February 2004 Archives

Breathe deep the gathering gloom
Watch lights fade from every room
Bedsitter people look back and lament
Another day's useless energy spent.

Impassioned lovers wrestle as one,
Lonely man cries for love and has none.
New mother picks up and suckles her son,
Senior citizens wish they were young.

Cold hearted orb that rules the night,
Removes the colors from our sight.
Red is grey and yellow white,
But we decide which is right.
And which is an illusion?

Moody BLues - Days of Future Past - 1966

Well Yuko and I got some more good news this week. We are going to be buying a house next month!!! We are so excitted. It has been a busy week for me.... I get no rest as I am off to work tomorrow for a couple of hours.

Here is a good ultrasound of our Daichi with a good shot of his nose.

Here is anothe wonderful of Daichikun yawning.... In other news, we are waiting to see if the seller agrees to the offer on the house we love.

Well Yuko and I made an offer on a house today. Yuko really likes it and so do I.

Here is another Ultasound picture of our baby, Daichikun with a high nose.

 I have the grest news of my life so far! I am going to be a father to a baby boy. Man, I have already been thinking and planning all of the things that that I want to do with with Daichi-kun. I am going to have a little helper.... What am I to do? This is a large step for Yuko and I. I couldn't hardly sleep last night for the excitment and now I am paying the price, but I am sure that this isn't going to be the last sleepless night for me. Now the big countdown is just begaining. We have yet to get into a house for our new member of our family.

Dave Marquis Zenit ET

 Yuko and I went out to take a look at a house that is for sale. Unfortunatly it wasn't what we had hopped it would be, but is anything in this world, except maybe love? Well we are going to continue the search for a house that we can afford and Yuko will like. The cold is back here in Minnesota and it looks like we will warm up again in the upcoming days. It is a dangerous time of the year for catching a cold. When it warms up here in the lower 30F range it seems time to break out the shorts and have a beach party. Well I am a big believer that they should close up the state in early November and only reopen in May.

In other news, we are down to two days to go until we go and have the ultrasound at the doctor's office. I am really ecited and I know that Yuko is also. We have waited a long time and we want to know! Yuko and I are hoping the baby will be in the mood to let us tell just what kind of baby we are going to have.

This is a orchid that Yuko and I found when we made a trip to the Minnesota Zoo. It was taken with my trusty Zenit ET and Helios 44-4 58MM lens on expired Kodak 200 color film.

I am wondering if people really listen to song lyrics..... Here is an example from the Moody Blues, called Question, published in 1970. I think there are a lot of deep thoughts if we were only to listen.

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door?
With a thousand million questions
About hate and death and war.

It's where we stop and look around us
There is nothing that we need.
In a world of persecution
That is burning in it's greed.

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door?
Because the truth is hard to swallow
That's what the wall of love is for.

It's not the way that you say it
When you do those things to me.
It's more the way that you mean it
When you tell me what will be.

And when you stop and think about it
You won't believe it's true.
That all the love you've been giving
Has all been meant for you.

I'm looking for someone to change my life.
I'm looking for a miracle in my life.
And if you could see what it's done to me
To lose the the love I knew
Could safely lead me through.

Between the silence of the mountains
And the crashing of the sea
There lies a land I once lived in
And she's waiting there for me.

But in the grey of the morning
My mind becomes confused
Between the dead and the sleeping
And the road that I must choose.

I'm looking for someone to change my life.
I'm looking for a miracle in my life.
And if you could see what it's done to me
To lose the the love I knew
Could safely lead me to
The land that I once knew.
To learn as we grow old
The secrets of our souls.

It's not the way that you say it
When you do those things to me.
It's more the way you really mean it
When you tell me what will be.

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door?
With a thousand million questions
About hate and death and war.

It's where we stop and look around us
There is nothing that we need.
In a world of persecution
That is burning in it's greed.

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door?

Dave Marquis Holga

 We are having snow again and I have to admit that most Minnesotians are "having the gun to their heads" literally. Can we take much more snow? I keep asking myself this question. THe weather in the God's Frozen Tundra takes it's toll on a person, even the heartest of souls. It does look like we are going to get some relief from the cold and dark skies this weekend with the temps going back into the mid 30F range.
 In other news, we are shopping for another real estate agent after getting the blow off from one lady. I guess she wants only high rollers and not normal people like myself from working class people. Nothing like the blow off!
 This is another picture form the roll that I took with my Holga at the St. Paul Ice Castle. I like the like leaks that are being shown here, do you? THis camera is pretty hit or miss when it comes to focusing and I am surprised that only 3 shots were fuzzy this time. I guess I am getting better at using it.

It seems to be a Monday for me, eventhough it is Tuesday. We are busy getting ready to go house shopping.

Dave Marquis Holga

This is a picture of my friends, Brian and Mike out side of the Ice Castle.

Dave Marquis Holga

Here is a picture of my lovely wife and mother, Yuko.

Dave Marquis

 Yuko and I made it back some safely. It was a long and tiring trip for me, as I can't speak for Yuko. She was lucky and took a nap for most for the way. Man was I jealous! Well we had to make a trip down to take care of a few things to clear the way for house future house purchase. It was a scary ride down on Saturday as there were probably about 100 cars in the ditches, victims of icy and overall crapy roads. We didn't have too much ice and we were able to make the trip pretty smoothly. It is nice to see the folks, but it is always nice to be back home sorrounded by cameras.

Dave Marquis Zenit E

 We made it to another weekend and it looks like it will be relaxing and tiring with some driving involved as Yuko and I are driving down to Des Moines. We are going to try to get a house sometime soon, hopefully before the baby is here. We are on a trip to clear up some stuff on my credit report that isn't mine and it requires us to go to the Des Moines Court House. What a hassel! Well we will get a chance to see the folks and my sister and her baby, Jillian. She is so cute! Yuko is telling me that we are going to have a beautiful baby and I am hoping so. Well I know that our baby will be beautiful to me anyways. So I am not worried one bit. Yuko and I are hoping that the weather is going to be nice for the drive. When I talked to my step mom, she said that they had a foot of snow on the ground and it was still coming down. There is not much worse than driving in a snow storm.

Dave Marquis Zenit ET

 Here is another picture of my cute niece, Jillian. She is so cute, but I am thinking that she is going to have a hard time beating our baby, if it turns out to be a girl. Every day is one closer. Yuko and I have an appointment on the morning of the 17th to see the doctor for our first ultrasound and a check up. The doctor told us that there might be a chance that the baby's legs could be in the way not allowing us to see what kind of baby we are going to have. I have an answer for that. I will spin Yuko above my head, WWF style and then we will try again. In other news, the weather is getting nicer. It was almost above freezing today. I hope the snow will be on the way out for our drive down to Des Moines to see the folks and take care of some business.

Dave Marquis Zenit ET

 Well it has been a tough week for me between the nasty snow storm we got and the daily commute to Eagan to the training center. Last week it was the terriable cold and now snow. I am asking myself, "What was I thinking when I moved to this misserable state?" I really should have moved south to a warm clim... I have really latched on the idea of a co-worker of mine, they should close up this state and not let anyone back in until May or so. I think she is onto something here. Well anyways, here is a picture of my niece, Jillian. I took this shot during our Christmass visit to the folk's house. I can't wait until I can meet our own baby. Yuko is getting bigger and I have felt our baby many times. I think we are going to have a kicker.