a study in fuchsia, coral, lavender, and pink
August 16, 2021
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Given the increased chaos of the news this week, including images from the Kabul, Afghanistan airport of people hanging on the wings and body of a C-19, memories of Saigon in 1975 come blasting through, along with the tragedy. People are fleeing for their lives. I worry particularly about not only the translators who helped Americans in the war aga...
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grateful and humble
August 09, 2021
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The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, released a sobering report today on climate change, calling it a "Code Red for humanity". We are seeing so many examples of the changes and extreme results all over our beautiful planet that it is difficult not to be concerned about it or confused by the relative lack of attenti...
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grand experiment
August 01, 2021
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It all began when I was pulling spent hollyhock flowers from one of the plants in our yard and noticed that an inky purple color was left on my fingers. With dyed wool never far from my mind in Fred's loom room, I wondered if it would work to dye wool with them and what color the dye might be. Having done some dyeing with my sister at home followin...
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New Mexico gold
July 26, 2021
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The Olympic Games began last week, more subdued than normal, with the pandemic and Delta variant looming large. The games had already been postponed a year because of COVID-19. Host country Japan, which had done so well on keeping cases in check, started into a slide or spike, and officials have done the yeoman's work of keeping athletes, journalis...
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curve billed thrasher update
July 19, 2021
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Nature presented yet another stellar opportunity to photograph this week in two of my favorite styles - nature and still life. Both, actually.
One of the most perfect packages, although delicate, is an egg. Anyone who has ever cooked knows how delicate the simple, beautiful egg is. But the shells protect the contents. And they are ideal photograph...
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celebrations abound
July 12, 2021
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Now that most countries around the globe have at least partially opened following what hopefully was the worst of the pandemic, celebrations are in abundance. Every day is something to cheer, which is the way it always should be, but with the busy-ness of life, that doesn't always happen. It is apparent that people are embracing being together and...
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independence
July 05, 2021
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Much fanfare and fireworks are given to the 4th of July or Independence Day in the United States of America. Since they came during one of the dangerously high points of the pandemic, last year's celebrations were more subdued. This year, the country is back open for business and people made and are still making the most of it. It sounded like all...
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say "ahh"
June 28, 2021
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Now that the baby crow which attracted so much attention in the neighborhood last week is out and about and flying quite nicely, the focus is on open mouths in the cholla cactus. A pair of curve billed thrashers have a nest full of very hungry chicks, awaiting their next meal. We'll start with one of the parents, keeping the chick tucked in and war...
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it takes a village
June 21, 2021
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One of the more noticeable side effects of the pandemic closures, at least in our city, is home improvement. Since people weren't traveling, energy was and is being spent on those home improvement projects everyone was putting off for years. Not a single day passes during which some sort of construction - interior, exterior, and landscaping - occur...
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it is all in the details
June 13, 2021
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This week has been pleasantly full of photography - nature and still life in the form of Navajo-Churro wool rug details - and website work. You will notice the change in the blog layout immediately. I am not quite finished and hope that today's blog will be readable.
Fred is preparing his work for the Selvedge Magazine World Fair, which will be on...
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an eruption of color
June 07, 2021
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A visitor to the western United States, viewing the low and high desert regions, might see a rose bush and think of it as a botanical mirage. Members of the Rosaeceae family are thought to have originated in Central Asia, and can be found in almost every country. Despite the sometimes seemingly awful soil in parts of New Mexico, roses can do extrem...
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Memorial Day 2021
May 30, 2021
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Celebrations to commemorate lives lost in wars began in the United States after the Civil War. But Memorial Day was not made an official holiday until 1971 and it now includes all loved ones who have passed before us. Because it extends the weekend off from work by one day for many, it frequently seems the day has become more about travel and purch...
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Tierra Wools
May 23, 2021
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What happens when you move a business from one place to another, plan a grand re-opening, and then the COVID pandemic hits? Just precisely what many small business owners and all the people at Tierra Wools did - you move forward. Sheep don't wait and neither does the lambing season, moving the flock, or the shearing, spinning and dying of wool. It...
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encore
May 16, 2021
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After getting requests for more photographs from the wedding at Leaping Deer Ranch near Sapello, New Mexico two weeks ago, I decided to do an "encore" blog. I have also been working with the "new to me" photo editing software "Luminar 4", learning my way around it and the features it offers. That, along with putting together a Blurb book of wedding...
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wedding sampler
May 09, 2021
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Wedding photography is something I love. Organization, creativity, socializing, events, costumes and fashion, communication, weather, and the continued learning of technical processes are all involved. With friends from tango marrying at the Leaping Deer Ranch near Sapello, I was lucky enough to be able to do some shooting. Despite the fact that I...
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