We will go ahead and start the blog off with a picture that makes you smile. It's a cat's life and that is officially Player's chair. It's in the front room wich we dont use and that is where you can find him...always. He is expressing his need for us to turn on the air!
This, i think, is a cactus mouse and he was very curious of me and my gear one morning at work.
The worst thing about monsoon season is the humidity, being from Chicago its not that bad but dont tell Shyama that, he thinks its awful! The best thing about monsoon season are the lightning storms and the beautiful sunrises!
This was a lucky find! The crew and i went out toe xplore the desert after a rainy morning in hopes of running into just this! Speckled rattlesnake
What a beauty!
again, stormy mornings make for good pictures!
Working weekends has gotten old and frustrating but this rare occurence sure made this morning well worth it...
This rainbow was just massive across the desert..too bad my panoramic pic didnt come out:(
Storm is a comin!The monday observed for 4th of July Justin and Anne got us tickets to the Cubs vs. DBacks game so we enjoyed an afternoon of bball and beer and watched the Cubbies kick the dbacks ass!
Really need to get me a Castro jersey before he's traded!
Good times at the ballpark!
This is Zambrano before he hit a 2 run homer that finished the game.
This, of course, is after
Final Score! Cubs get the W!!
Don't ask, but it sure did come out cute:)....in hindsight, i really shoulda moved those chairs!
This guy is a Clark's spiny lizard, he has a blue chin and blue side splotches on his belly to attract the females. We saw him on our first walk around lower Mary Lake in Flagstaff, AZ.
Really need to get me a Castro jersey before he's traded!
Good times at the ballpark!
This is Zambrano before he hit a 2 run homer that finished the game.
This, of course, is after
Final Score! Cubs get the W!!
Don't ask, but it sure did come out cute:)....in hindsight, i really shoulda moved those chairs!
This guy is a Clark's spiny lizard, he has a blue chin and blue side splotches on his belly to attract the females. We saw him on our first walk around lower Mary Lake in Flagstaff, AZ.
(he was adorable and got erased during the editing process-fuckn blogger!)
Make a wish, bitches:)
Lower Mary Lake, Flagstaff, AZ
'What, daddy?; no thanks i don't like the water'
the other side was forest land so peeps with boats would row out there and set up camp.
'She'll be fine, she needs to know that she can swim on her own, maybe the will help her lose her fear of the water'....
i dont know if you call this swimming she looked more like scooby doo running on water....
This was a nice lil hike we did in the mountains.
Stella!!!! (stellar jay)
Once we got down into the canyon this was the view.
Happy me and our happy camping dog!
this was Bilis' big find for the day, baby bird fell from the nest...it was my bright idea to 'save' the bird. The biologist in me said leave it and let nature takes its course, the human in me said you cannot leave this baby bird to die here....
Bilis' second big find and way cuter than the damn baby bird! i love him-as i got closer he got bigger warning me to leave him alone:)
This is Mormon lake it was massive and wasnt full so there appeared to be wetlands around. We saw elk wading around.
This was pretty much the cutest thing ever! Bilis was disturbed that she could not see over the wall so dad picked her up and she just looked over smelling and wandering and did not want to be put down:)
This was yet another attempt on Shyam's part to teach the dog that she could swim..this was a better swimming attempt than previous.
This is an unhappy wet dog. i am pretty sure she is asking 'why daddy?'
Here we is drunky at a bar in downtown Flagstaff with one of my coworkers Garrett and his girlfriend, Kat.
That's right boys, Beaver Street Brewery, Mmmm beaver brews:)
Route 66 baby! there are references and t-shirts everywhere, i managed to get the image from the bus we rode downtown:)
Electric powered VW that we saw in town, pretty cool!
On our drive back from Flagstaff we went through Sedona. It's been 7+ years since i took this drive and 17+ years for Shyama-we had forgotton how beautiful it was:)
Posting these pics is just another way to lure you both out here and i sure hope it works!!
