Countdown to Weblaunch - April 15th! Tax Day!

COMING SOON!!! New Website!!

I have resurrected my www.worldwideglimpses.com website (vs. this blogsite). It is not yet active and will be a professional photography website featuring, of course, my photos. Much of this blog will be archived but it will remain active as a posting place for a number of whimsical things. Keep posted!

And Now, for Something Completely Different...

...a few snapshots of an Austin, TX sunset, thanks to Russel B...

The Recession is hitting Denver Pretty Hard....

....and apparently driving the McGoverns (Marty, Gabe, and Kendra) back into the 19th century!

No caption needed...

....and More Snow!!!!

I love it.......

Finally! Real SNOW!

Living this close to Canada, this is the kind of snow I expect in December. Better late than none...with more to come, yay!

Singapore Daydreaming

Got a nice card from my friends at Lanson Place, where I lived in Singapore. Gotta love Google Earth: here is an aerial image of the roooftop pool. It's over the bridge between two buildings, just above the caption...

Ice Storm.......woo hoo!

So, we've had a tiny recent ice storm. It was actually sleet, but on top of a thin layer of snow and ice. The problem was that the temp was 32, and the sleet had been coming down for hours. So, everything - I mean everything - was coated with ice. The hard part? 32 was to be the warmest temp for several days. It's Sunday, December 21st, the first official day of winter. Appropriately enough, the temp outside is 7, but with the wind - gusting up to 40 mph - the wind chill temp is between -15 and -20. But today, at least, it's half-assed sunny. The next time we move above the freezing point is Wednesday, on Christmas Eve, when we'll hit 40 -with rain. yay, wintertime in NW Ohio...

The hard part for some folks in town is tree deadfall and downed power lines. Fortunately I haven't experienced that yet - but as a backup plan, I can always walk to work a half mile away - and make coffee! Oh, and I'm all set with a ton of wood and a wood stove. At any rate, here are some photos of our ice, which is going to be around for a few more days -


For this one, I was outside, and though sheltered, still couldn't avoid the falling sleet.




Brrr!!!

My Animals are So Great.....

Of course, any animal parent would say the same, but mine really are. In case you've been wondering how Djiini & Kathman are doing, here are some updates!

Below, Kathman is on one of his favorite posts, on top of the wall unit...that angled thing behind him is actually the narrow stairway to the upstairs.


Djiini, who is notorious about avoiding a camera at all costs, must have let her guard down for me to capture this one. I love her death-ray aimed at Kathman, who was inadvertently walking by a hidden doggie bone.


And finally, Kathman has decided to learn to read. He loves to sit on the TV stand - in this case, he seems really interested in Humana's health benefits for AARP members.

Smart Squirrels!

I found this out in the front crabapple tree the other day - it's a small gourd that was part of my Halloween yard decorations. The squirrels (there are 2 that live in the back yard and play in the front) wedged it into the fork of two branches, resulting in a little gourd-ateria!

I couldn't help myself....mwa ha ha ha...

Halloween Decor

Punkin' Carving 2008

This was my first ever pumpkin carving event, at the age of 39. What a sheltered life I must be living! My friend and his children came over to show me how it's done. Amid pizza, root beer, and a break to warm up and watch the Simpsons, we ended up with some real show-stoppers, I think!!

The pumpkin guts were truly disgusting. I'd heard that they smelled bad, which I didn't really find to be true - but getting the stuff out of the pumpkin wasn't nearly as easy as I thought. I started with a big soup ladle, went to a serving spoon, and then a regular tablespoon - it's hard work. But at some point, it seems inevitable that you have to just roll up your sleeves, shove your hand in, and pull out the goop. Which made me feel a bit like doing what I intended for my pumpkin to do......

I can't take original credit for that - think it's a classic - but all those pumpkin guts, as we called them, came in handy for this guy.

Mwa ha ha ha haaaaaa!

The Evolution of a Bedroom

The Before...

And the After.....

I KNEW it!!!!!!

They ARE having an affair!