tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23137952210420483022024-03-13T22:56:08.247-06:00www.srossi.netMax Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.comBlogger2206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-58299790803910302232015-12-30T18:06:00.000-07:002015-12-30T18:06:10.555-07:00Antelope Island<div align="justify">
<a href="http://lisashafer.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lisa Shafer</a> and I headed out to Antelope Island today. Neither of us remember ever being out there in the winter, so we decided to go see what we could see. Not as much scenery as we’re used to, mainly because there’s a big inversion over the valley locking in the clouds and pollution.</div>
Can you tell where the water ends and the cloud starts?<br />
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Bunny tracks…<br />
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And there’s the bunny. It was so still that at first I thought it was a funny shaped rock.</div>
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Even when I got to within a three feet of it, it still sat there still, resting on the rock.</div>
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I got about two feet away and it ran right into the bush. I went around to the other side and spotted it right back on it’s rock. That rabbit really loved that rock.</div>
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Usually you can find the bison when you get about a mile in on the island, but today we had to get 5 or 6 miles in before we even found this small herd of them – about 1/10 of what you can see in the summer. Wonder where all the rest went?</div>
<a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/12/AntelopeIsland/20151230-255.JPG" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/12/AntelopeIsland/20151230-255.JPG" height="268" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></a><br />
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Seems there are also coyotes on the island. I knew that, but had never seen them before.</div>
<a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/12/AntelopeIsland/20151230-314.JPG" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/12/AntelopeIsland/20151230-314.JPG" height="268" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/12/AntelopeIsland/20151230-320.JPG" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/12/AntelopeIsland/20151230-320.JPG" height="268" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="400" /></a><br />
And finally, a crosswalk out in the middle of nowhere.<br />
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<br />Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-76580123716041581962015-11-28T09:24:00.001-07:002015-11-28T09:24:30.216-07:00Black Friday<p align="justify">Here’s the crowds that I braved on Black Friday. I didn’t get any good deals on merchandise, but I did get relaxed.</p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/11/BlackFriday/20151127-152.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/11/BlackFriday/20151127-152.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/11/BlackFriday/20151127-164.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/11/BlackFriday/20151127-164.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p>And the cat had the right idea too…</p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/11/BlackFriday/20151127-149.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/11/BlackFriday/20151127-149.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-64375719234325285342015-11-26T08:18:00.001-07:002015-11-26T08:18:27.755-07:00Happy Thanksgiving & some funny stuff.<p>What am I thankful for?</p> <ul> <li>I’ve got a wonderful family and great friends.</li> <li>My job, which for the most part I still love.</li> <li>I get to live in a house I really like.</li> <li>My Jeep.</li></ul> <p align="justify">Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving, and a whole lot of stuff to be thankful for.</p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/11/thanksgiving.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/11/thanksgiving.jpg" width="400" height="318"></a></p> <hr> <p align="justify">I’m thinking of painting my Jeep this color. Yeah, just kidding. Pepto Pink, in my opinion, is not a good color for any car.</p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/11/20151124-0088.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/11/20151124-0088.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p align="justify">One of the most ironic typographical errors. Or was it intentional?</p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/11/20151107-0093.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/11/20151107-0093.JPG" width="285" height="400"></a></p> <p align="justify">French Club meetings at my school are taking an odd turn. </p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/11/20151106-104.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/11/20151106-104.jpg" width="323" height="400"></a></p> <p align="justify">There’s an app for everything, and one of my students had fun with this one and a picture of me.</p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/11/20151028-101.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/11/20151028-101.jpg" width="301" height="400"></a></p> Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-895477604502872332015-11-13T19:59:00.001-07:002015-11-13T20:00:21.253-07:00Cougarville<p align="justify">Miss Utah visited my school for a 7th grade assembly today. The boys were, well, um, just a little bit happy. She signed their arms and took selfies with them. They, of course, had to show me at lunch.</p> <p align="justify">Looking at one of the selfies:<br>Boy 1: “She’s hot. I’m going to marry her.”<br>Boy 2: “She’s a lot older than you.”<br>Boy 3: “He’s movin’ to Cougarville!”</p> Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-81397932190533786272015-11-06T20:01:00.001-07:002015-11-06T20:01:26.238-07:00Winter is here…<p>…it has won.</p> <p>I haven’t had my hard top on since I bought the soft top at the end of April. Today I gave in to winter and put the hard top back on.</p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/11/DSC_0001%20%282%29.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/11/DSC_0001%20%282%29.JPG" width="400" height="269"></a></p> <p>Let the snow commence.</p> Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-62706097520437470142015-11-02T17:27:00.003-07:002015-11-02T17:27:44.040-07:00I'm dreaming of a brown Christmas......so unlike the ones I used to know."<br />
