Snowscapes

Been offline most of the holidays, but I thought I’d post some pictures we took of Bend’s big snowfall. Here’s a good idea of how deep the snow got (Bend ended up with 11 or 12 inches overall). Click for full size 768×1024, 480×640 1024×768, 640×480 1024×768, 640×480

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O Tannenbaum

Busy busy weekend. Most of it was holiday-oriented, though, and you can see the fruits of a good part of that in our nice six foot Douglas fir that’s laden with ornaments there on the right. Click for the larger image in all its glory. And of course, I couldn’t resist including a picture of… Continue reading O Tannenbaum

Church Sign Generator

This is too good: The Church Sign Generator. Obviously, I’m going to have way too much fun with this.

Sunrise

We had the most beautiful sunrise this morning, so I went out and snapped a picture of it. Smaller version here (640 by 480), larger version here (1024 by 768, but I recommend this larger version).

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18 Fire

We were on evacuation alert last night as a 600-acre wildfire burned only 3 miles or so from our house. We didn’t have to evacuate, thankfully, as the fire was moving south, away from any developments, but it sure made for an interesting evening. Here’s two links to local stories about the fire: Bend.com and… Continue reading 18 Fire

Lunar eclipse

In case you live in a cave somewhere and don’t look up into the night sky, there was a total lunar eclipse tonight. Unfortunately, here on the west coast we missed most of the show; by the time the moon rose over the cloudy horizon, it was just past totality and starting to emerge from… Continue reading Lunar eclipse

Priceless

Now, if only someone could do something about those damn Dell Interns…

Fun With Images

As you can see from the image to the right, I have been playing around with Paint Shop Pro and doing some fun image editing. I don’t know why, but this seemed like an extraordinarily funny thing to do, and the results turned out pretty good. Better than the Darth Maul/Boba Fett image I did… Continue reading Fun With Images