he's a genius

IMG_0532, originally uploaded by Happy O'Neals.

tiernan is taking photos with the digital camera, and i have to say, i love them. he gets some stuff spot on, he gets up close to stuff, he has an unusual way of framing shots. he's also three. they might just look like photos to you, but when he's super famous, you will know i'm right about his genius. tomorrow is 24 hours of flickr, and this is my tiny plug to you. go look it up, sign up, and we can all be in it together. i want to get T in on the action too. seeing what a three year old thinks is cool enough to photograph is very fun for me, and over the course of a whole day even more fun.

on the phone wednesday he wanted to know when i was coming over. "friday," i told him. "what time?" i asked him what time he thought i should be there, and he said 8:30. if i actually were to get to portland by 8:30 in the morning i would have to leave my house in washington at 4:30 so i suggested a later time, which he seemed fine with. i'm trying to leave earlier than i did last time, which means i should really be taking a shower and finishing putting all my stuff in the car. instead of taking I-5 down, i'm going to cross the sound here at port townsend and take 101 down. this is actually a bit faster and more direct, HOWEVER, port townsend is a lot of fun and who knows if i won't be tempted to stop and buy yarn and beads and second hand books. i won't, though! they have all those things in portland, and i can always stop on my way home. yes, that will be my plan. whew, glad i worked all that out.

the next time we talk, i'll be actually hooked up to an internet service that works! god, i can hardly wait. that alone makes the four hour drive worthwhile.