Photos from the Barking Yak

2006-09-17T16:43:00.000-06:00

From the Bingham Copper Mine. I heard somewhere it's the world's largest open pit mine, but I don't know if that's true or not.

2006-09-17T16:41:00.000-06:00

More Fall colors.

2006-09-08T19:21:00.000-06:00

A view from Butterfield Canyon.

2006-09-08T19:20:00.000-06:00

Autumn comes to Utah.

2006-09-03T11:56:00.000-06:00

Another butterfly from Hogle Zoo's butterfly exhibit.

2006-08-28T18:03:00.000-06:00

Another from our trip to the Hogle Zoo.

2006-08-21T22:06:00.000-06:00

After an extended absence I am reviving "Photos from the Barking Yak". Here is one from a recent trip to the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City.

2005-12-15T19:57:00.000-07:00

Christmas comes to Salt Lake City.

2005-12-15T19:56:00.000-07:00

Outside the LDS Church Headquarters.

2005-12-15T19:55:00.000-07:00

Christmas lights at Temple Square

2005-08-09T15:04:00.000-06:00

Architectural detail from the Mount Timpanogos Utah LDS temple.

2005-08-08T12:12:00.000-06:00

The bride and groom. Annaliese and Carson.

Well my little sister is all grown up now. She went and got hitched this weekend. We're all happy for her, except for Natalie who thinks her big sister has abandoned her.

2005-08-08T12:10:00.000-06:00

Here's Jacob at his Aunt Annaliese's wedding. He just got done eating a cookie, and didn't get it all in his mouth.

2005-08-08T12:06:00.000-06:00

Bradley at his aunt Annaliese's wedding.

2005-08-08T11:57:00.000-06:00

Jennifer modeling for the camera.

2005-07-31T18:14:00.000-06:00

Backlit sunflower

2005-07-31T18:12:00.000-06:00

A visitor to the bird feeder in my front yard.

2005-07-17T18:04:00.000-06:00

Wavey self portrait.

2005-07-17T18:02:00.000-06:00

Punchbowl self portrait

2005-07-17T18:01:00.000-06:00

Dual self portrait.

2005-07-09T20:46:00.000-06:00

Ain't fireworks fun?!?

For some reason many of the communities here in the state of Utah can't seem to figure out exactly when the Fourth of July is. Last year the Fourth fell on a Sunday, and with most folks in Utah being rather religious, I can understand celebrating it a day early, but this year it fell on a Monday. Yes the Fourth of July was on Monday, but for some reason most communities here held their parades and fireworks displays on Saturday July 2, with little going on on the Fourth. Something is wrong with that. There was no valid reason for not celebrating the Fourth on the Fourth. Lehi City had their act together however, and all of these shots were made on the Fourth of July.

2005-07-09T20:45:00.001-06:00

More fireworks over Thanksgiving Point

2005-07-09T20:45:00.000-06:00

Red and green fireworks

2005-07-05T12:23:00.000-06:00

Fireworks at Thanksgiving Point 4

Well yesterday was Independence Day, so today brings the mandatory fireworks photos. This fireworks display was shot off at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, Utah. I watched the display with various family members and thousands of flying bugs from across an alfalfa field.

2005-07-05T12:22:00.000-06:00

Fireworks at Thangsiving Point 3

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Fireworks at Thanksgiving point 2

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Fireworks at Thanksgiving Point 1

2005-07-04T11:39:00.000-06:00

Detail of the ore shoot in Ophir Canyon.

As mentioned in the previous post, I didn't get to shoot all I wanted to while in Ophir, so expect more photos from the area in the coming weeks.

2005-07-04T11:38:00.000-06:00

Ore Shoot in Ophir Canyon.

Ophir is a near ghost town in Ophir Canyon. It's something straight out of the old west. You'd still expect to see the sheriff ride into town on a horse. I was worried about running into rattlesnakes while wondering around shooting the old mining equipment still there. I didn't have enough time to shoot all that I wanted, as I had one of the twins with me, and he wasn't in the mood to go photoing.

2005-07-04T11:37:00.000-06:00

Another view of the ore cart in Ophir Canyon.

2005-07-04T11:34:00.000-06:00

Ore cart in Ophir Canyon.

2005-07-04T11:33:00.000-06:00

The moon

2005-06-25T19:30:00.000-06:00

The fly.

2005-06-20T20:52:00.000-06:00

A strange creature lurks in the flowers.

2005-06-19T21:10:00.000-06:00

Caterpillar

It is now the time of year to fight the critters that try to eat the vegetables in my garden before I get to eat them.

2005-06-11T18:53:00.000-06:00

More lightning

2005-06-05T17:00:00.000-06:00

Bolts and shadows.

I got distracted while taking photos of my sister and her fiance for their wedding invitations.

2005-06-05T16:57:00.000-06:00

Another view of the falls.

