Sudden Monsoon in Tucson - July 28, 2023 happysmurfday 2023-07-29 | It started to get a little windy and I decided to turn the camera on. In the next 8 minutes we got rain, with hail and then as quickly as it started, it was gone.
Tucson Juggling Festival 2023 happysmurfday 2023-07-29 | This was some video from the 14th Tucson Juggling Festival at Catalina State Park in Tucson Arizona in March of 2023.
Rabbits in the back yard happysmurfday 2022-11-23 | A relaxing view of the rabbits in my back yard during September of 2021.
Off the ground bat in two count with incoming multiplex happysmurfday 2022-10-17 | I finally figured out how to get this trick to work in two-count using the delay created with an incoming multiplex is being set up. This footage was shot at the Southwest Flowfest 2022.
Ants cleaning out their hole after a rain happysmurfday 2022-09-22 | This ant hill was bigger before it rained.
Spinytail Iguana at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in April of 2022 happysmurfday 2022-09-20 | I observed this desert spinytail iguana at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in April of 2022.There are several species of spinytail iguanas (genus Ctenosaura) native to Mexico and Central America that are found in desert scrub and forest. The lizards range from 10 inches to over 39 inches long (some sources claim five feet long). Several species have been introduced into the U.S. in Arizona, Texas, Florida and perhaps other places.These lizards were introduced into the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum(ASDM) in the 1970s. They are reproducing but apparently have not expanded beyond Museum grounds, at least none have been reported off the grounds. Maybe, if any leave the Museum they quickly fall prey to coyotes, bobcats, and hawks. The adult lizards at ASDM can get up to about two feet long.
Short Juggling Clips happysmurfday 2022-07-29 | I shot and edited this video with the help of some friends to enter into a talent show at work. It showcases some tennis ball juggling with the can, a little club juggling with vision clubs and some obligatory fire juggling for non-jugglers. I won the talent show. Music by Amon Tobin used without permission.
Javalina 420 2022 happysmurfday 2022-06-14 | What have the javalina in my yard been up to on April 20, 2022?
Scrambled V by the Tucson Juggling Club happysmurfday 2022-06-14 | This is a takeouts juggling pattern called Scrambled V. We learned this over the years and have slowly been teaching people how to do it.
Bighorn Fire timelapse in 6 minutes happysmurfday 2022-06-06 | It’s now been two years since the Bighorn fire just north of Tucson, Arizona. It lasted from June 5th until July 23rd of 2020, right as we were all settling in to to the COVID-19 pandemic. It felt like the world was ending, with the panic buying at the stores, lockdowns and our iconic mountain engulfed in flames. Neither the fire nor the pandemic was expected to last as long as it had. It started with a simple lightning strike on the west wide of the Catalina Mountains and over the course of a month it devoured burned almost 120,000 acres by the time it was put out. Over the past couple of years I reviewed all of the time lapse video taken from various cameras located across the Catalina mountains (known to locals as Mt. Lemmon) from the Southern Arizona Timelapses (youtube.com/c/SouthernArizonaTimelapses) channel on YouTube and matching up the days and times where the fire was visible and edited them together while learning how to use FinalCut Pro. The most interesting (and famous) day was on June 17th of 2022 where the fire reached the Mt. Lemmon fire department and they cleared the brush around the area around a structure to protect it (video of this day was widely circulated among popular media). I remember looking up at night in the evenings at Mt. Lemmon and feeling like the world was ending as the flames consumed the life of our mountain and the future of the pandemic seemed endless. In late June the fire had traveled from the western edge of the Catalinas to the eastern side and was dwindling. Our monsoon season had started, where microbursts of rain poured across the mountain, drenching the last of the fire and putting an end to the fire.
Whats in the water meter? #shorts happysmurfday 2021-09-18 | These are the creatures you'll meet in your neighborhood.
Juggling LED clubs in a Counter Rotating Columns pattern #shorts happysmurfday 2021-09-18 | This is a little pattern I came up with to show off my Flowtoys Vision Clubs.
Touch Activated Cicada #shorts happysmurfday 2021-09-18 | Cicadas normally do not make noise at night, but if they are disturbed you can get a sound from them.
Sandhill Cranes at the watering hole in Arizona happysmurfday 2021-02-07 | They feed on local crops and come to this watering hole.
Young Javelina Spring 2020 happysmurfday 2020-08-23 | Between the months of April and July of 2020 I observed this family of javelina (peccary) with two juveniles visiting my yard regularly to eat cacti.
Messing around in the back yard with LED juggling clubs happysmurfday 2020-07-16 | I streamed this on FB on May 8, 2020 as part of #clubtakeover
Road Runner with a dead lizard happysmurfday 2020-06-28 | This road runner is showing off his dead lizard and then runs off with it.
LED Club Juggling with Trails effect happysmurfday 2019-04-21 | I was experimenting with the trails effect in Final Cut Pro on footage of LED club juggling.
