More From Atlantic CIty

View from our hotel room in Atlantic City
Where the company ate dinner and I got to repeat many times, "No, I cannot eat that either."
Atlantic City looks better at night.

Friday morning walk on Boardwalk.

We check in at Brigantine
Traditional erev shabbos vacation photo
Sunday

Marine Mammal Stranding Center


Brigantine Historical Museum




Lucy.
Dinner in Ventnor
What I ordered


The "Resort"

Monday morning.

Have the rooms been updated since then?

More Birthday Cake and Self Portraits From Atlantic City

My foot next to the cables I taped down
On the Boardwalk, AC
Marine Mammal Stranding Center
Brigantine. It's not easy to get the branches in your hair just right.


We are all sick and tired of celebrating my Pi's birthday at this point, and are now celebrating mine. There was a an overlap in AC, although only my Pi got birthday cake.

Spring Bloom at Home and At Work

I am still sorting out my spring California Wildflowers.

Meanwhile, I figured I might as well show photos of the spring bloom at home and at work.

At home, currently at peak, are the amaryllis, a clivia, and an orchid.

At work, the energizer kalanchoe continues to bloom (continuous bloom since January!) and the bromeliad vriesea is coming along nicely.

Outside at home, the lilies are blooming,

the lilac and azaleas are over,


and it looks promising for the irises and peony.

My Pi celebrates his birthday. Happy Birthday Pi !

So for all of you who want to know how my Pi celebrated his birthday, he celebrated by going to the gym !!!

Birthday Cake #1, after I remembered to take a picture of it.


Birthday Cake #2


Birthday Cake #3


Birthday Cake #4. Thank you Aunt Jean!

Southern California Wildflower Contest So Far ...

So the winner of the Southern California Wildflower Contest is ...


Drumroll ...


I have no clue.

Because I have no clue how many flowers I have pictures of,
since so far I have only posted the red and orange flowers.

So it would be hard to post a winner.

Totals so far: 2 types of red, and 2 types of orange.

Flower pictures posted so far can be seen at:
SouthernCaliforniaWildflowers2010


General vacation pictures will be posted on an ongoing basis at: Southern California April 2010

Southern California Wildflower Contest

Parentals are back from week in Southern California. Was a great time. Many, many pictures. Links to come.

Enter my

Southern California Wildflower Contest

Enter your best guess answer to:

Of how many different types of flowers did I take a picture?

1 Grand Prize*
Person who comes closest to the correct answer will get a prize to be determined later plus the glory of winning the contest and having their name posted on this blog.

2 Runner Up Prizes**
2nd and 3rd closest answers will get the glory of coming in 2nd and 3rd place in the contest and having their name posted on this blog.

Rules

• Contest is open to legal residents of the (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older, or younger. Also to anyone who has an Internet connection.

• One entry per person only

• Entries must be received before I post my pictures

• Contest winner(s)* ** to be announced after I post my pictures

* Grand prize will be awarded subject to at least one person entering the contest.
** 2 Runner Up Prizes will be awarded subject to at least two or three people entering the contest.

Men With Beards 1

Bob, holding my petroglyphs, with Jay and Dave at Cerro Gordo 

Not to Worry

To all those coming for Pesach, not to worry, I have come out of retirement for this occasion and there will be food!



Not sure if the clivia will make it though...

Past Its Expiration Date - We Need Your Vote!

Which is the most impressive example of Past Its Expiration Date?

Vote for Tomato Sauce #1, Tomato Sauce #2, or Once Was an Apple (we think).

Tomato Sauce #1
Close up of Tomato Sauce #1



Tomato Sauce #2
Close up of Tomato Sauce #2


Once Was an Apple (we think) - turned up in the basement during pesach cleaning. We figure it came home with Eli from camp.

Alternate view of Once Was an Apple (we think)

Storm Damage

We have been out of power since 8pm last night. PSEG is saying it won't be fixed till Tuesday night.

But the blog must go on ...

Some photos from the block.

Across the street.

Not sure what the problem is here, but a fire truck was out here for several hours last night,
Down the block.
Their daughter is getting married today!
Next door.

Update:

About 1:30 pm,

Apparently, this was the cause of the outage, and it was burning on the wire here last night:
After they removed a lot of the broken branch:


The car from across the street. Hard to see in this picture, but the roof rack was full of pine branches.

At 2 pm, the power came back on.

And our crocuses made it through despite everything.

Now vs Then

Back in the day, I used to shovel, and the kids used to play in the snow.

Last Friday, Lumpy shoveled, and ...









All that remained by today.