birthday boy

The V-man is 9 today.

Yanked from my loins at 2:06 p.m....all 9 pounds, 21 & 1/2 inches of him.

....a keeper.


Here he is at 7 months....

fin-icky fin work

taking advantage of a small day to practice fin first take-offs...



keep the fin down

plant it

spin it

drift

concentrate...

concentrate...!!

voila!

photos courtesy of Gaz

matsyasana

fish pose

carnitas & olas

exposed

State Long Course Meters Championships

The V-man swam in his first ever state championships this past weekend.
Improved times.
Top 10 finishes in all of his events.

My little swimmer is taking shape.

sunday school

It's no secret that I am agnostic/atheist.
At 13....I told my parents that I didn't believe in religion.
No longer would I attend church.


Then...I found this.
Now I'm in church every Sunday...

photos courtesy of Fletcher Burton

fish a la tyler

the cute boy got up this morning and said we were going fishing

uh....ok?

the surf is micro
south winds coming
and...
the tyler had been somewhat neglected

sure...why the hell not
nothing like feeling like a big ol' piece of bait out in the middle of lake pacific

paddle paddle paddle paddle paddle paddle

dinner!

fine day

no early morning commute
sex
coffee/tea
toast
long walk
nude sunbathing
eagles soaring overhead
fruit
surf
sex
long walk

day half over...

swimmin stoke

School is out and swim season has begun.

The V-man competed in his first ever LCM swim meet (long course meters....50 meter pool) this past weekend. About 265 swimmers (in all) ranging in age from 5 to 18 competing.

50 meters... is a long way to swim for an 8-year-old. (some days...it's a long way to swim for a 40-year-old)

The V-man was undaunted by this.....

Saturday:

50 m. back - first (A time)
50 m. breast - second (A time)
50 m. fly - disqualified (he had it won......damn two hand touch!)

Sunday:

100 m. free - first (A time)
100 m. breast - second (B time)
100 m. back - first (A time)

side note: his times were not only faster than all of the 8 y.o.'s...but also faster than MOST of the 9, 10 & 11 y.o.'s

"A" times....qualify him for the Oregon State (10 & Under) Long Course Championships.

He kicked ass!

Not bad for a boy that once needed the threat of "calling Papa"... just to get him into the pool for practice.

enchanted forest

not much in the way of surf today
sure...the buoys say south swell
but...
the south wind is on it as well
blown out crap

so...

the cute boy & I went in search of oyster mushrooms...

bounty!

unfortunately...these beauties are about 40 feet up...

no fretting though...
we did find several...a couple pounds worth...within reach.

friday fodder...

After a visit with Red in the hospital Thursday evening....
I bailed...for the long holiday weekend.

She's doing well.
(as well as can be expected)

The wind has been nuking for days.
No surf.

So...the cuteboy & I went for a long hike.

Six miles of treasures.

Forest.
Sand.
Floral.
Tide pools.
Sea life.
Fauna.

Oyster mushrooms...
(which we harvested for very good eating)



tiny crab...

lancet...


I also found a lovely geode with seafoam crystals & a fairly new bass lure.

drinking & thinking

when
people you love
...hurt

dinner

everybody gets to eat...

Happy Mother's Day!...to all the moms out there.

cancer

FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT
FUCK FUCK FUCK

FUCK

my best girl
her double d's

mastectomy

wrong....doesn't begin to describe this

gonna go scream
several more obscenities

pillow talk...

conversations when you live almost a 100 miles apart....

me: you sleep good?

gaz: yes

you?

me: not too bad

gaz: lol

me: ;-)

8:27 AM gaz: but i could smell you on your pillow

me: ewww.....sweaty?

gaz: LOL

no

hahah

me: hee!

gaz: sweet like jasmine on a zephyr of wind

me: LOL

gaz: ;-)

8:28 AM me: funny boy today

...and some wonder why I call him cute boy.

trillium

The cuteboy (knew he) was in hot water the other day...
...so he pic'd me flowers.

Lovely....aren't they.

NO...he didn't PICK these flowers.

Picking trillium will so severely injure the flower...
that it can takes years to recover.

Lucky for him...he has a really cute smile.

divine comedy...

14000 lines

divided into 3 canticas

each consisting of 33 cantos

One...

...of my favorite poems.

Dante's journey through

the three realms of the dead.

Inferno

Purgatorio

Paradiso

It begins the night before Good Friday

and ends...

the Wednesday after Easter.

Certainly my own hell started well before Good Friday.

interesting...

that it ends....

the Wednesday after Easter.

Down there a place is that no torments try
But only darkness grieves, where the lament
Hath not the sound of wail, but is a sigh.


Party on Wayne. Party on Garth.

hey coach...

...he says & smiles
sauntering down the hall

i see this client once a year
(twice...if i'm lucky)

hands me his shoe box
...and asks
how's the pool?

then wonders when
i'm going to follow
(what he sees as)

...my passion

good question

favourite

For Daddy P....
(please forgive the phone quality camera)