Vacant – 316/365
The apartment is empty, clean and sterile. No signs remain of it ever having been our home. Even the mailbox has forgotten us. Goodbye apartment.
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07 Mar
Hangers – 293/365
Hangers – 293/365
Closets are empty. Clothes and hangers are in separate boxes. They miss each other.
04 Mar
Wallace – 290/365
Wallace – 290/365
Wallace. Wally. Wally Woo Woo. Wicka Wicka Wally Whirl. William Wallace. Wallace the English Professor. These are the names I call my friend’s dog. I only …
03 Mar
Boxes – 289/365
Boxes – 289/365
We are packing. There are boxes everywhere. I hope I won’t need anything we have already packed.
02 Mar
Candle – 288/365
Candle – 288/365
Note to self: candles melt… don’t let them be packed in the moving truck.
28 Feb
Self – 286/365
Self – 286/365
This is me in a very dark way. I’m playing around with a modifier tool that I don’t get to use as much as …
23 Feb
Cigar Box – 281/365
Cigar Box – 281/365
Somehow I have managed to collect quite a number of cigar boxes. They hold a varying number of things: coins, business cards, extra buttons that …
19 Feb
What the Dog Dragged In – 277/365
What the Dog Dragged In – 277/365
I’m not sure where Aliah found this, but I found it underneath my chair today. Thanks Aliah.
13 Feb
Endorsement – 271/365
Endorsement – 271/365
Sophie has officially endorsed Nike today. It is difficult to tell if she is happy about it.
04 Feb
Snow Day – 262/365
Snow Day – 262/365
It worked! Austin woke up this morning to find that it had snowed in the night. It was a miracle of miracles. Of course, Austin …
03 Feb
Cold Breath – 261/365
Cold Breath – 261/365
The weather man said it would be snowing right now. It is not snowing right now. I was hoping to take a photo of snow, …
31 Jan
Canine Singer – 258/365
Canine Singer – 258/365
Porsche the dog came out to play today; she serenaded us with her melodious voice.
27 Jan
Dirty Ball – 254/365
Dirty Ball – 254/365
I can’t imagine picking this thing up in my mouth. But that is what Sophie and Aliah do over and over. Weird.
23 Jan
Pirate Booty – 250/365
Pirate Booty – 250/365
I have a board game called Dread Pirate, though we affectionately refer to it as Pirate Booty. The goal is to move your ship (die …
20 Jan
Hairbrush – 247/365
Hairbrush – 247/365
For a while, I’ve thought that the hole in the hairbrush was due to the loss of one of the prongs. However, Lindsay informs today …
18 Jan
Dear Neighbors – 245/365
Dear Neighbors – 245/365
Dear Neighbors, Trice in the past two day have I stepped into the excrement of your canine companions. While I realize that you may walk past …
17 Jan
White Dog – 244/365
White Dog – 244/365
There is a white beast that sometimes comes out to frolic about. I’m not sure she knows how large she is.
15 Jan
Editing – 242/365
Editing – 242/365
I’ve got lots of photos to edit… so I’m doing that instead of writing a lengthy post about the photo of me editing photos.
12 Jan
Violin – 239/365
Violin – 239/365
Have you ever known someone so well, but then you moved away for a long time? And when you finally saw them again, everything felt …
11 Jan
Fighting the Cold – 238/265
Fighting the Cold – 238/265
Now that it is cold out, I continue to put more and more and more layers on to keep warm. 30 degree is cold….really cold …
09 Jan
Cedar Fever – 236/365
Cedar Fever – 236/365
Cedar fever has hit Austin hard; apparently this year has been one of the worst for cedar pollen. Lindsay is suffering greatly and her only …
06 Jan
Blue Deco – 233/365
Blue Deco – 233/365
Blue is one of the predominant colors in the apartment. I confiscated these blue sparkly shiny things for evil photographic purposes.
05 Jan
Pushpins – 232/365
Pushpins – 232/365
I like to pretend that these are actually a cluster of beach umbrellas seen from above. It makes the bulletin board so much more romantic.
