Friday, July 31, 2009

July 31st

The Winged Horse in the Tuscon airport. They have a lot of great art. This was placed at the end of the moving walkway coming from the car rental area. Very dynamic location.

winged horse 1

I love the detail of the wings also.

wings

July 30th

tucson Sunset. Love the shapes of the trees against the sky.

tucson sunset

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

July 29th

The Mormon Temples in Los Angeles. Its huge!

la mormon temple

Detail from the fence in front. I love the shape of the fence.

mormon fence

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

July 28th

My day today, A meeting to review the lessons learned from full size mock-ups of a hospital patient room. Here, discussion on the flooring.

floor pattern

July 27th

After taking off from SFO in the morning we followed 280 south. Just south of Palo Alto I looked out the window and noticed this body of water nestled into the hills. It looks like a bird in flight.

bird in flight

Sunday, July 26, 2009

July 26th

There is an old church that is a part of a boys school/orphanage. It is really a cool place with great architecture. I was out there yesterday to take some scouting shots since we are having a family portrait taken there in two weeks. Here is one of two lion statues.

lion statue 3

Sunday July 27th

I hope to complete several things off of the list for the day.

-second visit to St. Vincent’s to see what is happening on Sunday mornings-
finish watering plant (upstair plants to finish)
mail package
ipod organization
collect pictures for scanning
send site and family information to photographer
put up new curtains
pick mrrad up from the airport
-make biscuits-
-make vitamin packs-
-yoga-
-take Kona for a walk-
book travel for the week
birthday cards for D and R
clean spot on rug
-clean Phoenix’s cage-
-vacuum downstairs-
clean oven

July 25th

so here is my list from yesterday for the week-end

-deposit checks at ATM-
-check out St. Vincent’s-
-drop off cardboard at recycling center-
water plants
mail package
ipod organization
collect pictures for scanning
send site and family information to photographer
put up new curtains
-cut up strawberries-
-make biscuits-
-make vitamin packs-
-yoga-
-take Kona for a walk-
book travel for this week
get birthday cards for D and R
-buy Nature’s miracle-
clean spot on rug
-clean Phoenix’s cage-
-vacuum-
-complete timesheet-
clean oven

Saturday, July 25, 2009

July 25th

There is a former air force base in my town which has been developed for housing. The old hanger have been developed for commercial uses. This is a photo of the reflection of the US Coast Guard hanger in the glazing of one of the converted hanger. I love the juxtaposition of the two buildings.

hanger reflection2

Friday, July 24, 2009

July 21st

Driving home from the airport – self-portrait
beth driving 6

The eye
the eye 4

July 22nd

The Rainbow Tunnel on the Waldo Grade in Marin County.

the tunnel of marin

July 23rd

Houses in San Francisco. I love the color and the similarity of the facades.

SF homes 2

San Francisco Color. I really like deep rich colors and appreciate them on San Francisco homes which so often are shrouded by fog.

sf color

July 24th

Landing at SFO. The sky was really gorgeous.

landing

The striping on the tarmac creates very interesting patterns.stripes

Monday, July 20, 2009

Talked to the Vet today

We agreed to put Kona back on the herbs that he was on and increase his phenobarbital. He’ll go in for a blood test in a few weeks and if the increase in his phenobarbital doesn’t stabilize him then he’ll add another medication.

Let hope this works. We can increase his phenobarb a bit more. I worry about giving him too much medication, it sedates him. But I really hate his seizures.

July 20th

Monterey Bay from the air. I had a really nice start to my travels today-a complimentary upgrade to first class and then a town car ride to the office versus a stinky sweaty cab ride. It was amazing how calm I felt when I walked in the door. It didn’t last long tho.

monterrey bay air 1

Sunday, July 19, 2009

July 19th

It may be early in the day, but I was able to get the photo of the day at 5:15 am since I was already up. This is “breaking dawn”. Kona, my dog, had another seizure at 4:00 am so my husband and I have been up ever since. There is a beautiful crescent moon with Venus to the right of it as dawn breaks.

breaking dawn

Here is Kona, the very good dog that doesn’t deserve to have such a horible disorder.

kona 071709 7 a

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Progress

I’ve narrowed down the date for the photo shoot (with the exception of my brother-I’ll call him tomorrow if I don’t hear back from him) We have 12 people to work around, 8 adults and 4 kids (whose schedules are tougher than the working adults). I sent emails to seven photographers today and have heard back from three of them. I really want to tie down a date in the next three days.

