big as yo face

May 1st, 2008

carrie & i hit the new south austin chuy’s today for lunch.
steak burrito

welcome to the family

April 30th, 2008

let the may sweeps begin…
welcome to the family

theo pants

April 26th, 2008

friday night light show

April 26th, 2008

wow, what an incredible storm we had friday night. lots of swirling winds from the north brought over an inch of wonderful rainwater and an awesome batch of lightning that lasted for hours. i grabbed the wide angle and had some fun with bulb mode.

lightning storm 042508 - southwest austin

lightning storm 042508 - southwest austin

lightning storm 042508 - southwest austin

lightning storm 042508 - southwest austin

lightning storm 042508 - southwest austin

lightning storm 042508 - southwest austin

love them green beans

April 26th, 2008

green bean garden 042508

fuschia and jacob’s coat

April 22nd, 2008

fuschia and jacob's coat

i blew it

April 8th, 2008

i took a one hour hands-on glass blowing instructional today taught by austin glass artist Aaron Gross of Austin Art Glass. he runs the shop over on south congress.

aaron is a calm and highly skillful artist and teacher. i really enjoyed working with this medium and gaining respect for the ancient art technique first hand. being able to fully immerse yourself in the craft within an hour is a very cool thing…

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the hot shop
hot shop

aaron gross blowing glass with a student
austin glass artist aaron gross

the glory hole
the glory hole

color bench
color chips

aaron has great patterns throughout the shop’s grounds
shop patterns 1

shop patterns 2

shop patterns 3

wares in the kiln for the night. mine are the outer 3, lower right.
glasswares curing in kiln

bat house take 1

April 7th, 2008

bat house

bat house landing strip