tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87343438447027436862024-03-18T21:52:49.900-07:00Sandal ImpressionsThe BlogAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10419636878665151773noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734343844702743686.post-18732217821363572382008-10-15T09:05:00.001-07:002008-10-15T09:31:11.809-07:00Science!One more side road before I finish up my Spain pictures, which I've been meaning to do... but you know... work n' stuff.<br /><br />Last night my friend Becky asked me a chemistry question, as she is want to do from time to time. She is a teacher at a science camp in Palo Alto and often calls upon my doctor of science abilities to help her figure out how to teach kids science things.<br /><br />Apparently Becky wants to do chromatography of leaves, I assume to look at chlorophyll and other various leaf pigments as they start to change colors. The problem was that the teacher she was working with wanted to use ether to do the pigment extraction. Why is this a problem? Well, sometimes ether goes Boom-y Boom, also, they're little kids, and huffing ether is an adult past-time.<br /><br />So, the question to me was: "Why can't I use rubbing alcohol?"<br /><br />Well, I think rubbing alcohol would be fine, you really just need something relatively (relative to water that is) non-polar. Ether would work great, but dag, that's a tad rough on the wee ones. I didn't, however, know for sure that this would work, so I decided to try it myself. Here is my home-brew thin layer chromatography, just for Becky.<br /><br />Mission #1, find some leaves. Luckily there are trees outside, and trees have leaves... at least for the time being. Mission complete:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOf1tQp5B_Kl-iIqS3jzXP1HYAfEsjvShPd6L6Rf-q0-7w-pVP4ZCyACYeJam7ELcZVbvQLOB_WvNPX98Siaj6ifW2uL3_FMJhJ1gGqdNMt6NxYMUNIxZ5WO04Dc4YRmmdhmoUbl0Q8KH/s1600-h/AMS_9541_081015_29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOf1tQp5B_Kl-iIqS3jzXP1HYAfEsjvShPd6L6Rf-q0-7w-pVP4ZCyACYeJam7ELcZVbvQLOB_WvNPX98Siaj6ifW2uL3_FMJhJ1gGqdNMt6NxYMUNIxZ5WO04Dc4YRmmdhmoUbl0Q8KH/s400/AMS_9541_081015_29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257414185449994850" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Once I had the leaves I needed to cut them up small so it would be easy to extract all their juicy insides with the isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol. I just rolled a bunch of leaves up and cut them up with scissors. I got something like this:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT5BKu4qFeVArO0WJw2dqfxewcWNZ6UZHsPxFzDWOoqlzDl92VUBO16z8IfG49Gf2FQvsurN3Xu_odz03b2EEXBQh0dixXRNoiAiMvpp0q6h0lY_hBhL-SA6OfwRWZwlKvVASg9ugwR1dT/s1600-h/AMS_9544_081015_32.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT5BKu4qFeVArO0WJw2dqfxewcWNZ6UZHsPxFzDWOoqlzDl92VUBO16z8IfG49Gf2FQvsurN3Xu_odz03b2EEXBQh0dixXRNoiAiMvpp0q6h0lY_hBhL-SA6OfwRWZwlKvVASg9ugwR1dT/s400/AMS_9544_081015_32.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257414185586871842" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And a bowl of things like this:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2226A4Pp7xGtF01HDbosJcdgXLOzMP3h363RsUHNCPI678BeMsLkIn2F473y0xJ9YgkTmi6bOjYg77PpIrIYlD-ah8McOq4JyCA7nfRkHvwcV-RfmG-44Y7_oc3mrsLRsN8UfXtDpuqM/s1600-h/AMS_9545_081015_33.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2226A4Pp7xGtF01HDbosJcdgXLOzMP3h363RsUHNCPI678BeMsLkIn2F473y0xJ9YgkTmi6bOjYg77PpIrIYlD-ah8McOq4JyCA7nfRkHvwcV-RfmG-44Y7_oc3mrsLRsN8UfXtDpuqM/s400/AMS_9545_081015_33.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257414187102840178" border="0" /></a><br />Once I had this I added some isopropyl alcohol (70%, just your standard rubbing stuff from longs), a spoon, and mixed a bit.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZPVmyzmKv_dfSSCRBvWjXwFvWMOtqg9CM03V2FHdo_2JVUIiIsB11u4C8pcbl03HGdaLGMcXBWbJVeUMIc4vzTCHG3btAnNirvISLpUYSNIlzzhWJ8Zzh8WbyQIhlKNj33nSvwp-0XKB/s1600-h/AMS_9554_081015_42.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZPVmyzmKv_dfSSCRBvWjXwFvWMOtqg9CM03V2FHdo_2JVUIiIsB11u4C8pcbl03HGdaLGMcXBWbJVeUMIc4vzTCHG3btAnNirvISLpUYSNIlzzhWJ8Zzh8WbyQIhlKNj33nSvwp-0XKB/s400/AMS_9554_081015_42.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257414510690173010" border="0" /></a><br />I did this twice, once I just mashed the leaves with the spoon for a while and it seemed to take a very long time for anything to leach out into the alcohol. In order to speed things up I put the whole shebang (minus the spoon of course) into a microwave for 10 seconds. This worked like a charm. I had a nice yellow alcohol and all was good.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjyMnKlaWSCdT4URzra2eTb3XgmGHZsgZXFZoe_rYOOLwO9-Ak5cPi3b6VYRnfL-nxDxUUWRb0a8uNj9tlpEW3DkQoi7_kZRB4a9vqxpyezRhiNcEKZfCKD6Z-XNlqN9QFV3tkY2MM_FL/s1600-h/AMS_9564_081015_52.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjyMnKlaWSCdT4URzra2eTb3XgmGHZsgZXFZoe_rYOOLwO9-Ak5cPi3b6VYRnfL-nxDxUUWRb0a8uNj9tlpEW3DkQoi7_kZRB4a9vqxpyezRhiNcEKZfCKD6Z-XNlqN9QFV3tkY2MM_FL/s400/AMS_9564_081015_52.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257414514426868450" border="0" /></a><br />Then the question is what to use as my chromatography plate... well, simple is good so I wanted a thick paper substrate. I had just the thing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3qK_sfgMgIQJMGWMznGtVreWBxcBobVNlHMfWkMUdSP06n-id95JpwFYxo8RMAaRB_EubvHvYLIa0u4BXdNbZDt3deAsnBDYLwDNAtvotcG44ZTYZiOJClpGcZYkKMqmQlH-7WdUVwf42/s1600-h/AMS_9567_081015_55.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3qK_sfgMgIQJMGWMznGtVreWBxcBobVNlHMfWkMUdSP06n-id95JpwFYxo8RMAaRB_EubvHvYLIa0u4BXdNbZDt3deAsnBDYLwDNAtvotcG44ZTYZiOJClpGcZYkKMqmQlH-7WdUVwf42/s400/AMS_9567_081015_55.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257414518163220994" border="0" /></a><br />I hope that isn't illegal. If it is, I guess I'll just take one for science. This went into the "liquor" of my leaf, alcohol mixture and guess what. Things started happening:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-WSvkI3jqigVUD4TU0eQia-UV7rBiNmtMp8fp9EhXcghnFQqSywXvEVcPSsRy30Q4z2p29vhtptmKbhpSAaDLfeiKo2gRNM0VBnQmexk8eyGdnFF3IAlFc-XWHQLNoQ1-nSm4fsHFGIZ6/s1600-h/AMS_9537_081015_25.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-WSvkI3jqigVUD4TU0eQia-UV7rBiNmtMp8fp9EhXcghnFQqSywXvEVcPSsRy30Q4z2p29vhtptmKbhpSAaDLfeiKo2gRNM0VBnQmexk8eyGdnFF3IAlFc-XWHQLNoQ1-nSm4fsHFGIZ6/s400/AMS_9537_081015_25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257414180935040994" border="0" /></a><br />Bands of color are even showing up!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmkPaZYjo9WjR0inbh_BHqo_xj1JmA6ZAMvrhhMsq8jPeQY9iWZ49f4BYIKkyB2MAgaowpqk6AUqTqLZwESlaLLzS06UIv0oNFOBDLzygfPAAs0yfXmgieWYVGSyZLJNgfLvqO5arz6bj/s1600-h/AMS_9583_081015_70.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmkPaZYjo9WjR0inbh_BHqo_xj1JmA6ZAMvrhhMsq8jPeQY9iWZ49f4BYIKkyB2MAgaowpqk6AUqTqLZwESlaLLzS06UIv0oNFOBDLzygfPAAs0yfXmgieWYVGSyZLJNgfLvqO5arz6bj/s400/AMS_9583_081015_70.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257414519135516082" border="0" /></a>I'm guessing this would probably work better with leaves that are more fully red, at least in terms of the number of colors you would see in the chromatography, but it's still pretty awesome... at least to me. I wasn't too happy with the intensity of the bands, so I let it sit in the liquid over night (8ish hours) and check it out:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEYLwMQ7nNvWtkqWtjCOQJBGFfonRP5E_CN41-WeOJiN8FsSxO0mTWYHZ2zOAVkm2-lKJ2A4-6fkKGPyNYjTSdGSGD_W6uxMBVfvne9q2fA7-fQoA9GEOi8JycA0HpKVs3hNLZ0BOMO9V/s1600-h/AMS_9587_081015_04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEYLwMQ7nNvWtkqWtjCOQJBGFfonRP5E_CN41-WeOJiN8FsSxO0mTWYHZ2zOAVkm2-lKJ2A4-6fkKGPyNYjTSdGSGD_W6uxMBVfvne9q2fA7-fQoA9GEOi8JycA0HpKVs3hNLZ0BOMO9V/s400/AMS_9587_081015_04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257414522103484050" border="0" /></a>That is totally sweet. Science in action. Home-brew style.Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10419636878665151773noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734343844702743686.post-17678029878551519862008-10-07T22:43:00.001-07:002008-10-07T23:02:05.233-07:00Spain! (Part 6)Back to Spain...<br /><br />The evening after the metal workshop pictures were taken, my Dad passed out early and I was restless, so I decided to go out and wonder around to find some interesting pictures to take. Without comment, here is what I found:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCCE6BwfgWTwpJAZ6EaVQoJbn0QkSFfCMB1bBVA_c7d-poUkb_mem9yJT47Op6EB9ShxW6Ju7MAaZHDLXLJVnIUo2tUPbgCZHi3OVy-o7Z6frrN7pQK5vMvcilrhZN35stb1-DX96swE7/s1600-h/080924_AMS_0002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCCE6BwfgWTwpJAZ6EaVQoJbn0QkSFfCMB1bBVA_c7d-poUkb_mem9yJT47Op6EB9ShxW6Ju7MAaZHDLXLJVnIUo2tUPbgCZHi3OVy-o7Z6frrN7pQK5vMvcilrhZN35stb1-DX96swE7/s400/080924_AMS_0002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254655198549137250" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPzOSPhMlkHzArldToTgAFObGiPMXbcePRRWwLPyi-ORx3JulVblpe6tjjML4zbmnK4uwASCaczZggqdHLyLDpve8ZtkgRlYwhiTTbm1LD5_IgHOATHIGQe4XG5BQqluseQx6mdq0jEgW/s1600-h/080924_AMS_0003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPzOSPhMlkHzArldToTgAFObGiPMXbcePRRWwLPyi-ORx3JulVblpe6tjjML4zbmnK4uwASCaczZggqdHLyLDpve8ZtkgRlYwhiTTbm1LD5_IgHOATHIGQe4XG5BQqluseQx6mdq0jEgW/s400/080924_AMS_0003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254655201968642642" border="0" /></a><br />Okay, I know I said without comment, but I just have to comment on this. The below picture was not edited in any way, that is the color of the street lamps. It's really cool, they have normal street lamps, but attached on the underside is a set of LEDs which project down on the ground. The really cool thing is that they are variable color, so depending on the day or time, I'm not sure which, they change. One day they were orange, then green, then blue... I wish we had these here.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQmDw3wZFk9_qt6pctcJ4-RmMSuxC4yLK8jLEw0ErwKW6XVprP-1Aic7t-8qcgy44J1OgiyljCA4Rpti4E5c0n1oGDHSZRmoZQD3G1V6hFVIjXPX8UImVGPnSfsYPoGGJYhDhmPilyDee/s1600-h/080924_AMS_0004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQmDw3wZFk9_qt6pctcJ4-RmMSuxC4yLK8jLEw0ErwKW6XVprP-1Aic7t-8qcgy44J1OgiyljCA4Rpti4E5c0n1oGDHSZRmoZQD3G1V6hFVIjXPX8UImVGPnSfsYPoGGJYhDhmPilyDee/s400/080924_AMS_0004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254655199838720978" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5PyhjFLaEgqct_Z8I8i60L-uKs3Ay6VYHcScP2Ksao7KJtqAJYRHp4nJ5M92OZSGOCDRlczfzXWe3wEOsyxK7Wltg87TrHwA6hFpMDiE7VZqyxCNCnp8dAWQGiQ8D1eooSvESqX00UCW/s1600-h/080924_AMS_0005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5PyhjFLaEgqct_Z8I8i60L-uKs3Ay6VYHcScP2Ksao7KJtqAJYRHp4nJ5M92OZSGOCDRlczfzXWe3wEOsyxK7Wltg87TrHwA6hFpMDiE7VZqyxCNCnp8dAWQGiQ8D1eooSvESqX00UCW/s400/080924_AMS_0005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254655203452515378" border="0" /></a><br />Okay, moving on to bigger and better things. The next day, while I was helping the lovely Bobby Jo and her Mom Mary Jane figure out Lightroom (photo editing software), they were assigned to shoot an artist and they kindly invited me to come along. We went to visit Nuria Valles, a local artist in Sant Cugat. Here she is in the alleyway in front of her workshop.