July 18th

My sago palm is having new growth. This is a shot from above.

sago leaves 3

Here are the leaves as they started to unfurl.

new sago leaves 2

The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

Very interesting historical novel and current day fiction focused on the impact on polygamy

Friday, July 17, 2009

July 17th

The Air Traffic Control Tower at LAX. I love the shadow through the shades in the terminal. With the sun behind it, its looks like a big robot.

lax tower at sunset 2

Sunset clouds from the airplane, approaching SFO.

clouds at sunset 2

Thursday, July 16, 2009

July 16th I am grateful

to be home from LA
that my plane was not delayed
to come home to my beautiful house, handsome husband, loving dog, and sleeping bird
that I have a job
for the health of my family

July 16th

Three dishes on the Univision studio in LA

satellite dishes

Self-Portrait II Feet in the Taxi-notice the reflection of the toes.

cab feet

July 15th

Sights of Tuscon. The first, a vine on a gate at an architect’s office. I love the colors and patterns.

screen 2

The second, the iconic saguro cactus. I love them. They have personality.
cacti 2

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

July 14th

Flag at the Toyota dealership in Tuscon, AZ. The clouds were magnificent around sunset and a storm was near.

toyota flag 2

July 13th

Monday morning on an airplane to LA. This is SFO in the morning.

SFO in the morning

Sunday, July 12, 2009

July 12th

Self-Portrait – the foundation. I love the shadow from the midday sun, particularly on the laces.

beth shoes

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Mom's Birthday is October 6th

Why that seems a long way off, with the ideas I have, its important to start planning now.

Just finished and order Volume 1 Q2 on blurb.com

It should take about a week to get it. I have one for the first quarter (which was fabulous-if I say so myself :-) ) And now the second one. See the link for a preview. http://www.blurb.com/books/763401

July 11th

The last entry in the Parade Series. There were several fly overs during the parade. This is the coast guard helicopter directly overhead.

coast guard helo 3

These two are of aircraft flyovers (not sure where the jets came from). The first include the four jets, the second the dissolving of their contrails.
fly over 1

fly over 2

Friday, July 10, 2009

July 10th

Next to last in the Parade Series. I live in an old horse town. There are several horse ranches surrounding it so we have a lot of horses in our parade. They are really beautiful. So here we have Horse Feet.

horse feet

horses 2

horse and rider 3

Thursday, July 9, 2009

July 9th

Next in the Parade Series. A local businessman has a huge collection of WWII vehicles from tanks to trucks to missle launchers. This is one of the tanks. I loved the little flag on the side.

army vehicle flag

There are also several men who dress in WWII GI gear that walk the parade route with the army vehicles.

soldier 2

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

July 7th

Next in the series of the 4th of the July parade. Uncle Sam on a motorcycle.

uncle sam on motorcycle

Monday, July 6, 2009

July 6th

Next in the 4th of July Parade series. Our hometown parade always includes a group representing Basset Hound rescue. There are probably over 100 basset hounds in the parade. This one had his own ride with lots of flags attached. It is just so fun to see them.
basset hound and flags

Sunday, July 5, 2009

July 5th

Since I have so many really great photos from yesterday’s parade, I’m going to give myself a break for a few days and post pictures from the parade. Those are my rules and I’m stickin’ to ‘em. I don’t know who this kid is, but he is just so darn cute all decked out for the 4th of July.

cute kid 5

July 5th Today I am grateful for:

A wonderful 4th of July parade with all of my family
Getting lots of great photos of the parade
Meeting Tom’s bandmates at the cook-out
Hearing, for the first time, the band play (even if it was only a recording of a rehersal)
Listening to Tom play brings a smile to my face
Kona came out of his seizure quickly

Saturday, July 4, 2009

July 4th

Went to the 4th of July parade today and have tons of great pictures. I don’t think I can even pick the best and will include a link if someone feels so inclined to look at them. Kona goes to the parade every year (this is his 8th parade). The horses were going by and Kona didn’t quite know what to make of them. I think this photo captures the day today. Happy 4th everyone!

they're big dogs!

Friday, July 3, 2009

July 3rd

Caught this deer munching on the landscape. Now that the rain has stopped the deer have come down from the hills for food and water.

deer 1

Thursday, July 2, 2009

July 2nd

San Francisco Public Art.

I caught it as I was driving to work this morning.

SF art