Author Archives: K

:: Up the mountain ::

Posted on September 14, 2010 by K

This header, I just wanted to explain, is just another one of my poor efforts to capture the river light.  You can see that the yard is dark – that dark, velvet green of late summer.  But the last light … Continue reading →

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~o:> at least the carpets were clean

Posted on September 12, 2010 by K

This morning (this would be Thursday, September 9): I did the treadmill, then trotted down the long pasture driveway in a little rain.  Let the horses out, fertilized about three quarters of a acre, moved two days’ and five horses’ … Continue reading →

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~o:> Looking Homeward

Posted on September 4, 2010 by K

First of all, I learned a few more things, and here is the finished composite.  The lighting still isn’t right, but I think it works pretty well.  I think the real secret to doing something this complex is just time. … Continue reading →

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~o:> Charming Oddities

Posted on August 31, 2010 by K

Odd thing #1:  the bug. Dentist Kris found this thing in his yard.  He was mowing (mowing what?) or trimming or something, and – I don’t even know how he found it.  I think it’s an alien.  This is, after-all, … Continue reading →

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~o:> See How They Grow

Posted on August 30, 2010 by K

First, a message from our sponsor: The last of the storm sky shots.  I used one of these for the header.  This is where I am the saddest that I didn’t check the ISO rating on the camera – where … Continue reading →

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~o:> Slight Distractions

Posted on August 28, 2010 by K

Notes for anyone coming from Creative Friday – this is mostly about photographs and what you can do with them.  Feel free to skip through the pictures if you like.  I was visiting my daughter in her new New Mexico … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun Stuff, Gin, Journeys, Making Things, The g-kids, The kids, Visits | Tagged , , , , , | 23 Comments

~o:> Being there: Santa Fe pt. 1

Posted on August 25, 2010 by K

Okay.  Not really there yet.  But close.  Real close. First of all, this is the self portrait I favored.  Not so white now, are they??? In the mountains of Colorado, we ran into this. And M shot this.  Then we … Continue reading →

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~o:>Go, dog. Go!

Posted on August 24, 2010 by K

It is the last gasp of summer.  How odd.  How short.  And my eye is kinda twitchin’.  We are once again, or maybe for the first real time, empty nesters; M went off to college this morning.  Right after he … Continue reading →

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~o:> Home again

Posted on August 17, 2010 by K

There will be pictures of the desert and the sky.  And of Gin’s family and house – and sky. But for now, having covered ground it would have taken a wagon and team of horses a month to cover, Murphy … Continue reading →

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~A little less than the angels~

Posted on August 11, 2010 by K

A long, odd day of problem solving.  And here is a matter of business I have to cover right away: my friend, Linda, is doing a giveaway on her blog, and I want to win it.  And I get more … Continue reading →

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