iPhone365 #323: end of day

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iPhone365 #322: sketch workshop

Just finished a 90-minute sketch workshop with a bunch of talented interior designers and architects.

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iPhone365 #321: matthew

Each time I see and smell this I think of Matthew.

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iPhone365 #320: white mulberries

First time to try mulberries, and it's from my own tree!

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iPhone365 #319: commuter

Gaby waits for me to get done dressing for work.

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iPhone365 #318: after breakfast

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iPhone365 #317: tonkatsu

My favorite.

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iPhone365 #316: sunning

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iPhone365 #315: good morning

Gaby and Eli waiting to go pee.

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iPhone365 #314: maryland street 9am

One of my favorite streets in the city.
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iPhone365 #313: some rain

The clouds are coming in -- we may have some rain tonight.
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iPhone365 #312: drop off

Dropped off Gaby at her house on my way to work today. She seemed happy to be home, but upset that I was leaving her behind.
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iPhone365 #311: farmville

Strawberries and tomatos and zuchini and squash and pepper and bokchoy... for now.
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iPhone365 #310: fairy dog

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iPhone365 #309: sniffing

When I let the dogs out this morning, the little one kept on sniffing around the bench and would not come back in. Scent of a cat? A bird? A rat?
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iPhone365 #308: running amok

It's Gaby's first day at our house.
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iPhone365 #307: briefing

Leaving Vic and Derek's after dinner and a quick rundown on babysitting Miss Abigail St. Woods for the next 10 days.
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open letter

Dear Mister Asshole Driver in the silver monster truck,

Thank you for flipping me that birdie this morning on College Avenue.  In case you didn't notice, we were driving in a 25-mph zone where I have seen cops sit and wait for speeders like you.  Didn't you notice that you were the only vehicle weaving in and out of lanes and rushing to get to where, the next red light?  If you were in a rush because you were running late, maybe you should have woken up earlier so you didn't need start your day road-raging at other drivers like a maniac.  I could see the veins on your neck from 20 feet away.

I would like you to know that it gave me nothing but sheer pleasure to flip you back the fat birdie that you sent my way.  Like they say, if you can dish it, you should be able to take it.  I'm sorry I didn't have the chance to roll down my window to hear what idiotic racist language you were hurling at me.  My left-turn light turned green as I approached the intersection and had to leisurely drive past you where you were sitting at your, well, RED light.  Rushing is so over-rated, don't you think?

Thank you for trying so early to ruin my day, but unfortunately you failed at that.  I hope you were late for work.


Regards,
NR

iPhone365 #306: super RT

Started working on the animation for Michael's presentation.
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iPhone365 #305: cold and wet

A cold and wet day today in paradise, thanks to a winter(?) storm that blew in from Alaska.
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iPhone365 #304: vine ripe

After living within a few miles from Vine Ripe for so many years, I finally checked it out. Though not the "pretty and shiny veggies-on-steroids" variety one sees at supermarket chains, fresh produce is very inexpensive at this Persian grocery store. There is a wide variety of international products, too, from cheeses to meats, drinks to hookah pipes, pasta to pickles. I won't even mention the variety of sweets available. Yum.
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iPhone365 #303: quiet time

After a 6-hour migraine-inducing day at work and a très trashée evening at Hometown Buffet and Marshalls, I decided to cap my Saturday sitting outside and enjoying the sound of crickets and the quiet hum of the city in the background. Peace is a rare commodity these days.
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iPhone365 #302: girl friday

Friday... long day... but became much easier when I changed my desktop background. Thanks, Candice!!
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iPhone365 #301: exhausted

I came home feeling run-down so I thought I would go to bed and have an early night. This one was snoring even before I got into my pajamas. Ah, to be a spoiled dog!
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iPhone365 #300: bricks

I felt I needed to finish the brick entrance to our little veggie patch before the end of hump day, and I did! Now it's time to start the brick path from this spot to the back yard.
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iPhone365 #299: everything british

I really never looked at British folks as an immigrant community like, say, Filipinos. This afternoon I went to Everything British, a quaint little corner store on 4th Street and La Mesa Boulevard full of crackers, jams, candies, teas, and drinks from the Isles.
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iPhone365 #288: monday

Manic.
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iPhone365 #287: easter shake

Didn't know that my quiet morning spraying aphids off of the roses was a prelude to the big tremors in the afternoon.
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iPhone365 #286: waiting

Parked at the cell phone lot, listening to A Prairie Home Companion, waiting for Michael's flight to come in. Online status says 15 minutes early, coming in at Gate 6.
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iPhone365 #285: good friday

Home early from work again today. If I were in the Philippines, I wouldn't have to work on Good Friday; I probably would have taken the whole week off.
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iPhone365 #284: sweets

Going to National City for some Filipino food is always a guarantee that I would return home with sweets that I don't really need to eat.
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