My fifth visit to the San Diego Zoo this year was enjoyed with two long-time friends, Mary and Randy, each of whom brought a young daughter along. I meandered around on my own for the first couple of hours, taking pictures while listening to my iPod, and talking to keepers and horticulturists about primates and flora on …
February 2012 archive
Feb 19 2012
My Next Halloween Costume
We never had anything this cool and terrifying when I went to school.
Feb 18 2012
Entered The World Of Pinterest
After patiently waiting on the sidelines for a while and watching others enjoy the benefits (mostly women – 97% I’ve read) I finally dove into Pinterest and created my account. What brought me aboard was that so many photographers were using it two-fold. Firstly, they are using as a good way to keep other people’s …
Feb 17 2012
Street Tacos And Pool Filters
After completing the Las Americas shopping excursion with Sylvia, we indulged in some fantastic Mexican food from Los Panchos in Chula Vista with Rodrigo. I had the carnitas “street” tacos which are always so amazingly good. After lunch I lent Rodrigo a hand with pressure cleaning his pool’s pump filter. My instrumental job was to push …
Feb 17 2012
Las Americas – Part Two
Went back to the Las AmericasPremium Outlets in San Ysidro (just a stone’s throw over the border fence from Tijuana) with Sylvia to pick up some items at the Disney Store that we put on hold a couple of days earlier. This time we got to talk to our friend Sandra, who is the store’s …
Feb 16 2012
Final Morning At Heather’s
Without getting into the traumatic aviary events of this morning involving Kevin and Olive, I did have some quality bonding time with both Gordon and Theo. I tired to explain to them why I was leaving after the few days of our fun-filled rabble rousing. I also had some fun with Lauren’s letters. Messing with things …
Feb 15 2012
A Day Of Shopping With Sylvia
Drove with Sylvia all the way the down I-5 to the very last U.S. exit before hitting the Mexican border to accompany her on a shopping trip to both the San Ysidro Village shopping center as well as the much more attractive Las Americas Premium Outlets. At San Ysidro Village we went into Marshalls, Anna’s Linens and Ross …
Feb 15 2012
Gordon, Day Four
Got this lazy, morning shot of Gordon on my fourth day of house-sitting in Chula Vista. This is when he wasn’t sleeping on either my feet, hip, lap, chest or back. Life’s good for Gordon.
Feb 14 2012
Mary’s Birthday Dinner
A group of my friends and I met at Pat & Oscar’s at Plaza Bonita in National City to celebrate our friend Mary’s birthday with a socially-fun and consumably-delicious dinner. In attendance were Mary and her husband Dave with their daughter, along with Sylvia and Rodrigo, Chip and Bethany with their two children, and Stacy. …
Feb 14 2012
From Heather’s To The Tapias
I walked the hills and dales, crosswalks and sidewalks (using the very same legs I was born with, just scaled up a bit and a tad more hairy) from Heather’s house, where I am house/animal-sitting, all the way over to Sylvia and Rodrigo’s home. Fortunately for me and my legs both families are located in the same …
Feb 14 2012
Valentine’s Day Lunch At The Tapias
For my Valentine’s Day lunch I enjoyed some delicious Sylvia-made chicken enchiladas with her and Rodrigo. Stopped by her parents’ house to drop off some of that very same enchilada goodness and then it was right back to the Tapias’ house for some required Valentine sweetness, again compliments of Sylvia’s amazing baking abilities. We delighted …
Feb 14 2012
Those Cats, Gordon And Theo
Quick snapshots of what it’s like to be either Gordon or Theo, from the house of Heather.
Feb 13 2012
Rolled Tacos, Rain, A New Living Room and Pirates
So the second half of my day went like this: got picked up by my friends Sylvia, Lilo and Stitch and we drove to Colima’s (where we were blocked and cruelly tempted by a gigantic Entenmann’s truck) to exchange US currency for some always-great Mexican food which we quickly and efficiently devoured at her house with …
Feb 13 2012
Lauren’s Alien
One of Lauren’s many playthings. This one electronic, interactive and squishy.
Feb 13 2012
Finch And Felines
While house-sitting for friends of mine in Chula Vista I got these images of their two cats showing more than a passing interest in their Zebra Finches. Nature’s frenemies.
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