the process
July 01, 2019
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During a most delightful brunch this week with friends, they asked how I come up with a blog every Monday. That was, indeed, a great compliment because I consider myself neither a great writer nor photographer. I am passionate about both because I feel obligated to observe, note, and share the world around me in any way I can, and a blog is a great...
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dancing among the iris
June 22, 2019
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Taking a cue from many friends who have gone for hikes in the mountains lately, I knew it was time for an early summer pilgrimage on Highway 64. Those hints, combined with temperature, the angle of the sun, time of year, and time of day called out in an odd but familiar and comfortable way. As a photographer, I must answer the call. The wild iris a...
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minor obsession
June 15, 2019
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When nature provides ample moisture in the western United States and the Rocky Mountain region, I admit I become obsessed with photographing flowers. The paintbrush continue to amaze me. Thus, you are being subjected to yet another paintbrush-studded blog. My apologies, but it can't be helped! The good thing about indulging in this photographic obs...
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off-grid geekdom
June 10, 2019
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Most of you know that we have been living in off-grid bliss for the past 18 years. Our previous off-grid sequence in western New Mexico, which began in 1977, makes it almost 22 years that we have been living this way. That first adventure did not include electricity of any sort. We cooked on a small Atlanta Stove Works wood burning stove, and a win...
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in every position
June 03, 2019
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Spring is stubbornly giving way to summer in northern New Mexico, and every day, the landscapes shares it surprises. Despite the cooler temperatures, wind, rain, and hail, the sun shines through enough to catch a photographer's eye. During the past week, when the sun made its presence known in the morning, and if the wind was not howling in the aft...
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remembrance
May 26, 2019
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The Santa Fe National Cemetery was busier than normal on the Sunday before Memorial Day in the United States, with family and friends, locating graves of their loved ones under grey skies and windy conditions that brought leaves and branches sailing down upon the grass surrounding the rows of headstones. I found myself wandering in an older part of...
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spring chaos
May 19, 2019
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Capricious winds and bouts of winter weather and snow signal springtime in the Rocky Mountains. In spite of the conditions, the whole of nature is emerging from relative stasis. On the piñon-juniper high mesa, more birds than at any time during the year regale us with their presence. Year-round residents are joined by migratory birds who arrive to...
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from outer space?
May 12, 2019
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Although there may have been more writers of science fiction who are not known to us, Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, is credited with creating the genre of science fiction in the very early 1800s. Novelists who choose science fiction as their platform have always had amazing imaginations, creating objects and worlds of the strange, bizarre,...
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hidden in plain sight
May 06, 2019
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By now, many of you have seen unbelievably beautiful photographs of the desert "bloom" this year in Arizona and California. Although the landscapes, and thus the flowers are not the same in New Mexico, there is a slow motion bloom happening right now in northern New Mexico. It presents itself to those lucky enough to hike on the right trail at the...
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round two with food
April 28, 2019
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It was great to hear from so many of you concerning possibilities for my Tasty and Artful greeting card set. The Native American Corn with a black background, and New World Foods were the two images with the most votes, followed by Victoria's apples, the caprese plate, and the artichoke. One reader felt that some of the images, because they held li...
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ample table
April 20, 2019
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Holidays bring people together. In a world that frequently tends to be manic, holidays, unfortunately, may be some of the few times families and friends eat together. Therefore, they become big celebrations accompanied by tables covered with wonderful food. The past week held a series of those celebrations, both secular and religious, around the wo...
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anticipation
April 15, 2019
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Photographs of the emerging spring are everywhere on social media. It is obvious that many in the northern hemisphere have been through stunning winters, and are seriously ready for the first signs of spring. Those signals are coming or are already present in lower, more southerly and/or coastal locations. But those of us at higher elevations and m...
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water abstractions
April 08, 2019
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Those of us who live in areas where water is a rare commodity know how necessary it is to body and soul and life. We have a visceral need to see it, feel it, and be surrounded by it. The catchment ponds dotting the mesas of northern New Mexico provide that for wild and domestic animals. They are also mesmerizing for humans. We recently took advanta...
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still life on a snowy day
April 01, 2019
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Nature gave us an early April Fool's Day gift of snow, beginning mid-morning yesterday, and continuing throughout the day. It was one of those rare days when we were firmly ensconced in the house, happy to watch the snow and do absolutely nothing about it. A day for catching up on reading, paperwork, and still life photography.
One of the things t...
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faces
March 25, 2019
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The week that just passed was certainly typical of the rowdiness that is March. Our weather records show wild swings between sun, snow, rain, graupel, hail, and wind. Spring is definitely here with all its bluster and joy. Part of that joy is reviewing some of the environmental portraits I have had the opportunity to make in years past, and to shar...
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