Photo of the Day

We recently stayed at a hotel in La Quinta. In the lobby was one of those modern fountain things that created a thin sheet of water. Behind it the lights of the restaurant are showing. Random. Water sheets over a fountain, blurry water, abstract lights are visible through the falling…

We got out for a walk with the kids last weekend at San Elijo Lagoon. San Elijo Lagoon is one of my favorite places in North County. I have run there several days a week for about ten years, from the east end of the lagoon in Rancho Santa Fe…

Common dolphin leaping.Image ID: 19485Species: Common dolphin, Delphinus delphisLocation: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico This is a yet another photo of a common dolphin (Delphinus delphis), jumping alongside our liveaboard boat as we were making the one-day passage to Guadalupe Island.

Yvon van Driessche owns and runs Le Barn Appetit, a funky inn and delicious restaurant in Seward, Alaska. I was looking for a room in Seward and all the hotels I could find on the internet were full, but someone was kind enough to recommend Le Barn. Yup, its actually…

Got up to Los Angeles for a family gathering at my dad's new place. While we were sitting in the kitchen at brunch I saw a fat red squirrel out the window, just sitting there munching on something. After 10 minutes of watching him I figured I should go take…

My daughter's favorite fish is yellowtail (Seriola lalandi). We grill it on the bbq, in foil, with olive oil and garlic. Its pretty good that way! While out searching for kelp paddies offshore of San Diego, we would often find yellowtail in the summer, schooling around the paddies. These predatory…

Common dolphin leaping (porpoising).Image ID: 18933Species: Common dolphin, Delphinus delphisLocation: San Diego, California, USA It's morning offshore of San Diego and the clouds have not yet burned off. It is hard to take good photos in this type of light. For some reason this shot of a common dolphin (Delphinus…

Common dolphin.Image ID: 06421Species: Common dolphin, Delphinus delphisLocation: San Diego, California, USA This is a small herd of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis), porpoising and leaping as they travel. This was taken about 10 miles offshore of San Diego.

Common dolphin leaping (porpoising).Image ID: 02354Species: Common dolphin, Delphinus delphisLocation: San Diego, California, USA This is a common dolphin (Delphinus delphis), leaping alongside our liveaboard boat on the way down to Guadalupe Island. We've seen herds of common dolphins numbering in the thousands. They are amazing leapers.

Ok, here's a last fractal (for now). I'm just completing a set of fractal images for printing 6'x6' (that's big!) and will finish off this month's blog by showing you just one more: Detail within the Mandelbrot set fractal. This detail is found by zooming in on the overall Mandelbrot…

Whoa, here's another crazy fractal from the Mandelbrot set. When I was setting the colors on this one it sort of reminded me of the trippy hippy art of the '70's. Right on man. The Mandelbrot Fractal. Fractals are complex geometric shapes that exhibit repeating patterns typified by self-similarity, or…

Fractal 'o' the day, from the classic Mandelbrot family of inequalities: Detail within the Mandelbrot set fractal. This detail is found by zooming in on the overall Mandelbrot set image, finding edges and buds with interesting features. Fractals are complex geometric shapes that exhibit repeating patterns typified by self-similarity, or…

Today's fractal picture is: Fractal design. Fractals are complex geometric shapes that exhibit repeating patterns typified by self-similarity, or the tendency for the details of a shape to appear similar to the shape itself. Often these shapes resemble patterns occurring naturally in the physical world, such as spiraling leaves, seemingly…

Here's another example of detail within the Mandelbrot fractal set, illustrated by assigning color to the number of iterations required for the expression to explode: The Mandelbrot Fractal. Fractals are complex geometric shapes that exhibit repeating patterns typified by self-similarity, or the tendency for the details of a shape to…