gurdymonkey | Houston, we have a laptop

A partially set-up one. I can't wait until I have everything finally copied and loaded onto it that I want. THEN I can start deleting the software that came with this that I DON'T want.

And this plugging and unplugging the mouse and going back and forth is special.

Crown was pretty mellow, at least for someone who has no vested interest in the outcome. I picked up

layla_lilah early, we grabbed some hot beverages at Peets and got on the road at a good time and didn't have to deal with any bad traffic. We made it to site in time for AM court, and borrowed a bit of shade from the Wolfscairn folks. Got to have some nice visits with various folks, including

acanthusleaf who is always fun to chat with. Found a nice little place on 116 for dinner called the Henweigh Cafe. The bourbon flank steak was excellent.

Sunday my computers were talking to each other via cable so I went out to the Oakland Zoo. Got some great black and white botanical shots and there was an extremely cooperative chimpanzee who sat in a spot where I could shoot him without obstruction, however, I have not satisfactorily figured out how to tell my camera how to focus on what's behind the wire instead of the wire itself. Clearly more practice is needed.

I'll upload the batch to Flickr. Eventually.....