Agave at the SB Mission Rose Garden

Fun with the 105mm macro...

Titan arum

The UCSB greenhouse had a Titan arum plant bloom this summer. Pretty cool.

 the central stalk heats up so that the odors are more easily released

they moved it outside when it opened to make viewing easier

the circus. something like 2,000 people came

A bit of a placeholder link... new writing from Shuna

I discovered the writing of Shuna Lydon early on in the blog, she's a pastry chef, and a great writer. She's got a new writing gig on the side, gotta check it out.

Jason Quick / Blazers

Quick is a weird writer, he inserts himself into stories too much, but there are some great stories in here.

4th of July BBQ, better late than never

These were hiding on the D200, finally got them off of it...

 a decent photo of me for once, not too photogenic...

 Jeff, at the tail end of Vermont -> south Pacific -> SB

 Amy, S+S

 Jeff got a NICE piece of halibut, we had some good organic hot dogs and some veggies and peaches to grill

to Oregon and Back 2

Mostly shot by Sara, from the other camera, D200 with a 55mm lens that is stuck at f2.8. Looking at these, it's fun to only use one lens and deal with it!

 the money quote

 southern Oregon

 cutie

near Bandon, I think

 Ferndale cemetary

 Lost Coast

 Humboldt Redwoods S.P.

 Westport

 Carmel Beach, shadows and sun

to Oregon and Back

Sara drove up, then went to Minneapolis for a meeting. I took the train up the following week, made blackberry jam, watched food network, saw my Grandpa and some of the family. Low key but nice. We drove back together, mostly on the 1. I edited photos from the D600 down to 186, so the following are a short-ish snippet of the sights.

near Salinas

rainbow, Klamath Falls area

sights from the south jetty in Newport

Prairie Creek Redwoods S.P.

Lost Coast

Humboldt Redwoods S.P.

near Kibesillah

Fort Bragg

Point Arena cove, yogurt/melon/blueberries

near Salt Point S.P., I think

Russian River

Pt. Reyes Station

Carmel Beach from Carmel Point

camera 2 photos

NPR Throwback Weekend

Last weekend was interesting on NPR. Sunday morning the host was Susan Stamberg, who has been with NPR since 1972, not that I've listened to NPR for anywhere near that (since 2002 for me, more or less), but still pretty cool to hear her re-taking the host's chair. Prairie Home Companion was a re-broadcast from May of 2000 and was awesome. Randy Newman is great. ALSO, it was the first appearance of Nickel Creek on Prairie Home, they were 18-19 years old. Really fun to listen to.

Some throwback pics while I'm at it.