California Dreamin'

Softy for the lack of chattiness today, but I'm feeling a bit under the weather. Hope everyone has a great week!

iPhone HDR

Here's a photo I took a couple of weeks back with my iPhone and an app called Pro HDR. I love having a camera, editing software and the ability to share and upload right in my pocket. I'm not really a delayed gratification kinda guy, so this is perfect for me!

Hope you have a nice weekend.

Chinook

I know they say, "leave the drama for yo mama", but why not put it here. I thought the clouds looked cool, so I put a helicopter in for added interest. ;) This is on board the USS Midway (surprise) and this is a Chinook helicopter. You can distinguish them by their twin rotors. Man I love military hardware!

Kodak Rotunda

If you went up the stairs from yesterday's image and looked up, this is what you'd see. A really cool place, especially at 7 in the morning!

Kodak Steps

These are the stairs leading up to the Kodak Theater where the Academy Awards are held. This is part of a larger complex called Hollywood and Highland. I know, kinda clinical description, but it's late and I'm tired. I'll bring back the funny tomorrow, promise!

Screwed

Happy Monday everyone! Why am I so chipper? Maybe because it's a holiday. Of course if you don't have the day off....then enjoy reading this at work! Ok, pleasantries out of the way, on to today's images. As part of our recent trip to San Diego we took the fam to the Air and Space Museum. If you've ever been to the Air and Space museum in Washington, D.C. then you'll have an idea of what this place is like. Except smaller. For those who haven't been there, rent Night at the Museum 2. I kid! No really, rent it, it's much better than the first one. Back to San Diego. They have lots of actual, historic aircraft and full scale replicas of aircraft on display. There is nothing like walking up to an actual plane to get the size and historical importance of it.

This first image shows something that I've always found cool and humorous at the same time. When I've seen fighter jets at airshows and museums, and I've seen my fair share, I've always found something interesting on the nose. Here, at the very point where that Mach 1+ air is first hitting the plane, is a simple screw. There to hold the nose cap on, it's just a simple screw (although the military probably paid a lot for it and called it something like primary air deflector security device). A little phillips head screw holding down the front of a mulit-million dollar aircraft. I sometimes wonder if it makes fun of other screws when they say they have it rough. This is the nose of a Blue Angel F/A-18.

This is a World War I vintage plane. I loved the finish on the engine cowling and that awesome wooden prop.


This is my son under glass, served with a light cream sauce. Ok, it's a helicopter. Can you tell I'm using my wide angle lens!


This exhibit shows an American P-51 (so sweet) next to a German (lame) Messerschmitt.



All in all a fantastic day with lots of airplane goodness.

Soft flowers

Have a beautiful Sunday!

Got you in my sights...

My boy loving his time pretending to be a fighter pilot. We loved our second visit to the USS Midway in San Diego. Ok, we loved everything about our trip to San Diego. So much to do and see down there, and we've only done and seen a few. Just got back but can't wait for our next visit.