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16 April 2009

Argh!

The following were taken on 16 April.

-- Post From My iPhone

01 April 2009

April fools? It at least jests.

These pictures were taken 1 April 2009.

25 March 2009

10 March 2009

13 February 2009

The Road that Should Have Been...

Less traveled...Between Winnemucca and Wendover (a stretch of about 250 miles) we faced really bad winter roads, really bad winter roads...did I mention they were horrible roads? Bad enough in the daylight, freaky at night. It's hard to tell in this picture just how bad the snow fall was. Let's just say that whiteout, blizzard, and horizontal snow just don't feel strong enough to describe the conditions.

I hope you get something of an idea of what it was like...not the greatest picture but it will have to do.

I-80 East in Mid-winter

The Baby

Perchers

This was the scene at my brother Devin's home on Friday after a long day driving to California.

30 January 2009

Around the World in 9 Posters

Many of my students complain about Geography. They are convinced that they don't need to know about Geography and that it won't help them in the years to come. How they came to have this opinion is due, in part, to a lack of exposure. A year or so ago, a dear friend of mine gave me a calendar that had pictures of places around the world. I decided to save the pictures I liked and make posters of them to post in my classroom. I have done that. I explained to my students how lucky we were to live in such a beautiful world and I expressed my hopes that they would be able to see some of that world for themselves. I encouraged them to come and look at the pictures and at least get a glimpse of some of the beauty this world possesses. I thought some of you may like to see yourselves. While you won't be able to distinguish places, you'll be able to get a small idea of what my students will get to look at.

I hope you like it.

01 January 2009

Vader the Good

I bought a new car yesterday. It's my first ever brand new car: a black 2009 Subaru Impreza 2.5i with 5 doors. One of my nephews suggested I name the car Vader. It's a fitting name. When I was telling a 3-year old niece of mine that the car's name was Vader, she said, "His kid set him on fire." If you are familiar with Star Wars you know that in Return of the Jedi (episode VI), Vader is redeemed and dies. Luke cremates the body.

I just thought it was funny my niece said that in the way she said it.

So, meet Vader the Good, my car.

31 December 2008

Momma's Little Helper

My sister, Sylvia, is an amazing cook. I can still remember watching her run out to the back yard and grab an apple or two before coming inside and whipping up a pie crust. Put it all together and the results were delicious.

Yesterday she made a lemon meringue pie. Her little girl helped her beat the egg whites and add the sugar in order to make a perfect meringue.

It tasted as good as it looks.

S%#@

The word "snow" is a 4-lettered word in my opinion. Mostly, I hate driving in it. I wouldn't consider myself to be a nervous driver, but in the snow, any trip is taking with fists clenched and white knuckles. The thing that makes me the most nervous are other drivers who are completely oblivious to the weather conditions.

That said, I will admit that I like looking at snow as much as the next person. On Christmas day we got around a foot of snow in the valleys of Utah. I am grateful that I didn't have to drive in it. Some of my siblings and their families did, however.

The day after Christmas, I took a couple of pictures from the comfort and warmness of my parents' home. The posted pictures are of my parents' back yard.

Christmas Lights

My sister and I decorated our Christmas tree a little late this year. Oh well. I decided to take a picture of the lighted tree with my iPhone's camera function. I took the picture mostly to see how the iPhone's camera would work. I admit, it's pretty cool.

Technology aside, I love light and one of the things that I love most about the holiday season is seeing all the lights put up everywhere. It's almost magical.

I hope you agree.

Merry Christmas to all and Sarbatori fericite!

17 December 2008

4th Time's the Charm

You probably can't tell from the previous post about Little Cakes that these are much better. As it turns out, the 4th time is the charm. There's no stopping me now!

07 December 2008

Sunset over Idaho

I've never been a big fan of the state of Idaho. Since my brother and his family moved there, I have had the opportunity to travel there several times. It's worth it to see my family. They love it there and are very happy, which is all that matters.

On our way home on Saturday, my parents and I got to see some divine art. Cameras and camera phones are unable to capture the depth of color but you'll get some idea of the amazing sunset we saw on our way home. It was truly awe inspiring.