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdievNeDla-BocGJZQy2pHYrYcannLNeXLWHylgkHJbsJXyx_RlKpcdzOPU_DaF4A9Il0yydc4lQuj1GCr75dHVZG62lPULmbS70ojNDw-yQIb6gBuuCE0s2jRy7m1H1LSp5Z-xLMloky/s1600-h/080929_AMS_0016.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdievNeDla-BocGJZQy2pHYrYcannLNeXLWHylgkHJbsJXyx_RlKpcdzOPU_DaF4A9Il0yydc4lQuj1GCr75dHVZG62lPULmbS70ojNDw-yQIb6gBuuCE0s2jRy7m1H1LSp5Z-xLMloky/s400/080929_AMS_0016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254654862844140706" border="0" /></a><br />She does these amazing oil paintings of scenes in Europe. They're incredibly bright and colorful. It was amazing to see her working in her shop.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwn_TiDEv8AbKY2mVccDquUWNTmyt3pVnfwvN6bJkqpJr0U9JGcoqTILTwFC5mDf0_WWc5vl55qYm1ktE2UWXzODjDb8SjK5fuPTAeTNeUqjjv1Tvej3guB24Pt4xgNotJmZ76CJVkiN6t/s1600-h/080925_AMS_0007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwn_TiDEv8AbKY2mVccDquUWNTmyt3pVnfwvN6bJkqpJr0U9JGcoqTILTwFC5mDf0_WWc5vl55qYm1ktE2UWXzODjDb8SjK5fuPTAeTNeUqjjv1Tvej3guB24Pt4xgNotJmZ76CJVkiN6t/s400/080925_AMS_0007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254655019159695346" border="0" /></a><br />She went through the whole process with us. First she paints the entire canvas with this very thin, streak-y paint and lets it dry. It has a very nice effect once it's dry and this is what she uses as her background to put the oils on.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIyx5Es3UNYbVuBGqstn6kiaWZbdn-S4vw5mtrjHRFZ2i8LN6ApnmXQc5lD54Fl-MOEJw7MhATrxqWpsSH0EJ91TQtM2nAKyjtYuO7rz4GkF_25AlnhtyQmygfLz8WWLmRhmbbZNj0KWcM/s1600-h/080925_AMS_0006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIyx5Es3UNYbVuBGqstn6kiaWZbdn-S4vw5mtrjHRFZ2i8LN6ApnmXQc5lD54Fl-MOEJw7MhATrxqWpsSH0EJ91TQtM2nAKyjtYuO7rz4GkF_25AlnhtyQmygfLz8WWLmRhmbbZNj0KWcM/s400/080925_AMS_0006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254655204870893042" border="0" /></a><br />The oils are like big crayons and they dry out over time, so each time she uses one she needs to trim away the dry bits.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAfWbroscX3vP3sbvoW8pCW0lzhP7US9TMDX5lEc6gDOnFJyA1I7vI0st_QPFQHdXLPp9PCYLoNlwpDhtzZsScF9lA7qrKCv-p_1FumYS9PohyNprooLB9udfQLQHec3-qVscQzkveeEJ/s1600-h/080925_AMS_0008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAfWbroscX3vP3sbvoW8pCW0lzhP7US9TMDX5lEc6gDOnFJyA1I7vI0st_QPFQHdXLPp9PCYLoNlwpDhtzZsScF9lA7qrKCv-p_1FumYS9PohyNprooLB9udfQLQHec3-qVscQzkveeEJ/s400/080925_AMS_0008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254655027935519074" border="0" /></a><br />The way she does her work is she makes a sketch at the place she wants to paint. She does this on paper she's treated in a similar way as the canvas she'll use. She just paints a whole bunch of paper with many different colors and picks out the one with the color and texture that she thinks best represents what she's seeing. Then, when she gets back, she puts this down on canvas with the oils.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCkQqLtsMRLJl4Xus-P8_Zb46WHQLGUmAjzMDsD0qulJSXNLb3Qt_MQljNgKz95U1NqmWMnzfguy1LfMRxfD2-gpmr7JVH9bpw6NdnVhIEysmk-WzRTOGHVtJB8f4VWc-x-hOMVWm6eefO/s1600-h/080925_AMS_0014.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCkQqLtsMRLJl4Xus-P8_Zb46WHQLGUmAjzMDsD0qulJSXNLb3Qt_MQljNgKz95U1NqmWMnzfguy1LfMRxfD2-gpmr7JVH9bpw6NdnVhIEysmk-WzRTOGHVtJB8f4VWc-x-hOMVWm6eefO/s400/080925_AMS_0014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254654855855612482" border="0" /></a><br />Like I said, she uses amazing colors in her work.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5lY7oK3i4eQyWlG1I1MbO_tiYc1KyIcJb2CsVCOiSFqpZoDsTrCG2N9Pggo0GQOyCX6LLl7Fyh1g7qNgu9SiyH4C4vEol6GbX6bMbrt7WDoG0Eat6CvXS_6_sK9QJ9gXZwdFDZOA5lMdq/s1600-h/080925_AMS_0012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5lY7oK3i4eQyWlG1I1MbO_tiYc1KyIcJb2CsVCOiSFqpZoDsTrCG2N9Pggo0GQOyCX6LLl7Fyh1g7qNgu9SiyH4C4vEol6GbX6bMbrt7WDoG0Eat6CvXS_6_sK9QJ9gXZwdFDZOA5lMdq/s400/080925_AMS_0012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254654852726648690" border="0" /></a><br />When she's finished the work, she coats it in a clear glaze to protect it, then it's done. That's pretty much the whole story as I got it. We were really lucky that she spoke excellent english. It's so much easier and interesting to work with people when you don't have to pantomime to communicate.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRuaJQgLG-I_LhdCkweTSbNHv1lK6uqn_PA_S6CMDWcjRxVON0fTFtjF5qT3xcdVWVlXjWuxQ90IsK6zeH4foOVWuTsUXPNBqD72gG4DxxufIL5iuLNVu3Ni3F23V-U5Tb_h1X3zgtCtve/s1600-h/080925_AMS_0010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRuaJQgLG-I_LhdCkweTSbNHv1lK6uqn_PA_S6CMDWcjRxVON0fTFtjF5qT3xcdVWVlXjWuxQ90IsK6zeH4foOVWuTsUXPNBqD72gG4DxxufIL5iuLNVu3Ni3F23V-U5Tb_h1X3zgtCtve/s400/080925_AMS_0010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254655033888576450" border="0" /></a><br />Some of her work tools.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOEmUR5sU76eb2VMmn-GZPj-Ieh4ZO_znYkvatvJwjah7xGb5o4LGboJwraR4ONE2qHyP6g2Fde59J0VtRgmWARVeFGj6ZemtomQFmmq8Gth41V2DuCIDeFEPnwb-ZcJtEe7g79p542Tts/s1600-h/080925_AMS_0009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOEmUR5sU76eb2VMmn-GZPj-Ieh4ZO_znYkvatvJwjah7xGb5o4LGboJwraR4ONE2qHyP6g2Fde59J0VtRgmWARVeFGj6ZemtomQFmmq8Gth41V2DuCIDeFEPnwb-ZcJtEe7g79p542Tts/s400/080925_AMS_0009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254655029189552338" border="0" /></a><br />A lovely portrait of her in between poses for us. She was a great subject.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeKG98Qd505tax5CGKv9j8Kc_bSi5FrOCGYc6yW1eyn2qdTd9F5X6Ja8ritM-sjDADzrzyw0SvA67R9k8rkZczWeXU-mulPcGjyDfQLzGmK19Lgmh-oc7AyggDAF0ZHupx1J1s4F9_-yXw/s1600-h/080925_AMS_0013.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeKG98Qd505tax5CGKv9j8Kc_bSi5FrOCGYc6yW1eyn2qdTd9F5X6Ja8ritM-sjDADzrzyw0SvA67R9k8rkZczWeXU-mulPcGjyDfQLzGmK19Lgmh-oc7AyggDAF0ZHupx1J1s4F9_-yXw/s400/080925_AMS_0013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254654858129565010" border="0" /></a><br />I spotted her shoes and had to take a picture of them... I don't know why, they just totally struck me as artist shoes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJxulhpgA13poG7dbn4Ms4pzRRMBb1bl9R8NfA0owZ_3CSnB4J1hqZP0WcnDdMfmx4zjksMqAxU05o06cDG6Y3Pj0OsuErTlKoqrCDmazRg6psqWietRmO6sAvQauqmiLx1PXW1FTZoo2/s1600-h/080925_AMS_0015.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJxulhpgA13poG7dbn4Ms4pzRRMBb1bl9R8NfA0owZ_3CSnB4J1hqZP0WcnDdMfmx4zjksMqAxU05o06cDG6Y3Pj0OsuErTlKoqrCDmazRg6psqWietRmO6sAvQauqmiLx1PXW1FTZoo2/s400/080925_AMS_0015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254654856865735858" border="0" /></a><br />Anyway, she's interested in getting her stuff into a gallery in the US. If you're interested in her work, or know anyone who could help her, check out her <a href="http://arteinternet.com/nvalles">web site</a> and let me know.Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10419636878665151773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734343844702743686.post-45826240871846922392008-10-07T08:57:00.000-07:002008-10-07T09:11:21.141-07:00A musical interludeWell... I realize I haven't finished all my Spain pictures, however, something more pressing has presented itself. Last weekend we had a dead-raising good time at Meredith's birthday party. It was in the darkest forest of the Santa Cruz mountains. Unfortunately, due to freak "first rain of the year" rain, we couldn't use the awesome outdoors deck that had been slated for the party. In fact, there was much ado, due to getting the rental van out of the mud down by the deck.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaDh9elc70esr4piYY-PqNYeMUNwEI3g2mYswIgolMpW0uqzpK8VPHsBHwoBG5RzIk-bgFN2Oqq8tU-xuXscLGXHGxjPJ9wGjT5lT5StmLOASWcisR2vH2UJMabw9KdEHKcCXv_ib86wa6/s1600-h/081005_AMS_0002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaDh9elc70esr4piYY-PqNYeMUNwEI3g2mYswIgolMpW0uqzpK8VPHsBHwoBG5RzIk-bgFN2Oqq8tU-xuXscLGXHGxjPJ9wGjT5lT5StmLOASWcisR2vH2UJMabw9KdEHKcCXv_ib86wa6/s400/081005_AMS_0002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254443466792240146" border="0" /></a><br />Luckily, a giant 4x4 was called in and with a little chain/tow action the van was removed from the brink of destruction/watery doom. Meanwhile, dead Brian had snacks.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipmb-TsGMHqpSQBdKn9Le_ywk3QVVunn5E-1UfboxHCcVEcRctEjaN8QkbDcU-EEggYUiWdlrfytMZyNYfH19PRpGcVhf6GYPXxYTy8Mik4Avhkusai-9R685iWsT3i6itNiv1fzLTKwjm/s1600-h/081005_AMS_0001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipmb-TsGMHqpSQBdKn9Le_ywk3QVVunn5E-1UfboxHCcVEcRctEjaN8QkbDcU-EEggYUiWdlrfytMZyNYfH19PRpGcVhf6GYPXxYTy8Mik4Avhkusai-9R685iWsT3i6itNiv1fzLTKwjm/s400/081005_AMS_0001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254442151743628178" border="0" /></a><br />First on the agenda: dead dancing lessons.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaofOZe2wsaUbOhfJoVzbg3wbJc027LbP1HPxLeHsHzUeE5AdXhBgdjaG1k5d1h2ijc1lVDVzU2vBa0CNjY82YcU2X7xpiXt34pLWoxYwWnalRRkuZy4H_RtqpYWXW6b9CG2OJlCc8kyU1/s1600-h/081005_AMS_0005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaofOZe2wsaUbOhfJoVzbg3wbJc027LbP1HPxLeHsHzUeE5AdXhBgdjaG1k5d1h2ijc1lVDVzU2vBa0CNjY82YcU2X7xpiXt34pLWoxYwWnalRRkuZy4H_RtqpYWXW6b9CG2OJlCc8kyU1/s400/081005_AMS_0005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254442156040422770" border="0" /></a><br />Normally I would try and make those I make pictures of look as alive as possible... this, however, was not a normal situation. Hi birthday girl! Er... dead birthday girl... is that really possible? Now that I think about it, this was a very contrary party.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQqK4h-M1yRaI8krBZqkP7DMhr5CeqoO7Ml8GkvD5KR-c9OS-YU_26g3QQuDLZy0f9QFK5rysnqxDcr0CQLyILLfh-8KmnBNtCn84eV-ZXJL5QBWvpkee5YhLNhw3w744qhaEJlYMQieq/s1600-h/081005_AMS_0012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQqK4h-M1yRaI8krBZqkP7DMhr5CeqoO7Ml8GkvD5KR-c9OS-YU_26g3QQuDLZy0f9QFK5rysnqxDcr0CQLyILLfh-8KmnBNtCn84eV-ZXJL5QBWvpkee5YhLNhw3w744qhaEJlYMQieq/s400/081005_AMS_0012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254442155387465250" border="0" /></a><br />Also, nerds were involved. Much monster stomping was had by all... all 4 of us.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEc5PmzPvcelrQLDjXzSABwX1Jx-oub8c1oAtHDCcoB_uJ9hyphenhyphenSIXzd1hTzW7qDQQPa5g7U_d996pwrOUQwJXwm3iiZpXRNOmXYOaRkbzlrn-QTm8SJmREmGP7Cxi_fH3SPApY8SwLF5Gp4/s1600-h/081005_AMS_0024.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEc5PmzPvcelrQLDjXzSABwX1Jx-oub8c1oAtHDCcoB_uJ9hyphenhyphenSIXzd1hTzW7qDQQPa5g7U_d996pwrOUQwJXwm3iiZpXRNOmXYOaRkbzlrn-QTm8SJmREmGP7Cxi_fH3SPApY8SwLF5Gp4/s400/081005_AMS_0024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254442157204320514" border="0" /></a><br />Don't forget the dancing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1WzsmIkrC0WZLiUcsDSEJPAzLhRiufhLgtDhFqcN2uJd6N87Um-yFEJLtLzrMKG2IVwnApd8QhPWv2xkY3hlIVZtaFWPQZcU8F3qKu0sngElIqejcH6utqNNcK52vgtofpF6l4pK5kk3/s1600-h/081005_AMS_0018.