Monthly Archives: March 2016

Back 20 years or so (1996…?) Barb and I went on a tour organized by our dear friend, Joyce Copenhagen, to Oxaca, Mexico for an extended stay over the Day of the Dead weekend – That’s the Halloween holiday for … Continue reading →

Window into a bent mind: This is one of my favorite photographs – It’s a holly leaf with a spider web taken in the Sierra foothills above Fresno, CA during a photo weekend with my favorite instructor, Barbara Brundege – … Continue reading →

This is a collage of photos on top of Pat Morita, the original Mr. Miyagi from the movie, “The Karate Kid” – the photos on the bottom row are of me taken at different times in my later life (note … Continue reading →

This is a selfie before selfies were a thing taken on a beach near Santa Cruz, California, circa 1997 (? – I’m bad with dating things) – I set my camera on a tripod and did an initial curving run … Continue reading →

When I was around 5 I had clamp-on skates and used these “keys” to tighten them on my shoes – You couldn’t wear sneakers because they didn’t have soles that the clamps could grip, you had to wear regular shoes … Continue reading →

Daughter Diana took photos of me and my grandson, Casey, and inserted them in the original poster from the movie, “The Karate Kid” and juxtaposed it alongside the original – There is an eerie resemblance to the original – and … Continue reading →

The whole Nagai-Bailey family posing for a foot portrait – This photograph was taken by daughter Diana time-delayed and tinted to give it that classic feel – The cropping was done to concentrate focus on the most important aspect of … Continue reading →

Mama Diana and baby Xander – I’m terrible with ages so hazarding a guess as to age here is a risk and I’m risk averse around ages – On the other hand I’d guess that Xander must be 8 months … Continue reading →

On December 7, 1941 the imperial navy of the nation of Japan launched a sneak attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on the island of Hawaii. This led due to wartime hysteria and racial prejudice to the … Continue reading →

Soon after our arrival in Eugene we were visiting the downtown area and came across these two denizens as a sort of welcoming committee – Being from Berkeley, CA, this was something that made us feel right at home – … Continue reading →