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This was the the temperature the Jeep was telling me it was on the way home from work today.<br />
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(and for those of you smart enough to be on the metric system)</div>
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Knowing it was November 2nd, at first I thought the Jeep was having a little fun messing with my mind, until I realized I was driving with all the windows down and the soft top folded back.<br />
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Ehyup, t'aint no sech thang as Cly-mate change. That's jest some lib'ral scheme made up ta' git us all turnin' in our smoke belchin' diesel 4-by-4's and drivin' a Prius. Ehyup.Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-63197551512730677442015-10-31T04:33:00.000-06:002015-10-31T04:33:00.628-06:00Boo!<p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/moon.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/moon.jpg" width="327" height="400"></a></p> Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-53373525192119792592015-10-24T19:14:00.003-06:002015-10-24T19:14:33.349-06:00Don't know my own strength.It's funny how we get used to imperfect things when they decay slowly enough. Unit it finally breaks and you replace it.<br />
I had to replace the wheels on my shower door today. I hadn't noticed
how much harder they were to open and close, until I took a shower with
the new wheels. Almost pushed the door into the next room.Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-23881555410830763272015-10-18T09:56:00.001-06:002015-10-18T09:56:49.129-06:00Four the english teacher's out their:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-39018000086933641052015-10-17T17:18:00.001-06:002015-10-17T17:18:08.891-06:00Goblin Valley again.<p align="justify">Went camping down by Goblin Valley again this weekend. Found the same awesome campground that we stayed at last year, it was even empty but we decided not to stay there.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151016-0419.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151016-0419.JPG" width="400" height="269"></a></p> <p align="justify">The only way to it, and back out, is across a dry wash. Well, dry most of the time. Oh, it was dry(ish) when we got there, but the National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings for the area. We would have been fine in the campground, but with the possibility of getting stuck there, we decided to find a different place to camp, right on the other side of the wash.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151016-0405.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151016-0405.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p align="justify">We were going to stay until Sunday, but decided to come home Friday night. Sitting in the tent/camper in the rain didn’t sound like much fun, and packing up while it was raining even less like fun.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151016-0357.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151016-0357.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p align="justify">The day we were there was great. Relaxed, hiked, played in the mud that was there. That’s the problem with planning a trip in advance, the weather doesn’t always cooperate.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/80sScan192.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/80sScan192.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p align="justify">We also rediscovered an old find. On the way home we stopped in Salina for dinner, at a little café called Mom’s Café. The food was great and at a good price. The people there were great, just your basic down-home service. Josh’s steak was awesome, Dylan said his grilled cheese was the caliber he dreamed of (ok, he is only 11, but the one he had in Hanksville went uneaten). </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151016-0332.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151016-0332.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p align="justify">If you’re in Salina during meal time, I’d suggest trying it.</p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151015-0023.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151015-0023.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151015-0032.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151015-0032.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151015-0032.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151015-0032.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151015-0074.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151015-0074.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151015-0092.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151015-0092.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151015-0098.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151015-0098.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151016-0137.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151016-0137.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151016-0146.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151016-0146.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151016-0219.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151016-0219.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151016-0221.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151016-0221.