Second verse same as the first.

Oakley, CA

Still having ear problems.

Gosh I have a lot of grey hair.

deaf

Antioch, CA

Back in December I had a doctor tell me my ears were full of wax. He told me to start using Debrox. So i do, but it doesn't seem to be cleaning them out. So today I did what my mother used to do - I used Q-Tips. That didn't do a whole lot of good either. Not only did I pull a whole bunch of wax out - but now my ear feels clogged. I would say I'm open so suggestions, but it may fall on deaf ears.

(BTC - Neon on my forehead)
(BTC - Enjoying Swine Flew)

sun setting flag.

38 03' 56.59"N 122 13' 49.74"W

I helped Shell and Mel remove their stuff off of the Bear tonight because the semester is over. I took this from the stern.

Tonight was filled with references to Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog. For those that have not seen it, enjoy.

(BTC - more from The Bear)

bzzz

Antioch, CA

Don't mind me - I'm just trying to be part of the "In" crowd. (Example 1 & 2)

Inverted watering

Antioch, CA

I have the weirdest rabbits.

(BTC - Zoe and cheesecake)

I belong in a wax museum.

Vallejo, CA

Sadly - I took only three pictures today and this is the best of the three.

bad apple

Oakley, CA

I was cleaning behind my monitor at work today and discovered this. I guess I brought it to work and forgot about it. It was hard at the bottom, mushy toward the top and molding on the very top.

I hate this bridge

38 06'28.63"N 121 42'00.94"W

It's a wire grate bridge that is hard to drive over because you're constantly losing traction. When John got us evicted last July we looked at a place in Rio Vista, but the idea of taking this bridge every day - occasionally in the rain - was enough to convince me to stay in Antioch.
The only reason I traversed it tonight was to make sure my Fastrak was working.
(BTC- sleep)

A rose by any other name

Antioch, CA

Back in November My father and I went to Santa Cruz. As we were walking on the pier there were several homeless people asking for spare change. Then we came upon a guy that was taking leaves and making bracelets, crowns and roses out of them. We asked them how much and he said it was up to us - it was our own donation. We talked to him for some time before he eventually just tried to give us one. I insisted on paying. I was going to send it to Melinda but I never got around to it and now it has become a permanent member of my dash board in my truck.

Over the Costco parking lot

Antioch, CA

I went to Costco tonight to buy Fastrak for my truck and this was waiting for me out side. It was 95 degrees today so I don't have a clue where all those clouds came from for a sunset.

shorts in school

Pleasant Hill, CA

This won't mean anything to most of you, but I went to class today in shorts. The last school I attended I signed a contract that prohibited shorts on Campus and in the classroom. It's a very freeing feeling to be able to wear shorts on a hot day.

chocolate life

Antioch, CA

This is all of the chocolate I've gotten in the last 10 days.

(BTC - Yesterday's to-do list )
(BTC - Muir Beach's other photos)
(BTC - Muir Beach Panos)
(BTC - The camera Eyeball)
(BTC - Bathroom Murial)
(BTC - A bike picture for Robin and Amy)

Muir Beach revistited.

Muir Beach, CA

Shell, Robin, Joe and I went to the beach tonight to take pictures. I took over 50 shots and these are the top five that all tie for the prized Photo a Day shot. I'll load the BTC one's in a few days as I process through them all. Enjoy these until then.

Why the long face

Oakley, CA

I could not get him to stay still long enough for a decent shot. Why are birds so willing to pose for me but not dogs, horses, cats, centipedes, snails, spiders, lizards, peacocks, cows, and raccoons?

No one to bother you

Knightesen, CA

Except being on well water - I would love to live right there.

A real balancing Act

Oakley, CA

The customer I worked on tonight has a hen house.

The other title I was going with was going to be "Not a cock among them" but I thought maybe that was inappropriate.

good to know

Oakley, CA

Not Jem

Oakley, CA

A few weeks ago I you met Scout. Well this is Scout's brother, who is sadly not named Jem. I actually can't remember it's name because every time I see it I just want to call it Jem.

(BTC - I can be an idiot at times)

tree

Oakland, CA

Swing batter swing

San Jose, CA

My dad and I went to a San Jose Giants game tonight. There were three broken bats and a whole bunch of sucky pitching going on. Giants won 5 to 0 against the Stockton Ports.

butterflys in the sky

Fairfield, CA

(BTC - playground equipment explained)
(BTC - Why I can't date a Goth girl)

slug me

Antioch, CA

sprial play

Brentwood, CA

So for 6 months now I've wanted to go photograph this new playground in Brentwood. But until just recently there was a big fence around it while they worked out some plumbing issues. It opened last month and so I went today at lunch to go photograph it. When I got there there were 2 classrooms of kids eating lunch. So to not be the weird guy taking pictures of the playground with children around, I left and went to another park to take pictures (because, gosh darn it, I was going to photograph some playground equipment today). I photographed at the other playground (The Caboose Playground). Then after work, I happened to be driving past the first park and saw it empty. I ended up taking about 20 shots and 15 were PAD quality. So I'm posting this one, from the after work play ground. And on BTC I'm publishing two others - one from the first playground and the other from the caboose playground. I don't want to publish too many on the off chance I'm in a PAD pinch sometime and need a shot - I'll keep this location in the back of my head and post other cool shots some other time.

(BTC)

Pilgrim Rain draining

Oakley, CA

It was 80 yesterday and today we had a cold, wet storm blow in. It was nice to get a dose of pilgrim rain after 11 months without. But it totally caught me off guard. I had a customer scheduled that I had to cancel on. I didn't even have a rain coat. (Mind you that didn't stop me from not going out at lunch and getting fastfood - I'm keeping to my once a week goal pretty darn good.)
To my friends in Idaho, Utah and Nevada - stock up - this storm in probably going to hurt.

(btc)

The State Flower

Oakley, CA

Ah, the California Poppy. Whenever I feel like being just a little naughty I always think of three options:
1. Get a horse and go to Philadelphia and ride up and down the city screaming "The British are coming! The British are coming!" Just to freak them out.
2. Get a Harley and drag Sturgis revving my hog just as loud as I can.
or
3. Pick a California Poppy. It's illegal you know. I could get a fine or up to three days in jail. Naughty me.

(A fourth option of course is to pump my own gas in Oregon, but I almost got a ticket doing that once in Ontario and I swore to the nice police officer I never would again.)

(BTC - an Orange flower kind of day)

A Saint Bernard Rock Star

Antioch, CA

Yesterday, in between the morning session of conference and the afternoon session, the family went out and collected rocks so that tilling the soil would be easier. One rock gathered was this one that was first initially thought to look like a pig - but we have since decided it looks like a dog. I think it looks most like a Saint Bernard - but I'm open to discussion.

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(BTC - I merged three images together to form one. Not a bad looking rainbow)

Swing ride

Antioch, CA

I haven't been on a carnival or amusement park ride since John and I went to Train Town 6 years ago. Deep down, I've always wanted to be an employee of a traveling carnival. My mother suggested college instead. Some days I regret it.

(BTC)

Ferris Wheel

Antioch, CA

(BTC - Me on a Ferris Wheel)
(BTC - Atop of a Ferris Wheel)
(BTC - Frogs versus Fish)

third finger from the thumb

Brentwood, CA

I had lunch with some friends today and one of them was sporting her new left hand hardware. It was very pretty to see.
** Edit - Music for the background - Shell's comment just made me think of this song.
(BTC)

Yup

Oakley, CA

I found a new setting on my camera thanks to help from Stacy.