Deep Breath

Just finished teaching my last lesson of the year. Feels good to be done, if only till January. All I have to do now is wait for the imminent arrival of the big S, and I don't mean Santa. K is literally dreaming about labor now, which is good because the blessed event could come any day now and visualization is good practice. Everyone is excited here, a little anxious as well, especially me. Tense with anticipation...deep breaths...deep breaths.

Getting closer

Things are coming to a head here in the land of the rising sun. K has about a month left until her due date, and is getting less and less comfortable with each passing day. She's a trooper though, and is trying not to let it get the best of her. she's not above using her condition to wheedle favors out of me tho.
To wit, last weekend we put up our (fake plastic ) Christmas tree. At her insistence, it was put not in the living room as I suggested but in the dining room. The living room is a Japanese style room, while the dining room is western style, and she prefers western. Huh.
Its getting colder here, which is made painfully evident by the lack of central heating. Its COLD in the house in the mornings, so cold in fact that I've begun insisting on a hot breakfast. Miso soup and rice? Okay! I made sausage eggs and grits this morning, damn fine Too.
Stay warm folks!

Rust in peace

Came across this nugget while cleaning out my studio.  Sounds like theres an overabundance of iron in the groundwater...

Firey fall foliage

Had to turn around and go back for another look at this scene. The way the setting sun sets off the rich scarlet of the maples made them seem illuminated from within. A very pleasant break from the evening commute!

Watch out!

Took K and the captain out to see the fall colors today, and was greeted by this warning.  Sometimes I forget I'm living in a truly strange and wonderful place. ..things like this serve to remind me.

Happy Birthday

Happy 250th to Guinness! May we all live so long!

Sony? Really?

Just acquired a PSP the other day...its a pretty nifty little gadget, but I`ve no games for the sucker. Any recommendations for something that isn`t lame?

ooooooh.......

The nice thing about getting gifts is that the people you care about have a chance to do something they feel is nice for you, and you get free stuff. The bad thing is, you don't get to choose the stuff you get.

Totally Eclipse

I'm sure by now everyone is sick of hearing about our solar eclipse last week...but bear with me. Where we live the eclipse wasn't total, only about 80%. I took my camera to the local schoolyard hoping to get some dramatic photos and hopefully not sear my retinas. It was a cloudy overcast day, which made it difficult to get a clear shot. I realize now tho that a clear shot would have been dull compared to what I ended up getting. The diffusion offered by the cloud cover makes for some fantastic evocative images, don't you think?

Finished!

Time 4:30pm...beer thirty!