2005-06-04T13:27:00.000-06:00

Springtime runoff at Bridal Veil Falls.

2005-06-04T13:24:00.000-06:00

Another photo from the recent thunderstorm

2005-05-29T13:07:00.000-06:00

A storm approaches

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Ladybug in the garden

2005-05-24T09:42:00.000-06:00

Blue eyes on a blue background.

2005-05-24T09:41:00.000-06:00

Hanging out in the car

This is my little super-genius. We had been worried about his delayed speach, and the pediatrician even wanted to send someone from developmental disability something-or-other to our house for some speach therapy. Not necessary!! The child is just a quiet genius! His first word was "gween", or translated "green". Next came blue, moon, and tree. Aside from that he can point out the letter "J".

2005-05-17T12:23:00.000-06:00

Guarding the parking lot

Several of these birds patrol the parking lot at my place of employment. This one chose a vantage point atop a light pole, which allowed him or her to survey the entire lot.

2005-05-15T16:17:00.000-06:00

Another shot from Jitterbug.

2005-05-14T16:13:00.001-06:00

Java the Hut

This is Dave a.k.a. Java the Hut. He spends most of his free time at Jitterbug Coffee Hop, thus the play on words (aside from the resemblance to a certain Star Wars character). Dave likes to give everyone a hard time, and will try to get under your skin. Once you realize this and stop reacting he generally quits bugging you.

2005-05-14T16:13:00.000-06:00

Salt and pepper

Another shot from Jitterbug Coffee Hop. Jitterbug is like the Cheers of the coffee shop world. It really is a place where everybody knows your name.

2005-05-13T08:39:00.000-06:00

Fuzzy self portrait through raindrops

After six or so years of drought, the state of Utah has finally been pounded with rain and snow. It was refreshing at first, but now it would really be nice if Summer decided to make an appearance.

2005-05-12T09:00:00.000-06:00

Shack.

Rumor has it that this shack will be demolished to make way for a new bowling alley and and strip mall. Yay for another parking lot and more traffic!

2005-05-12T08:55:00.000-06:00

A thistle

2005-05-11T09:09:00.000-06:00

Colorful soda cans.

Since this subject is soda cans, I'll take this time to mourn the loss of my favorite soda. The Coca-Cola Corporation removed SURGE from the market a few years ago, ruining the lives and dashing the dreams of thousands of people. Fortunately for lovers of SURGE there is a movement directed at having Coke reintroduce SURGE. The heart of this movement is found at

Save SURGE.org

2005-05-11T09:08:00.000-06:00

one more from the "haunted" hospital.

You see the two white orbs near the windows? Proof of haunting, those are ghosts.... O.K. not really they're probably raindrops on my lens, but it's a good story anyway.

2005-05-10T08:41:00.001-06:00

Another view of the "haunted" hospital.

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The "haunted" hospital.

2005-05-09T08:46:00.000-06:00

A piercing stare.

2005-05-08T14:06:00.000-06:00

An inviting entrance

This begins another small series, this time of the "haunted" hospital in Lehi, Utah. Apparently this building used to be a hospital at some point in the past. It was abandoned for quite some time, until a few years ago when some folks decided to use it as a haunted house each year around Halloween.

2005-05-08T14:04:00.000-06:00

The last of the old car series.

2005-05-07T12:08:00.000-06:00

Another from the old car series

I'm still having a hard time figuring out why a person with a camera is so threatening to some people. Once again, I was harassed while shooting. It started out with some threatening looks from one of the local rednecks, and ended up with him telling me I couldn't be there. "Excuse me", I said, "but this is a public street and I have every right to be here."

2005-05-07T12:07:00.000-06:00

Found on an old car.

2005-05-06T19:24:00.000-06:00

Old car #2

The two photos added today begin a small series on old cars. I found these in Lehi, Utah.

2005-05-06T19:23:00.000-06:00

Old car #1

2005-05-03T08:51:00.000-06:00

Abstract image

I climbed a fence onto private property to get this image. I kept waiting to hear someone in a Mr. Burn's style voice yell out "release the hounds", but fortunately that never happened. Of course there is no private residence here, and I think the owner simply uses this area to keep livestock from time to time.

2005-05-03T08:47:00.000-06:00

Trees

I love big trees. Too many of them are being chopped down to make way for "progress", in the form of another Wal-Mart, and a huge parking lot.

2005-05-02T08:59:00.000-06:00

Willow Park

With the way these trees look you'd think this was shot in hurricane or tornado country. It must have simply been one large scale pruning effort.

2005-05-02T08:58:00.000-06:00

Rockin' out on his second birthday

Here's my future rock star. He'll probably be the drummer for a band called something like "Radioactive Road Kill", or "Screeching Buzzard".

