another afternoon at the park
 
I had Cole this afternoon so we went to the park again. What fun!
What is that wet stuff?
Today is the first day of Spring and it actually rained last night! We’ve had so little rain this year that I almost forgot what it looked and smelled like. It was wet outside when I came out of my painting class and was wet again this morning as I walked the dog. It was so nice. I think I need to do my rain dance. We need more…
 Update 3/22/07: It’s definitely Spring. I walked the dog this morning and noticed how noisy the birds are in the neighborhood. Then during our usual lap around the park, I saw two ducks wandering around. I have no idea where they came from. Then on the way home, I counted probably 6 bunnies just hanging out eating the grass. I thought to myself, “any minute now I should see Bambi just around the corner.” Since I work with kids, it’s normal to be coloring pictures of ducks and bunnies around this time of year but this is ridiculous.Â
a work in progress…
We worked on using an impressionistic style today. It wasn’t supposed to look exactly like the sample but it’s pretty close. After 2 1/2 hours, this is what I ended up with. I’m feeling plus/minus about this one. I’m debating whether to continue and finish it next week or if I want to try a new one. I want to use more blue…getting tired of using warm colors. I may bring in one of my landscape photos to interpret next week. That might be interesting.
a beer and a victory
Last night we went down to San Clemente for St. Patrick’s Day. Patty and Johnny (not the Brother) invited us to OC Tavern, which is owned by their friend. It’s a Sports Bar/Restaurant/Club that serves semi-gourmet bar food and has lots of widescreen plasmas showing sports in HD throughout the entire place. It’s a pretty large space complete with several bars, dining room with plenty of seating, pool tables, and mini concert area for their regular live bands that play there. Overall, it was a pretty cool place to hangout. It’s just too bad that it’s 23 miles south of our house so that means it’s an extra 23 miles south for any of you living in LA. It was, however, a good mid-point meeting place for me and Patty.
In addition to enjoying a couple glasses of beer and bar food, we also watched the last half of the UCLA/Indiana game. It was a close one but we squeaked out a victory and advanced to the Sweet 16. Phew, that was close.
My First Photoshoot
A coule weeks ago, Michelle emailed me to see if I was interested in taking some family portraits for her dad’s 60th birthday. At first I didn’t know what to say since I had never done it before but agreed since it would be good experience and there was no real pressure.
So, yesterday, we all went to the park across from her parents’ house in Fountain Valley and took some shots. It was about 3:00 pm in the afternoon (DST) and there were plenty of trees, rocks, hills, and a lake. It was actually pretty fun but a little challenging trying to keep both Ryan and Michelle’s brother, Eric, in line. It was either Ryan making faces or Eric giving us the “Chandler smile” in every photo. We ended up with a few good shots with good lighting but the deciding factor for whether a photo turned out right was the look on Eric’s face. Were his eyes open? Did he have a squint? Does he look like he’s in pain? It was pretty funny.
Here are some for you to see…
Ah…better.
Okie dokie peeps, here’s the new theme. You likee?
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