Phoenix Feather

Week Old Baby Phoenix

(18 photos) My little niece Lorelei Phoenix at one week old. I still have more photos to process, but I couldn't resist posting some now!!

Meet Baby Phoenix, Lorelei Phoenix that is!

(22 photos) Our best friends and awesome neighbors Cyrus and Athena had a baby girl yesterday, the 16th of February! As far as I'm concerened she is my little neice. And they eve named her for me: Lorelei Phoenix!! What better present could someone give you!! She is a sweetie and I love her already!! One thing about very little babies, the faces they make are too funny! I know they have nothing to do with us and everything to do with gases and digestion and hunger. This fact does not make them any less adorable or funny. I caught a few of these once she woke up. Super cute girl!!

The Traditional Bathing of the Foster Kittens

(23 photos) It is foster kittens Coraline and Zora's turn for the dreaded bath. Just a serious of adorable photos from their watery ordeal!! Most of these photos are by Kevin as I am doing the bathing.

Ayden - Making Green Look Easy!!

(15 photos) This is my beautiful nephew Ayden and my equally beautiful sister-in-law Susie!! He is about 8 months old here, that was back in November. I'm so behind on my photos. Ayden's first birthday is less than a month away. I can just picture how much bigger he is now. You just can't help but love an adorable little boy like this!!!

Good Omens in Kitty Land

(28 photos) These are the first foster kittens of the new year, and it's so awesome to have them so early in the year. We noramlly don't get any till May. These two girls were a little older, about 8 weeks, when we got them a week ago. They had already reached weight for getting fixed, but need a lot of love as they were pretty feral. The black one spat and hissed and even tried to bat at us. And the grey one hissed and cowered. Neither wanted anything to do with us. That has all changed. In just a week they have become playful, affectionate and happy kittens. Both girls are still learning and will occasionally hiss if startled and sometimes hide in a corner if intimdated, but they have made amazing progress and keep making more every day. Most everything they do lately are good omens that they will easily turn into wonderful house cats and even lap cats, in for happy lives with a lucky person.

Naming them seemed a little harder this time. Nothing seemed to fit them just right. The same week we were trying to name them, we were also reading about another kitty on writer Neil Gaiman's blog. His cat Zoe had developed a rare kitty cancer and he wrote some very touching and passionate posts about what he was going through and what she was going through. Kevin had the idea of naming the kittens in memory of Zoe. Only down side is we already had a Zoey over the summer and we didn't want to name another with the same name. The grey kittens name came to us pretty quick after this idea, we would name her Coraline after one of our favorite Neil Gaiman books. Naming the black kitty was harder. I looked up the meaning of the name Zoe and it turned out to be Greek for life. That seemed perfect since we were going to name her in memory of the wonderful kitty life of Zoe. Still it needed to be different. So I looked up other names that also meant life, but I still couldn't find anything that fit. Finally I came up with Zora. It mean Origin. Origin and Life, Zora and Zoe... it all seemed to fit. Like most foster kittens, it is not likely they will keep their names when they get adopted, but for now these two kittens are full of life and a beautiful tribute to the life of another happy devoted house cat.

Garden Stroll

(40 photos) Back in September we got to visit with Mark, Ali and Anya at their home in Portland Oregon. In addition to the Pirate festival which I posted about several months back, one of the other many things we did there was visit the beautiful Japanese and Rose gardens in Portland. The gardens were beautiful and watching Anya explore the world around her was adorable. We even came upon some accidental weddings in the Rose garden. It was peaceful and beautiful and so much fun!!

Little Big Planet - Part 1 - Muir Woods

(20 photos) So after Halloween we still had Lyndsey and Brian (my sister and brother-in-law) here for a few more days. And we wanted to do something California. So I planned out Monday for with two outings special just for them. The first was for Brian. Let me tell you about my brother-in-law! He is the biggest guy I know. I don't mean overweight or anything, he is just big. He is 6' 7" tall and built to proportion (he is not a skinny stick) If you look at him without reference you assume he is a normal guy. I had an old photo of Lyndsey and Brian in front of a waterfall. I would show it to people and they would say "Wow, your sister is small!!" "No no no..." I say, "My sister is an inch or two taller than me." (I'm 5' 4"). "Ooohhhhh!" is the usual response. He is a bear of a guy, but he is also a teddy bear. You couldn't meet a nicer guy. And he LOVES nature. He is an environmental scientist, and an outdoors-man! He LOVES trees!! I think he likes them because they are naturally bigger than him, but even so, I don't think anything had ever really made him feel small, just maybe smaller. I knew he wanted to see redwood trees, but I knew we didn't have time for Redwoods National Park or Sequoia National park. So I went for the next best area thing; Muir Woods National Park just north of San Francisco. I had been there once about 9 years ago when Ryan took me there, so I knew it was awesome! Brian was like a kid in a candy store. He couldn't believe how amazing the trees were. We totally did not plan for enough time and will have to go back next time Brian comes out, but we had a wonderful time, as you can see!

