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Category: Entries with Images
Maxwelton Beach
Trying out a new, inflatable kayak south of Maxwelton Beach.
Vancouver Island Roadtrip
May ended up being an excellent month to spend ten days traveling around Vancouver Island. Lucked out with weather, and crowds of people were not to be found. Covered a lot of ground – click on the image below to view pics from the trip on Flickr.
November Morning
Album cover art by Jamie Hernandez
Looks like the Indigo Girls got a great cover for their new album from the awesome Jamie Hernandez.
It makes me so happy that Los Bros Hernandez continue to tell the stories they began in Love & Rockets. In terms of storytelling, I’ve never been able to settle on a favorite brother. But when it comes to the art, Jamie has always kept me spellbound.
Looking at art through different glasses
Gerhard Christmas Cards
My grandparents, Paul and Isabel Gerhard, started making Christmas cards in 1936, when they were living in Tokyo, Japan. This continued for 46 years, up until the year before my grandfather’s death in 1982.
The first five years — through 1940 — featured greetings from Japan and the early additions to their family, with the births of my aunts Laura, Marilyn and Sarah.
The 1941 card shows the three girls in America, after the family moved to the States less than a year before the outbreak of war between Japan and the U.S.
I love the pre-Photoshop cut-and-paste technique my grandfather often used in the cards. 1945, 1946 and 1947 are nice examples; the 1947 combo of diorama with cut-and-paste heads is one of my favorites. On the other hand, the 1949 beach scene looks a little rushed in its execution.
I suppose by posting these here I’m trying, in some small way, to make up for the fact that I don’t send out Christmas cards every year. Many thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for the Christmas memories!
Downhill Daredevils
A group of eight of us spent two days in Mazama (east of the Cascade Mountains) last weekend. The snow was great, as was the weather. X-country skiing the first day, and then a hike on snowshoes the second day. It’s been a while since I’ve gone cross-country skiing. For some in our group last weekend, it was the first time. The hill ended up being the highlight. Lots of laughs. Watch the movie (1.2 MB Quicktime movie).
More movies from the trip can be found in Photos & Flicks
Creepy Memorial
This image, one proposal from a group of finalists in the World Trade Center site memorial competition, is… creepy. It looks like a scene out of a sci-fi movie where the aliens keep human bodies in cold storage.
Clouds Catching Fire
It threatened to rain all day today, but never did. During my walk home at dusk, a section of clouds parted for about two minutes, catching the setting sun and bursting into color.
My digicam can’t capture this kind of image on its own, but Photoshop allowed me to tweak the photo to match what I saw.