Pictures from Washington

Mt. Stuart:


A hawk (the brown blur) flying around my parents' front yard ...


... chasing quail (it didn't catch any -- I think the presence of all of us at the window scared it away):


Puget Sound:


Mt. Ranier:


Indian Peaks and home:

Seahawks game

Yesterday, I went with my Mom and Dad, Terri, and Mike to the Seahawks game.


We had great seats: 4th row, 25 yard line!



Here is T.J. Houshmandzadeh on the far sideline right before he made a catch:



And Derrick Ward running along the near sideline:



Unfortunately, it wasn't a very good game -- the Seahawks lost to the lowly Buccaneers!

San Francisco

I just spent a week in San Francisco attending the Fall AGU (American Geophysical Union) conference. I presented a poster Wednesday morning, and spent the rest of the week looking at other peoples' posters and attending their talks.

I didn't do any sightseeing, so I didn't take my camera out very much, but here is a nice (full-size) picture of San Francisco from my flight home:

Brrr!

On my way to work, I took these pictures:





On my way home, it was 2 degrees!

Golf Weekend in Phoenix

I escaped from the single-digit temperatures in Colorado and went to Phoenix last weekend to golf with Brett, his Dad, and his uncle. It was a little on the chilly side, and it rained a little on Monday morning, but we were still able to golf Friday through Monday. I played some of the best golf of my life, too, which helped! We also went to the Cardinals-Vikings game. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures.

Cold and Snowy

It snowed a little bit last night, and today the high was supposed to be 24. By the time I left work, it was dark and cold! The construction onsite shines a bright light to deter burglars, and it made the snow on the trees look kind of neat, so I took some pictures.

Here's one that was too dark, so I enhanced it with my computer:


This one had plenty of light:

Kevin Dooley

On my way home from shopping today, I swung by the Canopy Grill for dinner and to hear Kevin Dooley, a local musician, play. Here is Kevin on the right, with Andy Langford accompanying him on Dobro.

Thanksgiving

I went over to Tara and Jason's today for Thanksgiving. I decided to make a figgy pudding, partly because I'd never had any before and it seemed like something I'd like. I started with one pound of figs:


Then I chopped them up:


Added the other ingredients:


Et voila!

First round of Christmas shopping is done!

Every year at work I volunteer to be a "Santa's helper" for Family-to-Family, a charity that buys Christmas presents for underprivileged families. Normally, this job entails buying one or two gifts with money that was donated to the charity. This year there was a shortage of Santa's helpers, so I bought gifts for an entire family -- seventeen in all! I spent half of Saturday shopping, and a few hours tonight shopping and wrapping presents.

Liebermonster

Last night I saw Liebermonster play for the first time with their new drummer, my friend Josh. They play "funk fusion" with a lineup of keyboards, saxophone, trumpet, guitar, bass, and drums, and are now my favorite local band.


I can't wait to hear them play again!

Weekend Wrap-Up

Saturday night I went to see Choosing June at their CD release party at the Rock N Soul Cafe. Choosing June is a two-woman duo, one of whom, Joan, is the wife of Andy. Here they are with their backing band:



This morning, I went with Sara and Rich to see Acoustic Harmony at the Dragonfly again.


Rich just got back from a two-week vacation in Fiji.

Sunday morning

I went to the Dragonfly coffee shop this morning. Unbeknownst to me, a coworker of mine, Rick, was playing guitar there with his group. He's the one on the left:


I took this picture a couple of days ago looking out my office window:

End of the snow storm

Louisville and Boulder ended up with about 2 ft. of snow Thursday, but now it's starting to melt. I took this picture yesterday of the first Flatiron:


and this one of the shoulder of Green Mountain:

And more snow

I took this picture this morning:


Unfortunately, they didn't close work. It continued to snow all day. I took this one in the afternoon:


I then found out that the nearest bike belonged to Sara, so I took a closeup of it!



P.S. Go Phillies!

Snow!

We've had some snow this month, but tonight and tomorrow we're supposed to get a big snow storm. I just took this picture out my front door.


I have a feeling I won't be going to work tomorrow!

Crazy Fall Weather

This past weekend was nice. I went golfing on Saturday in 70 degree weather, and on Sunday it got up into the 80s. But last night it snowed and rained again. I took this picture of Green Mountain (looking awfully white) after work today.


At least Saturday is supposed to be nice again!

P.S. Go Phillies!

More Moisture near the Mountains

I took these pictures at 3:30 today.

Bear Peak:


Green Mountain:

No Farmers' Market

Probably because it's 20 degrees and snowing.

Most of the leaves on the trees haven't even turned colors yet!

Random Stuff

On my way to work this morning, I saw a Tesla Roadster.


For most of the morning and early afternoon, the Flatirons had interesting clouds hanging over them. I took this picture of Bear Peak from the parking lot at work.


You can just see the peak above the clouds. This is the Google Earth view from about the same vantage point.

Sara's birthday

Today was the first snow/freezing rain of the season, although it wasn't heavy and didn't stick. You can see it with a dark background, like the support for the picnic table:


It was also Sara's birthday, so after work, we went downtown for a massage, then had dinner. Here are Sara, Rich, Josh, and Rebecca on our way out of the restaurant:

Wildlife at Work

I saw these two deer out my window yesterday, so I went outside and took a picture of them.

Golf

I went golfing with Harald today. It was only his third time ever, so we went to the local par-3/executive course, the Haystack Mountain Golf Course. Here's Harald hitting a shot in front of Haystack Mountain, which is just north of Boulder.


Unfortunately, his ball is already heading downward by the time I took the picture!

Trip to Socorro

My drive down to Socorro:






























One of Jorge's roommates, Carlos, made these corn pancakes for the party Saturday night.


Us sitting around, Jorge opening gifts, and Jorge getting ready to hit the pinata:




































And pictures from my drive back home today:











































UPDATE: I also just updated my Broncos game post with a picture.