Silicon Valley Roller Girls - KillaBytes vs. Undead Bettys

(35 photos) We got to go to our first roller derby bout this last weekend. It was so much fun. We learned a few things about where to sit next time and how to understand more of the game. It was really a lot of fun and the KillaBytes were very good! Especially Zootown Throwdown who was super fast and Postal Servix who aggresive and tricky and scared the other team. Plus we won!!! There was another bout after the one we watched but we couldn't stay for it. Next time!!

Yard Haunters - CalHaunts NorCal

(29 photos) This year Kevin and I joined a group of other yard haunters. The Cal Haunts Nor Cal!! Here are the haunts of a few members that still had their haunts open on November 1st so we got to go visit them!! Everyone does such a great job!

This Is Halloween! - Haunted Fox Hollow '09

(46 photos and 2 videos) -New Videos Added - 2009 was the best year ever in our little Fox Hollow haunted yard! Not only did we expand, more than doubling our size, by continuing a full U-shaped path into our co-conspirators yard (The Awesome Lendvays), but we also added 15 actors throughout the haunt. More on site...

Yarrrr... Portland Pirates

(7 photos) We got to visit Alessandra, Mark and Anya in Portland a couple weekends ago. I have a ton of photos from this trip, but I thought I would start with our visit to the Portland Pirate Festival. It was a lot of fun. We missed a lot of the demonstrations because they were trying to break the world record of pirates talkin' like pirates in one place. This kind of shut down a bunch of the festival. But we shopped and wandered and had a good time anyway!! And Anya seriously makes the cutest little pirate ever!!! Under The Bridge!

Newest In Kitten Fashion!

(22 photos, 1 video) Last Wednesday the kittens all had their little spay and neuter operations and then came back to us to heal. We needed to keep them from licking or biting their wounds, which was not easy. Especially since they were all hopped up from the drugs they had had for their operations. So we made little collars for them out of office depot hanging folders. Aren't they cute?!

Iz Not Happy - Kitten Bath Time

(19 photos) Today our four adorable kittens are having their little operations and then they come back to us for another week for recovery. In honor of their little snip snip I am posting a set of photos that Kevin took of me giving the babies their first bath about 3 weeks ago. Poor poor kittens, the water is going to get them!

In order of appearance, Moxie (Black and White), Boomer (Grey and White, Denali (Brown Tiger), Nonny (Grey).

Cute Overload = The Gray Twins + The Fox Kittens

(16 photos) Last weekend we had the pleasure of a visit from the Gray family. Louis, Kristine and their one year old twins Matthew and Sarah came to meet our kids... I mean kittens, Moxie, Boomer, Nonny and Denali. As you can imagine cuteness ensued.

The Fab Four Are Here!

(20 photos) They have been with us a month now, and have grown up so much and we just can't help but love them!!! Meet each of the kittens, each and every one is so sweet and adorable!!

Orion is a Star!

(20 photos) Orion was pretty much fur and bones when he first got here. You could feel every rib and vertebrae not to mention his hip bones all jutting out there. He was tiny and and pathetic. In just a week so far he has filled in some and become a boisterous happy little boy ready to take over the world!

July 4th with a Twist

(51 photos, 1 video) We LOVE shooting fireworks in the abstract and the best place we have found to do it is from Brown Island, watching the Friday Harbor, San Juan Island fireworks on the 4th of July. You are watching almost from behind and right below without having to fight the crowd. It is a first class seat for beautiful fireworks over the water. And of course as always abstract fireworks are just one of our favorite things to shoot. To see past years' abstract fireworks shots check these out...

