A few photographs as Autumn settles in the Northwest.
Peter
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
My Mum's Birthday...
Last Sunday was my mom's birthday, and we managed to find our way down to the coast to celebrate with her. We arrived in the afternoon, after Mum's gigs, and had a very leisurely visit (after me spending a bit of time mucking about FINALLY replacing the woofers in the speakers I built for mum and dad some 20 years ago), even being so lazy as ordering out for a pizza dinner. :) Claire & the boys had baked a pretty wild cake with a maple-fudge icing. All of it was yummy. We opened presents, talked some more, and then the boys and I hit the beach where it was a lovely 61 degrees with mist/fog and a VERY cold ocean. All documented in the 21,000-word slideshow below. :)
All in all it was a lovely day.
Peter
All in all it was a lovely day.
Peter
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Boys' photo montage
We had a little fun with the camera a couple of months ago. I think it turned out nicely (apart from my amateurish layout skill, and the binders in one of the shots)! Click to view full-size on Picasa.
Happy New Year!
Peter
Happy New Year!
Peter
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Saturday, January 8, 2011
Friday, December 17, 2010
Philip's new keyboard
This was Philip's "big" Hanukkah gift this year... so of course the first thing he did was to make a video review.
I think it's pretty dang cute. He did this entire thing by his 10-year-old self: the video, the conversion (he recorded it on a digital camcorder), the post-processing (speed up), the upload to YouTube, everything. I came home from work and he showed me the posted video. Clever boy.
Cheers,
Peter
I think it's pretty dang cute. He did this entire thing by his 10-year-old self: the video, the conversion (he recorded it on a digital camcorder), the post-processing (speed up), the upload to YouTube, everything. I came home from work and he showed me the posted video. Clever boy.
Cheers,
Peter
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Halloween slideshow
Hi everyone,
My awesome Brother and Sister-in-law held their annual Halloween party at their place this year, and I did photo duty. Here are the results (warning, it's a video with a music soundtrack, not my "normal" slide show)!
Peace out,
Peter
My awesome Brother and Sister-in-law held their annual Halloween party at their place this year, and I did photo duty. Here are the results (warning, it's a video with a music soundtrack, not my "normal" slide show)!
Peace out,
Peter
Monday, August 23, 2010
Photos from the Warton Cousin's Picnic, 2010
From our trip to Bandon July 21/August 1. Unfortunately my cousins couldn't be there, but my kids cousin's were! And they had fun... as you can see below.
Stay positive,
Peter
Stay positive,
Peter
Thursday, June 24, 2010
More Photo updates!
These are from a fun little trip we made with my brother's family (Peter's brother's family, to be precise) to the "gondola" in Portland that runs from the river up to the major hospital in the West Hills (OHSU). It may not be an epic topic for a blog post, but I am pretty happy with these snapshots.
I hope you're well and happy!
Cheers,
Peter
I hope you're well and happy!
Cheers,
Peter
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Photo updates
Just catching up on some pictures. I put them in a slide show so this wouldn't turn into a 10-page blog with just photos. Click on the slideshow itself to see the photos in large resolution.
Hope everyone's well out there!
Peter
Hope everyone's well out there!
Peter
Saturday, August 29, 2009
2009 Cousin's Picnic
Dear All,
Below is a slide-show of a whole bunch o' pictures from the picnic this year. As usual, the food was superb, as was the company. The menu was awesome, with the main course being grill-cooked build-your-own pizzas - there was lots of amazing food and lots of deeply satisfied diners afterward.
This year Claire was able to attend for the first time, which was really lovely. She had a great time and finally got to meet Gwyn, Tasha, and families. Dan couldn't make it this year though, sadly. :(
On Sunday, in what I hope will become an addition to the picnic tradition, Margaret, Steve, and I went on a road-ride together on their 27 mile loop down to Woodside. It was a blast, and for the record both Margaret and Steve are quite strong riders, despite all their self-depreciating comments. I'm sure with just a bit more training time they'd be ready to do the MS 150 next year, and Seattle to Portland the year after that. Ahem. :)
Many thanks again to Margaret & Steve for hosting, and particularly Margaret & Mum for slaving over hot stoves, cool Corian counters, smoking grills, Molly Stone's, etc.
