Taking a Month Off

In case you noticed, I've been falling behind on my daily photos. It is a much more difficult grind than I ever imagined. It has been good, and I managed to make it 1 yr. 3 months without missing a "day". Week after next I'm going to Texas/N. Mexico, Grand Canyon, and home on a road trip with Liz to get a new car. I'm certain that I will be collecting many wonderful pictures and memories along the way. SO, I've decided to make a break in the blog, I will be taking a month off from it (April) and will be returning with fresh pictures from my trip and whatever else I get from now 'til then. I will finish off March sometime soon, and be leaving April alone. I also recently aquired an old 1959 Ricoh medium format camera (thanks Dembski's/Farnsworths) which shot it's first roll on Saturday (4-3-10). I hope I don't lose to many of my viewers (whomever you may be).

PS

Even though this is published on 4-1, it's not a joke, just seemed appropriate.

An Abstraction

{Liz started asking me about this picture, so I thought some details were in order. First, it is a SEM picture (from the bottom you can see it was done at 0.8keV, 25x mag (hella low btw), and at a working distance of 15mm). This is not a normal image, meaning the SEM doesn't normally do this, and it is a weird quirk of the physics of the thing. I will let you ponder how I did this, and get back with more info later. Oh and click on it b/c the full version is much crispier.}

Pollen

{This is why you've been sneezing.}

African Face on a Pot

{Found this cool face on a super old pot in the Legion of Honor. I think I'm going to make a stamp for my ceramics based on this dude.}

Bee Beard

{You know this guy is committed to his product if he's willing to wear it on his face.}

Sweet Butt Sauce

Inside Castro Theater

{Liz and I went to see Alice in Wonderland at the Castro Theater this weekend. I ran into some old Burningman friends too.}