farmers

we moved here after this store had already closed. too bad, it would have been nice to buy from farmers.

first congregational church and sky

yesterday the sky was vibrant in pasadena. it was also our first dry day in quite a little while. this is my first shot at the very beautiful "first congregational church" at the corner of los robles and walnut.

just plug it in and the commando 8 does the rest*

it struck me as odd that a big office building like this wouldn't have central air conditioning, rather each employee has to install their own window unit.

*a reference to a seinfeld episode in which kramer buys jerry a window air conditioner

disco bowling

our pmc small group went bowling at bahama lanes last night - unfortunately it turned out to be disco bowling and thus made for some blurry picture taking. this is an action shot of matt and shawna bowling at the same time.

green hills, snow-capped mountains

this amazing view was captured by my wife, meredith. it showcases something we are starting to learn about this part of southern california. in the summer when we arrived, the mountains were brown and dull but with the recent precipitation they are now either a lush green, or capped with snow. we are used to snow in the winter, but not when combined with greener landscape.

more from the parade

not sure what these are supposed to represent, but they were bright and pretty weird looking.

neon lights of a search helicopter

taken at night, this is a picture of a search helicopter. they hover around our lovely city quite often. not sure if they are looking for criminals, traffic problems, or celebrities, but they are noisy and love flashing their bright searchlights around. one night we were convinced their concentric circles started right at our fuller apartment complex.

this is probably the worst quality of a photo ever shown on my blog, but it speaks volumes about where we live and therefore until a better picture is taken, it deserves it's spot here - especially because it's such a big part of the pasadena sky.

ufo on fair oaks ave

more from the doo dah parade. this picture was kind of blurry anyway, the black and white made it look even better.

save the bees

an interesting tribute to the dangers of pesticide usage at the doo dah parade

hitchin' a ride

cyclists at the doo dah parade

to walk or ride...

it's rare, but sometimes it works better to chain the trusty steed and set out on foot. the next few posts will focus primarily on pasadena's doo dah parade - an event which I found works better on foot than on a bike.

rose bowl from above

with downtown pasadena in the distance. hopefully i can capture this shot without so much haze in the future.

art center college of design

lebanese kitchen

more pasadena neon on friday.

local citrus

brookside golf course

situated directly behind the famous rose bowl.

more from the retreat

in the game room - Meredith and Emiley vs. Lindsay and Aaron

fts

boys are mean

fun in the snow at retreat

images from pmc church retreat

at mt. kare (snow in the mountains this weekend, hot and sunny in pasadena)

staples center at night

installment #11 of friday neon

hockey at the staples center

although my maple leafs threw an incredible 50 shots toward the kings, they still lost 5-2.

greenery

with all of the recent rain, fuller's campus has become much greener

snow on our mountains

compare this shot to this image from an october entry, and you can see the difference

a fuller window

downtown from pasadena

back in pasadena...

...but the california sun was not here to greet me.

the edge of the cabin

a lack of neon from my vacation photos means that the friday tradtion gets iced.

poinsettia

christmas remains

bertucci's

dinner with friends in alexandria, va

happy new year

grand:pm played the city tv new years bash in toronto