Best to all,
Peter
Here's a slideshow of the pictures - note each photo displays for 8 seconds (you can use the mouse-over controls to move ahead faster if you're ADHD). Feel free to contact me if you'd like copies of any of these photos.
Below is a slide-show of a whole bunch o' pictures from the picnic this year. As usual, the food was superb, as was the company. The menu was awesome, with the main course being grill-cooked build-your-own pizzas - there was lots of amazing food and lots of deeply satisfied diners afterward.
This year Claire was able to attend for the first time, which was really lovely. She had a great time and finally got to meet Gwyn, Tasha, and families. Dan couldn't make it this year though, sadly. :(
On Sunday, in what I hope will become an addition to the picnic tradition, Margaret, Steve, and I went on a road-ride together on their 27 mile loop down to Woodside. It was a blast, and for the record both Margaret and Steve are quite strong riders, despite all their self-depreciating comments. I'm sure with just a bit more training time they'd be ready to do the MS 150 next year, and Seattle to Portland the year after that. Ahem. :)
Many thanks again to Margaret & Steve for hosting, and particularly Margaret & Mum for slaving over hot stoves, cool Corian counters, smoking grills, Molly Stone's, etc.
Best to all,
Peter
Here's a slideshow of the pictures - note each photo displays for 8 seconds (you can use the mouse-over controls to move ahead faster if you're ADHD). Feel free to contact me if you'd like copies of any of these photos.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Tour de Cure - 2009
This weekend, John, Margaret & Steve, myself, Joseph, Philip, and Annette rode the Tour de Cure (the 27 mile loop).
It was a great ride. I was very impressed by everyone's riding... Margaret and Steve have been training down in the Bay Area and were in fine form. John hadn't really had much time to train but did the whole ride anyway, very impressive (and marginally crazy ;-). And Annette (who has even less spare time) rode well through the quite hilly early section of the ride before the heat got to be too much.
The boys did an awesome job too. Joseph was on his mountain bike with knobby tires. He was a real trooper and kept up a strong pace even though I know he was pretty tired in the second half, especially the first few miles after the rest stop. He perfected the art of drafting very quickly once he realized how much energy he could save riding in the pull of the tandem. ;-)
Philip was also fantastic, pumping along unflaggingly with lots of power and energy on the back of the tandem, and providing some pretty excellent entertainment along the way ("There is no way this is worth a T-shirt!"). LOL.
Here are some photos of the after-event event. Thanks J&K&K for getting the yummy Chinese food. And a huge thank you Claire for creating such a beautiful space & welcoming atmosphere for the party - it was very inviting.
The Try-Athletes Team
The Try-Athletes Team being (extra) goofy
The whole gang...
The whole gang...being goofy
Kids being kids
Peter
It was a great ride. I was very impressed by everyone's riding... Margaret and Steve have been training down in the Bay Area and were in fine form. John hadn't really had much time to train but did the whole ride anyway, very impressive (and marginally crazy ;-). And Annette (who has even less spare time) rode well through the quite hilly early section of the ride before the heat got to be too much.
The boys did an awesome job too. Joseph was on his mountain bike with knobby tires. He was a real trooper and kept up a strong pace even though I know he was pretty tired in the second half, especially the first few miles after the rest stop. He perfected the art of drafting very quickly once he realized how much energy he could save riding in the pull of the tandem. ;-)
Philip was also fantastic, pumping along unflaggingly with lots of power and energy on the back of the tandem, and providing some pretty excellent entertainment along the way ("There is no way this is worth a T-shirt!"). LOL.
Here are some photos of the after-event event. Thanks J&K&K for getting the yummy Chinese food. And a huge thank you Claire for creating such a beautiful space & welcoming atmosphere for the party - it was very inviting.
The Try-Athletes Team
The Try-Athletes Team being (extra) goofy
The whole gang...
The whole gang...being goofy
Kids being kids
Peter
Monday, June 29, 2009
News, with some photo highlights from the last year...
