03 February 12

Morning fog.

02 February 12

Work was dead, so I left early. I had a bit of time to kill before meeting someone, so I got a coffee and went and sat in the park. Watching the sun sink, listening to the water flow in the fountains, I felt more peaceful than I had in weeks.

21 January 12

I went downtown for an appointment that turned out to be the following Saturday. Then I came home and drank beer with Steph and watched the hockey game.

10 January 12

Sunrise.

09 December 11

Jeff took me for a birthday dinner at Sip on Granville (because The Refinery was booked up). Afterwards we took pictures of pretty lights until my hands froze.

02 December 11

Drove to Portland. Went to Powell's. Ate and drank at a Japanese tapas bar at the top of a hotel.

10 November 11

I got up early so I could take photos in the daylight, but the lens on the camera seemed clunky, almost jammed, and nothing was in focus even though it all looked fine in the viewfinder. Took the lens off to check it out and a piece of the aperture fell out. Super sad.

20 September 11

I came home and someone (I believe a relative of our landlord) had been 'gardening' out back... this poor fig tree (which was admittedly in need of a trim) was pruned within an inch of its life, our sage bush had been entirely ripped from the ground, and for some reason all of the empties I was saving to return for refund at the depot had been put out in the alley and (presumably) picked up by hobos. I was seething.

03 September 11

I found some good stuff at the thrift store during the day while Jeff was working, and after he got home we wanted to go somewhere for beer & food. We had a 2 for 1 coupon for Howe Sound Brewing, so we decided to just drive to Squamish. The brew pub was nice, the interior of it made me feel like I was on vacation. And of course the beer and food were good too.
On the way home we stopped at a lookout to take some photos in the twilight. I wanted to do night shots, too, but after it was fully dark we missed the next lookout point and it was too troublesome to turn around.

06 July 11

I took the afternoon off work and went to the doctor, went to the bank, bought bras that fit (lol 30DD what even is life), and met with someone who wants me to photograph a wedding in August. After all that I went to Steph's and we watched Order of the Phoenix.

11 June 11

Jeff and I had brunch at Mal & Kaylie's — last one of the summer — and then went hiking out at Pacific Spirit Park. The day turned out to be quite lovely after all and it was a nice easy hike; we got slightly lost but that gave us the opportunity to see a woodpecker right up close! Afterwards we had burgers at Sophie's on 4th and talked about dogs for like an hour, and then went and bought cupcakes to bring home.
A couple more photos here.

06 June 11

I went to Mal and Kaylie's to watch the game with them and some other people. The game was an abomination but we had a good time eating all the food and getting drunk on white sangria and some whiskey Ryan brought from San Francisco. We sat on the deck until we got cold and then we moved inside and played Apples to Apples.

13 May 11

Jimm's fears of flying have come a long way, since he flew alone on Friday the 13th to Oakland in order to meet us. After picking him up we spent the day wandering around in San Francisco. I tricked everyone into walking up Hyde Street to Russian Hill, but they all agreed that the view from the top of Lombard Street made it worth it. We ate sushi at a restaurant near there, and passed Grace Cathedral as we walked for ages back to the parking garage.
A few more photos here.

08 April 11

Alice came over and we ate homemade mac & cheese and watched the following 90s movies: Clueless, Now and Then, and The Craft.

07 April 11

Outside my kitchen window. Now, if only the weather would maintain a spring-like feeling for more than a few minutes.

25 March 11

I think I probably took the exact same picture around this time last year.

28 February 11

22 January 11

We had brunch at a roadside diner not too far from the ranch, and the drive through the mountains is always foggy and delightful. I managed to capture this out the front windshield. Afterwards we drove down to Seattle to meet Tony's cousin Dorothy and to buy kitchen knives, and then we had an absolutely amazing dinner at a Vietnamese/Thai restaurant before the symphony (Mozart's Requiem). I had never been to any symphony before that I can recall, so it was pretty mindblowing.

18 January 11

03 January 11