Part 1 of the flurry of photos

Since its quite obvious that I'm incapable of updating a blog in a timely basis...below are three quick entries that I worked on during the Super Bowel, highlighting some of my favorite pictures from January. Hopefully I get another entry or two up this week, with more pictures and more of a story. But as I've shown in the past -- don't be surprised if I don't get to them for a while -- but they'll get up there eventually.

-Tbone

Sea World - Dolphin Show

The dolphin show was remarkable...I can't fully talk about it unfortunately, so I'll just show the crazy high jumps that the dolphins can do. I'm shocked...I swear that rope is 12-15 feet above the water level and the flag was even higher. (But that was a straight up and down jump, so not quite as difficult.)

I hope these photos can do justice to how crazy high these dolphins were jumping -- click on the photos for the full effect.

Saying hi to the crowd:


A dolphin pulling the lowered rope down to be silly:


Dunkin clearing the rope during my first time viewing the show:


My second viewing of the show -- might have been Dolly this time?


And one of those two (Dunkin or Dolly) touching the flag during my second viewing of the show:

Sea World - Shamu

I was right there! Seriously, the closest killer whale was about 15 feet away. It was amazing to see them from that vantage point.



My view:


My sisters view of the same moment from safely outside of the splash zone:


My view across the stadium to the main stage:


Upper view of the trick they were demonstrating that morning. (Shamu spinning in place.)

Sunsets

Some sunsets and (and moon rises) from January.

Updates coming

A flurry of updates are coming soon. So keep a weather eye on the horizon.


It could get a little crazy!


But things will come out roses in the end.

Stopping to smell the roses

(Actually, I'm stuffed up right now, so there was no smelling involved. But I did stop to admire the roses.)

I was kind of caught off guard by the following two blooms on the patio of my rental house yesterday.


I don't know if they had just bloomed [ or bloomed more] recently? Or if I had not seen them because I'm not home during the daylight hours during the week?

It was a good reminder that sometimes we are surrounding by wonderful things and don't even realize it. So, remember to stop and smell (or admire) the roses in your life.

Better here or better here?

Pretend you are at your eye doctor getting your eyes tested. This is a comparison of my last night in Syracuse over the holidays to being back in San Diego.

Better here?

Or Better here?

Better here?

Or Better here?


It's a pretty simple choice really. I'll take "Jeepers" or "Little Beave" over a little red thing any day. Snow removal or no snow removal.

My third car rental is a red VW Rabbit hatchback. I can't think of a fun name for it. Any ideas?