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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emergence
March 18, 2019
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The vernal equinox is this Wednesday, 20 March, and on the same day, there will be a full moon. It is a time of renewal in the northern hemisphere. When it seems that the entirety of living things emerge from their winter stasis. There is noticeably more daylight. Spring bulbs begin to push through the soil. Seasonal birds, including the Say's phoe...
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radiant
March 11, 2019
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Red, orange, flame, yellow, and shades within the spectrum are colors I think of as being "warm". But I recently purchased a fuchsia-colored orchid as a birthday present for a friend that made me realize the color heat in its petals leaned a lot toward the warm. The more I looked at and photographed this moth orchid (Phalaenopsis orchid), the more...
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jewels in the fog
March 04, 2019
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After a rather interesting week, comprised of snow, mud, wind, sunshine, and fog, I am reminded of several photo shoots from years past at Point Reyes National Seashore in California. It is one of those places that grabs you and won't let go, a little like parts of New Mexico. Whether you call it a cape or a peninsula, Point Reyes juts out into the...
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get my drift?
February 22, 2019
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After reading comments on Facebook last week, (probably from non-skiers and non-snow boarders or those lacking enthusiasm for winter), expressing readiness for spring by writing "enough already", I said to myself I would not do any more blogs featuring snow and other winter subjects this season. So much for that. After the last substantial snow we...
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the wonder of stairs
February 18, 2019
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After reading one of my recent blogs, my photographer friend, Steve Immel asked about the process used in developing them. How I come up with blog ideas and how I proceeded to put them together. This week's blog would fall into the category of odd inspiration, developing into an architectural travelog. It came to me after watching one of those inan...
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that feeling
February 11, 2019
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Thursday is Valentine's Day. Need I say more? It terrifies many because of societal expectations, and fills others with the joy of giving and receiving. Although Valentine's Day is celebrated on July 6 and 30th in Eastern Orthodox churches, February 14 has become the official date for many celebrations around the world. The theme of the day - love...
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photographic pilgrimage
February 03, 2019
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February began on Friday, and, with great joy, my husband said, "It is nice to be looking at January from the rear view mirror." In other words, there is something about coming out of one of the coldest months in the northern hemisphere, to a month that has the potential to be slightly warmer. The days are also becoming noticeably longer. Mentally,...
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a small study in brown
January 28, 2019
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In the 2016 publication The Secret Lives of Color, Kassia St. Clair indicates that "Brown suffers in part because it is not a hue, but a shade. It is not found in a rainbow or on a simple color wheel; making it requires darkening and graying down yellows, oranges, some impure reds or mixing together the three artists' primaries-red, yellow, and blu...
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snow angels
January 21, 2019
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One of the great things about publishing a weekly blog is the commentary one receives from readers. Several people mentioned that it was likely I was never in Fargo because winter there is much more beastly than it is in New Mexico. This is very true. Never been there. Only seen the Cohen Brothers movie of that title. Many of the "snow" exteriors w...
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