High-School Trail

The dogs hiked the High-School Trail up Poo Poo Point with little to no incident. Everyone was friendly and there were plenty of creeks to play in. 

RIP, Snoopy

Snoopy got ran over by a car tonight. I'm shocked, almost in denial. It's truly sad.

Snoopers last year. Still a puppy. 

Where she liked to hang out best.

With Charles and Tess.

Farewell, Snoopy the poopy weenie.

Beach

The dogs and I spent the day at the beach yesterday. It was cold, around 37'F. We were all feeling a bit of cabin fever being stuck at home.

Puppies maxin' relaxin'.

It was sunny the day before.

Literature

I unshelved my copy of the Bible (CEV) to read the Old Testament. At the opinion of my peers, the contradictory passages within are not to be taken seriously. But why not? Is it dishonest to revoke integral parts of the scriptures entirely?

At first, I thought Zillah was the progeny of both Lamech and Adah. Zillah, was Lamech's second wife.  Ostensibly second, but technically first marriage(s) in the bible.  A curious prelude to all the rest.

To end cruelty and violence, God sent forth a flood that had killed off the entire human race, with the exception of one family who had offered blood sacrifices to him.

A Saturday in January

, a photo by herb.purganan on Flickr.

Nabokov said:

The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.

It was sunny today. Last sign of blue in the sky was two weeks ago when I biked to Redhook with KT and Sarah. KT and Sarah are at Disney this weekend. They're running their first half-marathon.

Sarah

Sarah, a photo by herb.purganan on Flickr.

In the grand scheme of things, my proficiency in portraiture is mediocre at best. But I think I'm fine with that.

This portrait was very difficult for me because light emanated from the subject's back. I'm not accustomed to crosshatching shadows across important features of the subject's face; nose, eye-sockets, chin, etc. I'm satisfied, though, since the drawing looks like Sarah. Or, at least I think so.

KT

KT, a photo by herb.purganan on Flickr.

This wasn't the finished product. I modified the subject's left-eye a little.