Entries in the 'Snapshots' Category
October 27, 2005
Tam & Shan (a.k.a. The Love Varmint, The Varmint or Clown Boy) whooping it up, Mexico-style in September 2005 at Zac and Rach's wed-dang. Notice the tequila-glazed eyes? The Terrible Tiki shirt? How 'bout the love? Can you feel THE...
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November 11, 2005
Knowing I'm a morning person, friends often ask why I love being awake at 6 a.m.. They look deep into my eyes, seeking out the crazy, when they ask. This is one of the reasons. I took this picture this...
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November 20, 2005
Tam and the Varmint visit Berlin's incredible Pergamon Museum, Summer 2005. (I mean, seriously... Who wouldn't fall madly in love with a man who says "Yes" to stuff like this? He didn't bat an eyelash as a group watched and...
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December 3, 2005
Last night's sunset, as seen from my front door. Image copyright 2005, Vivimedia....
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December 15, 2005
Ever have one of those phases where all you feel like doing is cuddling up in your hidey hole, watching movies and eating oatmeal cookies? Everytime I come home lately, I feel like Quasimodo returning to Notre Dame: "Sanctuary! Sanctuary!" Maybe...
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December 16, 2005
Mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine...
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December 28, 2005
Appropriately, the last month of 2005 has been primetime sunset season, a flashy farewell to a terrific year. This was shot using my Nikon D70 from my front porch - and is true to life. Yeah, I know. The colors...
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January 2, 2006
2006 has started blue. Blue in a post-holiday emptiness sort of way. Blue in a reflective, daydreamy kind of way. A bracing, windy, try-to-steal-your-tent kind of blue. Blue of the impending storm. Blue lips and bruised fingers. 2006 feels like...
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January 4, 2006
Just a thought, here... but as I was once again leafing through my language-studies notebook from my years in Germany it occurred to me: Perhaps part of the reason my German sucks so bad these days is that I spent...
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January 5, 2006
Yesterday, I was asked two interesting questions. 1) Did I miss seeing fireworks on New Year's Eve? After all, we were out in the middle of the desert... And 2) Have I taken down my holiday tree yet? This picture,...
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January 13, 2006
This shot looks like it was taken from the top of the world, but was taken at the top of the Palm Springs Tram instead. If you get a chance to ride the tram, take it. The lodge has some...
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January 18, 2006
I often wake before the sun is up, beating out the morning doves for first song of the day. It is my time. I can do as I please, look and smell my worst: Flyaway hair, Ugg boots and sweats...
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January 27, 2006
This shot was taken out the window of a jet while landing at night at San Diego's Lindbergh Field. Come to think of it, it's probably is a good reflection of my heartrate at the time, as well. This was...
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February 2, 2006
This is a mid-century modern hotel that I secretly fantasize about staying in. Whenever I pass it by, I imagine a middleage guy wearing a sharkskin suit and too-thin socks sitting unmoving on the bed, a plastic cup in his...
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February 20, 2006
One of the greatest reasons I'll never move out of San Diego is Torrey Pines State Park. Yesterday was a brisk and breezy Sunday morning. Jen and I drove 10 minutes, parked our car and spent the next hour hiking...
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March 11, 2006
Call it sacrelige, but I've never been a fan of naps. That's all changed in the last three months. The current nap schedule goes something like this: 6:30 am - Wake Up 11 am - Nap 2 pm - Post-lunch...
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March 15, 2006
Say what you want, but it looks to me like this mama colobus is saying, "A thousand bananas for five minutes of babysitting . . ."...
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April 5, 2006
Q: What do Varmints with biology degrees do when they're at the zoo? A: Research the family tree....
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April 29, 2006
This was taken on a guided hiking trail near Big Bear. I liked to think of it as self-awareness for remedial nature lovers. ...
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May 21, 2006
Eat your heart out, David Blaine....
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May 24, 2006
Just another San Diego sunset, snapped on the way to a dinner party Saturday night. This May, the sun has been a rare sight, any time of day. Apparently, San Diego and Seattle have decided to swap weather wardrobes this...
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May 31, 2006
I initially titled this shot "Easy Rider". [Peter Fonda, eat your heart out.] Now, I have to call it Ride of The Hot Dog.Jenny saw the picture, zeroed in on The Varmint's luxurious neck roll and said three words which...
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June 17, 2006
The Varmint and Friend, sawing logs. (To be clear: The furry friend is the bear, on the left.)...
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July 17, 2006
Mom, her good friend and neighbor Bobbie, and the ever-present, camera-obsessed, attention mongering Duckbilled Varmint....
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August 17, 2006
Not bad for a sonogram, eh? World, meet baby. Baby, meet world....
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September 7, 2006
No, no - you're not looking at three moons, three paper plates, three eggs in a bowl or some bizarre set of freckled lightbulbs. This is my view whenever I try to see my feet. Will you look at that...
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September 12, 2006
Heavenly skies as seen from our front porch. This sky is a remnant of Hurricane John, as it crosses the border north after sashaying up the Baja penninsula. Shot taken by The Varmint. (Nice job, babe!)...
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September 17, 2006
S is for Shannon. S is for Sleeping and Snoring. S is also for Soon-to-Be Superfly-ed. Surprised. And Shellshocked. S is for Soothed, with Savvy Stimulation in the form of black, black coffee. S is for Spurring his fuzzy little...
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October 21, 2006
My niece Livia came to visit the other weekend. That's when I first noticed it... Somehow, I doubt if my brother will let me call her "Little Grimley". ...
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October 22, 2006
October 24, 2006
Tam: "Look at that red-tailed hawk!" Mom: "How beautiful! Remember all of those red-tailed hawks that used to live in the canyon behind my house? They don't live there anymore. I think it's because of the crazy lady across the...
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October 28, 2006
I've already reached the last year of my thirties. Man, it goes by fast. And also, happy birthday to One Good Life. The blog is now a year old, with more than 180 entries - conveniently culminating, I realized today,...
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November 12, 2006
Apparently, the sandman stayed for tea.This is what they mean when they say "Sleep like a baby..." And what wouldn't I give for one night's worth of this brand of sweet, sweet shuteye right about now, eh?...
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November 27, 2006
Just in case you needed a baby fix. I know Mak (and the rest of us) are missing ya. Big time. Today, progress: Little Miss Fussypants deigned to allow me to tote her sweet pink hiney around in the Baby...
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December 2, 2006
And in this corner ... weighing in at 12 pounds, 13oz ... with 57 direct hits, 12 blowouts ... It's L'Enfant Terrible, La Bambina of Barf, The Incorrigible Kid Mak! Mak: "Hand over the milk, bub, or I'll have to...
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December 27, 2006
Today's big winds made for an especially thrilling family trip to The Birch Aquarium. Eucalyptus leaves and branches were sailing through the air, heavy doors slammed shut with bone-jarring KA-THUNK!s, tumbleweeds were all over the roads, and most spectacularly, there...
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March 25, 2007
I love this picture....
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April 7, 2007
May 1, 2007
I always did love rainy days. ...
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May 27, 2007
No, that doesn't mean The Varmint is 43. It means that this was the third party for him. If that sounds excessive, let it be known that he is still not satisfied."I need more parties," says The Varmint, his mouth...
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May 31, 2008
Lately, an old-fashioned road trip - the kind where you pile the fam in a car, load up a cooler full of cold drinks, pile in the blankets and duffel bags and head to a natural park or historical destination...
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October 15, 2008
March 3, 2009