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Recent photographs & notes |
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End of my darkroom era · February 20, 2010 It was the end of my darkroom era several years ago when I bought a high-end film scanner and started digitally processing my photos. But it became happily irrevocable yesterday as I donated all of my darkroom equipment to a high school. |
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Up to our ears in snow · February 10, 2010 This is how I'm feeling. The snow is past the awe- inspiring stage. It was beautiful for awhile and I took some photos. Now it is in the dirty, grungy phase. |
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A Balanced Diet · February, 2010 "For energy, fitness and all round anti-aging health you need color in your diet." |
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Recycling Art · January 20, 2010 There are 96 slide carousels in the truck. How did we accumulate so many over the last 25 years? (yes, rhetorical question). I moved the slides to their original boxes and slide sheets, to be culled more later. But the good part is that through the Waste Not Center (click here ), I got hooked up with sculptor Michelle Stitzlein, who has a plan to use the carousels in her artwork. Click here for her website. |
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Dillon Beach · December, 2009 Just back from a ten day trip to northern California, in the Petaluma area. Dillon Beach is a pretty, half-hour, drive through pleasant rolling hills. I also had fun taking photos of Highland cows, which I had not run across before. See the bottom of the Tame life page for one with the Donald Trump hairdo, which looks much better on the cow than on Donald. |
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New store for note cards, etc. · November 29, 2009 I just met Jen recently when she came to the Sunbear fall event. She invited me to put my note cards in her sweet, cozy, Resale and Art shop in Worthington. Click here for On Second Thought. |
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Mixed Media · November 25, 2009 This is in Waterford Village, a charming town in Virginia, about thirty miles NW from where we stayed for the September D.C. trip. I'm working on the photo for one of three entries to the ROY G BIV Small Works exhibit coming up. I'm also having fun with three entries smaller than 6x6" for the OAL December exhibit. |
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Something Coal, Something New · October 31, 2009 We went to West Virginia for the last of the fall leaves and drove the New River National Park scenic drive. The drive from Lookout on the east side of the canyon, down to the river, finally thankfully a one-way road, and up the other side was fun, very scenic and not nearly as scary as the website warned. |
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Photos for website · October 25, 2009 P.F. Kluge needed a new website and contracted me for the photographs. I went up to Gambier in the summer and took portraits of him, as well as photos of his books, typewriters and other items. The website is not quite finished, but close enough for viewing - click here. |
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Alpacas · October 22, 2009 Since Gary Sanders no longer has llamas, I had to hunt up alpacas to photo. I'm happy about that, as they are much cuter! This was a glorious find. We played for a couple of hours. This is a group of females. It was totally unclear who was more curious, us or them. The males were just as curious but did not hold back. They were 'in your face and camera lens' curious and friendly. Click for more alpaca photos. After putting up the elephants' page, how could I not do a page for the alpacas? |
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The second photo is of a male. Jack lightly nipped my arm for turning my attention to another. These guys live at Ottawa Creek Alpaca Farm in Radnor, Ohio. Click here for their address and phone number. Besides the adorable creatures, they have a fantastic store with more alpaca goods and wearables than you can imagine, along with soaps, jewelry and other non- alpaca items. I'm going back very soon for more photos and hope to add to my (very) tame life web page. |
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Encroaching on the office building · October 22, 2009 The land that was once part of the AT&T empire, then Lucent, then Alcatel-Lucent, then sold to Mt. Carmel is being parceled off for fast food restaurants and yet more strip shopping centers. This is a Sonic Drive-in in front of Alcatel-Lucent. |
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Dupont Circle · September 26, 2009 I had a fantastic time walking around Washington D.C. a few days looking for interesting architecture. Needing paint and probably more, this is not what Dupont Circle is known for. I ran across this before starting the Embassy Row walking tour. |
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Fairfield County Fairgrounds · September 18, 2009 What a lovely fairgrounds. It is parklike and the grounds are open year round. The fair is one of the latest of the year and is held mid- October. There are several photogenic buildings besides this round barn. |
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Nostalgia Tour · August 26, 2009 Although I'm a vegetarian and don't remember going to the Kewpee (burgers), it was on our tour of downtown as two of my sisters and I went back to Lima, our hometown. It is a Lima landmark, afterall, and a cute building and Kewpee doll. |
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The Rest of the Story · July 14, 2009 I took this photo, Books & Company, of a window display in Delaware a couple of years ago. I liked the juxtaposition of the items and the dogs “watching” the woman. Today Jan Kish called me after having seen the photo in my exhibit at Inniswoods. Jan is a culinary artist (click here ) and friend of Rose Levy Beranbaum (click here ). Rose is the woman in the photo, which is the back cover of her book The Cake Bible. I’m happy to know the rest of the (it's a small world) story! |
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Hosta and Day Lily Farm · July 3, 2009 I just discovered the MarLee Farm in Centerburg, which has more hostas than you can imagine, day lilies and lots more. See hostawalk.com |
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Day old goats · April 17, 2009 What luck. I went to Stratford Ecological Center south of Delaware to check on spring. Triplet goats were born yesterday. |
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Daytona Beach · February, 2009 We had a fun, sunny, getaway to Florida. We lucked out with off season crowds just two days after the Daytona 500 and before the big bike week. |
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Palm Canyon · January, 2009 We had a splendid five mile hike in Palm Canyon, south of Palm Springs in southern California, hiking from the palms in the canyon to the cactus on the hillsides. We also re-visited Joshua Tree National Park, one of my favorite places to photograph. I added a photo Bill took of me taking a photo of the arch on my About page. |
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Hills of Gold · February 8, 2009 This is from Helen Putnam park in Petaluma, CA, and is my favorite photo from a Feb. 2007 trip. The photo got a mention (click here and look for the red paragraph) in the Dispatch review of the Ohio Art League exhibit as an "idyllic possibility". This is one of the reasons we are willing Sonoma County house prices to come down soon! |
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Duck and Croc · December 17, 2008 This is a close up of sycamore wood. About 25' came off the top of the sycamore tree in our back yard in a storm in September. We cut it up ourselves with manual tools, allowing time for pattern studies. |
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P. F. Kluge, author portrait · November 17, 2008 The New York Times reviewed the book Gone Tomorrow by Kluge. I took the portrait last year for the book's jacket cover. I don't know how long the link will be valid, but for now, click here for the review. |
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Popeye and Nemo · October 10, 2008 This is part of peeling paint in the Distillery District in Toronto. Most, but not all, of the buildings have been restored. |
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Clarksdale Wall · July, 2008 We went to Arkansas to visit Bill's aunt, cousins and family farm. On the way, we drove through the Mississippi Delta and the delta in Arkansas. The theme was small towns. Most of the towns have seen better days and I was hooked on the building walls. This one is in Clarksdale, Mississippi. |
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Ed's Cellar · July, 2008 On Bill's family farm in Arkansas. |
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Tenants Harbor · June, 2008 This is along the coast of Maine. In addition to shooting the traditional coastal scenes, lighthouses and lobster boats I was influenced as I read the book The Country of the Pointed Firs written by Sarah Orne Jewett in the late 19th century. |
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Mustard in Napa · February, 2008 I got obsessed with the mustard in bloom in the wine country. |
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Delaware, Ohio · October, 2007 Walking the town looking for lines, shapes and shadows. Check back soon. I just started this page and hope to work my way backwards with my favorite photo from each event and trip in the last few years. |
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