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1WzsmIkrC0WZLiUcsDSEJPAzLhRiufhLgtDhFqcN2uJd6N87Um-yFEJLtLzrMKG2IVwnApd8QhPWv2xkY3hlIVZtaFWPQZcU8F3qKu0sngElIqejcH6utqNNcK52vgtofpF6l4pK5kk3/s400/081005_AMS_0018.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254442158386888210" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And the fake blood:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7OMHRxOO8zMLqp8I7ruIiF2Yc4_6aCbV54LNbJe6kN5DvlAlYdc6E374hdKrWyV_kvNd3lkgn7oFjSOZR-8kZ3ylaj0MsTdPq8ProGK3uYiEXRrTFxTRqasAhsBdq9solnAWwT9mu_gj/s1600-h/081005_AMS_0028.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7OMHRxOO8zMLqp8I7ruIiF2Yc4_6aCbV54LNbJe6kN5DvlAlYdc6E374hdKrWyV_kvNd3lkgn7oFjSOZR-8kZ3ylaj0MsTdPq8ProGK3uYiEXRrTFxTRqasAhsBdq9solnAWwT9mu_gj/s400/081005_AMS_0028.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254442253726040258" border="0" /></a><br />There are many more pictures to be had, including the highly embarrassing shot of Mike Sims baring his soul. Check them out <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/amschwartzberg/MerBday?authkey=RzhajI8N_LE#">here</a>.Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10419636878665151773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734343844702743686.post-2016441948095903682008-10-05T21:19:00.000-07:002008-10-06T08:29:05.011-07:00Spain! (Part 5)Today we went to a metal working shop that people from the workshop had found. This is the wrought iron type of place where they make railings and all types of custom metal work. They don't do much by machine however, unlike many of their contemporaries. It allows them to make completely insane works of art that go into peoples homes and businesses. Here's the workshop, at least the part that we were in most. There is a larger part to the left, but this is the interesting bit. That anvil weighs about 2000 lbs by the way... it sits on a tree stump.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FSA-sChg0Na74rP_GRS0Cz8AJQSGLJHRKkl3Wf51KNVJY49_oYeICEvDD4PmzPk13ZA-4tJYt6NF9_n_I9deM-lMs_WWL6wRKMY_tf-kO8nw5WlKH8P7VsuRvZfftw6yzCtUgCrGaQqm/s1600-h/080923_AMS_0010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FSA-sChg0Na74rP_GRS0Cz8AJQSGLJHRKkl3Wf51KNVJY49_oYeICEvDD4PmzPk13ZA-4tJYt6NF9_n_I9deM-lMs_WWL6wRKMY_tf-kO8nw5WlKH8P7VsuRvZfftw6yzCtUgCrGaQqm/s400/080923_AMS_0010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254057763371088258" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This is the man who shared his work with us and told us what was up... at least he told Dane what was up and my Dad and I got some of it second hand. I wish I could remember his name. Actually, I need to get his name and email address from Dane so I can send him these pictures. Anyway, he was a great guy and had no problem talking to us about what he was doing... no problem at all. He talked a lot.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0zXi4Y7IzzCVRGmnTIFpUG7nXAIdyYEfotMX1T5QiS8gpAFtp7MCtNOiBu75-MTs33MtO5ZwNlpn3QNjIZNkDoPRvJAgJclBucBpDICDMn1CgCvG0j9QZg1_jyMGxRgn2CCau9qqPWY3/s1600-h/080923_AMS_0001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0zXi4Y7IzzCVRGmnTIFpUG7nXAIdyYEfotMX1T5QiS8gpAFtp7MCtNOiBu75-MTs33MtO5ZwNlpn3QNjIZNkDoPRvJAgJclBucBpDICDMn1CgCvG0j9QZg1_jyMGxRgn2CCau9qqPWY3/s320/080923_AMS_0001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Here he is explaining to us why you can't use coal to BBQ. I believe the answer is: CANCER!<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwq1ktqDjgnaRPr9l2qkfuQUsFeIW086H7TDmAWOPiuGcr06gYHvvRv1HEk4tKUFttDtQ-E2Ac_Ris5Sqdq0CoJzURja386wbKj0XWZ8sI-r-xqGcaQilweJYgd1bl-NuNrbhwAtU7qzb4/s1600-h/080923_AMS_0003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwq1ktqDjgnaRPr9l2qkfuQUsFeIW086H7TDmAWOPiuGcr06gYHvvRv1HEk4tKUFttDtQ-E2Ac_Ris5Sqdq0CoJzURja386wbKj0XWZ8sI-r-xqGcaQilweJYgd1bl-NuNrbhwAtU7qzb4/s320/080923_AMS_0003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I like this picture a lot. This is him stoking the forge for us. Nothing more to say about this, just a nice picture.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoBv3ty7wGHLMY_IPgNpzgXKa1Vg0MLyoH0KO9Em1AtUPsyL4I1iiI2vX3CB1oMMPlQe2Y5j091nGt1U2da2yXQzujzHSVQj1499U9zdTsbpF60R-A_HkKdEBENcNzKhzw1DG22LtpRunz/s1600-h/080923_AMS_0004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoBv3ty7wGHLMY_IPgNpzgXKa1Vg0MLyoH0KO9Em1AtUPsyL4I1iiI2vX3CB1oMMPlQe2Y5j091nGt1U2da2yXQzujzHSVQj1499U9zdTsbpF60R-A_HkKdEBENcNzKhzw1DG22LtpRunz/s320/080923_AMS_0004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Here's Dane getting the skinny. The guy would talk for twenty minutes, then Dane would say, "he's going to put the hot metal into the water to cool it off." Umm... I guess Spanish is a very inefficient language. I kid, I kid. Dane did a great job just keeping up with the guy. He was like a gatling gun of words.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHkpJwGpEEf1yvScKVsK7BOqFipwqgvFc3BwSMa9NrsKs2oHTMJouHk6eD76BDxOlPdqlWFZ0KvsUlAimbgY3W5V02C7-K1Ze2ymG60JM7DUOzqjmBT8bafKFwwC-5g5oYgIyKTSGKS0T/s1600-h/080923_AMS_0006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHkpJwGpEEf1yvScKVsK7BOqFipwqgvFc3BwSMa9NrsKs2oHTMJouHk6eD76BDxOlPdqlWFZ0KvsUlAimbgY3W5V02C7-K1Ze2ymG60JM7DUOzqjmBT8bafKFwwC-5g5oYgIyKTSGKS0T/s400/080923_AMS_0006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254057616223810674" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Once he heated up the metal bar, he went at it with a hammer on that 2000 lb anvil, shaping it. He was amazingly skilled at getting this crazy hot piece of metal to do whatever he wanted.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgQK9T9osO9dqR1G8O8AY-lQ9eUhFFG7-bIynYAxq7_SWfCIfWEq9ggc2FcLJckjO6DuKG6zOuHPcKIsqlkcKLXhaSK8WmP72fSawheQYBjMnpHRi_SlOnUoMHEiphzyHhg1C1_Mz3Oz9j/s1600-h/080923_AMS_0005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgQK9T9osO9dqR1G8O8AY-lQ9eUhFFG7-bIynYAxq7_SWfCIfWEq9ggc2FcLJckjO6DuKG6zOuHPcKIsqlkcKLXhaSK8WmP72fSawheQYBjMnpHRi_SlOnUoMHEiphzyHhg1C1_Mz3Oz9j/s400/080923_AMS_0005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254057612572910914" border="0" /></a><br />This is the result. He tied the bar into a knot. I'm guessing it would take more than a day to learn how to do this... I could do it in photoshop. Does that count?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3kltBe27IfrKm8WE5vGCKPOq-SiXrZZVyrM_jaqDFLDm_CXEfuZJFKFKTRvbxUvuC7TefU3K4TGzZZom1Aj52BkOxEVjSl0BCFw806NYUvTYdGoARSHuJ5vbY7teUW6dLK6W22E8TCOq7/s1600-h/080923_AMS_0007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3kltBe27IfrKm8WE5vGCKPOq-SiXrZZVyrM_jaqDFLDm_CXEfuZJFKFKTRvbxUvuC7TefU3K4TGzZZom1Aj52BkOxEVjSl0BCFw806NYUvTYdGoARSHuJ5vbY7teUW6dLK6W22E8TCOq7/s400/080923_AMS_0007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254057626848427282" border="0" /></a><br />Sizzle.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBNgOxjKkR6tzlWuzjijac2TovKSk7B5bh09fgjLtUhED4XMpfvIFiBlB0OduG5ImMPxebAQCi7lYXrSpfrHMn7V4TSKHD1Of_V0urZ-fSKJ9uYCPSGgasGGmZMfZHurwcHYirvGnuoNlQ/s1600-h/080923_AMS_0008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBNgOxjKkR6tzlWuzjijac2TovKSk7B5bh09fgjLtUhED4XMpfvIFiBlB0OduG5ImMPxebAQCi7lYXrSpfrHMn7V4TSKHD1Of_V0urZ-fSKJ9uYCPSGgasGGmZMfZHurwcHYirvGnuoNlQ/s400/080923_AMS_0008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254057633535072418" border="0" /></a><br />This guy has awesome hands. I guess working with them for a living your whole life will do that.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfqeCBssizoKZYWxu9jGxJEhakrXZu9-1k1EV-2wTQnPxKKnWHVlxwiEDh43aeJrl2Asz8dBMpe-EGljJIIqOOcSSlO_Oo_fWEgz6OFCusO1E_qdyTef07JI05ck3SxoRAxKBYJOJiACQ/s1600-h/080923_AMS_0009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfqeCBssizoKZYWxu9jGxJEhakrXZu9-1k1EV-2wTQnPxKKnWHVlxwiEDh43aeJrl2Asz8dBMpe-EGljJIIqOOcSSlO_Oo_fWEgz6OFCusO1E_qdyTef07JI05ck3SxoRAxKBYJOJiACQ/s400/080923_AMS_0009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254057641926908130" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Here's the final product. We asked if we could buy one of these knots from them, and they gave us one each. How awesome is that? I don't know what I'm going to do with it, but now I have a big metal knot. Pretty sweet.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMs9tW3KK2yW46kLEam9H6g3st08KlT3oQ5JB70EOIWw21yPeZs14iIPRtlIXLMYWcJEQBWYxRp-P2h2fwpCWZkZsEos3XA4Gc9WJhONgjbN0AfEsgiiXue-kYmz1U7s61ulExhlX7AXO/s1600-h/080923_AMS_0002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: both;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMs9tW3KK2yW46kLEam9H6g3st08KlT3oQ5JB70EOIWw21yPeZs14iIPRtlIXLMYWcJEQBWYxRp-P2h2fwpCWZkZsEos3XA4Gc9WJhONgjbN0AfEsgiiXue-kYmz1U7s61ulExhlX7AXO/s320/080923_AMS_0002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoBv3ty7wGHLMY_IPgNpzgXKa1Vg0MLyoH0KO9Em1AtUPsyL4I1iiI2vX3CB1oMMPlQe2Y5j091nGt1U2da2yXQzujzHSVQj1499U9zdTsbpF60R-A_HkKdEBENcNzKhzw1DG22LtpRunz/s1600-h/080923_AMS_0004.jpg"><br /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><br /></a></div>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10419636878665151773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734343844702743686.post-673296970489789502008-09-29T14:05:00.001-07:002008-09-29T14:46:27.616-07:00Spain! (part 4)Welcome to day four. This is going to be a long post, so I'll apologize in advance. Many of these pictures are intended for the other participants of the First Light class, so I'll forgive you if you don't spend too much time looking at those. That reminds me, if any of you are interested in learning more about travel/journalistic photography, I can't stress enough the excellence of these <a href="http://www.firstlightworkshop.com/">First Light Workshops</a>. If you have any interest, you should definitely check them out.<br /><br />Back to the photography! On this day we took a bus up to the wine country (like the Sonoma valley, but in Spain) and we split into three groups at three different wineries. At this moment I can't remember the name of the one we were at, but as soon as one of my photofriends (tm) emails me to remind me what it was, I'll put it on here... also, I can't remember the name of the lovely woman who showed us around the place, but more about her later.<br /><br />There weren't many people working the day we came, the weather was crappy so they sent everyone home early since picking grapes in the rain is no fun at all. Here is one of the die hard workers that were left, cleaning up the juice vats. Mmmm, vats of juice...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbmtM1p04sS1yb85iXCrnVeU7oXDL0K4gryXdNgWGykiU6LlA5lqGjIHDXM9ryn3CckAM7KriUU5MF-5ox3u-34o6JPu2KOGucr6-t2GyKegEPPA-U_UizeuAyw1c3L8cCxtejNVs83Ka/s1600-h/080922_AMS_0001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbmtM1p04sS1yb85iXCrnVeU7oXDL0K4gryXdNgWGykiU6LlA5lqGjIHDXM9ryn3CckAM7KriUU5MF-5ox3u-34o6JPu2KOGucr6-t2GyKegEPPA-U_UizeuAyw1c3L8cCxtejNVs83Ka/s400/080922_AMS_0001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251555091851554722" border="0" /></a><br />Most of what they make here is Cava, the Spanish equivalent of Champagne. If you're familiar with Frexinet sparkling wine, then you've had Cava. It's from this same region near Barcelona.