Most artists of any ilk would much rather be doing art than advertising or curating their work.  But it must be done.  During the last several months, I have been curating my work - whether it be in digital format (including on computers and stand alone hard drives, as well as CDs), or prints, negatives, and slides - searching for specific images for a book in the works, and recently for a "call for entries" from a local gallery.  When a friend alerted me to it, I jumped at the chance.  The first deadline is 26 November, making it a priority.

And while searching the tens of thousands of photographs, some images reveal themselves to me as if new.  Most of the photographs included in today's blog, were taken in 2015, when we lived in rural northern New Mexico.  It reminded me of how wild and open with photographic possibilities it was, and also how close it was - weather wise - to the Midwest.  In the two spider web images below, it was an intensely cold, and the early morning hours highlighted hundreds of spiderwebs suspended in the sagebrush and other plants.  They were covered with hoarfrost.   Each water bead is frozen like a pearl on the webbing. It was truly magnificent.  

Because of the openness of the area, I was able to use a 70-200 mm lens on my Nikon D800 to capture the blood moon and lunar eclipse on 27 September 2015, as it was going through stages.  Taos Mountain is in the background.   Yesterday was literally the first day I have looked at these lunar shots since I made them.  I remember being disappointed with the results at the time, but then, I am not a nighttime person nor a photographer who hangs out in the dark with masses of stars above on a regular basis.  Sometimes, documentation is important, regardless.  

 One more thing we saw and watched intently were raven chicks.  I know this one was a chick because young ravens' mouths are red.  A hint to parents that this is the place to insert food.  

As my curation continues, I might find a few more surprises to share with you.  May nature offer each of you some fun surprises of your own, as the days become shorter.  

Thanks to Terry T., Victoria, Ann A., Jean & Sam, Marilyn G., TTT, and Steve for writing about my blog and staying in touch!

until next Monday,

DB

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