Read Previous Entries:    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12  

Date

21 JUN 09 | 6:38PM

Summary

An evening of music in the park on Father's Day.

Father’s Day was very relaxing this year, given that Jill let me take an extra long nap in the afternoon. By Sunday evening it was time to get out of the house, however, so we decided to head over to Zilker Park for their weekly classical music presentation.

[click thumbnails to enlarge]



The weather was nice, though a little on the hot side, but the music was a little more drab than we were expecting so we didn’t stay long. Well, that and Asher ate all of my Swedish Fish, so there was no point in sticking around any longer.

Comments

No comments yet |

Date

20 JUN 09 | 11:56PM

Summary

Reconfiguring the Tetris shelves in the living room.

One of the nice things about the Tetris shelves that I built a few years back is that, unlike traditional furniture, if you ever get tired of how these shelves look, you can simply take them apart and reconfigure them.

This last weekend we decided it was time for a change, and as such, I started a weekend-long chore of disassembling and reassembling all the electric components and shelves. This new configuration boasts a few drastic improvements over the older one, including a beefed up media server (the old Spartacus Jr. computer has been retired to make way for the Mac G5), a 12-inch touch screen to control lights and music, and better access to the Roland 808 for mixing beats.

[click thumbnails to enlarge]



The most time consuming aspect about this new update was building the custom stand for the touch screen and the Roland, but we’re really enjoying having a fresh look in the living room. Oh, and Asher really likes the ’T’ - shaped bookshelf by the lounge chair.

Comments

1 comment(s) |

Date

19 JUN 09 | 10:18PM

Summary

Watching movies in the park in Kyle.

Tonight we went over to the city park in Kyle for ’Movies in the Park’. They were showing Kung Fu Panda which none of us had ever seen, so we figured we would pack up a blanked and some snacks and head over.

It was a great night for it; the days around here have been over 100 degrees, but thankfully it’s been cooling off around sunset. We showed up early to get a good seat, so Asher played on the playground while we waited for the movie to start.

[click thumbnails to enlarge]


We all enjoyed the movie, it was pretty funny, although it did mean another late night for Asher.

Comments

1 comment(s) |

Date

17 JUN 09 | 9:30PM

Summary

Marcia, Asher and I visit downtown Austin to see the bats at night.

As strange as it sounds, for all the years that we’ve lived in Austin, we have never gone to see the bats come out at sunset at the Congress Street Bridge. Since Jill had class late tonight, Marcia, Asher and I piled into the car to go see if we could take a gander.

[click thumbnails to enlarge]



While Marcia was disappointed that they all didn’t fly out a one time, I still though that it was pretty cool that there was a continuous stream of bats flying out from under the bridge for a good 10 minutes.

Comments

No comments yet |

Date

06 JUN 09 | 3:45PM

Summary

I tag along with Brigham and Co. to the Houston Butterfly Museum.

Saturday afternoon Brigham invited me to go up with Stephanie and the kids to the Butterfly Museum in Houston. I didn’t have much else to do, so I grabbed the camera and headed out. Other than not seeing very many butterflies, the museum wasn’t bad. They had more stuff than one person could do in a lifetime, that’s for sure.

[click thumbnails to enlarge]





But Mason and the twins seemed to enjoy it fairly well so I’d write it off as an overall success.

Comments

No comments yet |