Zoey Plays Dressup

(16 photos) Zoey leaves us on Wednesday! We have done our job and Zoey has come a long way since coming to us. She is now a love bug who is ready for her own home. She is still not great at first meetings, but I think she will do fine. However before she goes, I thought I would try a few of the Halloween costumes I have on her. Here are the results. Beautiful Zoey

Zoey The Adorable

(19 photos) Zoey comes from a litter of 5 where the larger kittens picked on her and made her rather afraid of everything. When she came to us she was very timid and didn't even know how to play, now she is a pro!! She is still timid about some things, but after just over a week she is blossoming and will be a great little lap kitty for someone. She will likely do best if there are not dogs or kids (at least until she has grown up a little and come out of her shell more), but she is already adapting to other cats and with some patience she will be a true love bug for some household!!

On The Rocks: Whitewater Rafting and Drinks

(42 photos, 10 videos) The second weekend of June we went whitewater rafting and camping on the American river with Cyrus, Athena, Sparky (Brian) and Erin (Tegra). We had a blast!! We had a cool canvas cabin with bunk beds and two days of rafting ahead of us. 2 days of camping the South and Middle forks of the river with up to 4+ rapids. It was quite a weekend! Don't miss the video of going down the 4+ rapid Tunnel Shoot!

WhirlWind With Ryan

(26 photos, 1 video) Ryan came to visit from Connecticut the first weekend of June. We hadn't seen him since he was in our wedding and then met us in NYC after our second reception, so that was back in September/October. It was a wirlwind weekend complete with lots of drinking (including a bar in SF where I could not take photos), The Sunnyvale Art and Wine Festival, Backyard cooking out, iFly tunnel flying, mini golf and just some good hanging out with friends. Here are a few of the photos and one ifly video from his visit. It was a fabulous weekend, I am only sad that we only had him for such a short time.

Eepy Birds @ Maker Faire

(14 photos) One of my favorite things at Maker Faire on Sunday was the performance by the Eepy Birds!! By 4pm I was exhausted from sun and walking and overloaded with inspiration, but still eager to see the Eepy Birds! They did not disappoint. Not feeling like fighting the crowds we found a pretty good spot ont he side for a different view than in the videos and it was awesome. There are some shots of their amazing Coke and Menthos geyser performance. Also be sure to check out their videos if you have never seen this you need to! http://www.eepybird.com/videos.html

Max's 6th Birthday

(42 photos) I really can't believe Max just turned 6 years old. I have gotten to photograph every birthday except his actual birth. In fact, Kerah actually interviewed Kevin for Google ON her due date with Max and then just this last year Max was the ring bearer in Kevin and my wedding. Max is AWESOME! He is sweet and kind, totally into science and playing music and sports. He is an all around, well rounded, good kid. We love him and are honored to be at his sixth birthday party.

And what a party it was! Max got to invite all his friends from school and tee-ball plus his good friends from the neighborhood and Mom and Dad's friend's kids. It was a great big party with quite a theme. It was a martial arts/karate party at the school where Max is learning Martial Arts. It started with a demonstration by some of the other older kids and young adults and then mini class for Max and all his friends. It was super cute. Then came the piñata in the shape of a number 6 followed by CAKE! Ice cream cake from Carvel! Yum! Then some running and funny walks across the mats to work off some of the ice cream cake and then finally Max got to be the star of his own martial arts movie, complete with the lesson that what you see in the movies and on TV is fake fighting, not real. And of course the all important talk about how we don't use anything we learn outside of the academy. All in all a awesome birthday for an awesome 6 year old!!

Bella Bella Bella

(17 photos, 1 video) Bella will be going back to the shelter early Thursday morning to have her operation and go up for adoption. As always we will miss her. I will likely cry as I'm driving away. But she is a complete sweetheart and will find an awesome home in no time. In our last few days with her I figured I should share some more of the photos I've been taking of just how cute she is. I also have a video of her sleeping (which is rather funny) and hope to add some videos of her playing this week before she goes away.

Introducing Bella

(10 photos) Meet Bella, our first foster kitten of 2009. She is the first kitten that the Palo Alto Animal Services has gotten this year and we are so happy to have her. She is feisty and lovey and happy. She doesn't need much socializing from us as she is already happy with people.

Look At My Garden Grow... Time Lapse Video (update 3)...

(13 photo... 1 video... So far) My very first "Living Photo Story" I decided some stories are a long process and should be told that way rather than waiting for the end to tell the whole thing. So here goes the first one. For Christmas Kevin and I got an AreoGarden from my parents! I have been itching to try it but the first thing I wanted to grow was starter seeds for my outside garden. However I picked the wrong time to order the starter seed kit needed to convert the AreoGarden so it can grow my seeds and not just their pods. I finally got the kit on Saturday and got it planted on Sunday! I have tomatos and peppers and pumpkins and zucchini and sqaushes and flowers galore!! I'm very excited and can't stop checking it. Since the plants get 16 hours of direct sunlight and constant nutrients they grow faster. And since there are blinking lights to tell me when the water is low or they need more nutrients I shouldn't end up killing them till I move them outside. We shall see how this all goes!

