Ed Levine Park 2009

A couple days ago, Khamalani, Darren, Seann and I drove to Ed Levine Park. The day was overcast and windy. The reason for the drive was to take some Christmas photos for Kama and her family. I took about 40 pictures and this morning I am working on sorting and editing the photos. I also took this photo of a tree near the shore of Sandy Wool Lake. You could see the waves on the lake caused by the wind. Nevertheless, I liked the composition so I took the shot.

Turkey Trot

On Thanksgiving day, my daughter Shimaine and her friend Tasha ran a 10k race in downtown San Jose. A job well done to both ladies. I often wish I could run again, I really miss it. But, my knees are bad, so I am confined to walking which, in itself, is not a bad thing. I guess I should count myself lucky that I can still walk.

Fall Leaves

I love the colors in Fall. Here are a couple pictures of red colored leaves. The rich red tones are really fantastic.

Humongous Waves

This last weekend, the northern California coast had giant waves hitting the shores. An after effect of a storm, somewhere in the Pacific. I took my tripod and camera early Saturday morning and got these shots of the waves. I did suffer one casualty. The high waves were coming onto the shore, covering the whole beach where I was taking pictures. I found a small hill mound about 3 feet above the shore, near a cliff, to climb on to keep from getting wet. Unfortunately, there was no room for my tripod and I left it on the shore leaning against a wall cliff. A giant wave came, covered the beach with water, almost reached me and knocked my tripod down. I retrieved it, but it was covered with sand and water and tiny little animal creatures. I spent 3 hours Saturday trying to clean my tripod of the sand and grime that got lodged in it.

I'm not sure you can see the surfer catching the wave.

There are 2 surfers in this picture, one on top of the wave the other near the bottom.

Casto Lights

A couple days ago, the place that I work at, Casto Travel, had their outside sign illuminated. Now, anyone traveling down 1st street near Trimble, will be able to see our location.

Halloween 2009

On Halloween night, we were visited by the devil, little Seann came down to show us his costume. Celena and Tijan, who sometimes babysit him, posed for a picture.



Little Irelan went as Princess Jasmine and was joined by our neighbor Henna ,who went as Snow White.


The day after Halloween, Irelan let me take a couple of pictures of her in her costume