31 december

the 365th photo
here's a drink to 2010, you have been, like the rare paper nautilus i found on the beach, interesting and amazing - thank you.

30 december

the rock pool that rocks

29 december

a clue on how the day was spent

28 december

how's the serenity?
no internet access, no mobile phone signal, just us on the beach

27 december

flower vase origami made by one talented 7-year old girl

26 december

Sometimes the best dinner parties are unplanned and the best meringues do not look the best.

25 december

Christmas is a time when you get homesick - even when you're home.
~Carol Nelson

24 december

not quite noche buena

23 december

trying to get some christmas cheer

22 december

christmas consumerism

21 december

pie floater anyone?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_floater

20 december

always count your blessings, no matter what

19 december

feels good to be with someone from home

18 december

party favor

17 december

empty plate and a full stomach

16 december

clear sky

15 december

"It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m.that matter."
~ Marlene Dietrich

... or skype at any time :)

14 december

A reflection of an exact image is the closest thing to you-so that you can see it-but it's far enough away so that you really understand it. There is real life in this movie, but it hovers just an inch above reality.
~ Wes Bentley

13 december

just like me.

12 december

What amused you today?

11 december

sugar and spice and everything nice

10 december

Hope springs eternal. (I hope.)

09 december

"I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes..." 8)

08 december

endings and beginnings

07 december

"When the Jacaranda blooms Christmas time is near”

06 december

Stanford: Before I tell you, you have to promise not to judge.
Carrie: Do I judge?
Stanford: We all judge. That's our hobby. Some people do arts and crafts; we judge.
~ from Sex and the City

05 december

christmas away from home

04 december

"What I love about cooking is that after a hard day, there is something comforting about the fact that if you melt butter and add flour and then hot stock, it will get thick! It's a sure thing! It's a sure thing in a world where nothing is sure; it has a mathematical certainty in a world where those of us who long for some kind of certainty are forced to settle for crossword puzzles."
~ Nora Ephron

03 december

one of these things is not like the others.
one of these things just don't belong.

02 december

madhouse.
love mo to?

01 december

semi-charmed kind of life?

30 november

color me red

29 november

“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.”
~Og Mandino

28 november

homeward bound

“A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.”
~George Moore

27 november

rainy walkabout

26 november

immersed in the story

25 november

equal love
equals love

24 november

the return of the grinch

23 november

it's all a matter of perspective

22 november

"I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in."
~Virginia Woolf

21 november

heating up and cooling down

20 november

one of my regular visitors

19 november

groovin' to my own beat

18 november

idol

17 november

uninspired

16 november

bus rider

15 november

new route

14 november

snooping for more sashimi, eh?

13 november

at the christmas pageant

12 november

i've always wanted my junk food to be healthy.