Wax On, Wax Off

Today was the Global Village Festival in Irvine. I went cause my mom was invited to do ceramics wheel demonstrations. But in the meantime my brother and I wandered around checking out all the ethnic booths and local businesses taking advantage of mass advertising.

Among them was a continuous karate performance by students from the local chapter of the karate school. Here's a picture of the finale of the show that makes Ralph Macchio look like a chump. Ha-Ya! Fool snapped both boards at the same time:

Pumpkin Patch

As the Summer slowly ends and the Fall creeps in I start to get excited for the pumpkin flavored treats that flood coffee shops and restaurants! Every Fall my family buys a pumpkin, empty's out the seeds, washes them and bets on how many seeds there are. Here's my brother, a few years back, counting the results.



Usually I lose. My guesstimation skills are minimal.

Without telling the rest of the family my brother throws a few seeds in the backyard in the hopes that something will grow.
This year, it did. Check out this little dooby that skooted its way out of the land.
My folks, who are losing most of their senses, didn't even notice this bad boy till it was almost full-grown.