( There's lots of pictures, here, so I decided to just cut the whole darn thing... )

Now this is just freaky...

http://zapatopi.net/themes/dactylfractalzoom.html

Lots of changes a'goin' on ( Read more... )

Mandy and I made it back in one piece Wednesday evening, and I'm already planning my next trip. I would like an opportunity where I can actually visit with Jerry and Cathy more than we got to. It's tough trying to fit everything into a week, and there were a LOT of things we wanted to see. We managed to fit in Akaka Falls, downtown Hilo, a ( Read more... )

Mandy and I have made it to Honolulu and are waiting for our flight to Hilo. Some guy bought too much internet time and gave it to us, since we were nearby. This airport gets pretty boring after more than an hour or so, but Mandy's got a book and I am attempting a watercolor of the view from the waiting area. It's about the only paint-worthy ( Read more... )

Definitely getting tired of my job, I think. Not tired of the actual subject and all, just the whole getting up early every day to fit into others' schedules and the cold weather that accompanies it all ( Read more... )

So, I've got pinkeye. It seems to be an accessory to the cold, which I think I got from Mandy. She said she had a mild case, too, but that it only lasted a day. I'm on day three for my right eye and day one for my left eye. I have insurance now, though, so that means the doctor's appointment and the medication only cost me $35 dollars, instead ( Read more... )

After two days of false starts in Aberdeen, they finally called it quits for the week due to weather. They actually TOLD me the second day that they decided to quit, but didn't the first and I sat around needlessly for a couple of hours. I made a big stink about it Wednesday, so hopefully they got the message ( Read more... )

Your Inner European is Irish!
( Read more... )

I finally made it to Aberdeen this afternoon. Lyle was itching to get out of here, and I was sure tired of the silly expectations of the surveyor people in Olympia. They're absolute idiots. We spent about two hours at their office making notes and rearrangements in data that they could well have done on their own, and got here much later than I' ( Read more... )