Here is something Dan and I have been working on - time lapse photography. It's more his expertise than mine, however I do my best to be involved by pointing out subject matter and suggesting ideas for framing. I also set up the photos in Final Cut Express so that they can be viewed in a video file format.

This shows 3 separate clips featuring a sunset and stars.
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Another beautiful sunset

I just finished mixing together everything for our falafel dinner.
It seemed like a good time to take a break and share some photos and videos I've been hanging on to for a little while.

We always enjoy watching sunsets from our balcony. Here's one from July 21st that quickly went from purple to orange and then faded away.

Next post, time lapse photography!

Happy Birthday Dock!

"The Littlest", our cat Dock, is now 1 year old. He's sometimes called "the littlest" because he is the smallest of our 3 male cats...so far. I'm sure he still has some growing to do!

Here's how he started out as a fuzzy kitten.

Check out the milk mouth on this little guy!

Okay, now lets compare. Here he is at 8 weeks old.

 Here he is today! Same little, orange monkey toy, but a bigger cat!

One of Dock's favorite hobbies includes going out on the 2nd floor balcony.

Happy Birthday Dock!  Ma-Rewr-A-Rewr!!!

Viva la Chica!

Chica has passed on to the great kitty litter box in the sky. There are many that will miss her.

I found some pictures of her, some I haven't seen in a long time. I thought they were worth sharing.

I know the one on the left is a little blurry at full size but how could I pass up a picture of Chica on the stove. As far as the one on the right goes, what is it with cats and drying racks? Determination to show their balancing skills and the idea that they can go anywhere? I think so.

She would be really annoyed with me taking her picture after awhile but she always looked so good, even in a pile of socks or Christmas garland!

 

Sometimes she had this Garfield attitude like in the photo on the left, or maybe she was just annoyed with all the picture taking again. The photo on the right proves her constant desire to go outside and snack on the lawn. She didn't care if you were on the 2nd floor and she was on the 1st floor, she would sit down there and wait for you to let her out!

 

More Chica.

Jedi Master Chica with her Padawan, Bob.

Chica, Bob and Chuck.

I remember the first time I woke up to Chica laying on my chest in the middle of the night. I couldn't focus and I didn't know why - she was that close to my face! I'll miss her wet nose, those cool green eyes, and her cuddling up to my belly at night under the blankets.

Poster designs

During some of my free time I have been submitting poster designs to a website called Creative Allies. It's a place where artists and designers can share their ideas for posters, CD covers, t-shirts, and other items for musicians, and have a chance for their work to be selected and printed, and win a prize as well.

Here are two of my latest poster designs. The image on the left is an 11"x17" poster created for the music festival known as Electric Forest. The image on the right is 1 of 3 designs that was created for the Ellie Goulding summer tour poster (16"x20"). You can find the other 2 designs on my website or in my portfolio.

I've included my website at the bottom of these images for display purposes - this text was not featured in the original designs.

Over the weekend

Dan made a tasty fish dinner on Sunday.
We had Mahi-Mahi cooked with mango rum.
We also had green tail onions and lettuce
fresh from the Monona farmers market,
which turned into to an easy tomato and
cucumber salad with olive oil.


After dinner, our cat Dock napped at
one of his favorite places, our porch.
You can see him in the image on the left
through the legs of the chair, and if you
click on the photo on the right you can see
one of his little teeth poking out!

Just thought I would mention it

Jeffrey Brown from PBS NewsHour always wears the most detailed and beautiful neck ties I have ever seen. HD television I love you!