Did you ever have one of those days? You know, the kind that are full of mishaps. Well, Friday, June 10 was one of those days for me. Oh, this has nothing to do with the Japanese Friendship Garden.

It all began when I woke up at 5 a.m. This was my last morning at my friends’ house in San Jose. My hope was to wake up around 7 a.m. so I could stay up to shoot the Milky Way at Blue Canyon Airport in the Sierras. I had it all planned: leave San Jose at 9 a.m., get home, rest and get ready for the night shoot. I couldn’t skip the shoot since we were hosting it at our observatory!

The day started wrong and continued from there:

• I couldn’t nap during the day.
• I was tired and left my red colored flash light home.
• When we stopped for dinner, Richard remembered that he didn’t bring along the observatory keys. So he had to go back home to get them–a two hour round trip.
• All the photographers came and were anxious to shoot the Milky Way. But, the cloud cover didn’t leave. Most of us left without our prize.

So, that was my day. We got home about midnight and I woke up at 5:30 a.m. the next day! Last night, I slept nine hours!

So that was my day gone awry. What about yours?

While you’re thinking about how you can better me, here are the last of the Friendship Garden images.

There were many beautiful flowers in the garden.

Again, cell phones get the attention.

Another flower worth shooting.

This Great Egret put on a show for me.

He’s looking for food.

He sees food.

He catches his food.

A closer look at this beautiful bird.

He flew from log to log looking for food.

Ready for take off.

More flowers.

This goose hissed at me protecting his gosling.

This one gosling was all that remained. Larger predatory birds snatch babies up.

More flowers.

There were many beautiful flowers in the garden.

Ready for take off.

He flew from log to log looking for food.

A closer look at this beautiful bird.

He catches his food.

He sees food.

He’s looking for food.

This Great Egret put on a show for me.

Another flower worth shooting.

Again, cell phones get the attention.

This goose hissed at me protecting his gosling.

This one gosling was all that remained. Larger predatory birds snatch babies up.