Ummmm, Bryster, I'm old enough to be Clay's grandma.

However, the whole story (for anyone fool enough to be interested), is that my first real modeling in Bryce effort was to copy, as near to perfectly as I could, a submersible that Clay had rendered and which was published in the official Bryce manual.  I've used that copy in a couple of renders ... nowhere as good as Clay's, but I was proud of it.

So, segue a couple of months after I posted my renders.  I go to Bryce camp (for a week of intense Brycing and serious drinking with Doc Mojo, Scott Tucker, Susan Kitchens and the rest of the gang), and who is one of the first people I find myself deep in conversation that week??  Only the creator of my favorite submersible himself!!  I fairly gushed over the dear boy.  He will always be one of my heroes, because I completely got over my fear of doing large scenes by working on that one model.

I'm telling you, I held it together more effectively when I met Ray Bradbury (another of my heroes) than I did when I met Clay.  Must have been the shock of seeing that he was so very much younger than I.  Silly of me not to realize that sometimes great talent blooms early.

So, no ..... no romance.  I tend to be attracted to crochety old farts ... male versions of myself if you will.

Could be worse, could be raining.