Hey Everyone!
I am back here in America and visiting family in the great Pacific Northwest. This view is of Lake Diablo up in the North Cascades Mountains on the way back from Eastern Washington.
Not much doing here, just staying out of the rain and working on my personal Keith Grey BIO page on the ole JayData website. You never know what you may trawl up on the internet.
Take it easy, All for NOW, Keith JOE Grey
While I was back in the states, my brother built a table for a "real" photographer in exchange for some professional shots of their work at the Grey's cabinet shop in Stanwood. I was gone the shoot, but I heard all about the experience and how the photographer spent about two hours lining up each shot with the lights and everything just so! Any little reflection or bright spots and he'd have to re-adjust and do another take. Wow, that is some real dedication! I regret I didn't go along to catch the process. Here are some samples of the photos:
A few pictures from our recent trip back the USA.
You can't really tell from the picture -, but I'm driving a
Quack Quack - Some ducks on Lake Crescent.
Camping out on the Pacific Ocean .
The Beach at Sunset - look at all those drift logs.
This guy apparently really likes wine!
Well, here I am back in Taiwan after 35 days in the USA. It was a glorious vacation filled with beautiful scenery, clean air and lots of partying. Of course with flying, eating out and partying, there is always a heavy tax to pay. Now I'm happy to say that I'm back to work full time, saving money and working on this ole blog again.
During my vacation, Craig took over editorial duties at the TPod. He did an awesome job and hopefully I can hire him on full time. Unfortunately, we had several serious problems with the hosting company and the server. While there was intermittent service during the period, two whole weeks of data were lost in early July - right at the beginning of my vacation! Hence, there is still missing data from the July tpod archive. I think I can piece most of the photos together from the daily email, but to say the least it was a pain in the rear. Although the server is now working for the meantime, I am actively searching for new hosting. I'm thinking about getting a server here in Taiwan so it will be much faster to reach.
That's all for now. I will follow up with a few photo essays in the next few weeks reporting on our trip.
Well, I'm back from a one month vacation in the USA. It's a funny feeling coming back to Taiwan this time, because I'm already used to living here and there is not as much new stuff to discover or look forward to. It's combined with that dreaded feeling of getting back to work after being on vacation. So much for dinners out, hanging with friends and family and relaxing. Back to the the daily drag of working for a living...
On the bright side, I do have a new appreciation for the clean air and wide open spaces of my homeland. We've also made a family commitment to see more of Taiwan now while we are still living here and have the chance. No photos this time, because I need to get back to work.