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjoaHzn5Ohbu86kVNyK33C0wa33DEx0XykhUdbJxOCzhwNvDJpvC_dW9rW-H-uwraqGSp10jLdEj2_V_yiWD88EVvAb6-Tnm4hDFBxUx3n-kBsKHLct8TEMCw8X0Tzvh5yKvyDhcGod4U6/s1600-h/080922_AMS_0002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjoaHzn5Ohbu86kVNyK33C0wa33DEx0XykhUdbJxOCzhwNvDJpvC_dW9rW-H-uwraqGSp10jLdEj2_V_yiWD88EVvAb6-Tnm4hDFBxUx3n-kBsKHLct8TEMCw8X0Tzvh5yKvyDhcGod4U6/s400/080922_AMS_0002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251555094930216594" border="0" /></a><br />Look at that totally Hawt! photo action of <a href="http://www.prorgb.com/">Jay Kinghorn</a> shooting our guide explaining sedimentation in wine bottles. I show this photo to demonstrate his awesome technique, and because my photo of same scene is no good. By the way, Jay is a great workflow teacher and a master Photoshop/Lightroom dude. Check out his web page if you need someone to help you figure out what to do with all your photos... also if you're interested in learning how to better use your computer for photo work...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9I2uaWglKWSnXEzmz2zsbJZSDgsYPRcK_aDSTVtk-JQb9lKo2G9vjIhNnxpaROdCP-8wlQmH591VnBJ6bXfoQ4q_oNYJU0bzEKsmAylLInwXivS3b2K1oZNDM3610T8CAXWq9lgqMDKn/s1600-h/080922_AMS_0003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9I2uaWglKWSnXEzmz2zsbJZSDgsYPRcK_aDSTVtk-JQb9lKo2G9vjIhNnxpaROdCP-8wlQmH591VnBJ6bXfoQ4q_oNYJU0bzEKsmAylLInwXivS3b2K1oZNDM3610T8CAXWq9lgqMDKn/s400/080922_AMS_0003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251555098030898914" border="0" /></a><br />This is a rack of muscato, a sweet dessert wine. We had some after dinner, it's tasty.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVcL8sbneNIoRGpYsb_Du2fhPCtEv2e5zpcfJHEG_1YdFDN5tPrYR4jaxVWx8jkEWN1T4Ns1ttd9jvF55w6-Qk8pavDx9I8k69GwUkPC7kMSr_l2pk5rT-YU78ScHFhkwd9DviEtvLZpiN/s1600-h/080922_AMS_0004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVcL8sbneNIoRGpYsb_Du2fhPCtEv2e5zpcfJHEG_1YdFDN5tPrYR4jaxVWx8jkEWN1T4Ns1ttd9jvF55w6-Qk8pavDx9I8k69GwUkPC7kMSr_l2pk5rT-YU78ScHFhkwd9DviEtvLZpiN/s400/080922_AMS_0004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251554880352757458" border="0" /></a><br />Although it might look like it from this picture, no radiation is used in the production of this wine. We were given a full tour of all their cellars. Lots and lots of wine, but not much light. Gots to be creative with the flash.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxx0l-5FsctI6-zwjdUEIbHrWdYQKWKf1IpUb3JvNRHtay9rH9CH9TApEF0-7fgHg778bcrMKUhic0VCB6eBaPDgKp3l9kv88u6BDtsJhloV0NW0Y7LpjnzE7i7HLGSQ1jUEQMv4Er6c9h/s1600-h/080922_AMS_0005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxx0l-5FsctI6-zwjdUEIbHrWdYQKWKf1IpUb3JvNRHtay9rH9CH9TApEF0-7fgHg778bcrMKUhic0VCB6eBaPDgKp3l9kv88u6BDtsJhloV0NW0Y7LpjnzE7i7HLGSQ1jUEQMv4Er6c9h/s400/080922_AMS_0005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251554879788580402" border="0" /></a><br />Why is this thermometer in Fahrenheit? I know it wasn't 75 Celcius. Maybe it's a humid-o-meter, I'm not sure, but I like this picture.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTBfqeaM1l_H5lEfqha0URS0sONJusf8Co9_KwSyQP0d95y3_rwG9_ICqNSVbU0mlzWZKPEaCwGbqDXXwy0ZinRba3OmTAUijcfLDzHyWUdX1gp77rBiKCQ4oMu9eb83FzE-BTTc61uENx/s1600-h/080922_AMS_0006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTBfqeaM1l_H5lEfqha0URS0sONJusf8Co9_KwSyQP0d95y3_rwG9_ICqNSVbU0mlzWZKPEaCwGbqDXXwy0ZinRba3OmTAUijcfLDzHyWUdX1gp77rBiKCQ4oMu9eb83FzE-BTTc61uENx/s400/080922_AMS_0006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251554882667454834" border="0" /></a><br />This was our guide for the tour, she also happens to be the wine maker. She's a pro! She told us all about how the bottles are filled, about the corks, about cleaning the bottles... all that kind of stuff. She was unbelievably kind to us and spent over an hour walking us around and showing us her craft. Once I find out her name and where she works, I'll make sure she gets these pictures.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBL_DL2-nua_1OsLcKsAuf5KedovqA_DXdmOIEQ4t_RiMNngsD_jI8Wtv_CVR8TtFTbdnnXQgpQfsB9hzWB_u1XOWo6XPIhxh0S23IhZzajrxik6J7FMI3TGqX0A_gHypitbpOFXETDdum/s1600-h/080922_AMS_0007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBL_DL2-nua_1OsLcKsAuf5KedovqA_DXdmOIEQ4t_RiMNngsD_jI8Wtv_CVR8TtFTbdnnXQgpQfsB9hzWB_u1XOWo6XPIhxh0S23IhZzajrxik6J7FMI3TGqX0A_gHypitbpOFXETDdum/s400/080922_AMS_0007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251554888817012882" border="0" /></a><br />Corks!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrUgK12AjZxfZRpCo6zWjY9AQmzPaQ-mgScjZfg5J6QtWkaUyhIRAg8d2Ede5GrcdEF9MxdGl5bOGMYFwPZP3OtOMeVPehk-ThIAapP0-8cXdghNbBrGB8M93YqXdhbVVgIGYgh99CMUv/s1600-h/080922_AMS_0008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrUgK12AjZxfZRpCo6zWjY9AQmzPaQ-mgScjZfg5J6QtWkaUyhIRAg8d2Ede5GrcdEF9MxdGl5bOGMYFwPZP3OtOMeVPehk-ThIAapP0-8cXdghNbBrGB8M93YqXdhbVVgIGYgh99CMUv/s400/080922_AMS_0008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251554891239390386" border="0" /></a><br />Grapes!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfMowWsR4Zd1DUwON2SdH84opA60-cUoSTh54GBIYAKD4RwRGBxntTs69v-5eSgUGZJVYyDa3OkvTDLGTzpOHPxdH8G0jMQ7jM1gW7jml9Hbbiq4BV7sznMcAxjdFCQQurvbEgL-dQWv-Z/s1600-h/080922_AMS_0009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfMowWsR4Zd1DUwON2SdH84opA60-cUoSTh54GBIYAKD4RwRGBxntTs69v-5eSgUGZJVYyDa3OkvTDLGTzpOHPxdH8G0jMQ7jM1gW7jml9Hbbiq4BV7sznMcAxjdFCQQurvbEgL-dQWv-Z/s400/080922_AMS_0009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251554555371150898" border="0" /></a><br />Mi Padre!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVUwpmQGfavz5HpwG54q3tkBxFMSIK3EQ9p-uIGY2nOFdIRWIzLQL3CyPQ_G878eBkczzTMYWzarNV6P0CJoU5J5HvkcYeoCsuyLCw5C8EGqd4e_7CeYRm6loy5YouC1gXykHM6bv4v_I/s1600-h/080922_AMS_0010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVUwpmQGfavz5HpwG54q3tkBxFMSIK3EQ9p-uIGY2nOFdIRWIzLQL3CyPQ_G878eBkczzTMYWzarNV6P0CJoU5J5HvkcYeoCsuyLCw5C8EGqd4e_7CeYRm6loy5YouC1gXykHM6bv4v_I/s400/080922_AMS_0010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251554558878391714" border="0" /></a><br />Now we're moving on to the Mas Ferrer winery where we had a tapas party and drank a lot of Cava. We all piled back into the bus and made our way to this little hole in the proverbial wall.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8K51zleZKrZ6eQPymx914dCqnx6cpwOxecVdfPxxkdGhIPugQbfkmt_k1-wWrTgdHYF3vzXY_i8t0T2dToPAQdOCfvV2PgcXtORymjeOLRfM9kGQ9LN4d45xvPmbs1KAg9CATVU_ozeT/s1600-h/080922_AMS_0028.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8K51zleZKrZ6eQPymx914dCqnx6cpwOxecVdfPxxkdGhIPugQbfkmt_k1-wWrTgdHYF3vzXY_i8t0T2dToPAQdOCfvV2PgcXtORymjeOLRfM9kGQ9LN4d45xvPmbs1KAg9CATVU_ozeT/s400/080922_AMS_0028.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251553645195162738" border="0" /></a><br />Since the wine cellars at the winery from earlier in the day were less than photogenic, it was lucky that we got some time to take pictures in the Mas Ferrer cellars. They were beautiful and old. I hear a rumor circulating around that these were build as bomb shelters, and were converted to hold the wine. Whatever they were for, they're pretty awesome now.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdn5IB4kN4AWFi_llq8J9XzvBTkuAgqrriGKlHssdST2ADVHWDJHget8jvgpb8bxBOwHzFkldLmDYZoW8xMHWzs6upGEf3PNZteFEzY2nqqVkiHiq3d_YuEWNFlZx0UpuNFYH6Btao6Ty/s1600-h/080922_AMS_0011.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdn5IB4kN4AWFi_llq8J9XzvBTkuAgqrriGKlHssdST2ADVHWDJHget8jvgpb8bxBOwHzFkldLmDYZoW8xMHWzs6upGEf3PNZteFEzY2nqqVkiHiq3d_YuEWNFlZx0UpuNFYH6Btao6Ty/s400/080922_AMS_0011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251554562385484626" border="0" /></a><br />Oooh, a wine ghost!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2AXM6Nhbl-yHcUomHoz8X_LdSe3mGV0Sh1zuScxTT2pe8SYfSoC856-a946i6lIcCO1ruLLw73Cnn29w_FH6YjHf6yQL94B4pFJvco-sDFUnXOn4AtjUDX3DLCyb9_zFnKAuk2_CoRdWc/s1600-h/080922_AMS_0012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2AXM6Nhbl-yHcUomHoz8X_LdSe3mGV0Sh1zuScxTT2pe8SYfSoC856-a946i6lIcCO1ruLLw73Cnn29w_FH6YjHf6yQL94B4pFJvco-sDFUnXOn4AtjUDX3DLCyb9_zFnKAuk2_CoRdWc/s400/080922_AMS_0012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251554558802553186" border="0" /></a><br />That's a lotta caps.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7HAfs0CNgVjOt9dvwkytmYGJC9XMwXWmWmPFbD_5sOgjcgeO0tla7APgHIr7MrZnU9i-uPGgkya8wSjl-Za6IbiVArSWCsAzWC3DRnyHfYm-1F0eNxcc3EYxEhy2dQC2PvD380P8WFHI/s1600-h/080922_AMS_0013.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7HAfs0CNgVjOt9dvwkytmYGJC9XMwXWmWmPFbD_5sOgjcgeO0tla7APgHIr7MrZnU9i-uPGgkya8wSjl-Za6IbiVArSWCsAzWC3DRnyHfYm-1F0eNxcc3EYxEhy2dQC2PvD380P8WFHI/s400/080922_AMS_0013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251554561497588114" border="0" /></a><br />This is Albert. He owns this here place and was a great host to us. Cheers to you Albert!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypYiwlOJ3dxnVBO25iUtOBS8-u3U9yQg9BiS5PcwtdUDfroGUyLuYRH3oZh3nJU_MVEQDNJJUbGzWi2qxMUHnLPwbp3cx3T5OcEC94ATEdDD13ZAv9rSmqceHVonCWX-5EX3IPiigKMit/s1600-h/080922_AMS_0014.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypYiwlOJ3dxnVBO25iUtOBS8-u3U9yQg9BiS5PcwtdUDfroGUyLuYRH3oZh3nJU_MVEQDNJJUbGzWi2qxMUHnLPwbp3cx3T5OcEC94ATEdDD13ZAv9rSmqceHVonCWX-5EX3IPiigKMit/s400/080922_AMS_0014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251554253946256546" border="0" /></a><br />The rest of the pictures here are of participants for the most part, so I'm going to leave it here for now, but some other time, when I'm not getting up at 4 am to catch a flight home, I'll add names to these faces.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj707aKpjTtya5nkKK9LHAIR5ZQJfnXQHjZ9OzZyuOoTwJqyGoEIWKtrTt8oU6JM_p4dr6Wn-j46e7HxEdbCDjNOPnw4vDH7NS6k5gYg8XL-C4Fnl55cXP5LNgBQwbZtOYceHaiH23QmiJ2/s1600-h/080922_AMS_0015.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggi8fWfNBPSKZ33O_2JM8kKrk9FDQQLiVXri58N2hGmiEbM1OhDmETqNqHvn-kWF9KHFsaMM3CtsS3c8cBeoK2ySBbTUqz9oJWW-58dabeiwm9GNrzubRwPLkojlOfvOZOatMT6tOhjV5f/s400/080922_AMS_0032.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251553269124774770" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNrB4ax_qmgW1Fsv0SF3PL2VSFFU6vpf-A1v7mZ_diKtNbzyF6ymz9a3W7PrZ600Xw-PHw8GyC_oyFz17eYjl7cUmhDc843E5DIMRcq3Pxgt4_7spwci2bwp_TbuCh5vKCbi4jG5z3PoUL/s1600-h/080922_AMS_0033.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNrB4ax_qmgW1Fsv0SF3PL2VSFFU6vpf-A1v7mZ_diKtNbzyF6ymz9a3W7PrZ600Xw-PHw8GyC_oyFz17eYjl7cUmhDc843E5DIMRcq3Pxgt4_7spwci2bwp_TbuCh5vKCbi4jG5z3PoUL/s400/080922_AMS_0033.