Johnny Mac & the funny interns

Tonight I helped Chris shoot the new interns. I did headshots & he shot the group & reception. At the end of the shoot Stacey, Mary Ann, & Kelsey had a good time imitating Abby. When I got home, while editing for the US Open (tennis) previews, I noticed that I had a shot of John McEnroe also imitating Abby. Too Funny!

Tally strikes a pose

When I saw Tally walk by this big Alphalam, I ran to get a camera. I asked her to pose next to it & even though she's camera shy, she obliged.

last day at the beach

Tally LOVES the beach!

We went frolicking in the surf.

Havin' fun!

Mary said she was NOT shooting a picture of Tally's butt...but I'm not so sure!

Pup reflection

A good time was had by all!

The long walk back.

weekend visitors

Mary & Tally came to PVB yesterday for the holiday weekend. Even though she doesn't have opposable thumbs, Tally seemed to be an expert at sand sculpting ;o)

This Jack Russell Terrier was stalking a fisherman at the beach. He didn't want to eat the fish...just play with it.

Akeelah & the Bee

Tonight I went to see the movie Akeelah & the Bee with Evanne, compliments of Starbucks. Since I had 4 tickets, we were originally gonna have the first annual "Girls Night Out," but Jana's in Europe & Deborah wasn't available. It was GREAT! I highly recommend seeing this first (of hopefully many) movie from Starbucks Entertainment.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous.
Actually, who are you not to be?

Jax Dinosaur

This dinosaur is all that's left of a miniature golf course on Beach Blvd. I sure hope they don't tear it down.

Jax Beach

May TOUR cake

This month's cake was a mint chocolate chip ice cream cake. It looked delicious, but I didn't have any.

sleepyhead

Mary's early birthday gift

I was pretty happy when Mary said she'd open one of her birthday gifts tonight (2 days early). After all, she didn't know what it was, but heard cryptic horror stories from me as I spent weeks working on this project. It started as a simple idea & blossomed into my worst craft nightmare. In the end, it turned out pretty nice.

PGA TOUR Academy Level 2 graduation

Today we met at the Slammer & Squire at World Golf Village in St Augustine for our final class of Level 2.

Wanting to graduate at the top of her class, Brook resorted to using her Monster Wedge.

Monster Wedge & Monster Ball next to a standard size golf ball.

puppies came to visit!

Today Lois' sister Debbie stopped by my office on the way to Ft Lauderdale, so I could meet the remaining four Australian Shepherd puppies. I was so excited I forgot to take any pictures. I just got in the car & let them crawl all over me. Evanne & John came outside to meet them as well. It was a lot of fun. Here are some photos Mary took of the pups last week.

This is Lucy...Mary's favorite.

Volkswagens at the Beach

Today I stumbled across a gathering of Volkswagen enthusiasts on Jax Beach. It was the EVCs & Westies with their roofs popped that caught my eye, but I found some real beauties when I poked around. There were a bunch of splitties and bus pickup trucks. It was pretty cool.

emblem & rust

glove compartment

beetle gauges

Karmann Ghia

window decals

beautiful splitties...1959 (23 window) & 1964

political statements

Recycling Initiative

Today Evanne & I sent out an email to our officemates asking them to participate in our self-imposed "LET'S RECYCLE and make a difference" Initiative in honor of Earth Day.

TPC Sawgrass Renovation

Today I shot some time-lapse of the clubhouse construction & pictures of the course renovation at the TPC Sawgrass. Here's the 17th green. Mike added the giant little boy. He sure makes that John Deere tractor look pretty small!

Nasdaq-100 Open...my 22nd year!

I ran around doing some grounds photos, while Mary got us invited to lunch in the Nasdaq chalet.

a beautiful orchid in the Nasdaq Suite

women's final photo-op

David (with trophy) leaves the QQQ Pavilion surrounded by his personal bodyguards (Lisa, Joe, & Jennifer).

a ballboy faints!

Thirty seconds before going live on TV, a ball boy in the middle of the background fainted & caused quite a commotion. So much preparation went into this & they couldn't possibily miss ringing the bell! The NASDAQ Stock Market was opened for trading remotely from the NASDAQ-100 Open. It was the fifth time in NASDAQ history that the prestigious NASDAQ Stock Market, the largest U.S. electronic stock market, was opened for trading away from the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City. This also marks the first time in history that the NASDAQ Stock Market was opened from a Sporting Event.

It sure is nice that there is no upcharge for the leather seats & metallic silver paint on this Mercedes McLaren SLR. It can be yours for a mere $455,750!

The Nexus Hair Salon was located in the Mercedes tent, so Mary got "fluffed".

me & Bud Collins at dinner in the Nasdaq chalet

Bud's "famous" Nasdaq QQQ pants

Nasdaq Drinks

They served special "Nasdaq Blue" drinks to guests in the hospitality chalet.

the dreaded notice

Last night we flew back to South Florida to shoot the last 5 days of the Nasdaq-100 Open. When I got home, I was greeted with the dreaded notice from the property managers telling me I had to pressure clean the driveway & sidewalk...or else! Since I LOVE pressure cleaning, I guess I didn't dread it too much...the timing was just a little bad. The daytime schedule at tennis was lame, so I decided to dive right into the driveway job. I was able to amuse myself by "cleaning" this note into the dirt, only for the purpose of a blog photo.