2005-04-30T21:16:00.000-06:00

Iris

We bought our house a little over a year ago from a family of nitwits. Lucky for us since they were such nitwits it allowed us to get a screaming deal on the house (they were filing for bankruptcy and losing the house). These people lacked all common sense, but they especially lacked it when it came to yard work and landscaping. The yard was a disaster. We've since redone most of yard with the exception of the irises they planted.

2005-04-29T14:06:00.000-06:00

This is what happens to someone who is overworked.

This is Bruce. He owns Jitterbug Coffee Hop in Salt Lake City, Utah. This is the result of working well over 100 hours per week for the last 3 years.

2005-04-29T14:05:00.001-06:00

Salt and pepper

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Warren making an entrance

Warren is one of the regulars at Jitterbug, he is famous for his Krameresque entrances, as well has his sunny outlook on life.

2005-04-29T09:07:00.000-06:00

Tree stumps

It's been rainy miserable weather the last few days. Yesterday there was a slight break in the weather allowing me to get outside for a few minutes, where I found twin tree stumps in American Fork, Utah.

2005-04-26T09:00:00.000-06:00

Brush fire

This is a photo taken a couple years ago. A brush fire broke out on an embankment along interstate 80 in Salt Lake City. Here we see a member of the Salt Lake City Fire Department doing his thing.

2005-04-26T08:59:00.000-06:00

Flowers

2005-04-25T09:21:00.001-06:00

African something-er-other flower

Well with Spring having arrived, and not a lot of time to shoot lately, I am forced to post the obligatory Spring-time flower photo.

2005-04-19T09:19:00.000-06:00

Chess

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The desert and sky

2005-04-19T09:16:00.000-06:00

Another view of Bridal Veil Falls.

2005-04-18T09:33:00.001-06:00

Fence post

I didn't get a chance to go out photoing this weekend, so I'm running out of images. This may be the last update for a few days.

2005-04-18T09:32:00.000-06:00

Yellow shoe

2005-04-15T08:58:00.000-06:00

Missing Driver

Well it's finally Friday! I praise the various dieties for that fact. Tomorrow I take one step closer to making my career change. Wish me luck and in conclusion, happy weekend everyone!

2005-04-15T08:45:00.000-06:00

Sculpture legs

2005-04-15T08:42:00.000-06:00

High tumbleweed

Out where I live we get overrun with tumbleweeds. They usually just do their thing tumbling along the ground, but this one decided to get a different view of the world.

2005-04-14T08:38:00.000-06:00

Zigzag

The words won't flow today. The only thing on my mind is this ridiculous self evaluation and performance review I have to fill out for my job. They want me to write down some goals. How about my goal of getting out of this deadend job and into one where there is actually hope of advancement and periodic pay raises?

2005-04-14T08:36:00.000-06:00

Duck at BYU

2005-04-13T08:42:00.000-06:00

Found at Brigham Young University

I got a few strange looks from students on the campus of BYU while I was there photoing. You see, I graduated from the University of Utah not long ago. The U of U just happens to be the hated rival of BYU, so naturally I was wearing a University of Utah sweatshirt while I was out shooting. Heh heh... bet they thought we were preparing to invade or something.

2005-04-13T08:41:00.000-06:00

Graves

2005-04-13T08:40:00.000-06:00

Veteran's Memorial Park again.

This image makes me think of alien spacecraft. Now I just need some photos of little grey men asking me to take them to my leader.

2005-04-12T08:42:00.000-06:00

Shapes

Today I feel like crap. I just want to go bowling, or to the park, or to Idaho to buy lottery tickets, or back to where I shot this photo and sit in the grass. I want to do anything other than sit in a cubicle all day and talk to jackasses on the phone. Grrrr.... it's time to make that career change. Fortunately I am doing so, and hope to be walking out the door of a certain godforsaken organization sometime in June!

2005-04-12T08:41:00.000-06:00

Another from Veteran's Memorial Park

2005-04-11T09:05:00.000-06:00

At the Utah Submarine Veteran's Memorial, in Veteran's Memorial Park, Draper, Utah.

The good thing about starting this photoblog is that it drives me to visit places I ordinarily wouldn't visit. Even though I have driven past Veteran's Memorial Park everyday on my way to work for over a year, I had never stopped there until this weekend.

2005-04-11T09:03:00.000-06:00

Found at Veteran's Memorial Park in Draper, Utah.

2005-04-08T09:04:00.000-06:00

Pelican eye.

My dear wife was always against those little kid leashes until yesterday's trip to the zoo. Yeah, it was a disaster. Our family is starting to look more and more like the one on "Malcolm in the Middle". Anyway, we are finally ordering two little kid leashes, so next time we go out in public we don't have escaping children at every turn.

2005-04-08T09:03:00.000-06:00

Mother and son

Here he is working up to terrorizing the animals and patrons at the zoo.

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