Bentley
This will be Bentley's debut on my blog! I considered posting this in the Fatherhood section but the more I thought of it the more I started feeling like though I am the disciplinarian for this little bundle of energy, I am more like a friend, or a companion. So that's OK. Bentley is a 1 year old Dachsund. I know, he looks like a Beagle, but he's not. He has the same coloration but I promise you he is a short haired Dachsund.
I just want to share a few photos that maybe no one has seen yet. This first photo is the first one we ever saw, it's the photo taken by the breeder. We fell in love with him through photos and really liked his name so we kept it.
Bentley in the Log
To my left you will see a photo of Bentley with his head stuck in a stuffed log. He was chasing the stuffed squirrels. They escaped. He sat like this for probably 10 minutes while we laughed at him. He didn't want us to remove the log, he loves it!
- Hiding Behind My Leg
This is one of my favorites. This was probably 6 months ago, but he still sleeps like this hiding behind his own leg and opening an eye when one of us walks by.
- Bentley at f/1.4
This last one is right after I got my 50mm f/1.4 Canon lens. This photo was from standing height and wide open. Another one of my favorites.
Welcome Home
Man I fell way behind on this. The project has progressed but the blog posts fell way behind. I got so involved in so many things that I neglected to update. Where was I? On may 5th the car was shipped from Oklahoma to Florida. May 7th the car arrived at my house.
First Look
As soon as the hauler pulled up I had a moment of clarity. "Holy shit am I capable of this?" I had a few minutes of being overwhelmed before my "working" brain kicked in and I realized it was all nuts and bolts. In the photo above I was already placing monetary value on this project. Fenders, quarter panel, door glass, bumpers, etc...
Into the Garage
Steering was actually really free. All that's up front is a V8, no fluff. Much easier to steer without power steering than modern vehicles. This was a really exciting time right here. Justin, Ryan, Mickle and Mickle's cousin all pushing the car up the drive way.
Finally Sitting in my Garage
After everyone left I pulled my Volkswagen in. My little VW is considered a small car by todays standards and it's lowered two inches. Look how much taller it is!!
Part of the Family
Sitting next to my first born. She's in pretty bad shape. But it's just sheet metal, and there is very little rust. There actually isn't any rust in most of the areas you would expect there to be. Well, there she sits... she is now in about a million pieces and the project is probably going to take a little longer than I initially anticipated. I'm going to add a post everyday until I am caught up on this. Here's a little sneak peak at the next post...
Panels Removed
A Brave New World
Okay.... how am I going to say this? Well... I... uh... we... okay, okay. Here goes. We opened a Pacifier distributor. I quit my job to manage the global distribution of chinese manufactured pacifiers.
Actually, my wife is pregnant. She is 5 months pregnant with our baby girl, Hazel Marie. This is breaking news to all two of you out in the blogosphere reading this right now. To our friends and family this is 5 month old news but for some reason I feel the need to inform the search engines and random poor suckers that find their way here. Anyhow, this is the inaugural post into a new category called "Fatherhood" that will be strictly my point of view on late pregnancy, early fatherhood and beyond.
Look for this new category on the top menu bar.
A New Home
As you may or may not notice depending on how frequently you have come to my website I have been going through some changes here. I moved the domain to a new host, lost some data, rebuilt some data and now here I am. I have recovered the majority of it and I am now just reapplying my images, scripts, etc...
Sorry for the downtime and sorry for not updating in a while, those of you that come by from time to time. I have a ton of stuff to talk about regarding the restoration of my mustang. I'll get to that as soon as the website is 100%!
A Farewell to what you’ve known. A long awaited reception.
On may 5th 2011 a truck arrived at my grandparents house in Moore, Oklahoma. My father is staying there for a while because of his new job and so it was perfect timing to get some movement on this project. The family stood outside watching the car being loaded, and watched as it got hauled off, with the exception of my grandmother who said she couldn't watch. As much as she hated the thing sitting in the garage all those years she had gotten attached to it.
Below is the first photo taken as it was being attached to the wench to be pulled into the car hauler.
Being Attached to the Wench
Being Wenched into the Car Hauler
Below is the last photo my dad took of the car in Oklahoma. As it was towed away I'm sure there were some emotions felt by the people that had spent the most time with it. My dad and my uncle. At this point I'm waiting very anxiously for the car to arrive at my house Monday, May 9th.
Being Towed Away
In my next post I'll post photos of the car being unloaded at my house and pushed into the garage.