damn it I accientally clicked on back and now my entry is gone… screw this Turned out the last entry on here was about food and how awesome it is. which is pretty funny considering I screwed up cooking this weekend. burnt the chicken stir fry and the baked vegetables… let’s just sa...

First signs of spring in Phoenix. This native bush started out as an 8 inch green ball in a 6″ nursery pot, many years ago … Nikon D70. Click image for larger file....

does anybody who reads this use Twitter? I started using it thanks to Kevin and looking to expand my followees list. Canada gets Obama for a few hours, US gets Kevin for a few days. Moscow gets Tamara, Montreal gets me. Now we just need somebody who’s coming for a visit to Toronto from Moscow ...

alternate title: the joy of kids at a weddingWe both LOVE kids (I'm not sure why but Lawrance doesn't like to admit it, but by his actions it's clear he does). I think it is so important for children to have adult friends that love and care about them.Anywho, we so enjoyed having children at our wed...

The Beach Restro Volley Ball Pinky The Beach Boat Sana Beach Resort Daab (Coconut) The Photographer's Photo Beach The Ride Lahar Sea Shells Fishy Fishy Fishy Lets go Fishing Water Pushing the boat Sand Sandy The Sana Beach at Mandormani Shell Whats this? Sunny Bowled out Beach Early morning fog...

Stilyagi - Brand spanking new Russian musical (!). I was really pleasantly surprised. A lot. Like a LOT. I mean the acting of the young actors is still inexplicably painfully bad, but the production, the cinematography and all are pretty damn good. Plus, they chose songs that everyone knew and recog...

It’s so much fun to experience new things, no matter how small. If you’re the sum of your experiences, then I suppose every little thing makes you a bit more of person? Anyways, I’m rambling like I have been doing a LOT lately. Two exciting things happened today. First, I got to fo...

My mom and I hardly ever like the same music or movies, no matter how much I get excited and give her things that I hope she will like. That’s why I was so shocked when she said she found this amazing CD of a band called “Metro Station” in the car with songs that are just so amazin...

The New Year celebration was… very typical for our family. We can’t live through a holiday without surprises. I feel like I will soon start hating new year the same way I already dislike my birthday. ah well moving on We went to sleep early, so ended up having a surprisingly productive J...

Continuing a blogging tradition that I started three years ago when I first started blogging . . . a month by month look at my 2008 using only one photo per month.(BTW, each month name below is a link to a calendar view of pictures taken that month and uploaded to flickr. Just in case you wanna see ...