1980 (in 1950)

1980; quite a year for me. high school graduation, 7 weeks singing in europe, meeting betty. and lots of other crazy firsts and personal discoveries.

i remember seeing 'the empire strikes back' in a theater in oregon. It was on my last HS band trip, so we had good friends all packed in together which made it more exciting. Portland was covered in ash from the Mt. St. Helens eruption (we were there for the Portland Rose Festival).

here's the empire strikes back (1950)!

the graduate

pre-graduation silliness

here's a couple of pictures just before we left for j's commencement.
i like the harry potter look.

can't you see the sun shine?

some more james taylor for you.

now i'm crying, ain't i?

Lilac and Cherry

The lilacs will be in full bloom soon!

Lilac in foreground / Cherry Blossom in back

crabapple birds

the crabapple tree is a great place for birdwatching! just now i saw three male lazuli buntings. hummingbirds like the blossoms and chase off the seed eaters now and again. chickadee, finch, bluebird, robin, sparrow, magpie... i don't know all the names, but yellow, red, blue, grey, black, white little cuties consume a full feeder of seed a day, even in rain.

watching the birds here makes me miss my old minolta. i wish i had a good zoom on a camera.

Final Flight Atlantis

Mr. Sha took this photo from the Contemporary in WDW at 2:23pm EDST.

Space Shuttle Mission STS-132 launch was 2:20p from the Kennedy Space Center.