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151016-0268.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151016-0268.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151016-0327.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/GoblinValley/20151016-0327.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-43793982866003026042015-10-03T09:13:00.000-06:002015-10-03T09:13:00.111-06:00Propaganda über alles.<p align="justify">I didn’t think it was possible to have any less respect for a Utah politician. I was wrong.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/PPGRAPH.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/PPGRAPH.jpg" width="400" height="834"></a></p> Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-64760425415426115052015-10-02T19:08:00.001-06:002015-10-02T19:08:49.411-06:00In the desert–when it rains it floods.<p align="justify">I was headed home from grocery shopping, saw some cool cloud formations and decided to stop at Sugarhouse Park to get some pictures.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-21.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-21.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-71.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-71.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p align="justify">I also got this shot of a dad and his kid sledding down the hill. Seems that wet grass can be as much fun as snow.</p> <p align="justify"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-35.JPG" width="400" height="269"></p> <p align="justify">Then came the parade of cars driving the wrong way around the park. I’ve seen this before, so at first I just thought it was some moron who thought their 2 minutes was more important than the safety of others.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-97.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-97.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-141.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-141.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p align="justify">But around the 4th car, I decided to go see what was going on that was causing all this anarchy.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-195.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-195.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-265.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-265.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p align="justify">Well, I got about 3/4 the way around the park and found out what was turning everyone back. The creek running through the park was overflowing and flooding over the road.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-419.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-419.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-449.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-449.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-417.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-417.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-457.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-457.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-383.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-383.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-385.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-385.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-289.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-289.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p align="justify">It really wasn’t that deep, but recently in a small town on the border of Utah and Arizona an SUV and a van were swept down by a flash flood. 12 kids and adults were drowned, I can understand why people weren’t too anxious to forge through the water.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-391.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-391.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p>Although the ones that did cross had no problems at all.</p> <p align="justify">It rained less than 1/10” in the city, maybe up to a quarter inch in the mountains. But since all the runoff from the mountains get funneled into about a half dozen creeks going through the city, and it came down quite quickly, they tend to overflow and run out into the streets. And the water can get moving pretty quickly.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-349.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-349.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-295.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-295.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-293.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-293.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-543.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-543.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-479.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-479.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p align="justify">I spent about a half hour walking around the park taking pictures and by the time I got back, the water had already ceded. You can see how high the water got, where it pushed the leaves up to a line on the lawn.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-573.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-573.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p align="justify">And finally, it decided to rain on me again as I was heading home. Even a little bit of hail to boot. But, as typical here, it didn’t even last through the light I was stopped at.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-581.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/10/water/20151002-581.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-34363955613888495082015-09-13T19:27:00.001-06:002015-09-13T19:27:59.351-06:00Sunset tonight.<p>The sun sinking into a sea of wildfire smoke and smog, behind one lone cloud.</p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/DSC_0038.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/DSC_0038.