Having successfully given two talks in Sacramento, I’m spending a few days visiting my sister in Riverside, CA, because it’s not often I’m on the West Coast at all. She had to work this morning, so I went on a bit of a hike up and down Mt. Rubidoux, where the city has built a… Continue reading 053/366: Mount Rubidoux
Category: Pictures
052/366: Fire Sheep
Having a slow morning here in Sacramento, because yesterday started before 4am and ended after 1am, according to my internal clock. This provided the opportunity to take some nicer pictures than just the obligatory hotel-window shot, so I went for a walk on the bike path by the American River. Where I saw Fire Sheep:… Continue reading 052/366: Fire Sheep
051/366: OBParkingLot
I’m in California for a few days, to give a couple of talks in Sacramento. I’m told that it’s traditional to commemorate such travel by taking a photo of a hotel parking lot, so here you go: There are, in fact, palm trees around here, just not any that are visible from the hotel room… Continue reading 051/366: OBParkingLot
049/366: Frozen Fractals
We’ve had a serious cold snap over the last few days, with temperatures dropping from the 60F kind of range down to 40F. And with that comes, well: Happily, it’s going to warm back up over the next couple of days, but it won’t be long before I need to extend nearly every morning’s routine… Continue reading 049/366: Frozen Fractals
048/366: Reading Race
Every Sunday, I take the kids down to the Schenectady Greenmarket, which from May-October is held outdoors, on the streets around City Hall. This puts it right next to our local independent bookstore, The Open Door, which is kind of popular with the kids: We have a standing agreement that they can each get one… Continue reading 048/366: Reading Race
047/366: Late Bloomers
Another Saturday full of kid stuff, chiefly a rather brisk soccer game– around 45F at game time, with a stiff breeze. It was interesting to see how different kids reacted to the cold. One or two got hyper, and ran around crazily to stay warm, while some others just disengaged from the game. And a… Continue reading 047/366: Late Bloomers
046/366: Alchemy
It was kind of an annoying week in a number of respects, which called for something frivolous and morale-bosting. Thus, this: The shiny rocks are from a collection of “Gold and Diamonds” (i.e. pyrite and quartz) SteelyKid got at a local farm “mining” thing last weekend. The Legos are from the extensive collection in Chateau… Continue reading 046/366: Alchemy
045/366: Home Improvement
In addition to a bunch of work-related stuff, I’m trying to devote some time during my sabbatical to fixing various problems that have piled up around Chateau Steelypips over the last few years when I was too busy to deal with much of anything. Thus, today’s photo is this fairly unremarkable shot: This exists mostly… Continue reading 045/366: Home Improvement
044/366: Pot of Gold
One side effect of this photo-a-day business that I probably should’ve anticipated is that I spend a lot of time now looking at stuff and saying “That’s make a good photo…” Which is annoying when I’m out and don’t have the camera with me, so I’ve started throwing it in the car when I go… Continue reading 044/366: Pot of Gold
043/366: Morning Walk
I’m helping coach SteelyKid’s soccer practice tonight, but that’s no problem for the photo-of-the-day blog, as I got that out of the way early: This is what it looks like when Emmy and I go for our morning stroll these days, a little after 6am. Which is sort of pretty, maybe, but it’s a little… Continue reading 043/366: Morning Walk