Pictures that aren’t of sweet Emma and Henry? Yes, ’tis true. While we were vacationing I took a few pictures of things that weren’t my progeny. Shocking, I know. Here-in you’ll find shots of the Marietta Confederate Cemetery in IR. Continue reading
“Mommy, sometimes I’m lazy and selfish.”
It’s amazing the things that come out of a child’s mouth. We’ve been tring to teach Emma about sharing lately. “Now, don’t be selfish, Emma. Share the toy with Henry.”
No theme in this week’s set of pictures, sorry. Just a big collection of shots from the 2nd week of April.
Henry was smiling even bigger that week and Emma was darling in her new outfits after a trip to Old Navy to buy some 3T clothes.
Our Christmas morning started early this year. After putting Henry down from a feeding and crawling into bed at 6:30, I heard thunderous footfalls headed towards our room.
The door flew open (her new talent is opening doors) and there stood Emma Grace.
“Daddy, I’m awake!”
It was in the cutest, sing-song voice you ever heard.
“Daaaaaaa-deeeee, I’m awaaaa-aake.”
Apparently, Daddy was going to be, too.
I treated myself to a few new lenses a few weeks ago, one of which was a macro lens that I’d been wanting for ages. In the winter, of course, all the bugs are dead, the spiders have gone away and there are no flowers to speak of. What’s a guy to do with his new toy?
Why capture his wife making delicious treats, of course!
We had a few lemons left on my scraggly looking tree so Marla decided to put them to good use in the form of scrumptious lemon bars. The tree is an “Improved Meyer” and is much sweeter and less acidic than the Lisbon lemons you get in the store. Yummy, yummy stuff!
Marla was, as always, very patient with me as I circled around her with the camera lens just inches from the ingredients.
“Wait, wait… let me pre-focus.”
“Darn. I missed it. Do you need more eggs? You can add one more, right?”
“Oh, wait! Don’t pour that in yet!”
Focusing…
“OK, now you can pour the batter in.”
Marla later remarked that the hardest and most time consuming part of the process was putting up with me.
We had ourselves a grand old time at the IGN Christmas Party last night. I was the lone photographer since Silverdawn moved up North. I had to, you know, represent or something. I was pretty pleased with the way most of them turned out.
This year we are having a “holiday bush” rather than just a Christmas tree. What’s the difference you might ask? We’re celebrating TWO holidays, of course! Hanukkah and Christmas are always very close together so we’ve decided to make the tree a celebration of both. (Sandy Goldstein be damned.)
We had a rare storm sweep into Southern California from the NE this past weekend. Our weather usually comes from the warm Pacific, but this storm brought chilly weather from the mountains our way. When we woke Sunday morning we were greeted by snow on Saddleback Mountain – a rare sight in Orange County!
My trip is coming to a close and soon I’ll be headed home! We’re due to deliver our project tomorrow afternoon and then I head back to the States on Tuesday morning.
I managed to slip away from working for a few hours on Saturday and wander around Old Town (Gamla Stan). The big churches you see in a few of the pictures were built in the 1200’s! The bulk of the buildings on the little island were build in the 18th century, but that doesn’t seem to stop the Internet nor tacky tourist shops.
I’ve gone a little panorama crazy, if you can’t tell. It’s so much fun and pretty darn easy when you’re shooting digital, anyway. I love the boats in the one up above.
I’m in Stockholm! We arrived early on Tuesday (GMT+1) after a grueling 14 hours in the air and immediately went to work with our good friends at DICE after a quick shower and shave.
Even in Stockholm, the largest city in Sweden, the atmosphere is amazingly relaxed and laid back. Everything seems to move at a much slower pace. It’s refreshing!
Our hotel, Hotel Rival, is just a half-mile or so from DICE. (Apparently Paris Hilton prefers the Rival to her own chain.) Check out the funky room. It is great fun to WALK to work – even in the rain – rather than sitting in a car for 45 minutes, grinding along at 25 MPH. I could get used to this.
I’m not sure, however, that I could get used to buying my video games at the 7-Eleven. How strange.
Enjoy the few pictures I’ve taken or check out this rad “birds-eye view” of Stockholm I stumbled across the other day.