Check out of our time lapse video of one week of growth!

Look At My Garden Grow...More Sprouts (update 2)...

(10 photo... So far) My very first "Living Photo Story" I decided some stories are a long process and should be told that way rather than waiting for the end to tell the whole thing. So here goes the first one. For Christmas Kevin and I got an AreoGarden from my parents! I have been itching to try it but the first thing I wanted to grow was starter seeds for my outside garden. However I picked the wrong time to order the starter seed kit needed to convert the AreoGarden so it can grow my seeds and not just their pods. I finally got the kit on Saturday and got it planted on Sunday! I have tomatos and peppers and pumpkins and zucchini and sqaushes and flowers galore!! I'm very excited and can't stop checking it. Since the plants get 16 hours of direct sunlight and constant nutrients they grow faster. And since there are blinking lights to tell me when the water is low or they need more nutrients I shouldn't end up killing them till I move them outside. We shall see how this all goes!

Growing like crazy!!!

Look At My Garden Grow...Sprouting Update...

(3 photo... So far) My very first "Living Photo Story" I decided some stories are a long process and should be told that way rather than waiting for the end to tell the whole thing. So here goes the first one. For Christmas Kevin and I got an AreoGarden from my parents! I have been itching to try it but the first thing I wanted to grow was starter seeds for my outside garden. However I picked the wrong time to order the starter seed kit needed to convert the AreoGarden so it can grow my seeds and not just their pods. I finally got the kit on Saturday and got it planted on Sunday! I have tomatos and peppers and pumpkins and zucchini and sqaushes and flowers galore!! I'm very excited and can't stop checking it. Since the plants get 16 hours of direct sunlight and constant nutrients they grow faster. And since there are blinking lights to tell me when the water is low or they need more nutrients I shouldn't end up killing them till I move them outside. We shall see how this all goes!

Camilla's Birthday Kids

(22 photos) Camilla has turned 4 years old!! Happy Birthday Camilla. We attended her birthday picnic on Saturday and had a lovely time with friends, great weather, cake, cotton candy, snow cones and lots of adorable kids!!

Look At My Garden Grow...

(1 photo... So far) My very first "Living Photo Story" I decided some stories are a long process and should be told that way rather than waiting for the end to tell the whole thing. So here goes the first one. For Christmas Kevin and I got an AreoGarden from my parents! I have been itching to try it but the first thing I wanted to grow was starter seeds for my outside garden. However I picked the wrong time to order the starter seed kit needed to convert the AreoGarden so it can grow my seeds and not just their pods. I finally got the kit on Saturday and got it planted on Sunday! I have tomatos and peppers and pumpkins and zucchini and sqaushes and flowers galore!! I'm very excited and can't stop checking it. Since the plants get 16 hours of direct sunlight and constant nutrients they grow faster. And since there are blinking lights to tell me when the water is low or they need more nutrients I shouldn't end up killing them till I move them outside. We shall see how this all goes!

Stone Cold Egg Hunt - Year 7

(53 photos) Six years ago Kevin and I started our own celebration. It happened something like this: After Easter brunch with a friend in Pittsburgh, Kevin and I returned to his appartment with a few extra hard boiled easter eggs in hand. Kevin's attic appartment in Pittsburgh was across the street from a beautiful cemetery, and as we were getting out of the car we started talking about how the graves should have some more color on Easter, and wouldn't it be fun to have an easter egg hunt in a cemetery. More story on the site...

It's a Peeps Show

(17 photos) There are a few things, events, traditions that I am addicted to photographing and will do it over and over again. Shooting peeps is one of my two Easter addictions. I hate the taste of peeps, they are horribly disgusting as far as I'm concerned, but I adore photographing them. And then of course there is my cat Indiana. She is the biggest ham ever and if my camera is out she is trying to be in front of it. I've Even seen her pose and then walk around to the back and try and look at the LCD screen on my D700. I'm not sure she really knows what she is doing, but I'm looking at it so she needs to too. She reminds me of a kid who wants to see herself though.

Mawwiage, that dweam within a dweam...