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/DSC_0041.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/DSC_0041.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/DSC_0048.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/DSC_0048.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-9365413121311292422015-09-12T14:56:00.001-06:002015-09-12T14:56:57.150-06:00I made it into print!<p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/HTest.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/HTest.JPG" width="400" height="399"></a></p> <p>(click to read it)</p> Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-18287113193146968202015-09-07T18:32:00.001-06:002015-09-07T18:32:04.081-06:00Ready for winter hibernation.<p align="justify">Old Blue, all washed and waxed. Yup, I’m getting ready for winter.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/20150907-058.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/20150907-058.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-78648263304028971152015-09-04T17:25:00.001-06:002015-09-04T17:25:23.111-06:00Thematic Photographic–Monochrome<p align="justify">Black and white photography. That’s what I cut my photographic teeth on.</p> <p align="justify">When I was in high school my dad put a darkroom in the 2nd closet of the room that would become my bedroom. We weren’t rich, so all we could afford was the equipment for black and white photography. That was perfect, I learned a lot about photography by taking and developing my own B&W photos.</p> <p align="justify">Here are some of them.</p> <p align="justify">We lived on the edge of town, right at the feet of the Wasatch mountains. That meant our neighborhood was the winter feeding grounds for the deer.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/Monochrome/Deer.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/Monochrome/Deer.jpg" width="400" height="267"></a></p> <p align="justify">Main Street in Salt Lake City, circa 1977. That’s the Salt Lake LDS Temple on the right, and right in the middle of Main Street and South Temple Street was a statue of Brigham Young. Traffic had to go around him. He’s been relocated up half a block, to that almost traffic-free block in the picture that has become a park between the Temple and the Church Office Buildings.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/Monochrome/Main%20St%20c1979.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/Monochrome/Main%20St%20c1979.JPG" width="259" height="400"></a></p> <p align="justify">If you’ve seen the movie “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”, you may recognize this building. It’s in the Southern Utah ghost town of Grafton, where they filmed several scenes from that movie.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/Monochrome/graftoncabin.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/Monochrome/graftoncabin.JPG" width="400" height="308"></a></p> <p align="justify">The Bonneville Salt Flats are an eerie place. I went out there on a cloudy, moon-free night and it was so dark I almost lost the car just walking 10 feet away from it. I took this picture another night when it was clear and a full moon. The salt reflected so much of the moonlight that I could take this picture without a flash.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/Monochrome/salt%20desert.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/Monochrome/salt%20desert.JPG" width="400" height="296"></a></p> <p align="justify">Freeway-to-be. The I-215 belt route around Salt Lake City, before it was finished.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/Monochrome/I-215.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/Monochrome/I-215.JPG" width="400" height="256"></a></p> <p align="justify">And finally, my brother and his 1978 Ford Country Squire towing a boat – as we leave for Lake Powell. Yeah, the back is sagging a little bit, but it made it all the way down there like that.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/Monochrome/LTD&Boat.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/09/Monochrome/LTD&Boat.JPG" width="400" height="291"></a></p> <p>For more Monochrome photos go to:</p> <p><a href="http://writteninc.blogspot.com/2015/08/thematic-photographic-348-monochrome.html" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/Headers/TP.jpg"></a></p> Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-63702522124104891562015-08-30T18:16:00.001-06:002015-08-30T18:16:20.400-06:00Running with the birds.<p align="justify">Made it out to the west desert today. Found an arch and got to run with the birds.</p> <p align="justify">As I was driving up a road lined with sunflowers on both sides I annoyed a few birds. They came out of the flowers and would fly up the road, right in front of me, like a bat outta hell. </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/birds/DSC_0078.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/birds/DSC_0078.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p align="justify">The pictures don’t do it justice, at some times it seemed like I was in a Hitchcock movie, there were at least a dozen flying in front of me, which had me swerving left to right to avoid them.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/birds/DSC_0210.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/birds/DSC_0210.JPG" width="400" height="269"></a></p> <p align="justify">Up past the swarms of birds, I found this arch. And it wasn’t even Arches National Park.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/birds/arches.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/birds/arches.jpg" width="400" height="268"></a></p> Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-18418462800798403012015-08-29T21:43:00.001-06:002015-08-29T21:43:08.446-06:00Life imitates Art.<p align="justify">About 20 years ago I experienced an episode of M*A*S*H. You know the episode where Hawkeye and Trapper are looking for an incubator? They run into a control freak Supply Sargent with 3 incubators in storage who, when they ask him for one, responds “but if I give you one, I’ll only have two.”