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251553266527372050" border="0" /></a>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10419636878665151773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734343844702743686.post-14470406794302687482008-09-27T13:37:00.000-07:002008-09-29T14:05:20.467-07:00Spain! (part 3, a little behind considering we're on part done)Welcome to day three of photo-a-thon Barcelona. On this day we went into the city for more La Merce action. We had two options, either a parade of giant statues of dead royalty or giant towers of people, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castell">castelleres</a>, or as I like to call them "man-stacks." I went with the dead royalty parade because it looked to me like I wouldn't be able to make much of a picture with my limited lens selection (17-35 mm or 85 mm and it seemed at the time that I was going to be across a square from them the whole day). In retrospect and in respect to the awesome images that others who stayed with the "man-stacks" made, this was perhaps a poor, but not fatal, decision. Barcelona, the people and their homage to the man who found our continent:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsrZW_Of5rim9z7pWfPw3aQjNO1hnLx-ne_OYZxGkRQT8Sg4ZvMgQMES39H-11PrhXao-J_kpGS6ho0YUJ2s-iLHFdaZYnXrZFve4bFjeA6j9BTMbuLnncFZwriKKVCJAK8Z_rc7cH4tz/s1600-h/080921_AMS_0002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsrZW_Of5rim9z7pWfPw3aQjNO1hnLx-ne_OYZxGkRQT8Sg4ZvMgQMES39H-11PrhXao-J_kpGS6ho0YUJ2s-iLHFdaZYnXrZFve4bFjeA6j9BTMbuLnncFZwriKKVCJAK8Z_rc7cH4tz/s400/080921_AMS_0002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250808816930389234" border="0" /></a><br />On the way to the parade there were many interesting people to photograph... some of them were rather suspicious of me and the other 8 people thrusting giant lenses in their face... perhaps not a surprising reaction.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrcMtzv3ancnnPTD-VdErTVD19Aai84XYNdXKXLPhxhG6S-Z9bA8xULUqehzoSIB5nak4VFkQWjWyI18J0wsNQ6Mt6N7XZZxyT2mhZ3adpuFps9YaLOc9K05TLMfQJbsy1OxFhUpll__6/s1600-h/080921_AMS_0001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUrcMtzv3ancnnPTD-VdErTVD19Aai84XYNdXKXLPhxhG6S-Z9bA8xULUqehzoSIB5nak4VFkQWjWyI18J0wsNQ6Mt6N7XZZxyT2mhZ3adpuFps9YaLOc9K05TLMfQJbsy1OxFhUpll__6/s400/080921_AMS_0001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250808814951210514" border="0" /></a><br />The beginning of the parade... these are the little guys. I'm not sure what the story is with them, but here they are. Lovely horses, no?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyil5i3KLE1xqzAlhBlB2EsioY-a3fc8rITI91nxRJV0_UhlqxaEEiBFYtAiieC1vYmVWISsDDIzQzIIqEFpAaFBigK_pI7wpp4HLT1WP_JBmcoti4SwHIJYm8228HazxUXdKAQx_gvidb/s1600-h/080921_AMS_0003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyil5i3KLE1xqzAlhBlB2EsioY-a3fc8rITI91nxRJV0_UhlqxaEEiBFYtAiieC1vYmVWISsDDIzQzIIqEFpAaFBigK_pI7wpp4HLT1WP_JBmcoti4SwHIJYm8228HazxUXdKAQx_gvidb/s400/080921_AMS_0003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250808817936725234" border="0" /></a><br />Look at this guy's face. Yes, this in not a mask. I wish I had that face.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_CILgMFKVL03z3pB_3VmzFL_EOA6DtASU49m68HaLN8HmHeIEweylL06H25sY7N5hKoNoKvMIuio-Fe6Y6UK727bcqm9RMKSVGd8C9XI2MXOoldetoaX9lZ6syKBv1yoiT9AExN8AsXX/s1600-h/080921_AMS_0004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_CILgMFKVL03z3pB_3VmzFL_EOA6DtASU49m68HaLN8HmHeIEweylL06H25sY7N5hKoNoKvMIuio-Fe6Y6UK727bcqm9RMKSVGd8C9XI2MXOoldetoaX9lZ6syKBv1yoiT9AExN8AsXX/s400/080921_AMS_0004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250808822594951314" border="0" /></a><br />The beginning of what I think are some guys who are supposed to be representative of a plague or some such thing. I'm not sure, I'm just making things up now, but some of them were banging on wash tubs:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpFBHqouLNdV8mXpGiu3ow2Nyd6XEk6JlXCi9VYS0traMlNLD5PJsD7S5V8EP5aigPHhthqin6MiO9-SaR0AbdRX5s_ZXNZsi93neDDAp4OX8YOWVZYANwGDnFoBwfFVpxDkV1zOgXgAUz/s1600-h/080921_AMS_0005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpFBHqouLNdV8mXpGiu3ow2Nyd6XEk6JlXCi9VYS0traMlNLD5PJsD7S5V8EP5aigPHhthqin6MiO9-SaR0AbdRX5s_ZXNZsi93neDDAp4OX8YOWVZYANwGDnFoBwfFVpxDkV1zOgXgAUz/s400/080921_AMS_0005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250808509008608194" border="0" /></a><br />...some were throwing flower (not pictured, but that dude in the back got me right in the camera with a hand full of flower):<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9SmulCxx-CREuQ8bmuo-6vw4C5GMBn2upI5i0cGmShjPEYnRIgjb8EoiUuZImVKi-3Jj-qG6DPhAcNMW_vIsEk_uiicFeOaA1yigNBf5VYrRNlBm9FzK-5q534AVX6lzqSWGVQRvjMsJ9/s1600-h/080921_AMS_0006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9SmulCxx-CREuQ8bmuo-6vw4C5GMBn2upI5i0cGmShjPEYnRIgjb8EoiUuZImVKi-3Jj-qG6DPhAcNMW_vIsEk_uiicFeOaA1yigNBf5VYrRNlBm9FzK-5q534AVX6lzqSWGVQRvjMsJ9/s400/080921_AMS_0006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250808505748746082" border="0" /></a><br />...and this lovely little girl was smearing people with black oily stuff. If you're wondering where that hand is going, it's going right up to my face to smear me with the stuff.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi64CSUObtai3nxoa5KeSuGShFGRrLHvS5Q25LQtUO_I4b15zpnyUH8ybUteRb89qT6Js0PklL3Ulmy74fE_PcRzElOwniNlYNRkDOdbq8bwP4zJ5QAm2sYry5EcBTRUpGt6qQ__iAy91UZ/s1600-h/080921_AMS_0007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi64CSUObtai3nxoa5KeSuGShFGRrLHvS5Q25LQtUO_I4b15zpnyUH8ybUteRb89qT6Js0PklL3Ulmy74fE_PcRzElOwniNlYNRkDOdbq8bwP4zJ5QAm2sYry5EcBTRUpGt6qQ__iAy91UZ/s400/080921_AMS_0007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250808506672413890" border="0" /></a><br />Oh look, a non-hostile paradeer! How nice. She gave me candy, and I give her the fame and fortune that comes with the internet.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJMdmVxRLgcZIM7bU67IICpCuZJL-9upZLIGqLOwZYPAXmIJo3n9ZizFkei_mcdZcda4WVrT19ZDLzYTKUZdFo8w7rYi_OxUl9ZRpEPLw55dwxJoUdgwogYwAW3AAhIhKNzDq2K7Xnd0S/s1600-h/080921_AMS_0008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJMdmVxRLgcZIM7bU67IICpCuZJL-9upZLIGqLOwZYPAXmIJo3n9ZizFkei_mcdZcda4WVrT19ZDLzYTKUZdFo8w7rYi_OxUl9ZRpEPLw55dwxJoUdgwogYwAW3AAhIhKNzDq2K7Xnd0S/s400/080921_AMS_0008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250808514453913106" border="0" /></a><br />Ah, a giant. One of my few good pictures of them. Those damn white skies and cluttered backgrounds made for rough shooting.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbu9C4RdGdXTwZaMAZkDYXAjUupLsWUKonwm_PAII1HLS46PCdVBNwVkpauR7y3o2JqDQghK_eLHjFUGPKVLDPuo31hS6ynAz1qAEzVqXbNf_xGid2SxrIc-P-m3sLUATE8qq0exvEXPiU/s1600-h/080921_AMS_0009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbu9C4RdGdXTwZaMAZkDYXAjUupLsWUKonwm_PAII1HLS46PCdVBNwVkpauR7y3o2JqDQghK_eLHjFUGPKVLDPuo31hS6ynAz1qAEzVqXbNf_xGid2SxrIc-P-m3sLUATE8qq0exvEXPiU/s400/080921_AMS_0009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250808517333819202" border="0" /></a><br />"Please leave now so people can get to my both and give me money" is what I think her face is saying.... that or "let me go home now."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bGBhPoLKfwYNdaM1kxMDLUyS5TAtpN1nr4C565BZB2Ic8H-13jKrqaRoQvXB9mSPMkPuiYjvUJTG1hqR451SUnVGtT_JI6TeXBGSrHjiEW0sblJ_ISVqNWVh9hndNfG1hBhMdhHYVV52/s1600-h/080921_AMS_0010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8bGBhPoLKfwYNdaM1kxMDLUyS5TAtpN1nr4C565BZB2Ic8H-13jKrqaRoQvXB9mSPMkPuiYjvUJTG1hqR451SUnVGtT_JI6TeXBGSrHjiEW0sblJ_ISVqNWVh9hndNfG1hBhMdhHYVV52/s400/080921_AMS_0010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250808164506188018" border="0" /></a><br />Another little king guy. Check out the eyes in the mouth. Nice ehe?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJNgyFCdKWvn_OHnJEvzTf4OMiE2UIo3kkMOADTijtyVb2TZHN6MVrmQoeu6l0OZiqhbhDKLYsslK2EeH7KA4eJuFNQHErj8IQUiOqBHZ9HR64Nsajvi2CJVgEPHyE_ZK62mNOPNHQJBk/s1600-h/080921_AMS_0011.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJNgyFCdKWvn_OHnJEvzTf4OMiE2UIo3kkMOADTijtyVb2TZHN6MVrmQoeu6l0OZiqhbhDKLYsslK2EeH7KA4eJuFNQHErj8IQUiOqBHZ9HR64Nsajvi2CJVgEPHyE_ZK62mNOPNHQJBk/s400/080921_AMS_0011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250808166302220002" border="0" /></a><br />Hey, it's a guy. This is at lunch. After we had enough of giants and white skies we went to a place off <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Ramblas">La Rambla</a> to eat. This here is Dane, one of the participants of this little photo-party. He's a great photographer, and is all geometrical. He just graduated from college in California and now he's living in Barcelona, trying out his chops as a photographer. I think he'll do just fine. He's serving up a giant non-paella <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paella">paella</a> (it was made with pasta instead of rice, go figure) that he and Burt of "Burt Fox" fame were sharing. That thing is bigger than my head... and my head is huge.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQauSPV7zlaEv_m27gy-kREeuVVui4WSbp2QWl2Uz6AEkpZe_mUKkmgxMvqB-ZlYGC0qBGMJutAiXKonKU0giywjTsMmCGz-P1C7mne8eusREAlAbmdZakq9QzMF-MhvUwMG1LEgANB2Xr/s1600-h/080921_AMS_0012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQauSPV7zlaEv_m27gy-kREeuVVui4WSbp2QWl2Uz6AEkpZe_mUKkmgxMvqB-ZlYGC0qBGMJutAiXKonKU0giywjTsMmCGz-P1C7mne8eusREAlAbmdZakq9QzMF-MhvUwMG1LEgANB2Xr/s400/080921_AMS_0012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250808172361411522" border="0" /></a><br />This is Joanna, another participant-type-person. She's from Portugal and is moving to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_verde">Cape Verde</a> to be a rich and famous photographer. Hopefully she'll remember the little people.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUgnlkrPYg81jBKO70YO7fDWQX33Lc9Cz22HdVnHVikuM1vHjt9FTYD0UcPCu_LyqcaomTyabiB5HHSr83Ro9DuHbzdE1hM_uwKRKi7YyhlQD_YT2RvRMfeff1Ncahx4vF3mg0hbPeXEhX/s1600-h/080921_AMS_0013.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUgnlkrPYg81jBKO70YO7fDWQX33Lc9Cz22HdVnHVikuM1vHjt9FTYD0UcPCu_LyqcaomTyabiB5HHSr83Ro9DuHbzdE1hM_uwKRKi7YyhlQD_YT2RvRMfeff1Ncahx4vF3mg0hbPeXEhX/s400/080921_AMS_0013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250808173987770002" border="0" /></a><br />Look! A tourist in Barcelona! It's a good thing I'm so quick on the shutter, it's not often you see one of these. They're also quite skittish, you have to be careful to sneak up on them so as not to scare them off.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbu7ByqZ_EXl4pCvWdg-m-wCZXGEWDAjbA8xA19kYFBIRCS9z8QnhtVhovrdWYLRnxKHivocftUppQqIaBggSrVMuAqWlutX4qK1cZDj61-JdfVbZa5roUNkFkXMgd4UQvBv9wdqH9Y1NM/s1600-h/080921_AMS_0014.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbu7ByqZ_EXl4pCvWdg-m-wCZXGEWDAjbA8xA19kYFBIRCS9z8QnhtVhovrdWYLRnxKHivocftUppQqIaBggSrVMuAqWlutX4qK1cZDj61-JdfVbZa5roUNkFkXMgd4UQvBv9wdqH9Y1NM/s400/080921_AMS_0014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250808172413651090" border="0" /></a><br />No squirrels were harmed in the making of this post.Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10419636878665151773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734343844702743686.post-11885035839432936912008-09-21T22:34:00.001-07:002008-09-24T03:26:45.682-07:00Spain! (part 2)Hello again from Barcelona. On Saturday night we went to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Merc%C3%A8"><span style="font-family: times new roman;font-size:100%;" >La Mercè</span></a> festival in Barcelona. We were there for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correfoc">Correfoc</a>, the fire run that takes place during the festival every year. The evening started off with the kids Correfoc, the slightly less aggressive kiddie version of the adult, stab you in the face with my flaming firworks poker, Correfoc. Here is a shot of the crowd looking down the street from where the parade ended.