Animal Farm

Lets play a game; Word Association.

Hot  -  Water

Pickles  -  Yum!

Snow  -  Boarding!

Old Faithful  -  Napa Valley???

"But thats in Yellowstone" you might say with more than a little disdain. Not the case at all my friends, because lucky for us Californians we have our own Old Faithful geyser right here in the heart of wine country. Now why would anyone want to drive for several hours just to see water erupt from the earth every 10 minutes, not to mention pay 10 big ones, you might say. Well the answer is this... There are animals to see and  pet!

"Upside Down Cows" 

There are more great pictures of animals, not to mention the answer to last post's mysterious eye, inside...

Look Out: Colors

When out on photo journeys its easy to be distracted with the hunt for the spectacular and unique. To be caught up in searching for Vision, to find the extraordinary in the commonplace objects of our lives. We search for interesting Shapes and Leading Lines and sometimes something crucial gets overlooked. Sometimes it takes a simple wall by a park's restrooms to show you what a wonderful thing Color can be.

"jump" Picture courtesy of A.Lemos

More pictures and a Bonus sneak peek at the next entry after the jump...

A Day of Failure

Found myself up and about at 6 in the morning on Thursday and decided to take advantage of the situation by taking a picture of the sun rising off the top of the Santana Row parking garage. A great idea I know, if only the sun had co-operated! Instead, thanks to a combination of the direction the sun rose from/The Valencia/The Mountains I didn't see the sun at ALL. Instead, one second it was dark and then -ever so subtly- it was day. Oh well, I'll be back when the circumstance are a bit more favorable. And its not like I let the day just go to waste.

From the top of the Santana Row parking garage, right before sunrise

But wait, there's more after the jump...

Animal Math

Once in a while I draw, this time like most times it was at 3 in the morning with nothing on TV and sleep far beyond my reach.

Notepad + a nice black pen + insomnia = Elephants

W00t

Well, the site is growing. Looks like we've had 6 visitors in the last couple of days, an up from 0. A shame I have no pictures from today to show for it. Today is an off day, a day of relaxation and pool playing. A day to forget 2 hours of hellish, stress filled traffic before a 4 hour drive in a rush to make it home on time. I will have something new and fresh for all 6 of you soon though!

In the mean time, have you ever driven past the windmills generating power on California's sometimes golden sometimes green hills? Ah... BUT have you done it at sunrise, with the sun behind the clouds as round and solid seeming as the moon? If you haven't, this is but an attempt to show how stunning and beautiful it.

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Day 2

Campbell, CA

Not too small, not too big, not too trendy, and yet not too quaint (read: boring), Downtown Campbell is a great place to walk about. There is a well lit and more than well stocked used book store, coffee shops with free wireless internet, shopping for the ladies, and ladies shopping for the gents, all in all a great place.

BUT we shall come back to Campbell and some of its treasures later. For now, I leave you with a tasty teaser.

Day 1

Today I found myself at Downtown Mt.View, a fairly pleasant place. Had lunch at a quaint little Filipino restaurant, Tina's Kusina, where the food was tasty, affordable, and the ladies behind the counter are beyond nice.

Had the camera, so of course there where plenty of shots of crabs from an asian market, lamp posts and trees in the sun set, and the last couple of a homeless man at the light rail station. Played around with under and over exposing to great success.

Decided this one would look good in B&W.