I am in a Toybox

Posted on Jun 24, 2015 in Family

I am in a toybox, on the beach, in Sandy Eggo.  Won’t you come have an ice cream with me?

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A Lovely Sunset

Posted on Jun 23, 2015 in photography

On this first day of summer, the sun broke through the June gloom.  Summer has arrived.

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Summer Solstice

Posted on Jun 22, 2015 in Family

Longest day of the year, and first official day of summer.

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Ugly Duckling

Posted on Jun 20, 2015 in Music

This song was written back in 1991 by Chris Christman for an album we were working on at the time called, Lizard Run Around Crazy Like A Chicken.  I lost the original recording so I did it again.  The first letter of each line of the song spells out F U C K Y O U.  That was carefully planned by Chris

Sardines

Posted on Jun 17, 2015 in photography

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It was a good night for fishing.  I walked out of my house and I smelled the ocean air. It smelled fresh.  It smelled like sardines in the water.

You don’t often smell that.  You don’t pick up that scent of fish and seawater every night.  Just sometimes.  Maybe a few times a year. That means it was a good night for fishing.

The birds smelled it.  Because they were everywhere.  Sometimes the sardines come close to shore, chased there by bigger fish.  They don’t realize that when they come in close, the birds can pick them off.   One by one from above.

The birds tell each other.  Hey come over here, all the sardines are here.  They are swimming on the top close to shore.  Then the birds gang up on the poor sardines.  Guys come to fish too.  Everyone comes out when the ocean smells like sardines.

Welcome Back Eoin

Posted on Jun 15, 2015 in Family

Eoin is back in San Diego. A collection of photos from Eoin’s Welcome Back BBQ and Campfire is in this Gallery – Welcome Back Eoin

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To Catch A Bird

Posted on Jun 14, 2015 in Family

My dad used to tell us that to catch a bird you needed to put salt on its Tail.  So, yesterday Little John said How Do I Catch the Chicken?  We said, you have to put Salt on his tail.  Just like this.  So he did.  And he caught the ChickenSALT-ON-TAIL-BLOG

Teeny Tiny Short Shorts

Posted on Jun 14, 2015 in Music

When we were kids we would make up songs about each other.  My dad started it with hit songs like, “Pampers in the Water”, or “Rich Kids”, or “Don’t Go Outside When Your Mom and Dad aren’t there.

We later picked up on this and wrote hit songs like “Hey Dan”, and “Yolando Do Do Do”, and “These are my friends”.  Great songs.

In keeping with the tradition, I wrote this song where everyone gets a verse.  Hope you like it!