Indy's mall

Fortunetly for me, Indianapolis is laid out a lot like DC. There is even a mall with an obelisk monument on one end, and a stately looking building on the other. The green area continues beyond the World War Memorial in the bottom photo. This park is just two blocks from my office - just in front of the Scottish Rite Cathedrial.

Cubes and Views Round 2?

It was so much fun last time we did this, and many of us have moved to new jobs and new cities since last year, so I was wondering if we wanted to revive the office and view post of yore?

This is the Shriner's Murat Shrine and the silver Saturn is my pimped out car in my parking lot.

I work in theEnglish Foundation Building, which was built specifically for human service organizations in Indianapolis. The YMCA is there and some children's orgs. My window is the third from the left on the top floor.

This is my cube. Still clean cuz I've only been there 3 weeks.

This is my view. I face due west, so I get to see the weather roll in. The big building is the Scottish Rite Cathedral. I guess they are freemasons of some sort.

What do everyone else's new diggs look like???

To go with the bug theme

Check out this cool website:
http://www.macro-photo.org/index.html

I want to do that!!

West Coast Adventures

Downtown Portland

Portland's MINI dealership

Ah, if it worked this well everywhere

Mount Hood

Mount Hood closer

I am a little behind the times in getting to this but as Chris mentioned, we went out west for Steve's defense a couple of weeks ago. I left a few days early and spent some time visiting friends in the urban planning mecca that is Portland. A very vibrant city indeed - no shortage of excellent microbrews. I also took a day trip to Mount Hood and completed the Paradise Loop trail from Timberline Lodge. After being mostly cloudy for the whole day, the weather broke and I got some great views of the peak. And yes, alpine meadow flowers are as beautiful as the hiking magazines tout them to be...


We also spent some time enjoying SoCal baseball, watching the Angels defeat the Blue Jays 2-1.

Jingles' Graduation Photo

Joseph Tartaglia and Jingles
A Third Dog for Big Apple Resident

Joseph Tartaglia returned to Guiding Eyes for the Blind for his third dog, Jingles. He is a New York City resident who enjoys life in the “big town.” Joe’s educational background in psychology, coupled with a bright, resourceful and determined mindset, enabled him to have a successful career as a teacher of the disabled. Joe’s sight loss was caused by a brain tumor 35 years ago. He is now making the most of retirement, and is engaged in many occupational and recreational activities. An avid believer in the daily exercise of body and mind, Joe balances his days with walking, reading and socializing; he also has two teenage sons who share in his life. Joe boasts of having a broad, comprehensive span of interests and activities that yield special meaning to each day. He describes himself as being “compliant, but vociferous when it comes to airing my views,” and his wry sense of humor can be disarming. Joe has been emotionally and physically invested in each one of his Guiding Eyes dogs and kept each one following their retirements. Jingles will be a valuable asset to Joe as he travels about Manhattan and elsewhere. “I am most sincerely grateful to Guiding Eyes for the Blind for showing me the way to enjoy a full and productive life. There is no other school like this. . . anywhere.”

Bug Songs

http://www.musicofnature.com/songsofinsects/iframes/twentyspecies.html

Doctor Steve

Jon Kelly and I (Chris), with Marin's help, went out on a surprise trip to see Steve's defense and had an AWESOME time. We ate a lot of good food, spent some time in the mountains and the beach, and in general did our regular thing but Southern California-style. Not to mention Steve made us all proud and did a bang-up job with his defense. So good job Steve, and thanks Marin for setting the whole thing up.

Kelly has our pics up here: http://picasaweb.google.com/kelly.somerlot/CaliforniaTripAug07