This is exactly what I was doing last night as I was blogging.

Like I've said before, this comic gets me.

Stars on Tanks

OK, last post for the night, I promise.

While out at Yuma for work recently, I came across their display of Army equipment that had been tested at Yuma Proving Grounds. Some of the tanks were WWII- or Vietnam-era equipment that saw battle. These pictures are battle-worn stars from those tanks on the front lines. They are sized to be used as wallpapers on widescreen monitors—if you want 4:3, let me know and I'll see if I can recrop them.

P.S. Thank a vet today (or tomorrow).

The Bailey Family

I was looking through some pictures from Christmas (finally processing them) and found one of my favorite things: an unexpectedly interesting picture that I forgot about almost as soon as I took it. For as long as I can remember, grandma and grandpa have had a set of little clear plastic magnetic picture frames on the fridge—one for each of their grandkids. As they get new pictures, they simply put them in front of the old ones. There's a surprising amount of family history in small little piles on that fridge.

(P.S. In case you can't tell, I'm having a love affair with Aperture and Silver Efex Pro tonight.)

Jesse

Valentine's Flowers

Stargazer Lilies were the flower of the day at the Bailey house on Valentine's day—after a decade or so, roses get a bit repetitive! Plus, they smell GREAT. You can avoid cleaning the kitchen a lot longer when you have the overpowering scent of lilies!

And one more of Molly that's a bit blurry full-size but too cute to pass up:

Katie's looking pregnant!

In other news, I can feel the baby moving around! Here's Katie last week:

McKinney 'Falls'

Another part of our photo excursion was a trip to McKinney Falls State Park in south Austin. Unfortunuately, because of the super massive drought, the 'falls' weren't really falling, but we did find some interesting streams cutting through the rocks. Here's the whole gallery, and here are a few samples:

Downtown Austin on a cloudy morning

A few friends and I headed out early this past Saturday morning to put our cameras through their paces. Our first stop was Zilker Park in downtown Austin. The sunrise was less than spectacular, but it was a fun trip nonetheless. The whole gallery is here, and here's a link to all of my 2009 galleries so far. Here are a few of my favorites:

2008: My Photos of the Year

(EDIT: I've changed the blog template to be a bit wider to better accommodate when I post photos here. I know the header looks dumb—I'm working on it.)

Many of the photography blogs I read have been posting their "Photos of the Year" for 2008. I took a stroll through my Aperture library, and here are my favorite shots of last year. Click through to have a look.

This comic gets me.

A gentle reminder, courtesy of What The Duck.