Our Lives: Cliff Notes
The boys are finally out of school (through June 23rd). They had a good year, learned a lot, and they're pretty happy all in all. Their Hebrew is quite amazing; I've long since been left behind (though I do have Pimsleur and am very slowly learning conversational Hebrew). Philip's writing this year was great, fun, creative, and of course amusing. His choir was also pretty neat, and he looked so awesome in his suit (see below) for the concerts.
Joseph's dance season was great, even though the weather for the Nutcracker was audience-unfriendly. The Oregon Ballet Theater ran into very, very hard times due to the economic meltdown combined with an untimely (in retrospect) ambitious growth plan. By the end of the season they were $3/4 Million in the hole and within 30 days of having to cease operations (!). So they did a PR blitz and put together a benefit gala with dancers from San Francisco Ballet, Joffrey, New York City Ballet, Boston Ballet, Houston Ballet, National Ballet of Cananda, and more, all of whom volunteered their time & skills to help OBT. Thankfully the Gala and campaign were a huge success and OBT is intact for their 2009/2010 season.
The school was not in direct danger of closing because they operate independently, but obviously it would have been a serious blow to the school since the company provides opportunities for the children to dance in professional performance (Nutcracker being the biggest of course) and access to internationally recognized dancers and choreographers. And of course good dancers and support folks losing their jobs was not a nice prospect. So we were all quite relieved when they exceeded their goal.
I'll let Claire post her own update... on to the photos!
Good times to all,
Peter & Family
Pictures from Spring Break Vacation in 2008 (Yachats)
The boys... even though it was cool they were in the ocean just about every day.
Action on the Yachats shoreline (click to see full size)
View from ... some overlook somewhere...
Friend at the aquarium
Sunset <---- Oooooh!
Spring 2009, NW Portland
Christmas at John & Karen's, 2008
Family portraits (amateur of course)
Father's Day 2009
This is the extremely cool burr coffee mill which Philip remembered I said was the only gift I could think of that I wanted many, many months ago.
Philip's "card" ;-)
And this is Philip's abstract art piece inspired by waffle-making this morning.
The boys are finally out of school (through June 23rd). They had a good year, learned a lot, and they're pretty happy all in all. Their Hebrew is quite amazing; I've long since been left behind (though I do have Pimsleur and am very slowly learning conversational Hebrew). Philip's writing this year was great, fun, creative, and of course amusing. His choir was also pretty neat, and he looked so awesome in his suit (see below) for the concerts.
Joseph's dance season was great, even though the weather for the Nutcracker was audience-unfriendly. The Oregon Ballet Theater ran into very, very hard times due to the economic meltdown combined with an untimely (in retrospect) ambitious growth plan. By the end of the season they were $3/4 Million in the hole and within 30 days of having to cease operations (!). So they did a PR blitz and put together a benefit gala with dancers from San Francisco Ballet, Joffrey, New York City Ballet, Boston Ballet, Houston Ballet, National Ballet of Cananda, and more, all of whom volunteered their time & skills to help OBT. Thankfully the Gala and campaign were a huge success and OBT is intact for their 2009/2010 season.
The school was not in direct danger of closing because they operate independently, but obviously it would have been a serious blow to the school since the company provides opportunities for the children to dance in professional performance (Nutcracker being the biggest of course) and access to internationally recognized dancers and choreographers. And of course good dancers and support folks losing their jobs was not a nice prospect. So we were all quite relieved when they exceeded their goal.
I'll let Claire post her own update... on to the photos!
Good times to all,
Peter & Family
Pictures from Spring Break Vacation in 2008 (Yachats)
The boys... even though it was cool they were in the ocean just about every day.
Action on the Yachats shoreline (click to see full size)
View from ... some overlook somewhere...
Friend at the aquarium
Sunset <---- Oooooh!
Spring 2009, NW Portland
Christmas at John & Karen's, 2008
Family portraits (amateur of course)
Father's Day 2009
This is the extremely cool burr coffee mill which Philip remembered I said was the only gift I could think of that I wanted many, many months ago.
Philip's "card" ;-)
And this is Philip's abstract art piece inspired by waffle-making this morning.
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