Category Archives: The kids

:: The Explanation ::

My oldest daughter’s father-in-law is a crazy man.  When he was young, he stepped out of his life, joined the LDS church (alone of all his family), jumped on a motorcycle and took himself to Utah.  There, he went to … Continue reading

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~o:> Looking Homeward

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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:> All day Saturday

On Friday, Chaz announced—in capitals and on Facebook—that she wanted to BAKE A TINY CAKE.  The ensuing discussion was neither deep nor particularly philosophical (read: silly in the extreme).  It inspired in me, nonetheless, visions of miniature slices of a … Continue reading

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~o:> Of flying cars and shining spheres

Note: the embedded photographs have absolutely nothing to do with the post.  They are simply here for those of you who I know will simply pass on all these words and only look at the pictures. Little bums. The Post … Continue reading

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~o:> Another Day at the Market

Or: My Side of Rachel and the African Kikoy In the continuing saga of our fascination with the Farmer’s Market, summer finally came to the valley, and we sallied forth to sample the local offerings. Rachel went with us, and … Continue reading

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