(66 photos) Officint: Mawwiage. Mawwiage is what bwings us togethaw today. Mawwiage, that bwessed awwangement, that dweam within a dweam...

That is how a friend acting as Officiant began on Saturday when Sparky (aka Brian Johns) and Erin Roll got married. It was a beautiful ceremony. Very sweet and funny, these two are such a great couple and we had the most amazing time.

Kitty Fix

(22 photos) Anyone who knows me knows I am DYING for a new set of foster kitties. I need the baby kittens, but its only just barely kitten season so I will likely have to wait a few more weeks to a month. So to hold me over I'm posting some photos of past foster kittens that I never got around to using, plus some great ones of our two kitties Nym and Indiana, and I threw in a few of my favorite kitty photos posted in the past. Enjoy.

Also, welcome to my new photoblog. All of my old archives are still in place, but I'm trying a new style, a new site and even a new portfolio! Enjoy!

Floridian Princesses

(28 photos) The first weekend in March Kevn and I were off to Orlando Flordia to witness Rex and Kristin get married. But the day before the wedding Kevin and I had a a free day so off we went to Disney World. We agonized over which park to visit, but eventually decided we would just go traditional and visit the Magic Kingdom. It was a world full of princesses of all sizes.

Also, welcome to my new photoblog. All of my old archives are still in place, but I'm trying a new style, a new site and even a new portfolio! Enjoy!

Foxy Baby Aiden

(27 photos) Aiden Kazuhiro Fox was born Saturday February 21st at 9:10am, He was 7 lbs 5 oz, 20 inches long. Susie was still a glowing mom 2 weeks later when Kevin and I were able to visit Seattle and our very first nephew!!

Also, welcome to my new photoblog. All of my old archives are still in place, but I'm trying a new style, a new site and even a new portfolio! Enjoy!

Antarctic Adventures

Kevin and I have returned from a grand adventure in Antarctica. We are logging our experiences and photos on this website: http://antarctic.fury.com. In the next few months I will be redoing this website in a similar style to the Antarctic Fox website (the Boston Globe Big Picture style). I hope you will take a look at our travel log, Antarctica was the most amazing place I've ever been to in my life!!!

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Abstract Fireworks

This years 4th of July fireworks! Happy Birthday Kevin!!

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Kittyland

Tomorrow is this group of foster kittens last day with us. Sad, but soon they will have good homes of their own. Here are a few shots from their time with us.

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Marissa's Sex In The City Birthday Party

Photographs from Marissa's AMAZING Sex In The City Birthday Party, complete with Magnolia Bakery Cupcakes, Shinmin's incredible fashion confections! It was an amazing night. Thank You Marissa - Happy Birthday!

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Our New Foster Kittens

Our 5 new foster kittens!

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Sara's Bridal Shower

Sara's Bridal shower in Jill's backyard on a beautiful day!! Lovely!

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We Fly - Indoor Skydiving at iFly SF Bay

Photos from just before we went into the indoor skydiving chamber at iFly. These are from Kevin and my first two flights. The first was with Cyrus and Athena and the second was with my Mom and sister Lyndsey. We have since joined a league and are flying a whole lot. See the video from our first flight at YouTube.

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May 1 = Birthday 30

Kevin, along with my Mom and sister Lyndsey, threw me the best 30th Birthday party at Strike the 'upscale' bowling alley! We got a little swanky and had a fabulous time!

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Scott & Elisa's Wedding

A select few photographs from Scott & Elisa's wedding on April 6th. Friends and Family, please be patient, full sets of photographs from the wedding including portarits will be available for viewing or ordering around late May or early June. Please enjoy this set and thank you all for your patience and understanding.

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Raining Petals

More photos from Kevin and my photoshoot in the orchard. The whole place was just inspiring.

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Kevin My Love

Inspired by The Ones We Love photography project, I took Kevin out 2 weeks ago to try my hand at really capturing the one I love in photos. I had some ideas and he had some ideas so we went out and hand a wonderful time. Here are the results! Just 5 months till the wedding!!!!

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Stone Easter Egg - Sixth Annual

Easter eggs visit the cemetary for the 6th year in a row, this time at the Mountain View Cemetary in Oakland, CA. This year Kevin and I took a few different cameras, besides our digital Nikons (D200 and D70) we also took a Holga and Rolliflex film cameras and tried out a few different things. Also visit Year 5, Year 4, Year 3, Year 2, and Year 1.

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