Click for the large version of this Tambi Larsen drawing
Tambi Larsen won an Academy Award for Art Direction in 1956, the highlight of a career as an artist and art director. When he wasn't working in Hollywood, he was hanging out on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai, drawing. This drawing (and one other) are now available for download (in computer background size) from the Hawaii beach accommodation website for the Hale Kilo I'a, or house where you watch fish. The Larsen Family Trust now runs their former Hawaii home as a vacation rental. If you stay there, you will get to enjoy prints of Larsen's work, which hang throughout the house. To download the two drawings available at their site, visit the Tambi Larsen Art page..

Our peace-o-lantern from Halloween 2004, with friends and the moon. This makes a great myspace background, with the dark space for a long column down the left side og the page, and a small column down the right.  There are only a few pictures here, but they're perfect for Halloween backgrounds or Halloween wallpaper, so I just threw them up here. Happy Halloween.

Yankee Stadium 2006Here's a few pictures of a great day at Yankee Stadium. These photographs make great myspace backgrounds or plain ol' free desktop wallpaper. This was the day that A-Rod hit a walk-off home run in the 10th to win the interleague game with the Atlanta Braves. Spencer and I took our cousin and uncle George in what turned out to be a memorable day that we thought would be rained out. We took the Metro north to Harlem, where we caught the subway up to the stadium. What a great day.

The Statue of Liberty in New York CityWe hadn't done much worthy of photography in quite a while, until our trip to New York this summer, when we finally got to go to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. I have to admit is was a lot more fun than I thought it would be, especially Ellis Island.  I've uploaded a few pictures that work as great desktop wallpaper, web page backgrounds, or as part of a MySpace layout. And if you ever get a chance to visit these two national wonders, I highly recommend it. Well worth the trip, especially the tour inside the base of the statue.

View from the rose garden of Hearst Castle State Park CaliforniaThe resort home of William Randolph Hearst from the early 20th century is now a California State Park, and worth the visit. The view alone is worth the time.  If you want your wallpaper pictures to make you feel like a multi-billionaire in the 1930's, you gotta download these Hearst Castle wallpaper pictures and free backgrounds from San Simeon California.

We spent a great day of barbecue at El Capitan Beach, El Capitan State Beach, about 17 miles north of Santa Barbara, California. The area has campgrounds, day use, a store, showers, grills, tables, and trails all over the place.  Great place to spend a day. These California beach pictures make great desktop wallpaper.

Platte Clove Waterfall, Catskills Forest Preserve, New YorkGreat pictures from Platte Clove, in the Catskill Forest Preserve, added to our Catskill Mountains pictures page. Being a Californian, I was suprised there wasn't more spring time budding going on here in upstate New York. I've been told we're just a couple of weeks early. Live and learn.  I'll head back to this waterfall in the summer and fall for the various seasonal views.