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmnEsFDjl4Be0nfaT7-8MIOveWDS-EwLcIlLsv8V9kV5tHq8gmHrsxlTLON2z7mDSalyFimY6b2WfEUDETMjf3bSxPNjN4GZXcA-GPTDTLmjNm8YZkkgTSw_xzO6JqyTQ3z35JsVokBnh/s1600-h/080920_AMS_0004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmnEsFDjl4Be0nfaT7-8MIOveWDS-EwLcIlLsv8V9kV5tHq8gmHrsxlTLON2z7mDSalyFimY6b2WfEUDETMjf3bSxPNjN4GZXcA-GPTDTLmjNm8YZkkgTSw_xzO6JqyTQ3z35JsVokBnh/s400/080920_AMS_0004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248715408802210098" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The kids (and adults) have to be fully protected because they're basically strapping bottle rockets onto poles and just letting them spin. The result is flaming hot bits of evil that rain down on all below bringing burnination and property damage. I was bundled up with a hoodie and a clear filter on my lens, even still having these flaming baddie bounce off my hands and face was an unpleasant experience. Luckily (for you) I'm hard core and got this totally awesome picture of one of the fire wielding kiddies.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJzu6wLW5qm5l3Xquw_IvMZyl134K06OCBnbIJDPp9Wia8FtJ4q3WF6ntApMzI_RjteGYV_i6-c5VvTUaCy6XGgKi5xxhoRD_4ksbbiB91HOAQPEeyyKgIXfU0rDmA4fRGBl43BxIy3pUO/s1600-h/080920_AMS_0006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJzu6wLW5qm5l3Xquw_IvMZyl134K06OCBnbIJDPp9Wia8FtJ4q3WF6ntApMzI_RjteGYV_i6-c5VvTUaCy6XGgKi5xxhoRD_4ksbbiB91HOAQPEeyyKgIXfU0rDmA4fRGBl43BxIy3pUO/s400/080920_AMS_0006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248715677800830290" border="0" /></a><br />More evidence of the protection required to keep the childern from emolating. Somehow I don't think this kind of thing would go over well in the States. Give children fire sticks and let them run free, poking each other with flaming death? Yes!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBuffDLNBKuBXDb_ZJO9ClnnzezQR0VECuVloTmbQpHrW4askaEZHphHsPoWPfSP5v0fewJJpNI3iUOFs2OCQ7fGTTyX_yRb3zho4aRCbeHfL8iM5IyCp-_9xbDhjBItr_xIserM_JdcA6/s1600-h/080920_AMS_0001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBuffDLNBKuBXDb_ZJO9ClnnzezQR0VECuVloTmbQpHrW4askaEZHphHsPoWPfSP5v0fewJJpNI3iUOFs2OCQ7fGTTyX_yRb3zho4aRCbeHfL8iM5IyCp-_9xbDhjBItr_xIserM_JdcA6/s400/080920_AMS_0001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248715396346076850" border="0" /></a><br />Look! Dragons! Dragons are awesome, espcially when they've consumed so many children. Those poor, poor children. The Spanish are so trusting to give their children such high powered, pain inducing, dragonmobiles.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCNJ9EVXxtM9w-XZ1zsjGM19WGrK297GwkYDScf9OgRP6L7Hq0_KxiHYPMzErpZ80DEKcXmOTzzkW8nfCakpEIqorYaJYWH320Jx6GQBEKztrg5r5xwl670Tq21FYLkqjDgwdI-B92IpB/s1600-h/080920_AMS_0005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCNJ9EVXxtM9w-XZ1zsjGM19WGrK297GwkYDScf9OgRP6L7Hq0_KxiHYPMzErpZ80DEKcXmOTzzkW8nfCakpEIqorYaJYWH320Jx6GQBEKztrg5r5xwl670Tq21FYLkqjDgwdI-B92IpB/s400/080920_AMS_0005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248715412720292354" border="0" /></a><br />Also, devils.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5A9iWnMuzvS_ndUPORh08HkilWVSlYt7eKb-lpKQTYgiLBb4O0GCDqiC2cEyGLobGkCHwZpQeuKkRul4176s3kmILlWR0icuavRVKSXvRRwREzVQleUK6BvcM8YIAWrrBccHr9lUMwT0/s1600-h/080920_AMS_0003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5A9iWnMuzvS_ndUPORh08HkilWVSlYt7eKb-lpKQTYgiLBb4O0GCDqiC2cEyGLobGkCHwZpQeuKkRul4176s3kmILlWR0icuavRVKSXvRRwREzVQleUK6BvcM8YIAWrrBccHr9lUMwT0/s400/080920_AMS_0003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248715401417098306" border="0" /></a><br />Some kiddies merely stood by and watched, but I must say, their parents were never far away. The kids would run out into the street, then a fireball would appear and the parents would run out and huddle over them. It actually looked a bit like a war zone, what with the fire and the screaming children. Great fun!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXIonarZtoVco7lxjUUQJjnRLw942bGLTcubnsxLe3cQAuEKk_Wj1l7x0ypx3iaa8mNWMun1boxswcCOC9daXJMwg7u1NTlsEBu0TygUQpybtzfaMcxWdQGI25LWaO2e8q8V9ymHtJzKV/s1600-h/080920_AMS_0008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXIonarZtoVco7lxjUUQJjnRLw942bGLTcubnsxLe3cQAuEKk_Wj1l7x0ypx3iaa8mNWMun1boxswcCOC9daXJMwg7u1NTlsEBu0TygUQpybtzfaMcxWdQGI25LWaO2e8q8V9ymHtJzKV/s400/080920_AMS_0008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248715679398383378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwirTx9BETW8lIYs-nBVUn6LuMZewzLezfuxWsGCO5y6J_pshXSMMXVzd0XoWtwwPsdrG60E6UOMuzvdUKx48vrYF6RzMvxY2xHprD78xrrLMO5LRjnk9cqcon3dhZhxpIvb78e2uojqf2/s1600-h/080920_AMS_0001-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwirTx9BETW8lIYs-nBVUn6LuMZewzLezfuxWsGCO5y6J_pshXSMMXVzd0XoWtwwPsdrG60E6UOMuzvdUKx48vrYF6RzMvxY2xHprD78xrrLMO5LRjnk9cqcon3dhZhxpIvb78e2uojqf2/s400/080920_AMS_0001-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248721780298406402" border="0" /></a><br /><br />When the kids parade was over we took off to grab some dinner at a totally awesome Spanish Pizza Hut. Mediocre the world over!<br /><br />The adult Correfoc was a completely different affair. Much bigger fireworks, much louder bangs and big dragons with lots of fire.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jyecDbYU5UrHnzV7tDGr-9lO-9wtFOFZ7biQTLIlnGb86nlTU-pJdsQdJb7jFZXTlrl4KO8ZJ4a6Lmmh81HBSfPHv-RLgt8UfP-AvheBHDsLrjAxcdrqAIZrBM2xuDYHi2KRSJLG_eki/s1600-h/080920_AMS_0015.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jyecDbYU5UrHnzV7tDGr-9lO-9wtFOFZ7biQTLIlnGb86nlTU-pJdsQdJb7jFZXTlrl4KO8ZJ4a6Lmmh81HBSfPHv-RLgt8UfP-AvheBHDsLrjAxcdrqAIZrBM2xuDYHi2KRSJLG_eki/s400/080920_AMS_0015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248724078927671938" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS2w8Rv5hZK_wC6tJ2HPyURCO6b9i7o6GF3prOXwjNDBpc0Kupi4Y7LPhWcKBcYe53ujyrpauL4oA3q-Biz46jsoJdwbLSF_AB8Lv47yJvHR4Z-j05dYfI2mymaLPl007Nj6TrO03IiJyE/s1600-h/080920_AMS_0016.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS2w8Rv5hZK_wC6tJ2HPyURCO6b9i7o6GF3prOXwjNDBpc0Kupi4Y7LPhWcKBcYe53ujyrpauL4oA3q-Biz46jsoJdwbLSF_AB8Lv47yJvHR4Z-j05dYfI2mymaLPl007Nj6TrO03IiJyE/s400/080920_AMS_0016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248724083929388594" border="0" /></a><br />Also, these guys were way more aggressive, pointing their fire-guns at the crowd, shooting our feet and just being generally more pushy. Here's a totally emo, purple devil-guy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp-V06z40tPtaUXyvTW3E7KzKSBqk7ugojnofrKfN9J_dImXzOqptUYIlO1wGjO-ifiQTlPiiGyTb5CmXFdIRV07IzeeQoqnBNLW8ef2jYRMsm5nXxZEyX8Jq2F0g5zwEr5NF8PzcrAojm/s1600-h/080920_AMS_0011.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp-V06z40tPtaUXyvTW3E7KzKSBqk7ugojnofrKfN9J_dImXzOqptUYIlO1wGjO-ifiQTlPiiGyTb5CmXFdIRV07IzeeQoqnBNLW8ef2jYRMsm5nXxZEyX8Jq2F0g5zwEr5NF8PzcrAojm/s400/080920_AMS_0011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248716052793522562" border="0" /></a><br />And dancing, either to avoid catching feet on fire, or for general jubilation. Perhaps some of both.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hh-4WTvpVV6aqfvJz0shOli541w1XOPP-t5TFY8J7Cd4X3BbGsWolx5Huau5dxBpSyFCeNPvUCSc5W33wP72eZR9Iscrsialdf2ACxiWfy7p93qx40s8ZpXopvf0EqLQ-vRaLabtlMT9/s1600-h/080920_AMS_0014.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hh-4WTvpVV6aqfvJz0shOli541w1XOPP-t5TFY8J7Cd4X3BbGsWolx5Huau5dxBpSyFCeNPvUCSc5W33wP72eZR9Iscrsialdf2ACxiWfy7p93qx40s8ZpXopvf0EqLQ-vRaLabtlMT9/s400/080920_AMS_0014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248716058451589730" border="0" /></a><br />Cult much?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_3go_G7rSYTBUBCY0bi2EeBBpcBL01uGlMQHrLaeyLtHM3H0dkTnxRm_EmY7zlC5UQqJVENHr0uAPyo1Ytb4dI9zMDwCgufTaYSpxgfnTh-v6xB7FoyrKMLnUaXAbXY-SJg0sRrYBVSh/s1600-h/080920_AMS_0012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_3go_G7rSYTBUBCY0bi2EeBBpcBL01uGlMQHrLaeyLtHM3H0dkTnxRm_EmY7zlC5UQqJVENHr0uAPyo1Ytb4dI9zMDwCgufTaYSpxgfnTh-v6xB7FoyrKMLnUaXAbXY-SJg0sRrYBVSh/s400/080920_AMS_0012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248716056366722434" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNskiwy8tpp8W0T5efvopKsluK807j9IuvgPnJXFJVSjo3OFcD6-7OMPJAhNMkurB1NemQu0HTBFtXfN7BFKQWpu_4fv_URMFzVAQ9omAj59mPCQZ7Qp2hHp9DADKKSaRy0pSUS5frm98/s1600-h/080920_AMS_0010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNskiwy8tpp8W0T5efvopKsluK807j9IuvgPnJXFJVSjo3OFcD6-7OMPJAhNMkurB1NemQu0HTBFtXfN7BFKQWpu_4fv_URMFzVAQ9omAj59mPCQZ7Qp2hHp9DADKKSaRy0pSUS5frm98/s400/080920_AMS_0010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248715681757273554" border="0" /></a><br />They had people following along, bringing fresh fireworks and the fire for to light them.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2MGjq8qSQ_QT-d6P8LKTnrU-T0Ghbby-RtY-ZTIyxctjTKKo1lZ3G93lOXh7-A0H3qMWL4uX0oix_VMSb5iUFDX_doCxUgWthWDbsuRcbBJlvyjZ2M7iCn0nPJUET9dExeuIUsWoCz8-0/s1600-h/080920_AMS_0013.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2MGjq8qSQ_QT-d6P8LKTnrU-T0Ghbby-RtY-ZTIyxctjTKKo1lZ3G93lOXh7-A0H3qMWL4uX0oix_VMSb5iUFDX_doCxUgWthWDbsuRcbBJlvyjZ2M7iCn0nPJUET9dExeuIUsWoCz8-0/s400/080920_AMS_0013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248716053789149986" border="0" /></a><br />This is another fire lighter fully outfitted for things. He's totally Van Halen from the future. If you get my back to the future reference you get a cookie for today.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVF28G5ywyblS7BWD_ZgR67vHQncoUjh9CxbvrL6vE9xlSAFTlQPaRFX8WPaidIkXl138jXXxjCjrNyat5EMTh87_ZuWjNGdIkjzu9Wrwpe1QAZMByZGgOVXnz2JSNHdxVak_Vf1ri30E/s1600-h/080920_AMS_0007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVF28G5ywyblS7BWD_ZgR67vHQncoUjh9CxbvrL6vE9xlSAFTlQPaRFX8WPaidIkXl138jXXxjCjrNyat5EMTh87_ZuWjNGdIkjzu9Wrwpe1QAZMByZGgOVXnz2JSNHdxVak_Vf1ri30E/s400/080920_AMS_0007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248715676608732082" border="0" /></a><br />This is Jay. Jay Dickman. He's the guy who is running this here photo thingie we're doing. Look how photoriffic he is.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ELz0d8pa7HjNmICsOTqu1sCBTfNI_hb1cQDQf5bz7eDz-v41I9S1Sd7zb-cMQVUnQsnlhIMwA1jlPpmmwFel3SNZJrn7B7j_Zmu11TrybOf-XQZtlEhN7bhwxjkRLHCOTYXWUFFDSG0Z/s1600-h/080920_AMS_0009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ELz0d8pa7HjNmICsOTqu1sCBTfNI_hb1cQDQf5bz7eDz-v41I9S1Sd7zb-cMQVUnQsnlhIMwA1jlPpmmwFel3SNZJrn7B7j_Zmu11TrybOf-XQZtlEhN7bhwxjkRLHCOTYXWUFFDSG0Z/s400/080920_AMS_0009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248715683548398610" border="0" /></a>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10419636878665151773noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734343844702743686.post-67784084267414254372008-09-18T06:10:00.000-07:002008-09-18T09:15:41.942-07:00Spain! (part 1)Hello, from Spain! My Dad and I are in Sant Cugat (near Barcelona) this week and next for a photo trip. Here's the view out of our window here at the <a href="http://www.hotel-sancugat.com/">hotel</a>, which is apparently the only one in town. As the only hotel in town, it's awesome! Actually it is quite nice if a bit expensive (stupid cheap dollar).