We happened to have a family vacation to DC the same weekend as the Rally to Restore Sanity. Of course I needed a sign. Lots of confusion, but for the few graphic designers we ran into, it was worth it.

Before we moved in to our condo, one of the biggest selling points about was the backyard. It’s maintained by the HOA and no one is ever out there. Basically we just look out onto a park like setting. But each unit on the ground floor maintains about 10 feet of space of the yard. We’ve been focusing on renovations on the inside and slowly doing work on the outside. Two summers ago we built the fence, last year my Dad and I built the deck, and this spring we finally finished the garden. We worked with a local company, Xeriscape Design, on the layout, material choices, plants and they did the installation.

We bought the place from an older lady who had planted the original garden. There were some problems, lots of perennials, lots of water needy plants and a nearly dead apple tree that dropped rotten apples twice a year.

Here are a couple of “during” photos. I bought the concrete pavers from Modern Precast. They were in their scratch and dent pile and all different colors. We did a couple of test layouts to figure out where they should go.

We were heading back to Salt Lake City from Park City and decided to head over Guardsman Pass. Nothing beats Autumn back East, but I was blown away by the color of the Aspens. Taken with my Droid, adding a little cross processing using Vingette.

I thought you weren’t supposed to smile in passport photos…already mocking authority.

Sometimes Ben at The Mandate Press has room on print jobs to add an extra card. The specs were black, plus a blind deboss, but I only had 15 minutes to send him artwork. What I’m going to do with 500 cards I’m not sure, but they always do a great job printing.

And the always awesome, American Psycho Business card scene.

24 HOURS IN 19500 FRAMES from tim hahne on Vimeo.

For me, this is incredibly inspiring. Whether it’s the content, the Sigur Ros soundtrack, editing or color filters, I’m moved. I don’t know if I should start racing cars, filming stuff, become a mechanic or just move to France.

Here’s a gallery of vintage posters from the 24 Hours of le Mans.

I’m finishing up landscaping our backyard and took a slight detour to work on the deck area. I had always wanted to paint the white wall on one side of the deck that is blinding in direct sunlight, the idea was to paint individual bricks in a graduated color pattern. Of course I thought it’d only take a few hours. Fortunately, I invited my friends Joe and Jessica over for a “small painting project.” 8 hours later we were finished.

Acting has nothing to do with making faces or poses. It has to do with your taking the character’s place in the story.

Since I started throwing pots about 12 years ago I’ve always admired Heath Ceramics. Heath Ceramics is one of the few remaining mid-century American potteries still in existence today, founded by Edith Heath in the mid-forties. They have been making tableware and tile for over a half-century in their Sausalito, California factory.