Oct
18
2008
Theme: Family | Next Week: Scary
It was a rare occasion that all of the seven children in my family were photographed. However, when it came to having cake and ice cream for someone’s birthday we usually were all together in one place. Barefoot with dirty feet and masses of naturally curly hair, here we all are.
My mother always made the most wonderful cakes from scratch with seven minute frosting. I’d say that this photo is circa 1961 or 1962 since my youngest brother was born in 1960 and looks to be one or two years old.
Sep
27
2008
Theme: View | Next Week: Sad
I think I’m a gypsy in the truest sense of the word. I’m happiest when I’m traveling in my twenty year old RV with my dog Cali. Just yesterday, I was talking with a co-worker over lunch about retiring. While I don’t want to “wish my life away,” I’m certainly looking forward to not being tied to the everyday stresses of work.
Don’t get me wrong, I love what I do but it’s really stressful. If I’m not careful, I get too “connected” and forget how to “go out and play.” Sometimes, it’s so difficult to find the correct balance.
This “view” is taken from my side mirror on my RV as I was re-entering New Mexico after traveling the Pacific Northwest for the summer. How I long for those carefree, happy days…
Sep
20
2008
Theme: Road | Next Week: View
I took this photo of the entry
road into
New Mexico in the northwest corner of the state from Colorado. I’m always amazed at the open landscape and the beautiful sky.
Sep
13
2008
Theme: Wild | Next Week: Road
The summer before last in Oregon I found the most wonderful spot - there was a proverbial graveyard of rusted farm equipment, and growing all around were wild blackberries. (They could have been marionberries, but I’m not up on my “Berries 101.) I stayed photographing for quite some time, and ate berries off the vine as Cali romped happily off her leash. Somehow, I managed to pick a few to eat later.
The experience brought back childhood memories of finding a “secret” place, and the simple pleasures of summer past.
Sep
06
2008
Theme: String(s) | Next Week: Wild
These shoes hanging over Hawthorne Street in Portland, Oregon by their laces, (or strings) are a perfect example of shoe tossing (or shoe flinging).
Shoe tossing (or shoe flinging), the act of using shoes as improvised projectiles or weapons, is a constituent of a number of folk sports and practices. Today, it is commonly the act of throwing a pair of shoes onto telephone wires, powerlines, or other raised wires. A related practice is shoe tossing onto trees or fences. Shoe tossing has been observed in areas of the United States, Canada, Britain, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Mexico, Ecuador and Ireland.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe_tossing
Ed Kohler has been cataloging and researching shoe tossing since 2005 on his blog “Shoefiti.”
Aug
30
2008
Theme: Beautiful | Next Week: String(s)
A little “photo magic” helped to create something that I think is beautiful.
Jun
21
2008
Theme: Water | Next Week: Bright
Crater Lake has inspired people for hundreds of years. No place else on earth combines a deep, pure lake, so blue in color; sheer surrounding cliffs, almost two thousand feet high; two picturesque islands; and a violent volcanic past. It is a place of immeasurable beauty, and an outstanding outdoor laboratory and classroom.
Crater Lake is located in Southern Oregon on the crest of the Cascade Mountain range, 100 miles (160 km) east of the Pacific Ocean. It lies inside a caldera, or volcanic basin, created when the 12,000 foot (3,660 meter) high Mount Mazama collapsed 7,700 years ago following a large eruption.
Generous amounts of winter snow, averaging 533 inches (1,354 cm) per year, supply the lake with water. There are no inlets or outlets to the lake. Crater Lake, at 1,943 feet (592 meters) deep, is the seventh deepest lake in the world and the deepest in the United States. Evaporation and seepage prevent the lake from becoming any deeper.
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