30 Dec
Tracks – 226/365
Tracks – 226/365
Rain and dirt make mud. Mud and roads and tires make tracks. For some reason you can only see these a a certain angle.
22 Dec
Batter Up – 218/365
Batter Up – 218/365
Today’s Toy-of-the-Day was a foam baseball and baseball bat. Yesterday, it was a plastic lawnmower. Previously, a truck. He is in a funny stage where every …
07 Dec
Unhappy Plant – 203/365
Unhappy Plant – 203/365
We have a Plant that isn’t doing so well with these cold nights and semi-cold days. Because I am a good person, I have …
04 Dec
Christmas Tree – 200/365
Christmas Tree – 200/365
The Christmas tree is officially up and decorated. Unfortunately, the lights interfere with the Wii-mote, so we have to turn off the tree if …
20 Nov
Decorations – 186/365
Decorations – 186/365
Today was the day that Lindsay has been waiting for… it is the day to decorate for Christmas. I still think it is a little …
17 Nov
Half-Birthday – 183/365
Half-Birthday – 183/365
Today is my half birthday. I decided to throw a little party for myself. I invited all the cool kids on the block, but only …
12 Nov
Light Flowers – 178/365
Light Flowers – 178/365
These ceiling fan light sconces things always remind me of being a kid. I’m not entirely sure why.
09 Nov
Garage Light – 175/365
Garage Light – 175/365
The lights in the parking garage downstairs are most dreadful. They create quite the atmosphere on a foggy night.
06 Nov
Shaving Brush – 172/365
Shaving Brush – 172/365
Though it doesn’t happen as often as it should, I do occasionally shave. And when I do, I use this shaving brush. It creates such …
04 Nov
25 Pounds – 170/365
25 Pounds – 170/365
This, as you most likely can tell, is a 25 pound dumbbell. If I had put one pound of metal into a mold on each …
03 Nov
Researching – 169/365
Researching – 169/365
Reading. Citing. Searching. Highlighting. Crumpling. Noting. Copying. Pasting. Learning. Sorting. Applying. Researching. In other news, it is Day 169. This is significant because 169 is 13 squared. …
01 Nov
Buckle Down – 167/365
Buckle Down – 167/365
I’ve got a lot of work to do over the next two weeks. If I want to graduate from Super Hero University before Christmas, I’m …
25 Oct
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 …
24 Oct
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 …
23 Oct
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 …
21 Oct
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 …
12 Oct
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 …
10 Oct
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?
08 Oct
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 …
05 Oct
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 …
04 Oct
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 …
28 Sep
Floating Dog – 133/365
Floating Dog – 133/365
I wish my dogs had super powers. Other than crazy reflexes and insanely sharp hearing.
22 Sep
Reading – 127/365
Reading – 127/365
I don’t get nearly as much time to read as I used to. What I do end up reading is photography books, business books, blog …
19 Sep
Parachute Man – 124/365
Parachute Man – 124/365
A whole pack of these guys has been sitting in my drawner, unopened for a number of months. It turns out that you have to …
17 Sep
Sack Puppets – 122/365
Sack Puppets – 122/365
We had a number of brown paper sacks lying around. I can’t really take a paper bag seriously… it is commonly known fact that a …
15 Sep
Peeping Lindsay – 120/365
Peeping Lindsay – 120/365
Be careful. You never know when she may be watching. Cue dramatic music.
13 Sep
Bottle via Flood – 118/365
Bottle via Flood – 118/365
Apparently a hurricane sent a slew of rain to the Austin area sometime last week. Parks were underwater and streets flooded. I headed down to …
02 Sep
Unhappy Cat – 107/365
Unhappy Cat – 107/365
This poor putty-tat got a bath, was accosted by border collies, tormented by a toddler and harassed by a photographer. Its hard to be a …
31 Aug
Coffee Beans – 105/365
Coffee Beans – 105/365
As it turns out, coffee is much more palatable when you actually grind up the beans and brew the coffee. Don’t drink the beans.
