Palm Tree

Coming to work this morning, I saw some guys trimming palm trees. I have never seen anyone do this on a palm tree. They just seem to weak for this to be safe. There is no way you would ever catch me up there.

Picnic with the Church

We went on a picnic after church on Sabbath. We had quite a group. It was such a nice day to be outside. Here are a couple photos from the day.

Scott and Amber start it off right

My friends Scott and Amber of Life Unscripted Photography participated in their first fair this past weekend in Atlanta and started off with a bang.
They have taken some awesome photos over the past few years and I wish them all the best. Congratulations you two, you do great work.

LLU Campus

Stephanie had to work late last night so I took the time to walk around campus and take a few shots of various buildings.

This is the School of Dentistry building.

This is where I work.

This is the Loma Linda University Church.

And this is the Loma Linda University Medical Center. This is where amazing things happen.

California fires

As some of you know, we had a few more fires this past weekend. Two of them were within 5 miles of our house here in Cherry Valley and Banning. One was on Saturday and the other one was on Sunday. I was working in the yard when I noticed the one on Sunday. I had to run to Home Depot to pick up a few things so I took my Nikon with me to see what I could capture. There was a lot of traffic so there was plenty of time to snap some pictures while in the Jeep. The smoke was crazy because of the Santa Ana winds which made for a really cool looking sun. I pulled into a development to take the first couple. All I had was my 50mm so I was a little limited on the amount I could get in the frame. Anyway, here is what I got.

You can see how the wind was blowing in these first two.

Who needs a fisheye lens when you have KC Daylighters :)

Thank you to Garrett Nudd for posting about reflections. Once you start looking for them, you do see them all over.

You can see some of the traffice behind me as the fire trucks rush past.

This is one of my favorites. I just really like how it turned out.

I believe 2 houses were destroyed this weekend but the fire fighters did a really good job at keeping the flames contained. Our neighbors sister and family had to be evacuated on Sunday but I think they were back home by Sunday night.

Anaheim to Newport Beach

Sabbath afternoon, Duncan and Stephanie wanted to ride along the Santa Ana river to Newport Beach. So we drove to Anaheim and I let them off at the Arrowhead Stadium at about 4:20.

I drove down the 55 into Newport Beach and drove around a for a while then parked near the beach so I could get some pictures. I walked along the beach for a while and watched a guy fly one of those really big kites, like 20 ft long or something like that. There was also a wedding on the beach. It was pretty cool to see all the attendants dressed in off white. There were only a handful of people on the beach so it was a perfect time, other than the wind.

At about 6:00, Stephanie and Duncan met me at the beach. They rode about 18 miles in under 2 hours. I was pretty impressed. Look at them, they don't even look like they broke a sweat.

There were no lifeguards on duty, except for one driving around in a truck, so there was a lot of this.

We walked down to the water so they could see how cold it was. We didn't stay long before we headed back home. All in all, it was a nice afternoon with pretty much perfect weather.

A Note

I went out to my Jeep at lunch time and found a note on my windshield...

I wish I could thank this person for the note, but I have no idea who it was. So whoever you are, thank you. It is the least I can do on a day like today.

Again, God Bless America.

As we remember

As we remember those that lost their lives on 9/11, I wanted to share my pictures from my drive to work. I fly my flag from my Jeep every year, with this year being no exception.

God Bless America!!

Life Unscripted Photography

I have to give a little plug for my friends Scott and Amber who have just started up a new website, www.lifeunscriptedphotography.com. They will be selling prints of photos they have taken from their many travels. Check them out, they have some pretty cool stuff.

Good luck to you Scott and Amber.

My niece

I got to take some photos of my niece this past Friday. She's about 10 1/2 months and has such a cute little personality. Here are a few of them...