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQD60MYkWK3YGVlyCWlw2atr7_Isdg-L87coc_unxnMXgZgx_M_fi1zCtUr6KUSESRRhvNqjmyGnlY6rsXIo0sWFvNjMgrLt6AoNCDr9OTa2HSFN_QTETNZb4DTvvNBTeadUzjmrhsjWZo/s1600-h/AMS_6364_pano-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQD60MYkWK3YGVlyCWlw2atr7_Isdg-L87coc_unxnMXgZgx_M_fi1zCtUr6KUSESRRhvNqjmyGnlY6rsXIo0sWFvNjMgrLt6AoNCDr9OTa2HSFN_QTETNZb4DTvvNBTeadUzjmrhsjWZo/s400/AMS_6364_pano-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247366377625578690" border="0" /></a><br />Over the next week I'll be posting some highlights of my pictures, hopefully they'll be awesome. Here are a few to get started from our first day here in Sant Cugat.<br /><br />A lovely photo of my dad in our room today. Doesn't he look great in the Spanish light?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqMehbaetGI_EqXss4YPwm9mnIxoeFPN2EL3EhzyoJiZgvXZPtGjEis7yIJ8XNTW_IgEP5D51HpfExKsOoQMydEOqV2w8MmZZg4817Y162G6Q5DQug0W_ucPMQd6-yBJ4XGNxLRA_5hx-2/s1600-h/AMS_6326.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqMehbaetGI_EqXss4YPwm9mnIxoeFPN2EL3EhzyoJiZgvXZPtGjEis7yIJ8XNTW_IgEP5D51HpfExKsOoQMydEOqV2w8MmZZg4817Y162G6Q5DQug0W_ucPMQd6-yBJ4XGNxLRA_5hx-2/s400/AMS_6326.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247368530856359762" border="0" /></a><br />Oooh! Those crazy European street signs!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0Ls7kM-_lKFqdZQQXEsoZeETc4OkjED1-DqErL8Zxko2bGebA7rAIqAiHAHar4mSa9Lks_qN5KrnEXqZOvjPRCyW-gY-WC18Lj7-D00PC4WAu7h2VOik44Mn3ENrhqDN78zk17uaY01-/s1600-h/AMS_6330.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0Ls7kM-_lKFqdZQQXEsoZeETc4OkjED1-DqErL8Zxko2bGebA7rAIqAiHAHar4mSa9Lks_qN5KrnEXqZOvjPRCyW-gY-WC18Lj7-D00PC4WAu7h2VOik44Mn3ENrhqDN78zk17uaY01-/s400/AMS_6330.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247368526772025122" border="0" /></a><br />This was a very cool fence that my Dad and I found made from the slats of wine barrels. He loves those fences... also, doors.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCKguRZEjCiqMu8VCp24fnUu3oklWtZ562snyxnQ6qD4jRVDP89PQ7IxP12Q7ipQjkG-CTmrburL3VcjetO_6AhSRSz_Ssa4mV26lI18oq9mnqvOHW-VU-W2VOXZS4VqgfL6QqXw20N0Pq/s1600-h/AMS_6336.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCKguRZEjCiqMu8VCp24fnUu3oklWtZ562snyxnQ6qD4jRVDP89PQ7IxP12Q7ipQjkG-CTmrburL3VcjetO_6AhSRSz_Ssa4mV26lI18oq9mnqvOHW-VU-W2VOXZS4VqgfL6QqXw20N0Pq/s400/AMS_6336.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247368314588573122" border="0" /></a><br />How very European... graffiti AND smoking.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQS0ZkwlF8R57v95hyAU3KrW2y1ociAFDrUpWeVF6oCXrx3aUQn9X_m5et61Y-YZoxe_WvQxqm0ZoRKAWzW564EUKeeUwe4Evqph2LoO8sJDNhf7QfIsoMAT0uzLX_SQMyQFTD5eQQe57/s1600-h/AMS_6339-Edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQS0ZkwlF8R57v95hyAU3KrW2y1ociAFDrUpWeVF6oCXrx3aUQn9X_m5et61Y-YZoxe_WvQxqm0ZoRKAWzW564EUKeeUwe4Evqph2LoO8sJDNhf7QfIsoMAT0uzLX_SQMyQFTD5eQQe57/s400/AMS_6339-Edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247368311493906066" border="0" /></a><br />I don't really know what to say about this, but I liked this sign... I guess it was the "professora" part, it caught my eye... not that I'm looking for a job, I don't think I'd even be elidgible for a professora job... not without some serious work.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikz_E8p_lRDsTiFjt0dnp034ZbdUdEoEQpk2WlG9ZI__ASWd9wqckp9Sj8yiv236pZoV9gY3dzmLClrYc7f0h_UfTXenKT_GB4aPYkXc9GK4dFUaiqHnDapLVh9tgr-mgvsF-tYVjh_rHK/s1600-h/AMS_6338.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikz_E8p_lRDsTiFjt0dnp034ZbdUdEoEQpk2WlG9ZI__ASWd9wqckp9Sj8yiv236pZoV9gY3dzmLClrYc7f0h_UfTXenKT_GB4aPYkXc9GK4dFUaiqHnDapLVh9tgr-mgvsF-tYVjh_rHK/s400/AMS_6338.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247368312913018642" border="0" /></a><br />El Perro! The no-eyed dog! (Actually he does have eyes, I just call him that because he and I have an inside joke. No, I can't tell you the joke, because then it won't be inside any more, will it?)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPEu5nxQXgPTxy6yMFl_6TB-LqwpLPmkf2G8c5KuJeoGKKd024fVPyT3mQL9MnXWFOHZRqVWDFaW1VNatKIJ8KrsWaACitEHlgFMc3bbGFQVc5Qz7uNtgz-Hke8Ak1fyWbGl4azKaU5eF/s1600-h/AMS_6333.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPEu5nxQXgPTxy6yMFl_6TB-LqwpLPmkf2G8c5KuJeoGKKd024fVPyT3mQL9MnXWFOHZRqVWDFaW1VNatKIJ8KrsWaACitEHlgFMc3bbGFQVc5Qz7uNtgz-Hke8Ak1fyWbGl4azKaU5eF/s400/AMS_6333.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247368314204133842" border="0" /></a><br />Owner of El Perro! the no eyed dog. He's resting on some waste bins, they have tons of them here, all different kinds. There are public recycling bins for everything - green waste, light bulbs (incandescent and fluorescent), batteries... right on the street, it's awesome.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLnIjyog8wVTFHBMRXWesqR7A8w3ygaJDjRbs5xSdVT_N1BUJD61oyFHwmdH1W7tJgabQIzUZ4bZGhCeI7gBnSotK-5DHjD8o7fT6zHBLw0eWaYhSfcYv2Wr7u3URz3nJIhBAfFmecZmZ/s1600-h/AMS_6332.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXLnIjyog8wVTFHBMRXWesqR7A8w3ygaJDjRbs5xSdVT_N1BUJD61oyFHwmdH1W7tJgabQIzUZ4bZGhCeI7gBnSotK-5DHjD8o7fT6zHBLw0eWaYhSfcYv2Wr7u3URz3nJIhBAfFmecZmZ/s400/AMS_6332.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247368320452988962" border="0" /></a><br />I really liked this old tyme wall so I stood around waiting for someone to walk by. Luckily this here native did just that.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46QFlg-FC9DMlWpza5RvoPRO3eWvlf24HWYJ8Tz-gFmTRa0wTxKlqfIZZBgLBxZIQ0cSc90PoHUa0_q9HU1I0LYK1cX7po-8Gx2W5V0zHYQXPJl6auzW3dRQ54n5Ij15EsnbB5KGS4aaF/s1600-h/AMS_6340.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46QFlg-FC9DMlWpza5RvoPRO3eWvlf24HWYJ8Tz-gFmTRa0wTxKlqfIZZBgLBxZIQ0cSc90PoHUa0_q9HU1I0LYK1cX7po-8Gx2W5V0zHYQXPJl6auzW3dRQ54n5Ij15EsnbB5KGS4aaF/s400/AMS_6340.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247367932778594546" border="0" /></a><br />We found this awesome market thingie... look! Olives! This was a whole stand of just olives. Olives chock full of garlic. Good for ye!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEYdpebvosJiUzO9b3-t7JqA0Y9I7letkuWoitMR3oEZCiAPXkigTETKYbHSH6KDsgwC4fA-6S3okiNaA_Waiuc3TIKZEdZFZxf0aOtRzmuWfdgXvVuAsPtyqQDTuOmhMXovJjqsZMiel/s1600-h/AMS_6348.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEYdpebvosJiUzO9b3-t7JqA0Y9I7letkuWoitMR3oEZCiAPXkigTETKYbHSH6KDsgwC4fA-6S3okiNaA_Waiuc3TIKZEdZFZxf0aOtRzmuWfdgXvVuAsPtyqQDTuOmhMXovJjqsZMiel/s400/AMS_6348.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247367927308506850" border="0" /></a><br />Oliveoligist packing away said fruits for purchase.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihn9K63gChPOzO2CE1cmgG9ZI_Oi92VLnc3sYvRpURqAyfOfeKo-1w_jWZ-06qx1dn5C5hkpM0fN3hbqvp7XuJ-N5YH2Otw7D_Jz51LNwGEv4L20orOOfszzB2IjRSbR-yZLbwq8LlbG1t/s1600-h/AMS_6355.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihn9K63gChPOzO2CE1cmgG9ZI_Oi92VLnc3sYvRpURqAyfOfeKo-1w_jWZ-06qx1dn5C5hkpM0fN3hbqvp7XuJ-N5YH2Otw7D_Jz51LNwGEv4L20orOOfszzB2IjRSbR-yZLbwq8LlbG1t/s400/AMS_6355.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247367925891696834" border="0" /></a><br />Here's another Spaniard selecting a few flowers from a vendor at the market.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyj0ytUrUZyOjIvRVwTOv7JGxCjkqY9n_z2KYzw837tDshfa7N8ahaoHaHaoQi-wXI6PZu-oLvnW5bPc9dvIbizshecO84AkLcDiW2YYLcT9Fy53L3grrcOVCp894TDY5AoJNlIUb5r9Ro/s1600-h/AMS_6343.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyj0ytUrUZyOjIvRVwTOv7JGxCjkqY9n_z2KYzw837tDshfa7N8ahaoHaHaoQi-wXI6PZu-oLvnW5bPc9dvIbizshecO84AkLcDiW2YYLcT9Fy53L3grrcOVCp894TDY5AoJNlIUb5r9Ro/s400/AMS_6343.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247367930872934018" border="0" /></a><br />Another vendor, yucking it up with the clientele.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipaukePolQ52ezdAKfTZAsDEWyz52xlG9A4SRq_PVdq4WHPzE40nE_cPYyZXzz2-zdPj4AYYNzSUoJf8ZN-ivt2l1Qjbq3D_AaDiERlb78MTbfYWNw-HHdT-48Png7IDXvezis19rlHdbZ/s1600-h/AMS_6357.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipaukePolQ52ezdAKfTZAsDEWyz52xlG9A4SRq_PVdq4WHPzE40nE_cPYyZXzz2-zdPj4AYYNzSUoJf8ZN-ivt2l1Qjbq3D_AaDiERlb78MTbfYWNw-HHdT-48Png7IDXvezis19rlHdbZ/s400/AMS_6357.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247367461649316690" border="0" /></a><br />Apparently not very busy selling things.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWfFS9AcgeR1cFwRej4g02f7Y-vv6MmNtF8PG5AYlmcH_5moUSxZTKWCqWRex0f6VaQ_z1I_SzTybpvQWU5jA1xXYPsioeJBkx1kFyD-gjiM9d-RLXX2wQvwytNmPfxzQFCvfEdkXYUKG/s1600-h/AMS_6358.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWfFS9AcgeR1cFwRej4g02f7Y-vv6MmNtF8PG5AYlmcH_5moUSxZTKWCqWRex0f6VaQ_z1I_SzTybpvQWU5jA1xXYPsioeJBkx1kFyD-gjiM9d-RLXX2wQvwytNmPfxzQFCvfEdkXYUKG/s400/AMS_6358.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247367120615193314" border="0" /></a><br />We stopped off at a pharmacia to look for some sinus wash (don't ask) and met this very friendly pharmacist who was rather embarrassed when I asked to take her picture. Luckily, she said yes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WA60c93eV0Rh0V3929LaSBJDoFEVZJcOpI3GkcckjKy_mhXoB3r8Y1_Aebw_p-0ohFnKsuPG8N8LZ9L4T-2BI8O6EYu5tiHzL9lXPEKJtNumMxMPP0FO4kGhrj6tuXkmWeTaJ0wHkTAP/s1600-h/AMS_6341.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WA60c93eV0Rh0V3929LaSBJDoFEVZJcOpI3GkcckjKy_mhXoB3r8Y1_Aebw_p-0ohFnKsuPG8N8LZ9L4T-2BI8O6EYu5tiHzL9lXPEKJtNumMxMPP0FO4kGhrj6tuXkmWeTaJ0wHkTAP/s400/AMS_6341.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247367935445311842" border="0" /></a><br />Hey Kids! Don't you want ice cream!?! I'M THE ICE CREAM MAN! COME EAT MY HEAD! Not scary at all.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjysGC3BsRQ-lo63hNIaA1QXyMbkb-KIipnuTzPCWUC5Qxs1CF1iORMgyafMVI-Pgj-OAy2qd8qTYymeMzBZuaUNbpKfPdQGFhJxXWO5W7YVyDmfAhHl1VsoxdaNVcY54BZBrjeivYDjhTY/s1600-h/AMS_6359.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjysGC3BsRQ-lo63hNIaA1QXyMbkb-KIipnuTzPCWUC5Qxs1CF1iORMgyafMVI-Pgj-OAy2qd8qTYymeMzBZuaUNbpKfPdQGFhJxXWO5W7YVyDmfAhHl1VsoxdaNVcY54BZBrjeivYDjhTY/s400/AMS_6359.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247366974932098322" border="0" /></a><br />And finally... another dog.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlhRCI5TLRDRgbXjbf8lFgYduxL7LJuMXKlC_mWegIswhszcajs235WJD8_3DXCdtd_guqvJM1h3_gAzwmf023DzyDFM2ukb8NhkvyTMsoZ2rroSU4T-P6unUiEJRTbJwdGCiBpk_-tOS/s1600-h/AMS_6360.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlhRCI5TLRDRgbXjbf8lFgYduxL7LJuMXKlC_mWegIswhszcajs235WJD8_3DXCdtd_guqvJM1h3_gAzwmf023DzyDFM2ukb8NhkvyTMsoZ2rroSU4T-P6unUiEJRTbJwdGCiBpk_-tOS/s400/AMS_6360.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247366863261780050" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10419636878665151773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734343844702743686.post-54591966515134443692008-09-07T00:25:00.001-07:002008-09-08T22:03:12.301-07:00Not very bloggyWell... it isn't very bloggy of me to post twice then ditch it for the rest of the summer. Anyhoo, I should post more pictures of the two weddings we've shot now, but because I don't have anything ready, I'm going to post something completely unrelated to anything.