Day 335 – Two Airports and Rain

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Flying.

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Day 333 – It rained today!

I didn’t want to take my Canon out into the wet so it was iPhone and Hipstamatic to the rescue this evening.

Day 321 – Outside the Sparks Theater

We met some friends tonight for dinner and a movie. Sweetie and I beat our friends to the theater which gave me an opportunity to snap some shots with my iPhone and the Hipstamatic app. This was my favorite and was taken looking out from the theater toward John Ascuaga’s Nugget on Victorian Avenue.

By the way, the movie we saw was “Lincoln,” which is a fantastic film. Steven Spielberg has done it again. The story and acting are superb, and the cinematography was incredible. The film had cool tone and felt to my eyes like a textured vintage photograph. I highly recommend the film. If you can, go see it. Do not wait for the DVD.

Day 309 – Precinct Walk

I spent a good portion of the last two days walking neighborhoods in my county for my chosen Presidential candidate. I snapped a portion of my walk list with my iPhone. I added a few effects via my Photoshop app for iPad.

Day 277 – Lunch

We have a nice tradition at our work place. Every other week, from May through September, our company springs for ice cream for the entire site. An ice cream truck pulls up into the parking lot and everyone lines up for a treat. It’s very happy-making. Sadly, today was our last ice cream day for the year. I snapped this with my iPhone using the Hipstamatic app.

Day 220 – Hip Palm Trees

On the street where my parents live. I remember when the fronds from these trees brushed my face as I skated by on the sidewalk.

Day 147 – One last visit and then home again

My iPhone came in handy today. Today I went to the hospital taking the same walk I’ve taken multiple times in the last six days.

The hospital is undergoing a major expansion (due to be completed in 2015).

It’s not a straight-forward way in. This is just the first hallway one has to navigate. It’s quite the winding road to get to the elevators.

Only a right and then a left turn to go . . .

I took the elevator up to the 7th floor and spent the morning with Dad. I found out they’d found a bed for him in the rehab center on the first floor, so with any luck, this was the last trip I’ll have to make to that floor. Dad’s got some major hurdles ahead of him, but first on the list is regaining some control over his right arm and hand, and getting stronger.

Dad’s cousin and her son came to visit late in the morning, though cousin is too casual a word to use for her. She and Dad were more like brother and sister, and thick as thieves for their entire lives. I left, stopped at the store to get bread and paper plates, and spent one more afternoon with my family. Sister-in-law dropped me off at the airport.

I didn’t want to leave. At. All. But I needed to go home. And Dad is in good hands.

I used my Business Select free drink ticket to order a stiff drink. Sweetie picked me up and whisked me off to dinner which included a big glass of wine.

Time for bed now.