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ben, leah and amaya having a blast

shot some interior photos of a CJ1 - very tight space in a hot, pitch black hangar- the dash proved to be difficult to balance as the instruments varied in brightness, luckily these planes are so trick you can adjust each gage independently —- never wait in line again, fly beaver aviation —-

Happy 60th birthday Larry “Stretch” aka “Lawrence of Leucadia - a fun backyard party put together by world’s greatest party planner, Nancy Jois- good food and drink as the sunset over the ocean and the Mar Dels rocked the crowd til the wee hours- Larry is a Vietnam Veteran, has grown the largest cabbage i have ever seen in my life and is like family to us- my favorite moment is when one of the backup singers tried to make him blush by sitting on his lap and serenading him seductively- she soon found out that Stretch was anything but embarrassed

During a day at the park with Amaya’s Great Grandma Maxine, Grandpa Charlie, Grandma Irene shot stills of Amaya playing and put this video together- Thanks Irene!

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tizi snapped this great pic of sathu and i down the home stretch.

moonlight beach run

ran the encinitas 5k today - i was there to chaperone sathu and her 3 friends from school (all around 5 years old) i wasnt sure if these little girls would be able to run 3 miles- they started off strong holding hands and sprinting….a 1/2 mile later one wanted to have a seat on the curb (not on my watch), another started asking wheres the finish… this is when coach hill had to go straight tony robbins and motivate “who wants gatorade? well theres a station up ahead.”…(unfortunately there were only 2 water stations but they enjoyed the privilege only racers are granted in throwing back a cup of water and then hastily throwing it down on the ground so as not to lose a second of time) …. “ok lets run to the next stop sign and then walk”….”no sitting..lets just speed walk”….”you girls are too fast go on without me i cant keep this 17 minute a mile pace”….. cute conversations along the way .. one girl mentioned to me ”you know i jump roped 145 times yesterday”…. at a few checkpoints we were cheered on by tizi, nancy, gary and manju— at the finish line the kids were tired, but felt a huge sense of accomplishment -orange slices and gatorade never tasted so good.

took this shot of a woman taking a break at the aquarium today -i like how the background looks like the moon - seconds later the crowds overtook this frame

fun at the Long Beach Aquarium

i love this outfit Amaya borrowed from Bjork

elephant magazine did a nice write up on my site as www of the week

taking it to the streets

John Nack opens up the floodgates to my site with a mere mention-JNack knows all about photoshop and dances on the razors edge of going from mild mannered to postal at any moment..

amaya helping me out

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— Thich Nhat Hahn