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Sorry, but I had to post this.  It was too cute to not share.

After 10 years living in Raleigh, my mother has finally retired and moved away.  The retirement was back in Ocotober, but the move finally happened Saturday.  After lots of packing and organizing, mostly done by Mom and Taryn, we took Mom to the airport for her flight out to Washington.  She arrived, safe and sound, that night, greeted by my brother-in-law and their kids.  I haven’t had a chance to talk with her much since then, but it sounds like she’s enjoying it so far.  I made this image about half an hour before leaving for the airport.

Alex has had his fifteen minutes of fame, or more like 20 seconds.

We had friends over for dinner last night, so we did steaks on the grill and roasted new potatoes.  The meal was, as always, great (thanks, Honey!).  Since we now have one, we decided to eat in the dining room on the front side of the house.  This wouldn’t normally be an issue, but we haven’t purchased curtains for the dining room windows yet.  So as we sat for dinner, it felt like we were on stage with an audience just beyond the dark windows.  Our neighborhood is quiet, moderately hilly, and sidewalk free, so the chances are slim of anyone A) being outside on our street & B) caring about what we’re having for dinner.  Regardless, I really feel the need to do some curtain shopping in the near future.

IMAGE: Xavier & Alex have decided that they like our back yard.  At least they like it when it’s warmish out.  They were listening to our neighbors dog bark, when I started snapping pictures.  The shutter noise got their attention and they looked my way.

This computer interface, from Perceptive Pixel, is really really amazing!  It is, apparently, straight of out the movie Minority Report, and it seems like it could be the direction computer interfaces could grow over the next few years.  With the popularity of the Wacom products, at least amongst photographers and other graphics creatives, is already a step in that direction.