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What’s Up? With Patrick Sparkman off to work, Bryan Holliday and I enjoyed a truly great morning at La Jolla. There are still tons of great pelicans, many in fine breeding color with their fire engine red bill pouches. I worked for the most part with the 100-400 II and on camera fill flash, at […] What’s Up? Yesterday was pretty much a photographic bust for me. Thanks to BPN-friend David Salem we went to a new spot near Patrick’s home in hopes of photographing the courtship rushes of Western and Clarke’s Grebes. Patrick and David had killed there last week but Saturday was a different story. The were fewer birds […] What’s Up? Right before my flight touched down in San Diego the veteran pilot came on the intercom and said, “Sorry about all that turbulence; in 20+ years of flying that was the roughest flight I have ever made.” The first two hours were the worst and the seat belt sign was illuminated for the […] What’s Up? I hit the sack early and was up at 4am to finish packing. I began working on this blog post in the car on the way to MCO. Jim is driving and getting the rest of the day off as his reward. As Jen is at a LaLeche League conference in Atlanta there […] What’s Up? I woke early on Thursday and headed up to Gatorland for a short shooting session. I started and finished this blog post that same evening. Jim is driving me to the airport at 7:15am on Friday and then heading directly home. As Jen is also taking the day off, please note that there […] What’s Up? I have been tying up lots of loose ends here at the home office getting ready to be away for 2 1/2 weeks. I fly to San Diego this Friday and am hoping to undergo green light laser prostate surgery the following Friday. After the announcement of the huge price reduction on the […] What’s Up? I was shocked on Tuesday morning to learn of the death of environmental photographer and friend Gary Braasch who was never without his great, somewhat wistful smile. Gary was snorkeling at Australia’s Great Barrier Reef documenting climate change with his camera. Gary’s death hit me particularly hard as he was 70; I will […] What’s Up? Epcot parking: $20. Epcot entry: $436. Hibachi lunch at Japanese Restaurant: $136. An afternoon with family: Priceless. Despite the sticker shock, I spent the better part of the day with younger daughter Alissa, one of her two autistic sons, Idris–whom you met the other day, and Jen’s Maya (now 14), at Epcot. Maya […] What’s Up? I spent most of the day on Saturday at the Kennedy Space Center with my two girls and three of their four kids. The highly touted shuttle launch simulator was somewhat of a disappointment. I headed back to the car for a nap after a late lunch and wound up working the whole […] What’s Up? I am finishing up this blog post in the car on the way to the Kennedy Space Center with older daughter Jennifer and her two kids, Sam and Maya, and younger daughter Alissa-visiting from Long Island with her youngest, Idris. Bill Moore’s near-mint 600 II sold to KW McCulloch for the full […] What’s Up? I enjoyed my visit to Gatorland and made more than a few good images. I gave more than a few free lessons and sold a few books and CDs. Got back to ILE at 12:30, swam–the pool is up close to 80 degrees–and took a relatively short nap of 80 minutes. I took […] What’s Up? Me very early again… I prepared this blog post in exactly one hour, finishing up just before 4am on Thursday morning. Jet lag has gotten the best of me; yesterday was the first time that my afternoon jet lag nap (4 hours) was longer than my evening sleep (3 1/2 hours). Right now […] What’s Up? I prepared this blog post in about 3 hours after arising at 4am on Wednesday morning. As it has warmed up nicely I am planning to swim at about 12:30pm today. I just learned that the sale of Asta Tobiassen’s Canon 100-400mm IS L lens in very good condition for $599 has been […] What’s Up? I took another 4 hour jet lag nap late on Monday afternoon. I got into bed at 1am and was wide awake at 2am. I read for a bit, dropped the book, and slept like a baby until just before 7am. Not bad. On Tuesday afternoon I took yet another 4 hour jet […] What’s Up? After getting up at 3:30am on Sunday I took a nap from 10am till 1pm and then spent most of the rest of the day in a jet-lag induced zombie-like state. I skipped my swim as the pool was down to 72 degrees and skipped my ice bath because I fell asleep on […] What’s Up? My jet lag is abating slowly. I enjoyed a nice swim in a cold pool on Saturday followed by a 54 degree ice bath. I started and finished this blog post very early on Sunday morning. var ftClick = “”; var ftExpTrack_1705289 = “”; var ftX = “”; var ftY = […] What’s Up? It is Sunday at 1:30pm. I just woke up from a 3-hour midday jet-lag nap… This morning, on Tivo, I enjoyed watching the amazing Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors engineer a stunning comeback win over the Oklahoma City Thunder (last night) with 12 really long 3-point shots (that tied the […] What’s Up? I enjoyed my first swim in a while yesterday at 1pm. I fell asleep on the couch at about 5pm for two hours. Woke for an ice bath and a salad. Fell back asleep on the couch at about 8:30. Crawled into bed at about 10:30pm, and woke at 6am. All in all […] What’s Up? I got home to Indian Lake Estates at 7:45am on Thursday, just 36 hours after leaving the lodge in Hokkaido, Japan. Co-leader Denise Ippolito had it worse: she was weather-stranded in Toronto, Canada when her flight to Newark was canceled. It took her 48 hours to get home. We both, however, feel that […] What’s Up The group flew from Hokkaido to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport arriving a bit late at 12:25. That left Donna Bourdon, Bev Still, and me with a neat 12 hour layover. With Denise Ipolito we enjoyed yet another great meal; I need to face the tale of the scale soon and it will not be […] |
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