No conditions are permanent;

No conditions are reliable;

Nothing is self.

- Buddha

or (depending on how you want to look at it),

Wohl Mir, Dass Ich Jesum Habe

- JS Bach

death of a snowman

You can still kinda make out one of his eyes and his mouth, creepy! 

...see you on the other side mr. snowman.

back home

Stuff just as I left em in the old bedroom... it's hard coming home sometimes. A good trip is a good vacation.

kinetic sculpture

1960's kinetic sculpture at Goleta beach near the airport off Sandspit Road. Shortly before leaving on a jet plane back to pdx.

california aqueduct

 The population of southern california could/would not exist, as it does, without this supply of water from Northern California. It boggles my mind...

Driving back to Santa Barbara from Las Vegas. Palmdale, CA in the background.  

Nevada style backyard shrubbery

 Taking a break from watching the Rose Bowl at Liz and Dan's.