Mormon Row, Grand Teton National Park

We crawled out of bed at 3:30 am so we could be in place for the 5:09 sunrise. Thank you, Hampton Inn, for having a coffee maker in the room. And thank you, Chuck for being a total trooper on this trip!

Love the way the sun caught this cottage's façade.

Same cottage, the evening before the sunrise shoot - 20 seconds later, it was pouring rain and we dove for the car.

Lonely buildings, just at the edge of Mormon Row.

Must've taken a thousand shots of this barn...

This, above, might be my favorite.

The mountains change color as the sun rises.

And across the way, down a little dirt road, the iconic Moulton barn, echoing the shape of the peaks in the distance.

And, finally, the unloved, rarely shot barn on the other side of Mormon Row. I like the way the light catches and outlines the porch.

June 3, 2013

October, Little Bit of This, Little Bit of That

Working on some beachy Christmas ornaments. I have the right size drill bit to put holes in the tiny flip flops - but how to steady them while I'm drilling? 10/1

Gloomy, rainy, windy day at Indigo Lake in CVNP. 10/2

Crossword? Really? When I have Solitaire to waste time on? 10/3.

Love having wildlife in the backyard. Don't care so much for wildlife eating the back yard. Note the pair of hogs in the pot. They were joined by a third shortly after this shot, then Mama took over the whole pot for herself. 10/4

Dinner at Pufferbelly and a shot of the Star of the West mill in Kent. 10/5.

Still working on birdhouses. They'll be done by Christmas. Maybe. 10/6.

A very bad day ended with a very nice evening, walking and talking with Chuck. Thanks, Honey! 10/7

P365, Way Behind

I've been keeping up with shooting, but not with posting. And it's almost the holidays.  So today we're going to rock through the rest of September. Hang on!

A very gloomy Sept. 10th. Below, New Guinea impatiens on the lower deck, 9/12.

The first page of my art journal. Lord alone knows why it came out so pink. The lighter areas are just white sketchbook paper. 9/13

Below is my favorite of this batch, apples in the evening sun. Great color and shadows, kind of Dutch painterly. 9/14.

Below: 9/15 a plate from our trip to Greenfield Village a couple years ago; 9/16, chocolate chip cookies - don't know what I do without the KitchenAid mixer; 9/17, two versions of mums from the front yard. I like the bleached out, old fashioned-looking one the best.

Guess who, asleep in my lap. He loves a good lap in colder weather. 9/19.

9/20, Doe, giving me the beady eyeball. She was in the woods next the the gym's parking lot.She has two fawns, and by early November, had collected a bunch of buddies.

An adequate sunset from the back deck, 9/21; then lady bug at one of the neighborhood ponds, 9/22.

More mums, BJ's Club, 9/23.

First time I've found a preying mantis in my yard, 9/24. And, surprise, a rainy 9/25 of the upper deck.

Much better sunset, 9/26. September's weather was pretty glum, but we did get some great clouds and sunsets. 

Above, 9/27, shiny (expensive) new breaks. Just rolled over 100,000 miles on the Honda, and it's still running well. Below, reflections in one of the ponds, 9/28. The swans are now hanging out at this one. The geese must not like the swans, because they haven't been at this pond for a while. 

Garden beds at Stan Hywet, 9/30. It was, yes, raining for Ohio Mart. The crowd was light and the shopping great - even got some Christmas shopping done.

One more post, and September will be done. How the heck did I get a month and a half behind?

Marblehead

Beautiful place on the Lake Erie shore. Wish the sky had been bluer - it would have brought out the red and white of the lighthouse a little more. Nice and windy, though, so we had good waves crashing over the rocks.

 

September 9, 2011

South Bass Island, 9/6/11

The ferry ride to South Bass was rough. With the ferry lurching through the waves, rain, and spray, it was almost impossible to take pictures on the way over. In fact, after getting a face- and camera-full of Lake Erie, I huddle in the car for about half the trip, mopping up the mess. Chuck managed to get some shots with getting soaking wet.

There's a little park on the east end of the island, which we'll call Evolve. Why would someone spend time spray-painting these rocks, who knows?

The clouds did break a few times, enough to get get a shot of Perry's monument. It's closed for repairs - you can see the white safety fence around the base.

The next few photos are from South Bass Island State Park. It's on the southwestern side of the island, not too far from Miller Ferry's Lime Kiln dock.

Water snakes. There are signs all over the place, noting that they're not dangerous, and that the Island is protecting them. They are very shy.

Lots of curvy island views.

Baby water snake, maybe as big around as your pinkie - but look at how long she is. 

More South Bass photos soon.

Light Painting, Kayaking and Brownies

My Project 365 photos are a little bit more experimental this time around, there are still a lot of straight on flowers, macros and miscellaneous life stuff. The one below is a "light painting" done in my back yard. It was supposed to be lightening bug trails, but they weren't cooperating. Used the remote and set the timer for a couple of seconds. The hardest parts was figuring out where to stand to get the whole heart in the frame. 8/5/2011.

Dahlia on the top deck. The package photo looked a little more pink and soft yellow. I softened the colors a bit, it's a little more lurid violet an yellow in real life. 8/6.

Sunday's kayak adventure. I went with Crooked River Adventures in Kent from Tannery Park to Middlebury Road. Pleasant trip. Easy paddling, much like canoeing except one one person in the kayak. I'm going to get another, longer trip in before the summer's out. 8/7

Making fudge walnut brownies. They were delicious. One of my friends at work lost her beagle after 14 years, so I figured comfort food was in order. Set the timer for the shortest time, and they came out much better, moist and yummy. 8/8

I got the swirl effect by stirring up the brownies real fast the dropping the spoon back in the bowl and using a longish exposure. The batter settling back in the bowl made the motion swirls.

Kingfisher

7/31: Kingfisher near the old Kent dam. Panned the camera and really love the effect.