Day 771 - Party Decorations - 06.20.13

Today we went to an 8th grade graduation party for one of my daughter's friends.  We are friends with the parents so stayed and had a great time chatting with them and some of the other parents.  These are some party decorations on one of the tables.  It was something I saw today.

Day 770 - Deep Dish Pizza - 06.29.13

This evening we cooked up a deep dish pizza from Costco.  We added the peppers.  It was super tasty.  It was something I saw today.

Day 769 - Riverside 3rd Floor Balcony - 06.28.13

For lunch today at work there was a BBQ and lunch was served outside.  I went up the the 3rd floor of the Riverside building to take some photos of the activities. While up there I took this photo looking back at the Campanile Building tower.  It was something I saw today.

Day 768 - Nuclear Orange Bomb - 06.27.13

This is an empty bottle from one of the sodas we bought a few weeks back for our wedding anniversary.  It, along with the other empties, was sitting in our kitchen waiting to go out with the recycling.  I brought the bottle out to my new favorite spot, the new dining room table.  I love this table for photographs because of the white.  Already on the table were these cake pops that my daughter made last night.  I thought it would be nice to surround the dictator with tasty cake pops.  Yum.  So this was something I saw today.

Day 767 - Pinocchio - 06.26.13

I spotted this Pinocchio marionette in a box in my bedroom this evening when I was changing from my work clothes into some nice casual clothes.  I brought him out to our nice new white table and shot this photo.  It was something I saw today.

Day 766 - Mickey & Gang Peppermint Flavored Mints - 06.25.13

This evening when working on my computer I saw this tin of mints and thought they would make for a good photo.  A little story about these mints is that I love these and the wintergreen mints.  They sell these at Disneyland.  Recently our year passports expired and with the raise in prices we couldn't afford to renew our passes.  So before they expired I bought 6 tins of mints in hopes that they tide me over until I can afford Disneyland again.  As I mentioned before this tin is at my computer desk and is nearly empty.  It was something I saw today.

Day 765 - Iron Giant - 06.24.13

After work I took my old friend the Iron Giant out to the fence in my front yard for a quick photo.  Last time I photographed this toy it was dark outside.  I like the evening sunlight in this one.  It was something I saw today.

Day 764 - Owl In Flower Bed - 06.23.13

Today was a relaxing day spent mostly developing photos from Showcase.  I did take a quick break to take a picture of Owly in the flower bed in front of the house.  It was something I saw today.

Day 763 - Love And Rockets - 06.22.13

I love the comic Love and Rockets.  I actually have the original 50 issue run that started in the 80's.  A few weeks past I decided some of them would make for nice wall hangings so I hung them in our dining room.  This morning it was something I saw today.

Day 762 - Showcase Performance - 06.21.13

This is a shot from this evening's Showcase performance.  It was something I saw today.

Day 761 - Showcase Dress Rehearsal - 06.20.13

Tonight was dress rehearsal for my daughter's Spring Showcase performance.  She is in the background.  This is one of her good friends in the foreground.  I am really pleased with how this photo came out.  It was something I saw today.

Day 760 - Martial Arts Studio - 06.19.13

If you look closely you will see me in my car reflected in the glass door to this martial arts studio I pass on my way home from work.  It was something I saw today.

Day 759 - Owl on Table At Work - 06.18.13

Today I got to leave work at a decent hour.  The sun was getting lower as you can see how it is raking across the table in this photo.  This is one of the tables around campus for eating lunch or whatever.  Owly posed for this photo before I went home.  It was something I saw today.

Day 758 - Owl on Table By Vase - 06.17.13

It was a very long day today.  I stayed at work to watch Star Trek Into Darkness.  I'm torn about how I feel about the movie.  Perhaps if I knew nothing about Star Trek and the characters I would think it was a pretty exciting and entertaining movie. Perhaps that is how I should approach the movie.  The trouble is that it is very hard for me to ignore all the Star Trek movies and TV episodes that I have watched over the year.  So when I was watching this movie there was this nagging feeling in the back of my head saying this doesn't feel like Star Trek.  This doesn't feel like Spock.  Kirk kind of seems like a jerk.  How come we are abandoning any sense of science or even pseudo science?  All these questions and feelings made me feel less of the movie.  Hence why I feel torn.  I'll probably watch it again on video and maybe make up my mind one way or the other.  So the reason I even told that story is to set up that I got home pretty late and so I took an easy photo of Owly on my new table in front of a vase of flowers.  It was something I saw today.

Day 757 - Gene Autry South Of The Border 78 - 06.16.13

For Father's Day I got a record player that allows me to digitize 78 RPM records.  For years I have had a big stack of 78s with no way to play them, so I was very excited to not only listen to these records, but to digitize them.  So this afternoon I started working my way through the stack.  This Gene Autry record is one of the records I did and is something I saw today.

