Tag: photo
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What else goes well with tequila?
My lime tree is under attack. I go out regularly to check for new suckers and pull them off and dispose of them. Nomally disposal consists of putting them in a Ziploc bag and throwing them away. Today I accidentally squished one while trying to deal with it. The insides were a disturbing shade of yellow. Just call me Lady Macbeth.I used to be a very big fan of limes, and I enjoyed using the ones off my little tree last year. This year I am far less amused.
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And For My Next Trick… I shall place my head inside the mouth of this vicious creature.
Our friend got a new dog, a 7 month old Border Collie named Apache. He brought her over to meet the humans on Sunday night. Willow decided to come check her out too. We did not let her meet Indy or London yet as we didn’t think she was ready for that crew.
She is very sweet.
She peed on our floor… but, really, who doesn’t?
Photo amused me, so here it is.
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Who pays attention to me?
Bart Prince is an architect that I became aware of from some work he had done in California. It caught my eye. One day I day scrolling through the TiVo guide I noticed his name and recorded the show. I was about a home he had designed for his parents in Albuquerque, NM. Because, like all his designs, it was rather distinctive, I was curious if my FIL, who lived in Albuquerque, was aware of this house.
I asked my FIL and not only did he know of the house, but he happened to know Bart Prince. My FIL is a writer, among other things, and he had recently written a magazine article about Bart Prince, and has spent a fair amount of time interviewing him.
A few weeks later a package arrived. It was a book about Bart Prince, signed to me from Bart Prince. It was a very thoughtful gift, showing that my FIL thought of me when I wasn’t directly interacting with him. I appreciated it.
The next time I went to visit Albuquerque my FIL arranged to drop by and visit with Bart. I got to see his home and studio and listen to him talk about his current project in much different tones the soundbites so common on HGTV. It was an interesting afternoon and once again proved that my FIL actually stores little bits of information about me away in his head and tries to do things for me.
We were just in Albuquerque for a couple of days this last unexpected trip, so he had us drive past Bart’s house so I could see the new structure that had been built next door on the second lot he owns. A house annex I guess.
This is the home/studio that I visited the last time I was in ABQ. Sorry the photo was so bad, but I parked the car to take a photo of the new space.
Here is a shot showing both. If we hadn’t been in the middle of running errands I would have gotten some decent shots of the sculptures out front. This is just in a standard neighborhood, built on two lots. It is not very large, although most of the homes around it are single story. Obviously it stands out, as the homes nearby are all traditional, but he has been there a long time so everyone is very used to it.
Anyhow, I have people who are related to me by blood who pay less attention to comments I make.
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Kicking Ass and Taking Names
Today the kid got her junior black belt.
We are really proud of her. She has been studying for more than 7 years now, and it is a pretty big day, made even more poignant by the fact she is currently on leave from active workouts on doctors orders. She is in physical therapy and working her way back.
In her art the belts and degrees are:
- white
- yellow
- yellow first degree
- yellow second degree
- green
- green first degree
- green second degree
- green third degree
- brown
- brown first degree
- brown second degree
- brown third degree
- brown fourth degree
- black (then 8 degrees until Master)
Her belt is a junior black belt, but is well deserved. She is the first kid at her school to ever get one, and in general in her art kids are not given black belts. She works out with the adults too, and in that class she is ranked green. In her art nobody under the age of 16 can be given an adult black belt, period.
It was a very special day, as several people she has known a long time also got promotions today. One boy, who is really a young man now, got his black belt. He used to live near us so his parents and I would switch off carpooling to class. Now he drives himself. He has turned into an amazing fighter. I love to watch him kick ass out there. Such far cry from when he was first allowed into the adult class.
Two of our good friends got promotions too. One who we introduced to the school, got his black belt today. The second, that person introduced to the school. He got his green belt. A green belt for the adults is a big deal in the art. It is considered technically a professional, which means legally they are expected to have control over their actions and are responsible for them.
Two guys got their second degree black belts today. These are guys I have known for years and years now. One has become a good friend of the family through the school. It is always so great to see them kicking some serious ass out there. Love it. I wish I could get better shots of the action, but the lighting there is piss poor.
All in all, a big day.
Congratulations to all.
Just a few small pics for fun, more will be available on flickr later.
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Hell Froze Over
There was frozen water falling out of the sky today in Southern California. I’ve heard rumors of such things, but in the decade I have been trying to survive in this area, I have never seen such a thing. Today, I did.
Go figure.
Other things that I said might happen once hell did indeed freeze over, such as my becoming a vegetarian Christian, did not.
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unfortunately
My first fortune cookie of 2007, and it is making fun of me.
