Archive for December, 2004

A FRIENDLY NOTE ABOUT PHOTO COPYRIGHTS

Monday, December 13th, 2004

Codi and I take an average of 7,000 photos per year. There are lots of photos on our blog page and I recently re-discovered a stat program that shows how many of our photos are being downloaded. It's a surprising number! Please be courteous and check with me ...

MOUNT HOOD PHOTOS

Sunday, December 12th, 2004

It was cold and windy, but very bright and clear out today. I got a couple really good photos of Mount Hood from our balcony. Here's one:

SLEIGHBELLS CHRISTMAS TREE FARM

Saturday, December 11th, 2004

This morning Codi and I went out to Sleighbells Christmas Tree Farm in Sherwood to get a Christmas tree. We had a lot of fun picking out our tree, cutting it down and hauling it home. It's a very nice tree.This is the two of us in the ...

NICE PHOTO FROM SHERWOOD

Saturday, December 11th, 2004

I took this photo of Mount St. Helens this afternoon. The clouds were perfectly shaped and aligned, making this one cloud look like steam coming out of the volcano.

MY FIRST LAPTOP

Tuesday, December 7th, 2004

My very first laptop was a Tandy, way back in 1989 or 1990. It had a black & white screen and NO hard drive. I had to use a floppy disk to run the word processor, then swap the floppy so I could save a document, then swap the ...

HAPPY (PSYCHO) MEAL

Sunday, December 5th, 2004

I made breakfast this morning and plopped these eggs on my plate. I went to fork the whites, and noticed my eggs looking back up at me. It's definitely a smiley face, but one of those psycho-clown smiles that you can't look at for very long...

STUPID CELL PHONE USER FLIPS CAR

Friday, December 3rd, 2004

Don't try this at home!! Apparently, this guy was driving up Boones Ferry Road from Lake Grove at about 55mph - nearly double the speed limit. He was talking on his cell phone, not looking where he was going. Somehow he managed to drift into the oncoming traffic lane, fly ...

SO SMART

Friday, December 3rd, 2004

A list of good quotes from my T-Mobile Alerts service. * Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. - Theodore Roosevelt* He who does not thank for little will not thank for much. - Estonian Proverb* Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, ...

SANTA IN LAKE OSWEGO!

Thursday, December 2nd, 2004

Codi and I went to Starbucks on State Street this evening with Laura. Lo and behold, Santa was sitting there listening to live music and mingling with the crowd. Codi and I got this Polaroid picture taken of us with Mr. Claus.