All the Pages Are My Days - the first 12 years
the (archived) online world of Mike Rodriquez 2002-2012
Dad was very close to his grandmother. Not surprising since she raised him for most of his life. I met her once, back in 1963, and found these photos over the weekend. I scanned the images below from the original slides. I'm sure we saw these as kids, but they've probably been packed away … Read more
In June of 1995 we took our first trip to Maui. Here's a pleasant reminder of those happy days. Also, in keeping with the spirit of the day, recall that Jerry loved to go scuba diving in Hawaii. Here's a link to a photo of Garcia up close and personal with an octopus: Jerry & … Read more
and a short time to be there. It's hard to believe it's been 15 years already. And with this anniversary coming so soon after dad's death the memories are especially heartfelt. God you played guitar so sweetly. You could hold entire stadiums in the palm of your hand, lifting them up and propelling them … Read more
Here's a photo of Jerry Garcia smiling at Bob Weir while playing in the Grateful Dead back in 1980. I took the photo, developed and printed it, and then 30 years later scanned it in for Jerry's birthday today. Larger version available on Flickr. ::
Monday is Aunt Adelia's 95th birthday! We hosted a celebration at our house this afternoon which was well attended by family and friends. Adelia and Orville didn't have any kids, but she still had a couple of special visitors today when her brother-in-law and niece showed up. We all had a great time. :: Late … Read more
Just for fun, here's a photo I took of a wood duck and then processed using the Photoshop plugin Fractalius. ::
I've been pretty happy with this site since I migrated to Drupal a year ago. Out of the box it's not as full-featured with respect to blogging as dedicated blogging tools like WordPress or MovableType, but that's not really an issue for me. Plus, I've added bits and pieces to the site which have made … Read more
My dad, father of 7, died on Tuesday. He was 84. We held the funeral service today. Dad was retired Air Force and he was honored with a Military Funeral including Honor Guard, an honorary volley of shots, the flag ceremony and Taps. I thought it would be tough during the playing of Taps; I … Read more
Went to Mushroom Rock State Park yesterday; hiked around and took a few pictures which I then processed using HDR techniques. The full set is available on Flickr. Last time we were there was before Sheryl got her hip replaced, so she wasn't able to walk out to the southern mushroom rock. No problems yesterday! … Read more
Here's another photo of a fountain pen nib where the image has been processed using the Photoshop plugin Fractalius. This is the nib of Parker Sonnet fountain pen. More fractalius photos are available for viewing at my Flickr Fractalius Photos set.