Photo-A-Day #230 11/24/05

Turkey Day! I can’t wait till we slice into this bird, doesn’t it look fantastic! Thanksgiving with the in-laws. Dan and Marcia always throw a great feast, this year we are also grilling steak tips. I think that should remain a tradition.

Photo-A-Day Updates

Okay, I’m back, back in the States, back in the swing of things and back doing Photo-A-Day. Man, I am so thankful to everyone who participated in Guest Photo-A-Day. I’ll recap the images for you all.

#1 – Tiger pooping by Christopher Williams. That was just classic.
#2 – Garth Brooks’ Butt by Lisa Spodak. Right place, right time.
#3 – Stephen Driving by Andy. I knew it would be funny.
#4 – Movie Set Neighborhood by Kym Rohman.
#5 – Drummers by Matt. Rock out.
#6 – Sunset by Mo. Wasn’t taken that day but I’ll let it slide for all the great work she did while we were on our honeymoon. Thanks for taking over the blog while we were gone Mo!
#7 – Comics by Wes Molebash. We think you are Rad too.
#8 – Christmas Decorations by Gabrielle. We’re gonna have to make it a point to get down to NY to meet our Photo-A-Day friends.
#9 – Train Station by Kostika. Something I would have taken a shot of for sure. Just love it.

Thanks so much for to everyone who stepped up and helped us out while we were away in Aruba. Since the wedding I have been informed that many more people are now reading the blog and having you guys help out while we were gone gave those folks something to read and see instead of having to wait till we came back home. I’m so happy to have met (either in person or online) such nice people. Thanks.

So, was I idle during the honeymoon, sipping Aruba Vices or Aruba Arribas all week and therefore let my Photo-A-Day skills lapse, heck no. I took at least one Photo-A-Day but more like 30-40 photos a day. I finally got together the ones I would pick to showcase for each day. And I have posted them to Buzznet, Which is being a real challenge about the blog this feature. It seems like they still haven’t fixed the problem with the blogging to Blogger, I still get the error that Mo got. By the way Mo thanks for taking the initiative and extra time and care to post each photo manually to the Blog. I really appreciate that extra effort. Buzznet however was able to let me post to MYspace. So I posted each of the Photo-A-Day pictures that I put on Buzznet to my MYspace blog. Then I cut and paste the post to the Blogger Account. I posted each Photo-A-Day so that each would be on the day that they were actually taken. This means that the 9 photos that I took are no interspersed throughout the blog on the appropriate days. But instead of having to sift through the November archive you can see the photos three ways.

Way #1
Photo-A-Day #220
Photo-A-Day #221
Photo-A-Day #222
Photo-A-Day #223
Photo-A-Day #224
Photo-A-Day #225
Photo-A-Day #226
Photo-A-Day #227
Photo-A-Day #228

Way #2
Start with Photo-A-Day #220 on Buzznet and click the right arrow to move from image to image.

Way #3
Go to My MYspace Blog and scroll to the bottom and read each post as you scroll up.

I hope that everyone enjoys these photos. There are many more to come from the honeymoon and when I get all the wedding images there will be all the wedding photos too.

Photo-A-Day #229 11/23/05

We’re back home. And were greeted by Snow this morning. Yikes. Granted when I returned last night I was wearing shorts. Allison at least had the sense to were pants before we left Aruba. Neil was great and he picked us up at the airport and we had dinner with Neil and Andrea at Box Seats. Thanks for everything Neil.

Man, there is so much to talk about. To tell you about the island and how much fun we had there. To post pictures of the wedding, the honeymoon and all things that have gone on in the past 9 days. I need to post up my 9 photos a day that I took during the honeymoon. I am so appreciative to all the help that nine very special people did while Allison and I were gone. The Guest Photo-A-Dayer’s. Did you enjoy their stuff? We certainly did! Thanks also very much to Mo for posting everything to the blog too.

Allison and I were greeted with this sign that Jenn made for us to welcome us home. Jenn took care of Oliver and Duncan for the week and was a great cat sitter. The boys are none the worse for wear.

