A Lazy Stretch

I had to go to Indian Wells for a conference from Sunday through Wednesday.  Tuesday was my 8-year wedding anniversary.  The nice part was that my wife drove out with my son a couple times so I was able to hang out with them for a bit.  But between work and hanging out with the family, I didn’t have a whole lot of time to devote to taking any photographs.  But when you have a phone with a camera there is really no good excuse for not taking more photographs.  I was being lazy.

Anyways, here is what I took with my phone between Sunday and Wednesday.

Eyeing the hotel room snack tray Sunday night

The hotel room Monday night as I was preparing a presentation

A lantern outside the restaurant on my wedding anniversary

Rest stop on the way back from Palm Springs

Watch out for the T-Rex

Nate loved the dinosaurs

Paper Cube Characters

There is a website called, CubeeCraft (it seems to be down at the moment – at least for me), where you can download some images, print them at home, then cut and assemble them to make some cool little characters.  There are probably hundreds of different characters to choose from, but I let Nate pick his favorites and he picked the following.

Tux, Domo Kun, and Mario

Don Diego and Sherman

We have 3 dogs.  I haven’t posted an pics of Kody yet, but I’ve posted one photo of Sherman before.  Today’s photo features our newest family member, Don Diego, and Sherman.  As you can see they get along quite nicely and are, at times, inseparable.

Little Don Diego and the Shermanator

Berry, Berry Close

My wife signed up for a program where we get a box of fresh produce from Tanaka Farms.  We don’t know exactly what we’re going to get, but it is usually some mix of fruits and vegetables – all very, very fresh.

Today’s shot: a close up of a very lovely little strawberry that we received from Tanaka Farms.

Looking good enough to eat

Trip to NY

Had to jump on a plane to go to the Big Apple for a meeting.  I flew out Tuesday morning and flew back Wednesday afternoon.  The duration of my flight times were about double the duration of my meeting.  It was rough to say the least.  The bright spot was that I got to stay at the Waldorf-Astoria in Midtown – pretty fancy.

Leaving Southern California

The Chrylser Building

Playing Catchup

I was camping all weekend long with the family up at El Capitan State Beach.  What a great place to get away from the business of the city!  It’s just a couple hours away from Los Angeles, but it makes you forget that how close you actually are to a major city.

Here are a few photos that I took over the weekend to bring me current on my 365.  Bad news is that I’m headed to New York for a couple days and will not have time for any photos other than whatever I take with my iPhone.  So I’ll be dark two more days then I’ll have a couple days of my best iPhone images on my return.

Cheers!

Sunset at El Capitan, March 12

Rock Stacking at El Capitan, March 13

Rock Stacks at El Capitan, March 13

Nate's Rock Stack, March 13

Dawn at El Capitan State Beach, March 14

Sea urchin shell, March 15