26 Aug
Sugar – 100/365
Sugar – 100/365
This is Sugar. I found her while walking around the greenbelt trying to find a photo for today. When I ran across her, she was …
25 Aug
99 Bottles of Beer – 99/365
99 Bottles of Beer – 99/365
My friends Robert came over today to help me ceremoniously drink 99 bottles of beer. Luckily, some familiar friends showed up soon after and we …
22 Aug
Railing – 96/365
Railing – 96/365
Shapes and shadows that catch my eye each time I head out the door.
19 Aug
Path – 93/365
Path – 93/365
Paths are delightful, yet frustrating. You get to walk along, whistling a merry tune. But there is always another turn that you can take, that …
17 Aug
Banana Spider – 91/365
Banana Spider – 91/365
I saw this guy hanging out by the pool today. He/she is a banana spider, also called a golden silk orb-weaver. According to the web, …
12 Aug
Bath Time – 86/365
Bath Time – 86/365
I love the dogs, I swear I do. But there gets to be a time when they just smell too bad to be around. Today …
11 Aug
Late Night Drink – 85/365
Late Night Drink – 85/365
Sometimes you just need some cold water to help you go to sleep. Thank you filtered water pitcher for always coming to the rescue. Note: Technically, …
08 Aug
Panda – 82/365
Panda – 82/365
This is a panda. He is small and plastic. He was found wandering in the potted plants on our patio. We decided to keep him. He …
02 Aug
Splash – 76/365
Splash – 76/365
Kids are fun. They are so willing to climb out of the pool, fall in, then climb back out. And that is exactly what we …
01 Aug
Working Late – 75/365
Working Late – 75/365
I have a problem: it just so happens that I get the most work done late at night. Something about the lights being off makes …
30 Jul
Looking Out – 73/365
Looking Out – 73/365
I had today off work, so I spent a lot of time in the apartment getting caught up on projects that had fallen behind. The …
27 Jul
Ironing – 70/365
Ironing – 70/365
It really is a shame; I am horrible at ironing. I don’t know why it is, but for some reason my shirts end up coming …
07 Jul
Blocked – 50/365
Blocked – 50/365
All of the sudden, it has gotten a lot harder to get in and out of the apartment. Oh well. I just hope no one will …
06 Jul
Drill – 49/365
Drill – 49/365
Drills are so nice; they make hanging curtains so much more enjoyable.
28 Jun
Rain – 41/365
Rain – 41/365
I do wish that it would rain when the weatherman says it is supposed to rain. And when I say rain, I mean deluge or …
23 Jun
Window Light – 36/365
Window Light – 36/365
Right after the rising sun clears the treeline and the rows of neighboring apartment buildings, the sunlight hits the pool and bounces up through the …
17 Jun
Mail Box – 30/375
Mail Box – 30/375
This is where we get magazines, useless advertisements and invitations. Where we daily brush away the encroaching cobwebs. Where we avoid because we know its …
14 Jun
Reading on the Patio – 27/365
Reading on the Patio – 27/365
Of all the places in the apartment, the upstairs patio is probably my favorite. It is surrounded by trees, you can see the pool through …
05 Jun
Princess Sophie – 18/365
Princess Sophie – 18/365
Sophie likes to think she is a princess. She spent four years of her life being the only dog in the kingdom. So …
04 Jun
Poster Board – 17/365
Poster Board – 17/365
We ran by Hobby Lobby today. Given that the lease is about to be renewed for another year, it is about time to get …
02 Jun
Sick – 15/365
Sick – 15/365
Cold. Sinusitis. Stuffy nose. Drainage. Pressure. Headaches. Exhaustion. Weird voice. Leaky nose. Breathing out of my mouth. I’m just ready for it …
27 May
Morning Flowers – 9/365
Morning Flowers – 9/365
There are two things that happen with a high degree of frequency every morning: The sun rises and comes dappling through the trees and hits the …
19 May
Kid at the Pool – 1/365
Kid at the Pool – 1/365
Its hard to ignore the happy laughter of children down by the pool. I recognized everyone playing; these are the same kids that my dogs …
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