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Along with Lance Armstrong, David successfully ran this year’s marathon! Follow the link to see all 140 pictures from our four day trip to the big city to cheer David on!  (Here is just a few select images posted to my Flickr stream)

The days are staying wonderfully mild here in Raleigh, with the past few seemingly filled with perfect weather and wonderful light.  Days like these make even me enjoy fall.  I know that it won’t last forever, but it certainly is nice while it’s around.

The weather drove us outside for most of the weekend, when we weren’t working that is.  Although we’d intended to spend most of the weekend getting some cleaning done around the apartment, it didn’t happen.  We still have a living room that looks more like a packed UHaul truck, and as I left the building this morning I could see the building foyer through a 2 foot by 1 foot hole in our kitchen wall.  Needless to say, neither of us are happy about this.  Tonight, regardless of pending work, we will be cleaning!

We will be heading up to NYC this weekend to support David in the marathon.  Our normal crew of 7 has been reduced to 4 this year, as David & Dan are travelling solo and Kim is jetting off to a wedding elsewhere this weekend.  I’m looking forward to seeing Mr. P, checking out the museums, and swinging by the Photo Expo at the Javits Center.  I’m sure it will be a terrific trip.

Speaking of being somewhere else, Mom is moving away.  She’s answering the siren call of the west coast, and moving out to live near my sister in the far northwest corner of Washington State (Sequim+Port Angeles).  I really don’t want her to move, but there’s not much I can about it.  Taryn and I will probably be driving her stuff out there around Christmas, but nothing is set in stone.

The house shopping continues, but without notable developments.  We spent the better part of yesterday discussing a particular house, and even called the owners to go take another look at it.  There is a lot to recommend it, but neither of us feels one hundred percent about it.  We have a contract in hand, but we haven’t completed it yet.  I don’t know what we’ll do, but I know I’d like to get the heck out of where we are.

IMAGE:  This is another of the images from the CAM Exposure Time event.  Kurt & Taryn are showing us their best catalog looks. 

Taryn and I spent the last few days at the beach in Nags Head, NC.  A couple of folks from the Raleigh Flickr Group decided that a short holiday was in order, so we rented a house at the beach and proceeded to have a great time.  Taryn and I are already talking about when we can do it again.

House-wise, we’ve taken two steps forward and one back.  We finally found a home that we both liked, so we made an offer.  Unfortunately, we didn’t get the house.  This leaves us back in square one.  I know we’re both ready to find something, and I’m sure Taryn doesn’t want to be looking at houses any more.

This upcoming weekend I’m volunteering at the Contemporary Arts Museum’s “Exposure Time” fund raiser.  We’re setting up in the building CAM is working on buying & renovating, and then making portraits for anyone who comes out.  The sitting fees go to CAM and I’ll get a chance to meet some new folks and connect with some area pros (and hopefully pick up a few things).  If you need to have a picture taken, this is a great time to get a professional portrait and support a great cause too.  As a side note, I’ve finally posted something to chrisengel.com.  It’s minimalist but will grow slowly over time.  I’d love to get some feedback on it.

IMAGE: The clouds denied us the obligatory “sunset over the sound” picture at Jockey’s Ridge, so I made this portrait of Taryn instead.  Sometimes clouds are our friends.

Today is it, and I have *no idea* what to do for her! So everyone, please call today and wish her a happy birthday (she started her day off with a call from Gran Blakeman, which is always good)!

This past weekend was relaxing and enjoyable. We got lots of errands and projects done, and I managed to get and get rid of a virus on my computer. Fun stuff. We also went to the DBAP to watch the Durham Bulls play Syracuse on the 4th. It was a Flickr meetup organized by Sean “BigDiesel” Birdwell. We all had a great time, in spite of the heat.

IMAGE: This little girl was sitting with her father in the stands behind us at the game. She was far more interested in looking at the crowd than the game.