A pic to include in my Halloween articles. Christmas lights on my parents' house in 2004...plus something else... 

Oh, screw it! 

Tora demonstrates just how tough it is to be a cat... 

Look up there in the sky...a BALLOON! Its banner has the theme of this year's festival: "UPBEAT". 

The school itself was decorated on a grand scale! 

Big signs like this were all around the campus. 

Annual sights: the art exhibit in the lobby, the "stained glass" window. 

Wait...is that a pub sign? It looks like a violin! 

Welcome to La Boheme 2006! 

The corridor has never looked so colorful, let alone musical! 

The smiling faces at the reception desk. 

The welcome sign by the entrance. 

Setting up the bar. 

A lonely barmaid on the scene. 

The stage setup. 

The stage...all lit up and ready for the first performance. 

My official seal 

One last group shot... 

Marines...we are leaving... 

Darling Harbour. Dammit, hold still! 

The convention center and mall at Darling Harbour. (Funny, only Mr. K isn't blurry!) 

At the Sydney Olympic Park. Oh, come on...not another group shot! 

A view of Katoomba Falls from further down. 

The Three Sisters. (The local Aborigine tribes insist that it should be called the Seven Sisters, and I don't know why...) 

This is what it looks like once we've descended the cliff face.