http://wardy.my-expressions.com/atom_5930.xml 2008-10-06T06:01:12Z Expressions Photoblogging http://wardy.my-expressions.com/archives/5930_1640022077/310740 Wardy 2008-10-06T06:01:12Z 2008-10-06T06:01:12Z <a href="http://wardy.my-expressions.com/archives/5930_1640022077/310740" style="border:0;"><img src="http://my-expressions.com/up_media/4442/pblog/5898/et_1223065419.jpg"/></a><br> Gondolier Venice, Italy http://wardy.my-expressions.com/archives/5930_1640022077/310701 Wardy 2008-10-03T09:23:29Z 2008-10-03T09:23:29Z <a href="http://wardy.my-expressions.com/archives/5930_1640022077/310701" style="border:0;"><img src="http://my-expressions.com/up_media/4442/pblog/5898/et_1223047413.jpg"/></a><br> Beggar Rome, Italy http://wardy.my-expressions.com/archives/5930_1640022077/310287 Wardy 2008-10-01T06:01:15Z 2008-10-01T06:01:15Z <a href="http://wardy.my-expressions.com/archives/5930_1640022077/310287" style="border:0;"><img src="http://my-expressions.com/up_media/4442/pblog/5898/et_1222694407.jpg"/></a><br> Maui Trees In one of the parks on the way up to Haleakala. http://wardy.my-expressions.com/archives/5930_1640022077/310285 Wardy 2008-09-29T07:06:28Z 2008-09-29T07:06:28Z <a href="http://wardy.my-expressions.com/archives/5930_1640022077/310285" style="border:0;"><img src="http://my-expressions.com/up_media/4442/pblog/5898/et_1222697537.jpg"/></a><br> STOP No, this isn't another casualty of Hurricane Ike. It's just an interesting site from my trip to Maui this past summer. On a good note - we got our electricity up this past weekend. But there's still no phone and no internet service yet. We called Comcast to let them know that our internet service was out. All we got was a message telling us to report the outage online. No joke. http://wardy.my-expressions.com/archives/5930_1640022077/309938 Wardy 2008-09-25T07:26:06Z 2008-09-25T07:26:06Z <a href="http://wardy.my-expressions.com/archives/5930_1640022077/309938" style="border:0;"><img src="http://my-expressions.com/up_media/4442/pblog/5898/1222349175_eit_thumb.JPG"/></a><br> My Back Yard Thank God that it looks worse than it actually is. There was only minor damage to the roof. But a few feet over and we would have been remodeling our kitchen! There was a huge pine tree that fell and was heading straight for our bedroom but was held up by other trees. The first night after Hurricane Ike blew through, we stayed at a friend's house. That night a cold front came in and the rains poured. My back yard started flooding and came within an inch of my back door. My neighbor saw that the debris was blocking the water from flowing around the side of my house. He ran in and cleared a path and saved my house from flooding. I owe that man a beer... or two... kegs! I have been very lucky. Many in our neighborhood had trees that plowed right through the middle of their homes. And again, we don't live in a third world country... I imagine going through a hurricane in a thatched roof hut is quite a different experience. Today is my first day back to work. Still no electricity at home though,so I probably won't be making the photoblog rounds for a while. I'll hope to be by soon! http://wardy.my-expressions.com/archives/5930_1640022077/309063 Wardy 2008-09-16T18:00:07Z 2008-09-16T18:00:07Z No Photo Thanks to Hurricane Ike, I will be posting very little if at all in the next few weeks. My neighborhood looks like a disaster... hmmm, well that's because it was a disaster! I have a tree and an electric pole on my house. No electricity and it doesn't look we'll get it for a few weeks. (I am posting from a friend's house.) On the bright side... Warren (of THAT... Was My Foot fame) accidentally (I think) left me a voicemail. He seems to be alive and well (though his home was right in the eye so I don't know how that fared). My family is all healthy. The neighbors are all out at night helping each other out. Lose the TV and people start talking to each other. The weather has turned to cool and dry. Very nice since Houstonians are used to hot and wet! I have a number of wonderful friends who have offered and supplied food and shelter. Hurricane Ike has certainly done a number on my city. It is certainly tragic that some have lost their lives to no fault of their own. But nonetheless we don't live in the third world. Click here to see what Ike did to Haiti. That is a tragedy on a scale I can't imagine. http://wardy.my-expressions.com/archives/5930_1640022077/308503 Wardy 2008-09-15T06:01:10Z 2008-09-15T06:01:10Z <a href="http://wardy.my-expressions.com/archives/5930_1640022077/308503" style="border:0;"><img src="http://my-expressions.com/up_media/4442/pblog/5898/et_1221185226.jpg"/></a><br> The Finger Capitoline Museum Rome, Italy http://wardy.my-expressions.com/archives/5930_1640022077/308505 Wardy 2008-09-14T06:01:06Z 2008-09-14T06:01:06Z <a href="http://wardy.my-expressions.com/archives/5930_1640022077/308505" style="border:0;"><img src="http://my-expressions.com/up_media/4442/pblog/5898/et_1221185487.jpg"/></a><br> Theater of Marcellus Rome, Italy http://wardy.my-expressions.com/archives/5930_1640022077/308088 Wardy 2008-09-13T06:01:10Z 2008-09-13T06:01:10Z <a href="http://wardy.my-expressions.com/archives/5930_1640022077/308088" style="border:0;"><img src="http://my-expressions.com/up_media/4442/pblog/5898/et_1220835023.jpg"/></a><br> Trees http://wardy.my-expressions.com/archives/5930_1640022077/308500 Wardy 2008-09-11T19:35:28Z 2008-09-11T19:35:28Z <a href="http://wardy.my-expressions.com/archives/5930_1640022077/308500" style="border:0;"><img src="http://my-expressions.com/up_media/4442/pblog/5898/et_1221183780.jpg"/></a><br> Sugar Mill Maui, Hawaii Hurricane Ike slowly looms toward us. :-(