My son David is a Pokemon fanatic. He enjoys anything that has to do with Pokemon and that includes playing Pokemon games on his Nintendo DS and Gamecube, watching it on TV and DVD, collecting Pokemon action figures and trading cards. He considers himself a collector of Pokemon stuff. To 'memorialize' his passion at present, we made this 'Blabber' from http://www.blabberize.com/.
A few macro shots.
I'm just in the mood for sharing more and now prepare to be amazed with these two.
I showed this video to David. There is a valuable lesson that can be learned here. Although what the first cyclist did is a norm (raising your hands before the finish line), I'm sure he'll think about that the next time he gets the same opportunity and be much more careful next time.
Battle at Kruger - Here's a video that is raw to the core but tells a very insightful story about animals in the wild. Here, you'd find the familial instinct to save a love one especially one that is so young, to ask help from others when you know you needed help, the need to protect, the resolve to be strong and brave amidst danger and so on.
President Bush was in Albania very recently. It was obvious that he's well liked in that country but one thing that you might not notice is this unless I tell you, his wristwatch gets stolen from him while wearing it and mingling with the local people. What guts does the one who stole his watch have. And what skill too! The Secret Service people were probably not expecting that but still it was kind of embarrassing on their part.
Yesterday, we all went to John U. Lloyd State Park in Dania Beach. The kids had been clamoring to go the beach for quite some time and we just waited for their school to end. We've been to South Beach in April when Ophine's cousins were here anyway. We haven't been to this particular beach for perhaps 2 or even 3 years now even though it's one of the closest beach around here. I particularly like this beach since not so many people visit the place and you can have some real peace and quiet unlike the more popular public beaches around here.
Well, things have changed on this state park. Gone are the numerous trees that are so close to the beach probably because of the hurricane that struck South Florida a few years ago. They removed the stumps that I saw there the last time and it was likely that a bulldozer was used to even out and clean the place. It is like the landscape had changed but the clean, uncluttered look doesn't look bad at all. I'm just missing the shade! Good that we brought our sun shelter which was especially helpful when it was getting too warm around noon. Good that the breeze was particularly strong. It was after all a nice day not forgetting the fact that it was an overcast and wet previous day.
The tide was low when we got there but it was an incoming tide and the kids had a swell time wallowing in the shallows. The surf was moderate and they were at first a little apprehensive but later on enjoyed the surf too.
For lunch, we just grilled some hotdogs and hamburgers. Brought a lot of cold drinks and that was it. A few days before Saturday, Missy thought that going to the picnic and going to the beach were two different things. Now she knows.
David and the Surf
Not much to post lately. The kids are enjoying their summer vacation, making a lot of mess, etc., etc. and I at the moment just bought a Seagate 500 gb Free Agent external HD, ugraded my laptop memory, waiting for my Partition Magic 8.0 and Acronis True Image Back-up software to be delivered. My laptop's IHD is just so full I keep removing files, my Lacie 250 gb external HD is just not enough and of course I need to back-up the back-up and still have to burn more DVDs as back-up for my photos especially for those I made this year. You just can't rely on hard drives alone. I also got (at last) the latest but not so new Photoshop CS3 software and once I cleaned up my IHD, that will be installed.
Anyway, here's a Donald Duck cartoon movie clip from obviously along time ago so if you have the time, relax and enjoy!
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