Mar 21 2012
To celebrate Twitter’s sixth anniversary, I tried out a horribly named free service called TwBirthday that, once you input your Twitter handle, tells you what day you created your account and gives you a couple of other items of information, such as your godfather (first person you followed, I’m assuming; mine was tech podcasting babe, Cali Lewis) as …
Mar 20 2012
Really pretty stop-motion video of all sorts of colorful flowers opening up.
Mar 19 2012
My final day at the Tapias, after their return from Colorado, began with an early morning flyover of a loud and very large, low-flying military aircraft, descending toward North Island Coronado through the bottom of the dripping rain clouds. Lunch was a plateful of Delimex rolled tacos that Sylvia added deliciously fresh home-made salsa to …
Mar 18 2012
My last full day of house-sitting for Sylvia and Rodrigo. Started out with occasional heavy downpours and incredibly strong wind gusts, proof of which is the large, broken branch from the neighbor’s tree across the street, sandwiched between minutes of blue sky and sunshine. The one outdoor shot below was taken sandwiched between some steady …
Mar 17 2012
So today was a really rainy day which meant I was stuck inside. Didn’t really mind though since I had fun with Lilo and Stitch, including Lilo helping me get the mail and Stitch playing tug-a-war with his shredded, pink monkey. I also took a bunch more pictures, got updates about WonderCon from Randy, and …
Mar 16 2012
Of course there are obviously the required daily shots of the doggies, but I also had a nice lunch with my good friend, Lannie, today at a nearby Rubio’s. We did what we always do…talk about our lives, but mostly about our friends’ lives. Normally I have my usual two fish tacos, but today I …
Mar 15 2012
After being picked up the night before, spending the night and then dropping them off at the airport long before even the sun got up, I began my house-sitting for the Tapias by getting shots of not only their fur-kids, Lilo and Stitch, but also of a hummingbird that began nesting on an Asian-themed wind …
Mar 14 2012
The final portion from yesterday’s adventures for my mom and me was a quick stop at the Sculpture Garden inside the Spanish Village Art Center at Balboa Park. Some sculptures I found a bit unorthodox, but there were others that were just outstanding. Life-sized figures, made of either wood, terracotta, metal or resin, are exceptionally …
Mar 14 2012
After leaving the Botanical Building, my mom and I walked next door to the San Diego Zoo. Since I’m a member I got us both in for free. We mainly went to have a nice lunch together and possibly stop to see an animal or two. Our lunch was at the terrific Albert’s Restaurant, by far the …
Mar 14 2012
Made a return visit to the Botanical Building at Balboa Park in downtown San Diego, this time with my mom and my sister. Since my mom loves flowers, I mainly wanted her to see all of the amazingly colorful species of orchids that were blooming, but I think my sister took at least many pictures …
Mar 13 2012
Wonderful video put to a TIME magazine interview answer by Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Director of the Hayden Planetarium, who was asked the question, “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?”
Mar 12 2012
So, when I renewed my D23 (Disney) membership a while back I didn’t realize that they would send me a 23-month calendar as a gift. That makes 25 total that I need to change ever month now. Not complaining though. It was a nice surprise. Each month has wonderful concept artwork from various Disney movies …
Mar 11 2012
Spent some time with my friends, the Tapias, playing with their fur-kids (Lilo and Stitch), discovering a juvenile alligator lizard with an impressively long tail, helping Rodrigo flush the pool filter, visiting Sylvia’s parents, running errands at Costco and Home Depot, rewarding ourselves with a trip to Starbucks, and then lounging and watching an entertaining …
Mar 10 2012
A newly hatched California Condor chick emerged today under the watchful eyes of its parents, Shatash (mom) and Sisquoc (dad), as well as that of the San Diego Zoo’s Condor Cam. Pretty darned amazing that, thanks to Internet webcams, anyone in the world can witness this kind of event live. Sisquoc even pooped on camera, …
Mar 10 2012
Today I escorted my mom to a tax preparation help appointment. The organization is called Home Start and while they were all very nice and cordial, I didn’t leave with the greatest of confidence in them being able to help her. At one point there were three people trying to figure out her return. She …