Javalena Sleepover happysmurfday 2019-04-15 | This couple of javalena (peccary) had a little sleep over in my back yard last night. They appear to have had a very lazy morning.
Tucson Juggling Festival 2019 happysmurfday 2019-04-12 | A brief look at the 11th annual Tucson Juggling Festival in 2019 at Catalina State Park in Arizona.
Flourish Chops with Flow Toys Vision Clubs happysmurfday 2019-03-17 | Just a little messing around with the Vision LED juggling clubs. Shot at 60 FPS 4k on iPhone 8.
Pooping Pig Statue happysmurfday 2018-10-02 | Minecraft 1.13 introduced some new water mechanics that made this design possible.
Feeding Wild Lizard happysmurfday 2018-08-11 | Over the past few months I've been taming this wild lizard by feeding it mealworms. Now just about every morning it will come and eat mealworms from my hand.
Collard Lizard Running for Breakfast happysmurfday 2018-08-04 | I've been feeding the lizards outside my house every morning. Here we see a juvenile collard lizard hurrying to receive his breakfast.
Lizard Feeding May 30, 2018 happysmurfday 2018-05-31 | These wild lizards have become familiar with being fed meal worms.
Tour of my Minecraft world (2010-2018) happysmurfday 2018-05-02 | have been living in this world since 2010 (best $14 I ever spent). This video shows some of my favorite places, most of which are inside or beneath my giant glass mountain. I have also tested this with the next version and as of May 5, 2018, most of my liquid mechanics are broken, so do be careful of the lava if you try this on 1.13.x. Here's a link to the world (use version 1.12.2): dropbox.com/s/vumh82y0kzmq843/HappySmurfday.zip?dl=0
Sunflower Time Lapse happysmurfday 2017-10-28 | I tried to grow sun flowers this year, but they did not survive the rabbits. Out of about 20 or more, I had two that almost produced seeds, but died in the end.
Takeouts Workshop with Bekah Hammond IJA 2016 happysmurfday 2017-09-18 | I edited together some footage taken in El Paso at the 2016 IJA convention so that I could get better at takeouts and teach them to other people. Everything was shot in slow motion (and slightly blurry), but I cut down the slow mo to the important parts
Roundabout 3 Person Takeout Pattern (slow mo) happysmurfday 2017-09-13 | Will, Dave and Frankie working on the roundabout pattern at the 2017 Yavapai Juggling festival. The slow motion was done to make it easier to follow.
Lizard finds his perfect mealworm in slow mo happysmurfday 2017-08-11 | This is my girlfriend feeding a hand full of mealworms to a wild lizard.
Horned Lizard came right up to me happysmurfday 2017-04-16 | I watched this guy feeding on ants before he came up and gave me a closer look.
Gila Monster at Catalina State Park April 2017 happysmurfday 2017-04-06 | We ran across this gila monster on the Alamo Canyon/Bathtub Tank trail at Catalina State Park.
Javelina and juveniles Feb 23 2017 happysmurfday 2017-02-24 | Mother javelina and juveniles feeding on a seed block.
Javelina Mom happysmurfday 2017-02-24 | This mother javelina has been hanging around with her two youngsters trying to keep them safe. I caught them eating my quail block again.
Spider wrapping Fly happysmurfday 2017-02-22 | I watched this spider spend about an hour wrapping the fly and then he dragged it off to his lair.
Jellingstone Lava Light happysmurfday 2017-02-03 | This is a stone statue I created in the basement of my home. It was a bit dark, so I added these lava droppers. It still seems a little dark, but it'll do for now.
Javelina nocturnal feeding with young happysmurfday 2016-12-25 | This family of javelina have been eating my quail block. I had been putting it away to prevent them from coming.
Javelina and babies eating seed block happysmurfday 2016-12-16 | The quail block in my yard attracts javelina, and tonight they appear to have brought babies.
2 count to 3 count multiplex happysmurfday 2016-12-12 | This is a 2 count feed which switches into a 3 count feed when the feeder throws a multiplex.
Tucson Juggling Club 2010 happysmurfday 2016-12-11 | I found some old footage of the juggling club from 2010 and edited it together.
Butterflies in Slow Motion happysmurfday 2016-10-18 | Some butterflies found in Arizona in August of 2016
Bekah Hammond - Fakeout Takeout happysmurfday 2016-08-21 | This is a short video I shot at the 2016 IJA Festival in El Paso. Here you see Bekah Hammond demonstrating how to do a fakeout takeout.
Totchees IJA 2016 happysmurfday 2016-08-06 | One of the greatest diabolo team acts competed at the IJA in 2016 and I caught this little trick in the gym the next day.
Fallout 4 - Whats that sound? happysmurfday 2016-05-26 | While traveling with Old Longfellow in Far Harbor, I heard a strange noise. It took me a moment to figure out what it was.
