Saturday, September 15, 2007

That little dot? Yeah, that's EARTH

This is the first image ever taken of Earth from the surface of a planet beyond the Moon. It was taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit one hour before sunrise on the 63rd martian day, or sol, of its mission. The image is a mosaic of images taken by the rover's navigation camera showing a broad view of the sky, and an image taken by the rover's panoramic camera of Earth. The contrast in the panoramic camera image was increased two times to make Earth easier to see.

more here

Friday, September 14, 2007

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Fight Back!


DSCN3211, originally uploaded by skelastic.

Who knew?

Monday, September 10, 2007

My crazy women!


Crazy women!, originally uploaded by -SPK.

Today is Paige's first day of school for this year. It's also her last year in pre school. I can't believe it!

Anyway, we took some pictures today before she went off to school and this is my favorite!

It perfectly shows their personality - happy and nuts!!

To see all the shots, click on the picture and browse around the set on flickr.

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Guess what's on the way to OUR HOUSE?

Learn more here and here. Just in time for Hawaii! Did I mention it's less than a month away?

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Monarch: From caterpillar to a full fledged butterfly

While working in the yard, I came across this caterpillar that I had never seen before, and was really taken by the colors and the size (it was about 5 inches long).

Paige immediately named it "Stripey". Well, we placed Stripey in Paige's bug collector after I took some pictures and after dinner - we noticed that Stripey had started to make a cocoon! What do we have here????? Scmmrrrrrr.

The first picture was taken on August 26th, 2007, and the "release" happened today September 8th, 2007. 13 lucky days!

Click on the picture to advance forward....

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Haleakala at dawn


Haleakala at dawn, originally uploaded by -SPK.

The peak of Haleakala volcano, at 10,023 feet (3055 m) above sealevel is the highest point on Maui, the third-highest point in the state and may be the "peak" of your experience at Haleakala National Park.

This was taken in July 2002 on our honeymoon. We will be heading back there this October for our 5th anniversary after my work trip.

Becky poster


Becky poster, originally uploaded by -SPK.

I love this picture of Beck and was messing around with fd's Flickr Toys (http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/) and made this.

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Forks Township's Finest


Forks Township's Finest, originally uploaded by -SPK.

What you are looking at is a picture I took at about 11 pm last night in our kitchen.

Needless to say, we have a very interesting evening.

Friday, August 10, 2007

Jessica & Paige


Jessica & Paige, originally uploaded by -SPK.

My niece Jessica and Paige spinning around in the yard.

I can't believe how old Jessica is already, and I'm looking at a picture of my brother's daughter and my own.

Time flys by kids - enjoy every second of it today!

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Minesweeper, the movie (a MUST watch!)



Ever play Minesweeper on your PC? This spoof preview is totally worth watching!

Monday, August 6, 2007

Kaitlyn at the pool

Kaitlyn at the pool

Paige and Kaitlyn have been enjoying their new pool this summer. It's one of those blow-up ones, but it stands like 30" high so they can really get wet, swim and play hard.

This was taken last week when Mom was over. I like the stop-action of it and her expression. It almost says 1,000 words. Hahahahah. OK, it wasn't that funny, I know.

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Wrong ball, coach!



If I ever decide to coach the girls sports teams, you can GUARANTEE that I will try something like this.

Bumble and pollen

Bumble and pollen

Here is a bumble bee burying himself in our Hosta flowers. The yellow speckles you see on his abdomen are flecks of pollen.

Taken yesterday with the Sigma 150 mm on a tripod, cropped, lightened post production in Picasa.