A week or so ago the full moon was the closest to our planet that it’s been in many years — meaning that it looked about 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than normal. Sure enough, I walked outside, and — rather than seeing the moon itself, I saw an amazingly bright reflection of it in my neighbors window. It was stunning, and also a different angle on the moon than normal, so I quickly grabbed my tripod to take a few shots. (Probably looked like I was trying to peer in the neighbor’s window.) The windows are double-paned and tinted, so the moon reflected in multitude of different ways, and even moving an inch or two changed the whole look. Here’s how it looked from Orange County, California…

My 20-month old nephew and mom’s new puppy made for fun pictures this Christmas…

Christmas 2008 Picture Gallery

Here are a few of my favorites…

I know, I know … I haven’t been posting much lately. The blog was mostly for travel- and photography-related posts, neither of which I’ve been doing lately.

But every once in a while I do edit some photos I took months ago. Here’s a new one of Kym looking out my window …

Just a few photos recently found of a long-past Thanksgiving (approximately 4 days ago, I think) … mostly my little nephew Branson, now 20-months old (and who said my name for the first time that day):

My mom, when my grandmother passed away, found some very old silverware hidden in the wall of her house. Turns out silverware was most likely coin silver that had been in our family since sometime before 1885. Until Thanksgiving 2008, no one had eaten with it for at least 30-40 years. Definitely an interesting touch …