Two photos I really like

ladies hats
Originally uploaded by Chambo25.

Each has similar composition. This is photo number 1... photo 2 to be posted momentarily.

Merry Christmassssss!!

pinecone wreath
Originally uploaded by Chambo25.

Happy happy happy Christmas to everybody! I'm leaving work in the next 20 minutes, getting a haircut, running home to pack up some stuff quickly into my car, and then Lyndsey and I are coming on down South to Philly, Yo!

Yeah!

I'm so happy that the long holiday weekend is finally here, and while I wish I could take all of next week off, I'm excited to be able to spend some time with the fam. Best wishes to everybody for a warm, healthy, happy, fun weekend, and there will be much more fun, happiness, good photos, and rediculous bits of news and stories to come on the blog in the near future, so deck the halls with boughs of holly fa la la la la la friggin la la la!!!!

Happy Thoughts

Lyndsey & Sugar Bear
Originally uploaded by Chambo25.

So... it's Monday, and I came into work early, and I'm feeling under the weather... but none of that will prevent me from having happy thoughts! None of it!

This picture makes me smile because Sugar Bear... the puppy in the photo was such a puffy little cloud of a dog. We met him while in St. Augustine and he was out for a walk on his first adventure ever out on a leash.

Thoughts at the end of the week

Indy
Originally uploaded by Chambo25.

For those of you who haven't met her, this is Lyndsey's Parents' cat, Indy. She's a sassy lady and a bit of a huntress. She's starting to get a little old to be able to hunt and continue dropping off kills on the doorstep, but she still loves to spend time outside. The other day I came home for lunch and snapped this photo in my ongoing macro madness mode.

Meanwhile back at the office this week has been hell on wheels. The work doesn't ever seem to be achievable within 8 hours or 10 or... who knows how long, so I'm looking forward to my tiny slice of holiday time off and the larger slice of time when my boss will be out of the office.

Hopefully the quiet will bring productivity and relaxation. Wish me luck.

Lyndsey and I are going into NYC tomorrow to a Christmas party and to hopefully also see some of my friends who live in the 5 boroughs. If you're part of that constituency, feel free to give me a ring. I have no idea what time we're heading in tomorrow but I'm lobbying for early, and I have no idea what time we're leaving Sunday but I'm lobbying for no earlier than mid-afternoon.

We'll see how good of a lobbyist I am. Yes, I had to spellcheck lobbyist... what an odd word.

In other news, Lyndsey's brother and his family are playing the holy family in their church's christmas play. It's awesome because baby Jesus is actually named Caroline and she's well... an awesome pick for the son of God. She has very long fingers and toes.

I'm hopefully close to done my Christmas shopping. My goal: to do abotu 75% of it online... but somehow I miss finding random stuff in shops. If you're looking for a great place to donate over the holidays, my brother recently told me about something awesome, kinda dorky, but awesome nonetheless. One cool piece of it is that you're giving directly to a kid... kinda like when you adopt one of the angels that the Salvation Army provides gifts to around the holidays. That all being said, if you're curious, check it out. It's called Child's Play. I posted this through Flickr so I can't hyperlink it, but the site is www.childsplaycharity.org

Happy Friday everyone, and I hope that you have an awesome weekend. Indy hopes so too.

I see you lookin at my blog

eyeball
Originally uploaded by Chambo25.

sorry... this is a completely silly post, but I like this picture so I had to figure out some reason to put it up.

Ahhhhhhh

Ahhhhhhh
Originally uploaded by Chambo25.

So... it's been one of those weeks. Sorry I've been away from the blog a good bit. I'll write more soon, but for now I just thought I'd continue the macro madness wiht this photo self-taken this evening.

Happy Wednesday, my friends. Happy Wednesday.

Wedding Slideshow

Okay... I know... I know... I should have already send a disk full of photos to you, Matt... and you too Mom... I know! Sorry! But in the meantime while I'm still working on that you all can check out a bunch of photos I've recently uploaded to Flickr via this slideshow. I hope you enjoy. And the disks will be in the mail soon. I promise.

New and Improved!

Sniffing the Reader Gift
Originally uploaded by Chambo25.

Check out the new festive colors of the blog! Ooooo... I used a nifty new template and doctored it up with some spiffy festive colors. I... um... don't have anything more to say about that for now.

The picture above is Lyndsey inspecting her happy reader gift at the rehearsal dinner for Matt & Kristi's wedding. I thought it was a fun image to connect to the nifty new look of my site... so take a look around and inspect... just as Lyndsey sniffed her products in this picture. Let me know what you think.

Outrage! UGH!!

Sorry, but this news piece bothers me. Bother isn't maybe strong enough... troubles... disturbs... concerns me... basically, I'm annoyed. After 6 years of bunking up what the EPA does, now the Bushies are taking the politics and putting them into parts of the EPA's processes where previously there had been only scientific discussion. They call it "streamlining" is this more Orwellian fun with PR speak? Maybe I'm just jaded at this point, but read the story yourself and let me know what you think.

In more hopeful news, check out this fun piece on WorldChanging, my new favorite website. Oh, and I'll be pulling over a happy new flickr picture for the day soon too.

Fly like a turkey vulture

turkey vulture soar
Originally uploaded by Chambo25.

... to the sea?

I've been home sick from work the last few days. I actually went in yesterday but ended up coming back home early and I'm hoping that today will be my last day under the weather.

While home I'm trying to focus a little more on future planning. I've been trying to conceive of whether or not it's possible to apply for graduate schools for start in fall '07 especially considering that I'm now more focused on architecture than education. One thought is to re-shift gears and apply to ed programs. If you've got ideas about architecture, school, etc. feel free to send them my way. I would appreciate any and all input.

Until input, I'll share that this photo is one I took on Saturday as we were out Christmas tree shopping. There was a veritable flock of turkey vultures circling around the tree farm where we went and this is one of a few pictures I managed to catch.

'Tis the Season pt. 2

poinsettia
Originally uploaded by Chambo25.

Just a little festive picture before I shut down my computer and go to bed! Good night everyone, and happy holidays!

'Tis the Season

wreath1
Originally uploaded by Chambo25.

Today Lyndsey, Chuck and I went wreath & tree shopping. I took along my camera for some documentary and macro fun. This wreath picture is my favorite that came out of the morning, but there are many others if you click the picture and a bunch that really like.

It's still rediculously unseasonably warm up here and sunny in a way that makes for some awesome photo opportunities. This picture has two traits that I really particularly like:

1. The reflections in the golden balls... I think they add a completely new dimension to the picture when you realize that they're there. You can see the bright blue sky behind me in the top one.

2. The ribbon and the way its highlights and shadows make it really jump up off the wreath. It catches in the light in an amazing way that I love.

Enjoy and happy holidays blog friends!