Sammy Claus

Sammy Claus dropped in on Christmas Day bringing along gifts and good cheer!

Christmas in the Capital

Here are a few shots from our holiday weekend in DC. While waiting to check out the national Christmas tree with our friends the Hubbard's, we got to see President Bush fly into the White House from the Army-Navy game. Pretty cool.

We also saw the 38th Annual Scottish Christmas Walk in Alexandria. Lots of men in skirts and rousing bagpipe tunes.

More pictures are on Picassa at: http://picasaweb.google.com/robbruner99/ChristmasInAlexandria#

Norfolk Panorama

I found some great free software to create panoramic images automatically. Here is a shot(s) I took from my office window of the city of Norfolk. The large parking lot taking up the bulk of the photo is on the top floor of Macarthur Center mall.

You chaeck out the software at http://www.clevr.com/

Norfolk Sunrise

Sunrise this morning was particularly cool looking!

Mount Vernon by Candlelight

Margaret and I went up to Alexandria for a little Christmas getaway, which included a candlelight tour of Mount Vernon, home to George Washington. While the tour was at a little quicker pace than we would have preferred, and since it was a candlelight tour it was a bit difficult to see the details of the mansion, it was still very cool (and that is besides the fact that it was about 28 degrees at tour time). I highly recommend it to everyone!

Dusk comes to Mount Vernon

Margaret and I arrived at Mount Vernon just after the sun set, but in time to catch these shots of dusk.

Carolina Dusk

I was a few minutes late to catch the sunset, but I think these shots will suffice.

Dylan Out on the Town

The whole fam-damily headed out for breakfast this morning before Margaret and I headed back home. Here are my last couple of photos of Dylan, at least until I see him again, and one of his proud momma!

Dylan Pics

A few more shots of Dylan, and the proud poppa!

More Baby Pics

A few more shots of Dylan and his mom!

Family Photos

Everyone wants to hold the new baby!

Say Hello to Dylan Matthew Stahl

Dylan Matthew Stahl, the first born of Leslie and Daryl Stahl, arrived on Tuesday, November 25th, at 5:03pm. He weighed in at 8 lbs, 9oz and is 20" long!

A Dylan Sky

Today, while I was driving home from work, the word arrived that Dylan Matthew Stahl was in the process of being born. The Lord was obviously pleased because the setting sun over the Elizabeth River and the Jordan Bridge was showing off with a fantastic art show in the sky - a "Dylan" sky!

Norfolk? Or San Francisco?

A very foggy morning here in that city by the "other" bay. Coming across the Berkley Bridge to work this morning I could not see a single building in downtown. Here are a few shots from my 8th floor office. In the last picture, you can barely make out the new Harbor Heights condo building.

Rainy Day in Norfolk

Thursday afternoon and the rain is really coming down! The NOAA weather report is calling for rain through Saturday. Not too many folks out and about right now!

Oak Lake Park

Each day on my way to and from work I pass by Oak Lake Park, a park not too far from my house. Yesterday I was zipping past at 65 mph and the sunset on the trees on the far side of the lake was simply unbelieveable! Today, being Veterans Day, I had the day off and was able to head over to the park to catch the sunset. I took Sammy with me and he agrees, it was well worth the trip! The next three posts have some photos from our jaunt to the park.