<br /><br />This is my Dad's dog, Gus. Check him out:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJjmxU47mlAynDTkxUE8zSemGzzfo3xwVpB0yZlptaXAjrZ0tyeHHLq4Gf-nEryfHFPzTiK6twYuh69eDpaP9txqSU3J06VMcvy7rm6TEGGSEL363Z53Q8badbORTwPIMylPdfaK5v5pv/s1600-h/AMS_6301.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJjmxU47mlAynDTkxUE8zSemGzzfo3xwVpB0yZlptaXAjrZ0tyeHHLq4Gf-nEryfHFPzTiK6twYuh69eDpaP9txqSU3J06VMcvy7rm6TEGGSEL363Z53Q8badbORTwPIMylPdfaK5v5pv/s400/AMS_6301.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243881501992504738" border="0" /></a><br />See? I told you it would be unrelated to wedding things. This Gus and his Hedgehog. Exciting no?<br /><br />This one is a bit better. This is my Dad, Steve:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV3kYSIEtQEd4ixCF_xP4bt9TQKGst0i7jyoqsEx6J_3XOJlYNt3CGiM6xWmRzoIzdM9oAm-E5i161CldMqvKJAF_QMOqx_XoO1lUoKYS5L5uhRiChguqO4gEluqMrCA8rWl0rDntC-ss9/s1600-h/AMS_6304.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV3kYSIEtQEd4ixCF_xP4bt9TQKGst0i7jyoqsEx6J_3XOJlYNt3CGiM6xWmRzoIzdM9oAm-E5i161CldMqvKJAF_QMOqx_XoO1lUoKYS5L5uhRiChguqO4gEluqMrCA8rWl0rDntC-ss9/s400/AMS_6304.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243881696174123810" border="0" /></a><br /><br />He and I are going to Spain in a couple weeks for a photo trip. I took this picture a few days ago. He looks pensive and thoughtful, but I think I was just boring him with all my inane talk of camera and lens. Makes for a good picture though.<br /><br />One last thing before I go to bed. Aphids:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimQ99UBvYAiC3548Kwk7V_j7D7TLdg57kdIWd2fF6gc7wGfjz5-6zeHM-8CyHHqyYbGnwokEKZT3uooqZLA0l5zjTIHG14FWXQ5EEOXfMseuo8lhWeS48dGh8vzR1mCsgbIKbMVtF5kWwM/s1600-h/AMS_6313.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimQ99UBvYAiC3548Kwk7V_j7D7TLdg57kdIWd2fF6gc7wGfjz5-6zeHM-8CyHHqyYbGnwokEKZT3uooqZLA0l5zjTIHG14FWXQ5EEOXfMseuo8lhWeS48dGh8vzR1mCsgbIKbMVtF5kWwM/s400/AMS_6313.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243881888714325426" border="0" /></a><br />I freaking hate aphids! They are so lame that I just want to do mean things like water-board them or put them in stress positions. Here are a few of the little jerks slurping up all the sugary goodness from my poor lupin's tender little cells. I hope you enjoy this awesome sunset picture of their buggy-ness, especially in the knowledge that this was the last picture taken of them before their demise. I'm trying no to poison them with cancer-riffic pesticides, but it's hard. I'm trying neem oil, but I'm skeptical. We'll see. Luckily these guys were taken out with snippers and a firm boot.Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10419636878665151773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734343844702743686.post-49083175185091763222008-06-21T23:48:00.001-07:002008-06-22T00:19:32.810-07:00First try at a slideshow<span style="font-family:verdana;">Gasp! The first slideshow! Here is a lovely bit of slideshow from the Aluffi wedding from earlier this month. Note the full contact nature of the bouquet toss and subsequent victory dance. Awesome.</span><br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="500" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Famschwartzberg%2Falbumid%2F5214600348178863153%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10419636878665151773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734343844702743686.post-36581345203976395552008-06-18T18:11:00.000-07:002008-06-21T19:41:32.609-07:00<span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" >Welcome to the first post on the Sandal-Impressions blog.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" > This is a place where Kyle and I will post some of our favorite pictures.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" > Randomly, I'm just going to start with a few pictures I took last week when I took a trip to Brentwood, CA to pick some fruit right off the tree. Right here are some apricots that mere moments after this picture was taken, disappeared into my apricot bucket.</span> <a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqp1GJxZ0m_oNDEJblZAld0uU7WgMF0AYoZJJ048UClzc9buqv7_TWOApofamkl6oeTqC0YVlwozah0LmI_yyrM4U1SKNS5EC0eZZosvtv3m4Ob_1-riHowxjsJdJz-xgGdYe8MAU5mu-F/s1600-h/AMS_3751.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqp1GJxZ0m_oNDEJblZAld0uU7WgMF0AYoZJJ048UClzc9buqv7_TWOApofamkl6oeTqC0YVlwozah0LmI_yyrM4U1SKNS5EC0eZZosvtv3m4Ob_1-riHowxjsJdJz-xgGdYe8MAU5mu-F/s400/AMS_3751.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213487510263224274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" >Oh yeah, here's the bucket. Chock full o' apricots.</span> <a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfv5YJ_vHuW_7PdGeLpykMn0kq4jw6rGA6xEnoQCy75POhMbi0ZKMDi0ka-xguRuVZ4BXaouTeYnyFXsj4GR5nQ_2KFtShb99vqJ2oJLj2DJ1Rc1TcNJl2ZmJ2jb6CdFPvBESGllh0tD6g/s1600-h/AMS_3757.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfv5YJ_vHuW_7PdGeLpykMn0kq4jw6rGA6xEnoQCy75POhMbi0ZKMDi0ka-xguRuVZ4BXaouTeYnyFXsj4GR5nQ_2KFtShb99vqJ2oJLj2DJ1Rc1TcNJl2ZmJ2jb6CdFPvBESGllh0tD6g/s400/AMS_3757.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214420677729147954" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" >I love this picture looking down the orchard at a family picking fruit. </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigmDiIQ_3KHpR4Uxqa9VsHHr0xcx4xPYxZDYzC9244MSpXU5pKjZaX9GYsMK0Ru-tEMtkZr2EOCudl-JZg6-OTwRfZ0xMaBncGcmuml13Wxd4gmJD8yLYGylpu6NhIUBwI3cnQVyN2rS4u/s1600-h/AMS_3772.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigmDiIQ_3KHpR4Uxqa9VsHHr0xcx4xPYxZDYzC9244MSpXU5pKjZaX9GYsMK0Ru-tEMtkZr2EOCudl-JZg6-OTwRfZ0xMaBncGcmuml13Wxd4gmJD8yLYGylpu6NhIUBwI3cnQVyN2rS4u/s400/AMS_3772.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214421069675709714" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">After getting my minimum 5 lbs of apricots I moved on to necarines and peaches.</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMXZvVDnr_AQHf_LERwAklcimwVp6ygRYOpH9HyvLJHKB9iit3MUQ7GrICnqtvJupEezSupoU_FSXTLKAx9ucbeZ0UKqISJN4Uj6WgnLik0-aqya52jX33xDkQec2NEVB5ce0yR1towTb/s1600-h/AMS_3779.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMXZvVDnr_AQHf_LERwAklcimwVp6ygRYOpH9HyvLJHKB9iit3MUQ7GrICnqtvJupEezSupoU_FSXTLKAx9ucbeZ0UKqISJN4Uj6WgnLik0-aqya52jX33xDkQec2NEVB5ce0yR1towTb/s400/AMS_3779.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214421575423065874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Maybe it's just me, but it bugs me how much fruit ends up on the ground... seems like a lot, and none of it gets eaten. I guess this is partly because my wee little fruit trees have so little fruit that any piece that falls on the ground is between 1-5% of the total output. When you have thousands of giant fruit trees though, this probably becomes less of an issue.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBf4YSNPhUO4OuVkxXG3W7WxGN_i4V7JhDo5GXVFr9ZpbPNuEkELuOsSXyteYkn1l8m-OeamqozBTXcZyRNp1K2DE0KLKWaADdS0BmlUwi7NdDILMKgU7aUfnZQ7aZ2imxh0co8x5Rt3z/s1600-h/AMS_3778.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBf4YSNPhUO4OuVkxXG3W7WxGN_i4V7JhDo5GXVFr9ZpbPNuEkELuOsSXyteYkn1l8m-OeamqozBTXcZyRNp1K2DE0KLKWaADdS0BmlUwi7NdDILMKgU7aUfnZQ7aZ2imxh0co8x5Rt3z/s400/AMS_3778.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214422116860152386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oh yeah, and check this place out. I was leaving Brentwood by the north on Hwy 4 and I found this off the road by the railroad tracks. Totally sweet rusty stuff:</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYjj_ksvlPOwP0BbUR_a_Y-lxXaRLTcGcmrAju-sN902uSsop7M1zu3A5EpwLZvS0V4fh87r50A0zBr18UUQrG895tmW3UIMNMITOvHODZrcm_ryEK3M0ItRWEate_OuikmHu47Swuwx_/s1600-h/AMS_3783.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYjj_ksvlPOwP0BbUR_a_Y-lxXaRLTcGcmrAju-sN902uSsop7M1zu3A5EpwLZvS0V4fh87r50A0zBr18UUQrG895tmW3UIMNMITOvHODZrcm_ryEK3M0ItRWEate_OuikmHu47Swuwx_/s400/AMS_3783.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214422942396657794" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9XJ5_HTqTuSozenUzwLcu6mqcxOHsNeY27WBdVYAx-unI1FYQIkIok-K9pqF-QWqHvRpv35oMxjY2qr2-XPehSc-ZX_DtndNK7yn5ZQrrMKg4Gglya6-EtZc-MKN5MT5nVVT_xAUt30_W/s1600-h/AMS_3784.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9XJ5_HTqTuSozenUzwLcu6mqcxOHsNeY27WBdVYAx-unI1FYQIkIok-K9pqF-QWqHvRpv35oMxjY2qr2-XPehSc-ZX_DtndNK7yn5ZQrrMKg4Gglya6-EtZc-MKN5MT5nVVT_xAUt30_W/s400/AMS_3784.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214423421288277410" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61zhENfUUpTPkPCXuJGFuzPc4DXzDKKoM-iQqTPPoa8pa0zGm7T8jJZUQT4EyMPsKspSq5GL8teoEAI54iNngEDKI4Pnp0nTbpxV3Nr-jl5m4sEDkpccT8qwdUuTpVjKmSPM50bay9bQF/s1600-h/AMS_3787.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61zhENfUUpTPkPCXuJGFuzPc4DXzDKKoM-iQqTPPoa8pa0zGm7T8jJZUQT4EyMPsKspSq5GL8teoEAI54iNngEDKI4Pnp0nTbpxV3Nr-jl5m4sEDkpccT8qwdUuTpVjKmSPM50bay9bQF/s400/AMS_3787.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214423427578873650" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhju05chaPUlaCF_xGhi6k97JRNpyzaqKdI0LCyFq5D0DawoO6-MNs_PZr2OFa6nwfPUpfNyol0yHF4bRcxxqu3JGP_nnc92oXV-iEO0iYclDwFW9MdEZxhW0QdgVELFhZ7crq9mUNRJ7Jr/s1600-h/AMS_3790.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhju05chaPUlaCF_xGhi6k97JRNpyzaqKdI0LCyFq5D0DawoO6-MNs_PZr2OFa6nwfPUpfNyol0yHF4bRcxxqu3JGP_nnc92oXV-iEO0iYclDwFW9MdEZxhW0QdgVELFhZ7crq9mUNRJ7Jr/s400/AMS_3790.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214423430995004274" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIjCLWmhvFtPv98fC9dPRBUJHqGusPs1CMC-b_2xcVj7PS9le7zaIpDA0ZZbl26KxIxakRWUiMw-q-aFiGEmSy8lFIYCs1A5F2XgzlUxK6ylKY9q9jFKKGEb4vHLzUOXn5RH-yYmsNBIB/s1600-h/AMS_3795.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHIjCLWmhvFtPv98fC9dPRBUJHqGusPs1CMC-b_2xcVj7PS9le7zaIpDA0ZZbl26KxIxakRWUiMw-q-aFiGEmSy8lFIYCs1A5F2XgzlUxK6ylKY9q9jFKKGEb4vHLzUOXn5RH-yYmsNBIB/s400/AMS_3795.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214423430182637298" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm not really sure what these things were in their former life. No doubt some kind of farm equipment that an urbanite elitist like myself couldn't understand.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Look! It's Otto waiting patiently for me to return from my photographery.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8TUIeJagt2DMw550OpwiVuv9fCwKKxB3k8hSgHmWo_X_RRUgrimdrqelCdIn47kJ_nnpGUjlKQtgukPw3CtWEu4VBTP4gXc4f1YpRQbLLIE1DFpj_1n5aH9Z1o-zYaqpchUG0OK_GNLA/s1600-h/AMS_3807.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8TUIeJagt2DMw550OpwiVuv9fCwKKxB3k8hSgHmWo_X_RRUgrimdrqelCdIn47kJ_nnpGUjlKQtgukPw3CtWEu4VBTP4gXc4f1YpRQbLLIE1DFpj_1n5aH9Z1o-zYaqpchUG0OK_GNLA/s400/AMS_3807.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214423433652859842" border="0" /></a>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10419636878665151773noreply@blogger.com0