Monthly Archives: October 2010

Peter Pan – 166/365

Peter Pan – 166/365

It isn’t everyday that Peter Pan comes to visit you in your parents’ backyard.  He hung out for a bit, helped carve a pumpkin then …

 

Sophie Runs – 165/365

Sophie Runs – 165/365

There is a rumor that Sophie like to chase the ball. I’m not entirely sure where this rumor originated, but I would like to put …

 

Coffee Shop Mike – 164/365

Coffee Shop Mike – 164/365

This is Mike.  He works in a coffee shop near the local camera store that I make an effort to avoid anytime there is money …

 

Pins – 163/365

Pins – 163/365

I tried on a shirt in the men’s dressing room of a department store today.  There I was confronted with some very primative voodoo technology. I …

 

Feathers – 162/365

Feathers – 162/365

I met up with some friends today and did some shooting.  Windows and high ceilings are my friend. So are feathers and fancy hats.

 

Calendar – 161/365

Calendar – 161/365

I remember seeing this thing in a National Geographic catalog sometime in the mid 90s.  I was amazed that a small stone and metal contraption …

 

Push – 160/365

Push – 160/365

Saw some boys planing the apartment complex today.  They were doing all kinds of boyish things… pushing each around in a plastic wagon, dragging each …

 

Creepy Forest – 159/365

Creepy Forest – 159/365

In the spirit of Halloween week, this was supposed to be a creepy forest.  I don’t think it really panned out.  I was trying a …

 

Jack O’Lanterns – 158/365

Jack O’Lanterns – 158/365

Halloween may just be coming up soon, so we decided to carve us some pumpkins.  It was harder than I remember.  The little saw that …

 

The Stacks – 157/365

The Stacks – 157/365

There is something very strange about been in the bowels of a library.  There are most certainly books all around you that haven’t been touched …

 

Bob the Builder – 156/365

Bob the Builder – 156/365

According the the gossip around the sandbox, this guy is the worst contractor you could ever hire.  Definitely stay away! Rumor is he always messes things …

 

Lizard – 155/365

Lizard – 155/365

I was almost killed on the way out of work today.  This vicious creature tried to murder me.  Luckily I had a KFC drumstick that …

 

Old Piano – 154/365

Old Piano – 154/365

I can’t play the piano.  This is a fact. However, I can bang keys on the piano.  This also a fact. But people usually leave when I …

 

33-45-78 – 153/365

33-45-78 – 153/365

A little bit of phonographic history for you today. Why are there 33s 45s and 78s?

 

Minolta – 152/365

Minolta – 152/365

A friend is letting me borrow this old gem.  Apparently his uncle (maybe?) bought it in Japan while serving in the Navy.   According to web …

 

Flaming Shot – 151/365

Flaming Shot – 151/365

As it is day 151, it is only appropriate to take a picture of a shot glass full of Bacardi 151, a rum so alcoholic …

 

Photo Exhibit – 150/365

Photo Exhibit – 150/365

The University of Texas Ransom Center currently has a photo exhibit as its main attraction.  I went in today and saw the first official photograph …

 

Melon Head – 149/365

Melon Head – 149/365

We have a baby watermelon.  Soon, we will sacrifice our baby watermelon and eat its juicy flash. Until then, our baby watermelon shall await its fate …

 

Grass – 148/365

Grass – 148/365

Its hard to capture, but I love watching the wind push the tall grasses around.  It is really like  giant hand running its fingers through …

 

Best Friend – 147/365

Best Friend – 147/365

Currently doing a lot of typing.  A whole lot of backspacing to be exact.  But right now, most of my conversations are being had with …

 

Native Dance – 146/365

Native Dance – 146/365

Surrounded by these posters, a group of dancers from MEChA performed traditional Mexican dance on the West Mall of UT Campus, paying homage to their …

 

Multi Purpose – 145/365

Multi Purpose – 145/365

Open a beer…. CHECK! Open a wine bottle…. CHECK! Serve as a key chain…. CHECK! Serve as a brass knuckles substitute…. squiggle?

 

Four Guesses – 144/365

Four Guesses – 144/365

I’ll give you four guess as to what we did tonight.  No cheating!

 

Bruschetta – 143/365

Bruschetta – 143/365

Tasty little things these are.  A bit of bread, olive oil, garlic makes the base, then topped with tomatoes, feta cheese and basil.  I could …

 

Stairwell – 142/365

Stairwell – 142/365

Stairwells are neat.  I always wish that a bunch of people in black business suits holding black briefcases would suddenly materialize and start ascending and …

 

Josh Hanks – 141/365

Josh Hanks – 141/365

There is a certain portrait of Tom Hanks taken by photographer Dan Winters that I have always admired.  So today I decided I would do …

 

Mexican Coffee – 140/365

Mexican Coffee – 140/365

Lindsay and I bought a few bags of coffee beans while on our cruise down to Mexico a few weeks back.  The beans came in …

 

Zombies – 139/365

Zombies – 139/365

The air is cooling and the air has that delicious crisp quality that lets everyone know that Halloween is swiftly approaching.  These neighborhood kids decided …

 

Good Smelling Flower – 138/365

Good Smelling Flower – 138/365

I took a hike on a new trail today. I’m not sure what these flowers were, but they were making the trail smell better than …

 

Blue Moon – 137/365

Blue Moon – 137/365

This is a beer that I happen to like.  Unfortunately for the beer, fortunately for me, I had to drink it after this photo was …

 

Concrete Lines – 136/365

Concrete Lines – 136/365

Lindsay and I took the dogs on a walk around Zilker Park today.  One of the pedestrian bridges going over Lady Bird Lake caught my …