</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Ted_Gehring_as_Major_Arnold_Morris_HASH.png" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Ted_Gehring_as_Major_Arnold_Morris_HASH.png" width="400" height="466"></a></p> <p align="justify">We were just getting computers in our classrooms and I had gone to the front office looking for a surge protected power strip. The secretary found one in the supply room and when I asked if I could have it she told me “but then I wouldn’t have one.”</p> <p align="justify">Last week I lived another sitcom episode. The Seinfeld episode where George eats an éclair out of the trash.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/george.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/george.jpg" width="400" height="342"></a></p> <p align="justify">It wasn’t an éclair, but when a student threw away his box from KFC and another student grabbed the biscuit out of it, I just had to laugh.</p> Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-74303165050360097242015-08-22T16:11:00.001-06:002015-08-22T16:13:40.816-06:00Just call me Jethro.<p align="justify">When you build a carport, with a shallow roof pitch, under a huge pine tree, it’s a pretty good idea to clean off the roof more than once every 7 years.</p> <p align="justify">I built it 7 years ago, and spent today cleaning it off for the first time. There was a ton (probably even literally) of pine cones and needles up there. The first step was to just rake them off the roof onto the ground. Here’s what I ended up with:</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Jethro/DSC_0053.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Jethro/DSC_0053.JPG" width="268" height="400"></a></p> <p align="justify">As you can see, especially compared to the next picture, it was close to 2 feet deep.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Jethro/DSC_0064.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Jethro/DSC_0064.JPG" width="268" height="400"></a></p> <p align="justify">The second step was to clean it up off the ground. I hardly even touched it and my yard waste container was completely filled, so I decided to put it in the trailer. That way it wouldn’t be piled on the side of the garage where any idiot flinging their cigarette butt out the window of their apartment next door could end up burning down my garage. With all 3 cars inside it.</p> <p align="justify">About 3/4 of the way through, I could see that there was more than my trailer could handle. So I went to my spare wood pile, got out the saw, drill and some screws and increased the capacity of the trailer.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Jethro/DSC_0070.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Jethro/DSC_0070.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p align="justify">An old International truck bed with weather beaten spare pieces of wood. As it started to come together, I started singing the theme song to “The Beverly Hillbillies”. I like it, it’s completely functional, but it does have a certain Jethro look to it.</p> <p align="justify">Now I just get to spend an hour or so every weekend moving it from there to the yard waste bin. I could just pay the $10 and take the time to haul it out to the dump, but I already pay for them to pick up my yard waste, and I don’t want to pay extra for something they are going to end up selling back to people for mulch.</p> <p align="justify">By the way, if anyone needs some pine cones for their Christmas arts and crafts, let me know. I’ve got zillions of them.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Jethro/DSC_0046.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Jethro/DSC_0046.JPG" width="400" height="269"></a></p> <p align="justify">Oh, and here’s the roof before I hosed it down. You can (sorta) see the dirt on the shingles showing how far up the debris was.</p> Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-82179023919068225432015-08-18T18:41:00.001-06:002015-08-18T18:46:11.899-06:00Thematic Photographic–Where You Work<p align="justify">I have a huge office. It’s about a 35 foot (10.7 meter) square. I only have it to myself for about an hour a day, the rest of the time I have to share it with 30+ other people. And every 50 minutes, they all leave and 30+ new people file in.</p> <p align="justify">My workspace:</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Workspace/DSC_0005.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Workspace/DSC_0005.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Workspace/DSC_0007.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Workspace/DSC_0007.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p align="justify">Of course, the stuff I do in that big area takes a lot of planning, correcting and recording. For that I have two separate workplaces. One in the big room:</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Workspace/DSC_0004.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Workspace/DSC_0004.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p>and one at home:</p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Workspace/DSC_0002.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Workspace/DSC_0002.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p align="justify">But even though I spend a lot of time at the two workstations and walking around my big office, most of my work ends up here:</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Workspace/DSC_0009.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Workspace/DSC_0009.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p align="justify">thanks to an iPad connected to a PC connected to a projector. Chalkboards, whiteboards and even smartboards are a thing of the past.</p> <p align="justify">And, in his usual excellent timing, Carmi picked this theme the week that my work partners finally show up.</p> <p align="justify">Tomorrow is the first day of school, and I have to meet 160 12 year olds, getting to know each one of them and (hopefully) motivating them to take their work seriously.