http://www.echohive.com/blog Welcome to the life portfolio of designer Chad Norman :: Original photographs, images, and words :: Enjoy! Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:52:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Running in for dinner, he stopped for one last squirt skyward. http://www.echohive.com/blog/2008/08/25/last-day-of-summer/ I love these hardy, succulent perennials a neighbor have us years ago. I just keep dividing, and they just keep blooming. If you know what they are, lemme know in the comments. http://www.echohive.com/blog/2008/07/27/white-star/ We found something amazing in our yard the other day, and it turned out to be an automeris io, or Io moth. This green spiked caterpillar eventually turns into a beautiful moth with giant circles on its wings that look like eyes. It's common throughout the continent, but I've never ... http://www.echohive.com/blog/2008/07/10/aur/ I just got back from the fireworks store where I found this "Twitter Glitter" fountain by TNT fireworks. I couldn't pass up this explosive which shares a name with the popular microblogging service. What are the odds it goes Fail Whale on me tonight and ends up a dud? http://www.echohive.com/blog/2008/07/04/twitter-glitter-small-bursts-of-july-4th-goodness/ It's been four months since Coop and I arranged his Dr. Seuss books by spectrum. We're not sure why we do these things. Probably just to hang out together for a few extra minutes. Or maybe we're just Seussian savants? The other day I noticed that the books had undergone a ... http://www.echohive.com/blog/2008/06/24/dr-seuss-meets-roy-g-biv-the-update/ This weekend I made another quick video with animoto.com - this time, with photos from my friend Dave's wedding in Callicoon Center, NY (see Flickr photos here). I certainly dig the results, and can't wait to see where they take this product (it's still in beta). Wherever it goes, it ... http://www.echohive.com/blog/2008/06/09/callicoon-center-animoto/ Waiting on the B train at 81st, personal transportation, Graham on the block, and the Hudson.   http://www.echohive.com/blog/2008/06/06/a-4-pack-of-nyc-pics/ We just got back from spending a few days in NYC, one of our favorite places in the world. We took along our two boys to introduce them to the city, and they certainly loved it as much as we did. I'll be posting a few photos this week, but I ... http://www.echohive.com/blog/2008/06/02/animoto-version-of-nyc/ While I knew there was no tornado, tonight's hail storm still impressed me. The white wall coming in off the marsh was cinematic, but the real star came seconds later when the hail arrived. I could tell right away that the chunks were big, and they looked like broken snowballs bouncing ... http://www.echohive.com/blog/2008/05/20/this-my-friends-is-hail/ Have you walked around lately? Flowers are everywhere this time of year, and my yard is blooming like it's going out of style. On Sunday morning, I took a short walk around the homestead. Below are 16 of the flowers I saw, all shot within 16 minutes of each other. ... http://www.echohive.com/blog/2008/05/19/16-blooms-in-16-minutes/