I dont know what took me so long to make this it is a layered chocolate rum cake and was delicious!!!
Finally!, photos of us using the steamer!! the other times we always forgot to take them...we were real proud of ourselves making our own home made sia-pao (steamed bbq pork buns). Shyam did this up along with his infamous eggrolls and ck adobo:)
Make a wish, bitches:)
Lower Mary Lake, Flagstaff, AZ
'What, daddy?; no thanks i don't like the water'
the other side was forest land so peeps with boats would row out there and set up camp.
'She'll be fine, she needs to know that she can swim on her own, maybe the will help her lose her fear of the water'....
i dont know if you call this swimming she looked more like scooby doo running on water....
This was a nice lil hike we did in the mountains.
Stella!!!! (stellar jay)
Once we got down into the canyon this was the view.
Happy me and our happy camping dog!
this was Bilis' big find for the day, baby bird fell from the nest...it was my bright idea to 'save' the bird. The biologist in me said leave it and let nature takes its course, the human in me said you cannot leave this baby bird to die here....
Bilis' second big find and way cuter than the damn baby bird! i love him-as i got closer he got bigger warning me to leave him alone:)
This is Mormon lake it was massive and wasnt full so there appeared to be wetlands around. We saw elk wading around.
This was pretty much the cutest thing ever! Bilis was disturbed that she could not see over the wall so dad picked her up and she just looked over smelling and wandering and did not want to be put down:)
This was yet another attempt on Shyam's part to teach the dog that she could swim..this was a better swimming attempt than previous.
This is an unhappy wet dog. i am pretty sure she is asking 'why daddy?'
Here we is drunky at a bar in downtown Flagstaff with one of my coworkers Garrett and his girlfriend, Kat.
That's right boys, Beaver Street Brewery, Mmmm beaver brews:)
Route 66 baby! there are references and t-shirts everywhere, i managed to get the image from the bus we rode downtown:)
Electric powered VW that we saw in town, pretty cool!
On our drive back from Flagstaff we went through Sedona. It's been 7+ years since i took this drive and 17+ years for Shyama-we had forgotton how beautiful it was:)
Posting these pics is just another way to lure you both out here and i sure hope it works!!I dont know what took me so long to make this it is a layered chocolate rum cake and was delicious!!!
Finally!, photos of us using the steamer!! the other times we always forgot to take them...we were real proud of ourselves making our own home made sia-pao (steamed bbq pork buns). Shyam did this up along with his infamous eggrolls and ck adobo:)
I hope this finds you both well...still waiting on Olympic peninsula pics Taj!?!
Good Luck in your job search, Stebes, i know its rough out there.
Mom booked her flight out in Oct. and we got tickets to see Ravi Shankar, pretty amazing we are stoked about it!
take care guys, xo
Wow, tons of good pics. That would of been an entire years worth of pics for me.
ReplyDeletePlaya looks happy, maybe a little over-heated in that fur coat. That snake looks deadly as hell. And I don't think that mouse likes the fact he is on the snake's menu.
Beautiful images of the landscape. I don't envy your early morning schedule, but I do like the sun rises and nature scenes you post.
Looks like you two got to go to a good baseball game. Its kinda nice being in the home teams stadium and rooting for the visiting team. Even if it is the Cubs. :) Go O's!!
Bilis looks a little concerned with the water sport activities. You know his argument about learning how to swim is kinda valid when you guys live in the desert. It might not be a necessary skill set.
All right, Beaver Street Brewery. That sounds like a lot of fun. And I will be very disappointed if there are stuffed beavers on the wall. Very disappointed.
Lizards, Route 66, Electric Cars, Sedona... Amazing life you two live. Chocolate rum cake and that steamer thing I sent you, looks like you guys are eating well too. Maybe you could share a little bit more then a pic. Just kiddin.
Well, take care you two. I feel that this last post of yours leaves you good for the next few months. In any case, Taj did say he was going to post those Olympia pics soon.
Adios,
Steve