Little Charm

The question is, does this one have enough charm to make it more than "ordinary"? Today's Gratitude Item: Simple pleasures like reading good Science fiction on a very rainy day.…

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Together Apart

Was particularly pleased with this one. Lets just say that it came as something of a surprise. Today's Gratitude Item: Its raining. Part of me hopes that it continues tomorrow…

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Creative Salvation

This one turned out better than expected. Its good when that happens. Today's Gratitude Item: UBit Menu. This neat little add-on allowed me to get back the old (ie: familiar)…

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Green Morning

This one turned out much better than expected. Today's Gratitude Item: Scoring in the 96th percentile (top 4%) on the Illustrator CS3 test over at Elance. Now all I need…

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Holy Web

Originally created on a Friday morning, the quotation seemed oddly appropriate. Today's Gratitude Item: A great *long* weekend at dance camp. It goes something like this: dance, chat with friends,…

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Green Escape

That guy looks like he is escaping from an ecological nightmare. Today's Gratitude Item: One more sleep until dance camp! This blog is about to go "silent" for a few…

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Star Ripple

This one involved some hanging around and a carefully chosen gradient. Today's Gratitude Item: That most of my 9th graders did the homework that I asked them to do. In…

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Falling Star

This one is based on the same parameters as "Graceful Words". Its more "alive" and appealing than the preceding work. Today's Gratitude Item: Having Dean's Assembly first thing this morning.…

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Greedy Greg

The bird in this image is a takahe. To be specific, its based on a photo of "Greg", the too-tame takahe which frequents the visitor center at Tiritiri Matangi. Lets…

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Rock Crab? Crabs Rock!

This one is dedicated to one of my students from last year who found this rock crab when we visited Tiritiri on a field trip. He held the crab and…

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