</p> <p align="justify">Tonight I’m not going to sleep well, I never do the night before the first day of school. Emotions run the gamut from regretting that my summer is over, excitement to meet a whole bunch of new people, fear that I’m going to have a class from hell and the knowledge that every day for the next 5 months something is going to happen that will a) piss me off, b) frustrate the hell out of me, c) embarrass me, d) make me laugh out loud, e) melt my heart and f) give me that incredible feeling when the light bulb goes off over a head and the student realizes they can do it.</p> <p align="justify">It’s a rollercoaster, from the minute we hit the floor running tomorrow to the last day when we say goodbye. </p> <p align="justify">What a job.</p> <p align="justify">To see more workplaces, just look here:</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://writteninc.blogspot.com/2015/08/thematic-photographic-346-where-you-work.html" target="_blank"><img style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/Headers/TP.jpg"></a></p> Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-31365872697179836932015-08-17T17:55:00.001-06:002015-08-17T17:55:37.972-06:00Thanks California, Washington and Oregon.<p align="justify">Salt Lake City, Utah – August 17, 2015</p> <p align="justify">There is a haze over our city, and it’s not even our fault.</p> <p align="justify">We’re getting smoke from the wildfires in northern California right now. It leaves the city looking like a we’re in the middle of a typical winter inversion. And you can smell it – it’s like I’m living next to a perpetual campfire.</p> <p align="justify">The good news – a cold front is heading our way and the winds are going to change. They are going to change from the west to the north west.</p> <p align="justify">The bad news – there are a bunch of wild fires in Oregon and Washington state, so we’re still going to be getting smoke.</p> <p align="justify">On the bright side – smoky air makes for amazing sunrises and sunsets. Today’s sunrise:</p> <p align="justify"> <a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/DSC_0012.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/DSC_0012.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p align="justify">I’ll try to get some more sunrise/sunset pictures. If I do, you’ll see them here.</p> Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-90678175168184719942015-08-11T18:44:00.001-06:002015-08-11T18:44:54.691-06:00Back to school tomorrow morning.<p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/offtoworkIgo.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/offtoworkIgo.jpg" width="400" height="267"></a></p> <p>Wheeeee……</p> Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-2321478466110224932015-08-07T12:54:00.001-06:002015-08-07T12:54:18.773-06:00Behind the Scenes.<p align="justify">Up in the mountains above Heber, before we had lunch in Midway, we ran into these guys.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/02/01.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/02/01.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p align="justify">Seems that getting the video from the cameras on the ground to you an me isn’t as easy as I thought. The cameras send the signal to an airplane circling above the valley, the plane sends it to these guys who send it down to link down at the finish line. </p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/02/02.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/02/02.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p align="justify">Their job here? Set up all the equipment, sit around watching it and then put it all away. Nothing to do once it’s set up, unless something goes wrong.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/02/03.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/02/03.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p>We talked to this guy for a half hour or so, nothing too drastic happened, but it was interesting watching the race from there, and hearing about how the whole thing works.</p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/02/04.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/02/04.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313795221042048302.post-12240337869993253112015-08-06T23:11:00.001-06:002015-08-06T23:11:53.965-06:00Lunch in Midway.<p>Eating lunch at the TimpFreeze in Midway, and who rides by? The Tour of Utah.</p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/20150806-222425-365.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/20150806-222425-365.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/20150806-222427-368.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/20150806-222427-368.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/20150806-222443-394.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/20150806-222443-394.JPG" width="400" height="269"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/20150806-222446-398.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/20150806-222446-398.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/20150806-222449-402.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/20150806-222449-402.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/20150806-222517-446.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/20150806-222517-446.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/20150806-222548-494.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/20150806-222548-494.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/20150806-222612-532.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/20150806-222612-532.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/20150806-222618-542.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="http://www.srossi.net/2015/08/Midway/20150806-222618-542.JPG" width="400" height="268"></a></p> Max Sartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271198231897203659noreply@blogger.com0