Day 756 - Owl on a New Table - 06.15.13

Today when driving home from Fry's my wife and I passed a prop house we often visit looking for furniture.  Today out of the corner of my eye I spotted this table and I stopped the car.  I quickly did a U-turn and drove back.  My wife and I have been looking for a tulip table like this for years.  Now we have seen ones before, but either they weren't as nice because they were cheaply made or they were nice, but super expensive.  This table is nicely built.  It is quite heavy, and it was totally within our price range.  So we had them hold the table while we ran to an ATM (they only take cash) and we bought the table.  We got it home and just in time for a little dinner party we had this evening with some friends to celebrate our 20 year wedding anniversary.  Turns out this was a great anniversary gift for both of us.  So here it is with Owly posing on top.  It was something I saw today.

Day 755 - Owl at LACMA - 06.14.13

Today at work we went on a field trip to LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum Of Art)  We went to go see the "Metropolis" exhibit and I also went and saw the Stanley Kubrick exhibit.  I brought old Owly along for a quick snapshot in front.  It was something I saw today.

Day 754 - Owl In A Mailbox - 06.13.13

This evening when I walked up from front steps passed my mailbox I thought it might be cute to see my old friend the owl in the mailbox.  So one minute later I was out in front taking this picture of the owl in the mailbox.  I think it came out cute.  It is hard to imagine a situation where this guy doesn't look cute.  Maybe my challenge down the road will be to do a non-cute photo.  That is for another day, though. For today, this was something I saw today.

Day 753 - Turbo Time - 06.12.13

It is movie promotion time again at work.  This time for our upcoming feature Turbo which hits theaters next month.  As you can see it hosts an array of fun colorful snail characters.  If you look really closely you can see me reflected in the glass door at the bottom.  It was something I saw today.

Day 752 - Red Garage Door - 06.11.13

I see this red door every morning and when it is a sunny morning I always say to myself that it would make a good photo just because the color was so vibrant.  So this morning I actually pulled over and snapped this photo.  It was something I saw today.

Day 751 - Owl on a Car - 06.10.13

Here is my friend from yesterday.  I thought it might be fun to see him in other situations.  I may do a series of photos with this owl.  Here he is on my car.  It was something I saw today.

Day 750 - Owl on a Fence - 06.09.13

This is a little own my wife made.  She made a bunch of these last year.  They can be warmed up in the microwave or put in the freezer to be a hot or cold pad.  I took this guy out onto my fence for a photo.  It was something I saw today.

Day 749 - Bummbl B - 06.08.13

I am the age that should know everything about The Transformers, but I some how missed that boat.  I do know from the movie that there is a Bumble B car and he is yellow.  I have no idea how the name is spelled and if this license plate is correct, but it is clearly owned by a fan of the toys or show or movie.  It was something I saw today.

Day 748 - Fried Plantains - 06.07.13

This afternoon I went to Senor Fish in Eagle Rock with my co-workers.  Senor Fish is my favorite place for fish tacos.  I got my usual shrimp taco and scallop taco, but I also ordered something I had not ordered before.  I ordered the fried plantains.  I have had fried plantains many times, but for some reason I wasn't expecting something so dessert-like.  As you can see in this photo it came with strawberries, sprinkles and dulce de leche. It was super tasty.  It was something I saw today.

Day 747 - Turbo Graphics Van - 06.06.13

This Turbo Graphics van parks in front of my house all the time.  Sometimes I just want to punch it because it is kind of an ugly thing to see out my front window.  I think that is the inspiration for taking this photo and distorting it as if the Hulk had punched the hell out of the side of the van.  So while not exactly in this form, it was something I saw today.

Day 746 - Flower and Bee - 06.05.13

I drove a friend to and from work with me today.  After dropping him off I swung by Brace Canyon Park to look for some photo opportunities.  There were a bunch of these flowers growing along the hillside.  Tiny bees were buzzing around doing their thing.  This close up sight of this flower and bee was something I saw today.

Day 745 - Wall Along Buena Vista - 06.04.13

I drove home via Buena Vista street this evening and took this picture out the window of my car.  Nothing special, but it was something I saw today.

Day 744 - Mercedes - 06.03.13

This is another photo in my series of pictures taken in the car two and from work.  I took this at a stoplight.  It was something I saw today.

Day 743 - Telephone Lines - 06.02.13

These telephone lines next to my house have been featured here several times.  They make for a simple composition.  It was something I saw today.

Day 742 - Black and White Sunrise - 06.01.13

I was up nice and early this morning so I caught the sunrise.  It was a beautiful pink and purple on the clouds.  I decided to share this black and white photo of the sunrise because I thought it looked somewhat dramatic.  It was something I saw today.