A Day in the Life

Subjects

Growing up, my dad always had a camera and was always taking pictures. His main subject was fire trucks. After that, there was motocross. And then, he'd obligingly take family pictures.

Me? I mainly take pictures of Eliza. After that in popularity is scenery. I've also noticed another trend though.

I love the detail that you can see with each insect. Things you could never normally see. In fact, the second butterfly was tiny. He appeared to be all white.

From Sea to Shining Sea

These images are from the last week.

Atlantic:

Pacific:

Childhood Memories

I grew up with woods like this in front and behind my house. We used to run on the trails, dirt bike, find animals, and have all kinds of fun.

A few years ago, they cut down most of the woods behind my house and it now looks like this. It makes me kind of sad.
At least it is full of butterflies though (and oak saplings!).

Fun Times with Uncle D

Note: No children were harmed in the making of this blog post.

Around the Shop

One of our favorite activities in the East is visiting my uncle's motorcycle/watercraft shop. There are always some fun hi jinx and often it involves jet ski testing.

Eliza helps Big Al with customers.

Uncle D backs in a ski for testing.

D and Big Al test the ski before taking it out.

Success! All fixed!

Note: Testing a jet ski on open water is actually quite necessary. Tanks don't provide necessary acceleration to assure that water is getting fully into the pumps.

If you are in Maryland and need something fixed. Stop by and see Big Al. He does great work:

Pleasanton Cycle and Watercraft

Main Street, Cecilton, MD

(410) 275-2775

Sunrise Over the Atlantic

Reason #1

Reason #1 that Eliza thinks Uncle D is tops-- He does things Mom never would. Exhibit A: Uncle D teaches 3 year old Eliza how to drive a jet ski (and actually she was amazing!).

Mimi's Big Green Truck

One of Eliza's favorite parts about coming to the East Coast is riding in "Mimi's Big Green Truck." I'm not sure why she loves it so much. It might be that it has the diesel roar. It might be that it has a DVD player. But, most likely it is because it always has Skittles!