Luck is when preparedness...like a charged Flip meets opportunity...like being stuck in traffic for two hours.

The results;



Inspiration;



and I think he's been watching too much Miranda Cosgrove.

What I do for fun.

Here is a tribute to one of our favorite places to eat when we are in the states:

(click picture to enlarge)

Here is a little bit of what I've been doing;

Family on Ice.

Netherlands on Ice.




It's been frozen here enough to skate.

You better not cry ... you better not pout!

It's beginning to look a lot like...Sinterklaas!



I love the way it looks like the little angel is just about ready to bean the baby-monkey Jesus with her wand.

This is a conglomeration of all our Play Mobile. Somehow we've ended up with four wise men - I'm pretty sure one of them is actually a pirate...but which one?

Yesterday DS had a party at school and today we'll celebrate with the neighbors. For the first time this year DS drew names in his class and had to make a cleverly wrapped present and write a poem.

My favorite birthday message;

When Gloria Steinem turned 50, a reporter told her that she didn't look 50. Her response, yes I do. This is what 50 looks like!

This is what 50 looks like!

And now for something completely different;




Ummm,

I found This while going through last year's Christmas pictures;



Link to Portraits.

How cool is this.

Slideshow of before and after;

Click here to watch.

All PhotoShop. All the Time.

Here's my pathetic attempt at da Vinci's style;



And;


Aaarrr!

Photoshop love affair part deux.

I'm trying to find a home for my before and after shots. Right now I'm using my old Flickr account.



View more here.

My love affair with PhotoShop begins;



Fairies courtesy of www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com
Stars courtesy of http://luciferous-glow.deviantart.com/art/Starry-Night-Brushset-15213768

The Hurrier I go The Behinder I Get

This was taken back in May during 'crazy week' & I just noticed it. Sheesh!

The Asia Photo Book is done!

After many false starts I have finally finished a photobook of our two years in Thailand. The stories in 1998-1999 have been re-edited. And you can find some of the pictures on my SmugMug account.

Here is DS at summer camp;

DS is in the front row 2nd from the left (all in black);



This was a year end school production. Each class performed a different kind of dance, his class's type was break dancing. You can see his two teachers in the lower left hand corner.

Amsterdam - Dim Sum in the Sun

This is what we did today. First we had dim sum with friends at the floating Chinese restaurant in Amsterdam. And then we had coffee at a street side cafè on the Nieuwmarkt.

A 'hut' with a view;


DS at summer camp this week.