I’ll be posting photos as soon as we get them together. Check out the new sidebar for Photo-A-Day. Buzznet certainly stepped up to make a great tag.

Thank you!!

Hello Fans of the BenSpark! Ready for Turkey Day? Tradition for me is to travel to my grandmother’s in Hull, MA. This year there will be 10 cousins, 2 of their spouses, 7 aunts and uncles, 2 “significant others,” and a Nana in a pear tree…all cozy in a room that shouldn’t fit a quarter of those people!! But Nana’s 82 and she likes it-so we do what we can. I’d much rather be home watching “Home for the Holidays.”

Thank you so much for putting up with me all week!! I hope that everyone enjoyed the Guest Photo A Day as much as I did…it’s amazing how much talent is out there. I’m anxious for the master bloggers, The Bennetts (awww!!), and steer the ship once again. I hope the trip was amazing, I can’t wait to see pictures…of ARUBA!!


Happy Thanksgiving, BenSpark-ers!! Enjoy your holiday and travel safe!!

“Guest Blogger” Mo

GuestPAD-Day Nine-Kostika

Guest Photo-A-Day #9 11/22/05

Hi I’m Kostika. Mild mannered IT Admin.But secretly I am the masked photographer. Swinging here and there and everywhere, taking pictures wherever I go. About the picture. This in Whitchurch, England. The train I take to work everyday comes down these tracks, so I see this view every morning. This picture was taken with my Sony Ericsson K750i phone.Well you can find my photography at kostika.deviantart.com And my moblog at moblog.co.uk/blog/kostikaThanks alot for letting me help Drew. See you soon.

Photo-A-Day #228 11/22/05

Photo-A-Day #228 11/22/05
Posted by: abennett96 on Buzznet

Sunrise on the beach the day we departed Aruba. When I got up I looked out the window and there was this huge cruise ship going by the beach in front of our room. I grabbed the camera and ran out to take picutres. None captured how awesome and huge the ship was but I did like how the sky was looking that morning so I caught that and the cruise ship, which docked about a 1/2 mile from our room.

GuestPAD-Day Eight-Gabrielle Krupnick

Guest Photo-A-Day #8 11/21/05

Hello – This is so much fun and I’m so glad I get to join in. My name is Gabrielle and I haven’t met Drew & Allison but congratulations! I was inspired by Kym’s photo-a-day site, which is howI got my big break that led me down the path to today’s stardom. I started posting last June on Flickr and use my site to give friends and family a glimpse of what my life in NYC is like: the strange, the beautiful, the humorous and once and a while, the boring… Mostly though, it’s just a good excuse to keep my eyes open and catch those bits of magic that are really a part of every day life. Times Square is starting to throw on more sparkle than usual as the town gears up for the holidays and I loved this scene this evening. There must have been a dozen people in these three small trees and they were almost done by the time I’d taken a shot!

Photo-A-Day #227 11/21/05

Photo-A-Day #227 11/21/05
Posted by: abennett96 on Buzznet

Finally a night with the sunset without many clouds. I love sunsets and the colors that appear at that time of day. The Aruban sunsets were great when there were no, or very few clouds.

GuestPAD-Day Seven-Wes Molebash

Guest Photo-A-Day #7 11/20/05

My name is Wes Molebash, and I’m the creator of the webcomic You’ll Have That published by Viper Comics. This is a picture of my wall next to my drafting table. On the left is an original “Frazz” comic strip drawn by Jef Mallett. On the right is a caricature that Dicky Barrett, lead singer of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, drew of me. Both are totally rad. You know who else is rad? Drew and Allison. They exemplify what it is to be “rad”.

Photo-A-Day #226 11/20/05

Photo-A-Day #226 11/20/05
Posted by: abennett96 on Buzznet

The ‘EX’ Natural Bridge, the Natural Dam, The Broken Bridge. No matter what name the Arubans call it now, the famous Natural Bridge is no more. It broke about 3 months ago. This is what is left and after several years that too will be gone. As they said there in Aruba, nautre made it nature took it away.