the logo at the top left. |
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10.15.07 Monterey
Weekend
Made
it a three day weekend and spent it over
on the coast in Monterey. It was a nice
time with pretty good weather and a trip
to the Aquarium. There's also a few SF Skyline
pics from a couple weeks back. Clickity-click |
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9.22.07 Concours
d' Elegance
Went
up to Ironstone Winery in Murphys to see
their car show. Was a pretty nice range
of cars. A little drizzly, but that made
for some nice shots as well. Enjoy! |
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9.16.07 Gold
Country Daytrip
Wandered the Goldrush Foothills all day
today. Up Hwys 88, 12, 49, Calaveras Big
Trees, etc... Enjoy
the pics! |
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9.1.07 Color
the Skies
Went to a hot air balloon fundraiser event
in Ripon this AM. Was really neat, and definitely
one I'll go to next weear. Enjoy
the pics! |
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