Category Archives: The g-kids

~;;~ Part Four: the other thing I made ~;;~

It finally occurred to me that knitting yard into shapes could yield something perhaps more functional than horses. (Is there really anything more functional than horses?)  I hate making clothes.  Sewing them always left me unsatisfied (does it fit?  Kind … Continue reading

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~;;~ Part Three: one thing I have made ~;;~

You do realize that my decorative marks up there are little bats, right?  And I will tell you that we woke up to snow on the roof this morning.  Ack.  And sigh.  But a white roof justifies an extra hour … Continue reading

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~;;~ Game Day pt.2: the cookies ~;;~

Take a very good look, because what you see now was gone yesterday.  Stormy, seasonal (for a change) weather, we’ve got now.  But on game day – it was like this: early morning slant light, sun just over the mountains … Continue reading

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:: 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:> 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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