This quote from Sam, as told to Amy during lunch today when she told Sam that we had two parties to attend this weekend:
I am going to take all the people at the party and put them in my head. And then they will be in my brain…And I won’t like that. And then I’m going to spit them out. They will slide down my tongue and I will spit them out.
Here is the requisite postcard shot of Aspen’s Maroon Bells from our hike yesterday - allegedly the most photographed spot in the state. I can see why! I’ll add other photos from the visit later…
So our day comes to an end. After catching a road race passing by the house this morning (blogged earlier), then an afternoon spent first at a friend’s office with a balcony overlooking the oh-so-quirky Aspen 4th of July Parade, and the annual free Aspen Music Festival patriotic band concert, Amy’s uncle Gary and I went up Red Mountain, the peak opposite Aspen Mountain to catch the fireworks to cap off the day. I like how this one came out.
4th of july, originally uploaded by jetrotz.
Happy 4th, all! Photo from this morning’s Buddy’s 5k Road Race in Aspen that came by Gary & Bobbi’s place about 8am this morning. This runner was passing by a conveniently-hung American flag. How very patriotic! Everyone, be safe and enjoy the day!
Tags: 4th of July, flag, race, runner
Yes, we’ve made it to Colorado. I stopped the car along the very narrow portion of Colorado 82 to grab this image - where the highway drops to a single lane at points, with no signs or other warnings - where we saw this very dense stand of Aspens. The pass was an amazing drive - including the oh-so-frightening lack of guardrails on some of the 10k+ foot switchbacks, although I could have done without the altitude sickness both Sam and I experienced. Talk about wooozy! Photo gallery is here.
Pictured above are the crack team of staff from our Turner Digital Media Tech and Turner Sports Interactive teams as we relaunch the ad systems on Nascar.com today. I played a key role, bringing two dozen hot donuts (from Krispy Kreme, of course) and a humongous box of coffee. The launch went swimmingly, of course - this is a great team to work with!
Tags: adserver, advertising, migration, nascar, relaunch, turner
Noah hit a big milestone about a week ago - pretty much overnight, he figured out how to pull himself up on his crib, which led to tracking down the hex wrench to drop the mattress down. He’s so pleased with himself as you can see here, vocalizing happily whenever he gets vertical.
A few weeks back, we decided to take the boys out on a Sunday afternoon and enjoy the day. Sam was very excited to see the pregnant elephant, and we were surprised to see a new baby warthog - ugly but cute - and spent quite a bit of time ‘playing the trees’ at the new interactive art installation in the Park. Please take a look at our photos here.
I think this photo of Sam is super-cute and wanted to share it here.
Tags: elephant, grant park, installation, Zoo
I’ve honestly never seen a sky this color. Just after a big line of storms blew through on Sunday evening, the setting sun (already below the horizon) began to throw off the most interesting orange cast in the low clouds. I took advantage of the graduated neutral density filter I just bought for my trip to Aspen to handle the large dynamic range between sky and foreground. I like the result. Crazy.
Tags: graduated neutral density, orange, sky
