Last night I got home a little early and decided to take advantage of the sunlight. While I mowed the front yard and trimmed the weeds, Graham came out and asked if he could pick some flowers for Tina. I said sure and he set about cutting off roses, rhododendron blooms and whatever else he could find in the yard. Thomas came out after a little while and suggested that arranging them nicely for a picture would make good wallpaper for Tina’s computer. Soon they were both enthusiastically arranging flowers for pictures. The results were pretty good. The light was low but some of the details are nice. I also added a few photos to my Spring Flowers album on Flickr.
Snakes on a train
This guy also had a three-legged pit bull with him. It took me several minutes before I noticed the snake wrapped around his neck. He claimed the dog liked having the snake wrapped around him but the dog wasn’t too keen when he demonstrated for everyone.
I declined to inform him of TriMet’s anti-pet rules.
Single serving Spam
Checkout what Jonathan gave me this morning. Crazy Tastyâ„¢!
May Day 2007
When I was a kid, May Day meant that we made treat baskets for the other kids in the neighborhood and left them on their doorsteps. In Portland, May Day is celebrated as an international labor event. I happen to work on Broadway in Downtown Portland where the annual May Day March passes by. I snapped a few pictures as they passed by this year.
Psycho Mona Lisa button statue
Click “All Sizes” to see the closeup view. Do it!
Rockets burning fuel so fast, up into the night sky they blast
As I mentioned earlier, we learned how to make a rocket with a plastic water bottle and power it with vinegar and baking soda. Tina got all the supplies to use at Graham’s next Cub Scout meeting but it was cancelled due to poor attendance. Tina took Thomas to Boy Scouts and Graham and I stayed home and shot off about 30 bottle rockets. I snapped a few pictures and made this movie.
Proceed with caution
My Books on Flickr
I’ve got a new set of photos on Flickr for your ogling pleasure.
Flickr update
I updated my Flickr page this afternoon including a set about my compost pile (exciting stuff!). Free accounts on Flickr are only allowed to keep three sets at a time, so I’ll soon be deleting my sleep clinic set. The photos will still be there but they’ll no longer be grouped together. Go see it now before it’s gone!
Go ahead, let your hair down
Tina’s mom, Jan, is in town this week to help Uncle Buddy with some landscaping at his (relatively) new house. Last night the six of us went to Delta Cafe for an early dinner and then I took Tina and the boys to the Rhododendron Garden. The rhodies are blooming yet, but there were around 10 different varieties of wood fowl in evidence. Both boys really enjoyed trying to get close to the ducks. We walked around for over an hour before the sun started to set and we went home.
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Last night I finally got around to putting some flag football pictures up at the Rynosoft Gallery. Check ’em out.