Flagstaff Daily Photo
Photos from Flagstaff, AZ
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Dwarf Delphinium
A macro shot of a dwarf delphinium flower growing in our front yard. Dwarf delphinium do well here in Flagstaff since they can grow at high elevation and require little water.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Creeping Thyme
The Creeping Thyme in bloom in our front garden. A beautiful purple color, a common theme in our garden.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
Missed Me
A photo on Kachina Trail as my Irish setter, Curry, does a fly-by. Who doesn't love a good dog butt shot!?
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Hen and Chicks
A black and white photo of the hen and chicks plant that we recently planted in our front garden. I loved the contrast of leaves and figured it would make a good b/w photo. I think I was right! :-)
Monday, July 19, 2010
April Snowfall
I guess these a little late in the coming, but these photos are from a late, late April snowfall (April 29th) here in Flagstaff. Early and mid-April had been beautiful, getting into the 60's during the day. My wife had already planted her annual hanging baskets and we had put out the deck furniture, then the snow came. None of it stayed for very long, but it was still weird to see it coming down this late in the Spring.....at least at this latitude.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Torch Lily
A macro shot of one of my favorite plants in our garden, the Torch Lily (aka Red Hot Poker). They bloom between the beginning of June and mid July here in Flagstaff.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Schultz Pass Fire
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Hiatus
Wow, quite the hiatus I took. But bare with me, I have a good reason.
Five days after my last post, my son, Dane Alexander, was born. This was pretty unexpected since he was not due until Feb 24th, but arrived on Feb. 14th (Yes, that's Valentine's Day!). My wife did great and the delivery went smoothly. However, we were shocked to learn only minutes after his birth, that our son Dane has Down Syndrome. We never had any genetic testing done during the pregnancy, as we were not technically "at risk" for a Downs baby, and nothing about my wife's pregnancy suggested that anything was atypical about the baby inside her.
We were reeling after his birth. We knew little to nothing about Down Syndrome and didn't know what it meant for the future of our son or our family. To make matters worse, about 12 hrs after he was born, he was admitted to the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit). With my wife and I both working in healthcare, we knew the gravity of what that meant. Dane was having trouble keeping his blood oxygen level up and refused to feed from my wife or a bottle. We found out later that this was caused by a number of things, most of which were not related to the DS and could happen to any baby born at 7000 ft above sea level. Over the next several days, Dane displayed problems eating, most of which were a result of his low blood O2, which made him extremely fatigued and too weak to eat the amount of calories he needed.
Without going into too many details of his condition while in the NICU, he was neither the healthiest nor the least healthy baby in the unit. After about 10 days he promptly "turned a corner", decided he wanted to eat and most of the problems keeping him in the NICU disappeared and we were able to bring him home 17 days after we was born. He was still on oxygen for a couple weeks after that, but each day he got stronger and more active.
The above photo is one of my favorites of him. My wife took it, so I can't take credit, but I wanted to share it with you. He is now about 4.5 months old and doing GREAT! He is small for his age, but when measured on an adjusted DS growth chart, he is doing well.
So this is why it's been so long since I have posted a photo. I hope to get back to posting regularly again. It is summer in Flagstaff right now, and the land is beautiful. I may not post every day as the title of the blog suggests, but I will do my best to post as frequently as I can. I realize I have probably lost most of the my regular visitors, but for those of you who find your way back here (or arrive for the first time), I hope you will be patient and check back from time to time to see how my blog is going. Thanks so much and I hope everyone is having a great summer.
Five days after my last post, my son, Dane Alexander, was born. This was pretty unexpected since he was not due until Feb 24th, but arrived on Feb. 14th (Yes, that's Valentine's Day!). My wife did great and the delivery went smoothly. However, we were shocked to learn only minutes after his birth, that our son Dane has Down Syndrome. We never had any genetic testing done during the pregnancy, as we were not technically "at risk" for a Downs baby, and nothing about my wife's pregnancy suggested that anything was atypical about the baby inside her.
We were reeling after his birth. We knew little to nothing about Down Syndrome and didn't know what it meant for the future of our son or our family. To make matters worse, about 12 hrs after he was born, he was admitted to the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit). With my wife and I both working in healthcare, we knew the gravity of what that meant. Dane was having trouble keeping his blood oxygen level up and refused to feed from my wife or a bottle. We found out later that this was caused by a number of things, most of which were not related to the DS and could happen to any baby born at 7000 ft above sea level. Over the next several days, Dane displayed problems eating, most of which were a result of his low blood O2, which made him extremely fatigued and too weak to eat the amount of calories he needed.
Without going into too many details of his condition while in the NICU, he was neither the healthiest nor the least healthy baby in the unit. After about 10 days he promptly "turned a corner", decided he wanted to eat and most of the problems keeping him in the NICU disappeared and we were able to bring him home 17 days after we was born. He was still on oxygen for a couple weeks after that, but each day he got stronger and more active.
The above photo is one of my favorites of him. My wife took it, so I can't take credit, but I wanted to share it with you. He is now about 4.5 months old and doing GREAT! He is small for his age, but when measured on an adjusted DS growth chart, he is doing well.
So this is why it's been so long since I have posted a photo. I hope to get back to posting regularly again. It is summer in Flagstaff right now, and the land is beautiful. I may not post every day as the title of the blog suggests, but I will do my best to post as frequently as I can. I realize I have probably lost most of the my regular visitors, but for those of you who find your way back here (or arrive for the first time), I hope you will be patient and check back from time to time to see how my blog is going. Thanks so much and I hope everyone is having a great summer.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Flagstaff's Snowpocalypse
A few weeks ago, Flagstaff got socked by a massive, 6-day snow storm. The second biggest in its history. We got approximately 55 inches of snow from Monday to Saturday. I heard the Snowbowl ski area got from 6-8 feet. For several of the days, most of the town just had to shut down (except the hospital, of course, so guess who still got to go to work!). Anyway, since I was at work once the sun finally came out, these photos were taken by my wife, Becky.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Backyard Startrails
Another attempt at startrails. This photo was taken from my backyard. I really want to try to get out of town and into The Dark to get some good, clear startrails. Maybe when it gets warmer. :-)
Monday, January 4, 2010
8 Month Mark
My wife, Becky, is at about 8 months pregnant and, after a recent snowfall, I figured the snowy backyard would make for a good background for a silhouette photo. She is due February 24th...THAT'S NEXT MONTH!! I can't believe it! It's gone so fast.
Friday, December 25, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Curry By The Tree
Our Irish Setter, Curry, sleeping near the Christmas tree. She's grown since last year....check out this photo:
Curry Last Year
She must have been really deep in sleep since this photo is a 30 sec exposure and she didn't move at all during it!
Curry Last Year
She must have been really deep in sleep since this photo is a 30 sec exposure and she didn't move at all during it!
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Courtesy of the Little Woman
Monday, November 23, 2009
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