I (Geoff) started a blog for my college outdoor club sometime around 1995 or so. Pretty early days of the WWW. In some form or another, I’ve been blogging about life and in particular adventures and the outdoors ever since. Some of the earliest stuff is forever lost, but I’ve hung onto some of it.
I’ve enjoyed sharing with friends and family who are spread around the world, and I’ve enjoyed having a digital journal of all of it.
In the late 1990’s I was pretty involved with the online usenet group, rec.climbing. Both online and in real life, I met and climbed with a bunch of folks, and got the nickname Texaskilonewton which became the first domain name I remember buying. When Kim and I got married, I bought this KimandGeoff.com domain name. When Hazel was born, I was sitting holding her in the hospital, and built a site to chronicle our adventures as new parents. I named it www.b.lueberry.com. Blueberry had been the nickname we used for the baby when she was so small we didn’t know a gender or name. I’ve used that title for the “family/daily life” portion of this site.
At various points I built and maintained a few other blogs. I tried my hand blogging about clean tech business, gardening, and about software and technology. Those sites are long dead. I’ve built dozens of websites over the years, and this website has gone through several major revamps. Because of that, there are some oddities. You’ll find this like picture galleries that change formats depending on the page. On some of the posts the pictures are tiny, back from the days when digital cameras sucked and data was precious for storage. I’ll try and go back and update as much as I can, but for now.
At some point, Facebook became the primary place I shared online, and I didn’t keep up with this site. But for various reasons a lot of folks aren’t using Facebook anymore, and I hate the idea that my memories are at the whim of Meta, so I am attempting to go back through and update and rebuild this site. I also merged the two sites into one, to lower the costs and make the upkeep easier.
It’s a slow process for sure, but take a look around. I’m lucky to have lived a very rich life full of amazing experiences and I hope you might enjoy seeing photos, videos and reading our stories.
Very excited about the “turdle” sticker’s. There were hundreds of stickers, but I asked Hazel which she wanted, and she picked out turtles.
There have been a few different contests for waveskis and kayaks held at Ventura over the years, including the first surf kayak I ever attended, and later my best contest finish ever where I was ranked as the #2 American waveski paddler. I don’t have
Hazel loved the terrain park, where they build jumps and things for doing tricks. She didn’t really jump, but she wanted to. She kept asking to go off some bigger jumps, but I wouldn’t let her. =)
I’ve been back at work, and it’s been tough. Kim has made it a bit easier by sending me lots of updates. She sends me pictures from time to time, which makes me smile every time, and I really appreciate it. I still miss the
In the hospital, they were closely monitoring Margot, since she had some jaundice. Less severe than Hazel, so she never had the photo-therapy that Hazel did, but enough to keep an eye on. We got sent home Saturday afternoon, and by Sunday lunchtime I was
Grammy and Ducky spoiling Hazel. Book, puzzle and a stuffed otter that Hazel named seashore. On Sep 29, 2014 2:55 PM, "Kim Luu" <kim> wrote: Aww love the photos. Deborah looks like a pro. On Sep 29, 2014 2:42 PM, "Geoff Jennings" <g> wrote:
This might be the grandkid photo dad would like. Hazel likes to do things with her fingers, like lace them or make different positions, and she always asks if we can do it. I didn’t quite know what to say when she proudly showed me
In June 2024 I was able to help put together a trip for a 19 day journey down the Grand Canyon. It was my third time down, Hazel’s second, and the first for Kim and Margot. We had some excitement when I put the whole
[tentblogger-vimeo 56390908] Kim received a silly birthday card from a co-worker, that plays music when you open it. She loves it, and dances happily when it plays. When it stops, she signs for more.
This was taken while hazel was a month or two old, certainly way before she started raiding the snack pantry and asking for "help" with canned goods.
We picked some of our cauliflower the other day. I forget the name of the variety, but it has a cool purple hue to it. I was taking pictures of it inside, and Hazel asked to be in the picture. While we were taking pictures,
I thought I’d take a photo. Doh. I swear, she was still on when I clicked the shutter.
