Oscar Niemeyer dies at the age of 104

Brazilian arquitect.
http://www.pritzkerprize.com/laureates/1988-niemeyer

Hurricane Season again....

Hurricane Isaac has parked itself over Louisiana for the past couple of days causing disastrous flooding. I always find the satellite images fascinating.

Hurricane Isaac on August 28, 2012 at 1:35pm CDT, true color image. NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite.                                                                  

 

 

Hurricane Isaac on August 28, 2012  at 6:46 pm CDT as the storm made landfall in Plaquemines Parish, packing winds of 80 mph. NOAA GOES-13 satellite, visible image.

 

 

 

Wind map created by http://hint.fm/wind/ . Near-term forecast data is used to create an animated windmap with delicately swirling lines. Snapshot from August 29, 2012 from 10:00pm CDT.

The biggest fish ever

Nothing more flattering to a fishernman than to draw him with the biggest fish ever on his line. K just made my Dad the happiest person yesterday.

Going on a trip in my favorite rocketship...

D made the most awesome drawing of a spaceship scene. An astronaut arrived wearing rollerblades and a dog came by shortly after. Next to the spaceship was a tall ladder and a platform connecting to the ship's door up on top.
The scene was framed with the dark night sky hiding the sun, and bringing out stars and the planet Saturn.

Marbles

Looking attentively into my eyes D says " Mommy, your eyes look like marbles, ...with me inside them." And back he goes to play with his cars.

Northern Waterthrush

Migrating through the Texas gulf coast; chillin' and eating before continuing north to its breeding grounds in Canada.

Spotted Sandpiper

A spotted sandpiper among 50+ least sandpiper.