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Thursday, July 5th, 2007

2007-07-05 @ 07:48 - 4th of July We got married on the 4th of July so that we can always have fireworks on our anniversary. It was raining too much to go to the city show this year, but lots of people were launching their own. Having grown up in Arizona, a state that made fireworks illegal, it is strange to witness. Fireworks are constantly going off in every direction, creating a thick smoke haze. As you can see, some of them are quite impressive for DIY fireworks. ( A few more photos ) This was what it looked like a few hours earlier after the heavy rain. Unfortunately all this rain has been missing the lake that all of South Florida lives off of, so we're still in a bad drought. (3 comments | comment on this)

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

2007-06-03 @ 20:21 - I built Karen a bookshelf! You can get a bit of an idea of what it looked like before. It used to be an opening to the room next to it, but a previous owner made a wall, but only had it flush to the small room, leaving a recess in the master bedroom... perfect for a bookshelf! Rounded edges of course. The 45-degree corners are a nod to Battlestar: Galactica's cut corners theme. I'm also replacing all the baseboards in the house. It makes the house look a bit messy, as you can tell on the right where the wall has no baseboards. I'm getting close to done, you can see all the corner pieces to the right of the chair. Once done, I'll caulk the tops and edges and grout the bottoms on the tile. Finally I'll seal all the grout in the house to give it that nice glossy look and to prevent discoloring or cracking. If only I had more time to do all this! Working with power tools is quite satisfying, which in itself is rather relieving considering the amount of classical music and opera I listen to in the car! The garage is my work area: The miter saw was essential because of the BSG corners, which required the round edges to match perfectly. Before this project, I used to cut baseboards with a handheld jig saw, which was not only laborious but subject to many more errors. After all the pieces were in place, it was time to prime it. I thought that 6 shelves would be ideal and evenly spaced them. The stud finder I have for the baseboards was a great help because it also has a laser level, which was quite useful when aligning the mounts on the sides (which each have two heavy screws going into the studs of the frame), which you can see in the photos above. After another coat of primer and two coats of high gloss (that I then let dry for two weeks to keep the books from sticking to it), it was ready to use: (see it on Flickr with descriptive notes) I was only allocated the top shelf (because Karen can't reach it!), but ended up also using the left half below the top and the left part above her shoes for text books. I'll probably thin down mine to at least one and a half rows. Karen has a lot more books at her parents' house still, so soon it will be completely full! current mood: proud (6 comments | comment on this)

Friday, April 20th, 2007

2007-04-20 @ 08:19 - Photos of Jason & Luciana Wednesday we met up with my friend and co-worker Jason Pirkey and his wife, Luciana, for a photo shoot at the Hillsboro Pier in Deerfield Beach.     Gotta love magic hour! (1 comment | comment on this)

Sunday, February 4th, 2007

2007-02-04 @ 19:07 - New Website Published! Check it out: I think it does a much better job representing what you get with us. I'm excited! So if you sit and watch or go through the introduction flash you'll see most of the photos, but you can also see them (and some more) on any other page on the site as we have a sidebar with random photos. Click on any photo on the sidebar to reload it, or just wait and it'll refresh every minute... for example, see the Packages & Rates page. Still processing images for it, especially for the front page. I'll make the blog match the site later tonight, and hopefully create an "About Us" page with a photo from our own wedding. (1 comment | comment on this)

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

2007-01-02 @ 20:38 - Western Vacation: Highway 89 and Horseshoe Bend The trip up Highway 89 to Page was beautiful, though difficult to photograph. I saw this vista out the window and pulled over for some shots. I set the camera on a guard rail with the lens on a rock and took this timed photo. I tried to frame the famous shot you see of Horseshoe Bend, but the evening sun was right in the lens and the 17mm focal length made it hard to avoid a bad lens flare. We're going back tomorrow after Antelope Slot Canyon as we head back down Highway 89 towards the scenic Highway 89A and the Vermillion Cliffs, as the lighting will be ideal and won't require HDR magic (at least not as much). I forgot to post this yesterday, so here it is... Karen Standin' on the Corner in Winslow, Arizona. We were only a half hour away from Winslow while visiting Meteor Crater, so Karen insisted that we head there and visit the famous landmark from the Eagles' song "Take it Easy", even though it was pitch black outside. Don't miss my previous post or my Flickr photo set of our Western Vacation so far! (3 comments | comment on this)

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