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~;;~ Some Haunting Images ~;;~
As I have mentioned before, my mom used to sew up our Halloween costumes. I remember the cat one, which I loved, but I don’t remember any others; there might be movies of us on Halloween, but my parents weren’t … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Family, Fun Stuff, holidays, Images, Seasons, The kids
Tagged Autumn, costumes, Halloween, kids, ninja, pirate ship, pumpkins
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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
Posted in Fun Stuff, Images, Seasons, The g-kids, The kids
Tagged Autumn, cookies, leaves, Scooter
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~o:> Winding down
There are just times when (you: finally sitting on the couch after many days, house now quiet) your eyelids just keep drifting down, all by themselves. And there are also times you jump up to dance around the house, rejoicing … Continue reading
Posted in friends, Fun Stuff, Horses, Images of our herd in specific, Knit Stuff, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, Seasons, Visits
Tagged Autumn, bats, Emma, Horses, knitting, Lindy, Visits
26 Comments
:: Flaming Autumn ::
I am certain this will be part one. I took over 200 shots when we went up the mountain on Saturday – took the big camera in the gigantic camera case, slung across my back (and dangling at my side, … Continue reading
Posted in Fun Stuff, Horses, Images, Images of our herd in specific, Journeys, Seasons, The outside world
Tagged Autumn, Dustin, G, Horses, mountains, Zion
26 Comments
:: Up the mountain ::
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
Posted in Fun Stuff, Horses, Images of our herd in specific, Journeys, Just life, Seasons, The outside world
Tagged Autumn, Guy, mountain, Murphy, riding, Zion
35 Comments
~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
Posted in Fun Stuff, Gin, Journeys, Making Things, The g-kids, The kids, Visits
Tagged compositing, image manipulation, light, Murphy, Santa Fe, sky
23 Comments
~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
Posted in friends, Fun Stuff, Just life, Rachel, The kids, The outside world
Tagged Africa, Chaz, family, farmer's market, Guitar, kids, otter pops, Rachel, summer
12 Comments
~o:> A Hopeful Dog
First of all, may I tell you that I rode two horses today? Chaz’ buddy, Chels, visiting from Out East didn’t want to pass up the opportunity to ride, so ride we did, all the afternoon away. Chels and Chaz … Continue reading
Posted in friends, Fun Stuff, Horses, Knit Stuff, Making Things, Pics of Made Things, The kids
Tagged Chaz, Chels, Dog, Horses, knitting, storms
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=: Red, White and Blue :=
Once upon a time, I wrote this post which will tell you much more about me and the 4th of July than you will ever want to know. And I posted pictures of that celebration, much smaller than our wont. … Continue reading
Posted in A little history, Family, friends, Fun Stuff, Memories and Ruminations, The kids
Tagged 4th of July, balloons, Chelsea, family, flags, Horses, parade
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