Willie Nelson + guitar

 this is great

Big Sur Jan 2015

We went up to Santa Cruz for the weekend to try and find a place for Sara - she's starting a post-doc up there soon. We drove through Big Sur on the way back. I had my new 300 f4 af lens and had fun shooting the elephant seals in San Simeon. Full album here {there's a sequence of a seal flipping sand that is kinda cool}.

 willow

lots of sleeping going on

some fighting

some waving

some exhaling -> blowing sand

hearst ranch zebras

Wolflandia / Outside Online

really good, long article on wolves in Idaho/Montana/Wyoming

two short clips of Baja

BBC nature. some nice time lapses and whales

baja sur surfing 1' waves, but nicely edited

Martin Starr / OnionAV Random Roles

Haven't been spending much time on the onion av club website lately... this is good.

Yogurt is an anti-depressant

So many interesting tidbits in the Radiolab story 'gut feelings.' The weight of all of the bacteria in our body is equivalent to the weight of our brains (3 lb). The bacteria that convert milk to yogurt, when they reach our stomachs, can send signals through our nerves to our brains that act as anti-depressants! Someone did a test on mice, "They never panic, they never burn out, and they never fall into despair." They also referenced an article in PNAS, "They're talking about treating psychological disorders with yogurt." Fascinating. Plus yogurt tastes good.

Cool little video about surfing in Sweden

Carrots and Pinetrees from jakobwallin on Vimeo.

Lizzy Girl

some recent pics

 the classic tongue out Lizzy pose

vietnamese venison

 got some venison stew meat from Gary from the garden a while back, finally used it. i threw it in a food processor with hoisin sauce, fish sauce, likely some other stuff. made mince. sauteed it up, had with a salad platter and nuoc cham sauce. so damn good.

new 300mm f4

hummingbird, Devereaux

Chile Sep/Oct 2014

Where to begin? We saw alot of country. We took alot of photos. I'm going to put a few of the best in this post, and then have links to individual posts at the bottom. It's daunting. Check out the best ofs from my camera, Sara's camera, Erin's camera, and a point and shoot we used in Valparaiso.

tamron 17mm, sweet little lens

llamas

vicunas

llama

Sara watercoloring + vicunas

andean flamingos

mostly andean (black butt), 2 chilean (pink butt) flamingos

old agricultural terraces

flamingo area #2

Valpo

Siete Tazas

coast between Concepcion and Valpo

day 1 Antofagasta to San Pedro de Atacama
day 2 North from S.P.
day 2,3 Back south to S.P.
day 3,4 South from S.P.
day 4,5 Back to Antofagasta

day 5,6,7 Pan de Azucar
day 7,8 coast / Llanos de Challe
day 9 Fray Jorge
day 9-12 Olmue area
day 13 La Campana

day 14-16
Valpo street art
Valpo details
Valpo from balcony
Valpo misc 

day 16, 17, 18 Siete Tazas
day 18, 19, 20 coast 

lots of videos
flamingo crops