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Christmas

Everyone celebrates Christmas a little differently. Our dogs are always a big part of Christmas Day. And skiing too. We skied on our new Hok skis around our hill after breakfast and then we picked up Mary and Molly and went to Big Valley for some classic skiing while Don stayed home and fixed Christmas dinner for all of us! It was a good day!

Why does Luna get the toys?
I’ll sulk over here by myself
What?
Really?
Hok skiing on our hill
Classic skiing at Big Valley
Molly
Sky watches while Ken makes a photo

Where Does the Time Go?

Honestly, I have no idea where the time goes. I finally just let go of November images. November was mostly warmish and very wet. And December has been cold and dry. Seems like every other day we get an inch or two of fluffy powder snow that can be swept rather than shoveled from the porch. Quite different from the heavy wet snow that fell last year early in the winter. I have gotten used to the cold and if the temperature gets up to freezing, it seems warm, almost balmy! Skate and classic skiing has been excellent on the Methow Trails! Morning walks have been beautifully illuminated with wondrous light.

The mountains of the Pasayten Wilderness as seen from our house
A view of Bridgeport and Chief Jo Dam on the Christmas Bird Count
Gray Partridges bury themselves in the snow near Bridgeport
Growing icicles
Morning
Ice on Goat Wall looming above the ski trail
Skate skiing near Mazama
Christmas tree along the ski trail
Morning
Morning
Morning
Oh look, Sky has a stick
Along our road
Northern Pygmy Owl
This bromeliad has covered itself with flowers
Sparkly roof snow
Yarrow with caps of snow
Caption this
Suspension bridge on the Methow Trails ski trail
View from the suspension bridge
Luna
Sky
Our road

Merry Christmas

And Happy New Year to you and yours.

xmas card 2016

Dogs Make Me Happy

But you knew that already, didn’t you?

The girls and I were delighted when Molly came up to play in the new snow this morning.

 

Oh good, I got her by the ear.
Luna says – don’t pull my ear.
What did I tell you?
Watch yourself little one.
I wonder if she knows her ears are inside out?

Memories of War

Here are a few pieces from a series I just finished on War Memories. I made the original images at Fort Casey, on Whidbey Island. It is part of a circle of forts around the entrance to Puget Sound, originally built for defensive purposes but mainly used for housing and training soldiers in preparation for war and during wartimes. Most of these forts are now Washington State Parks and open for viewing.

I used the images to create photo encaustics, printing the photos on tissue paper and embedding them in a mixture of beeswax and damar resin, a tree sap. They are mounted on cradled boards and have many layers of wax giving them a three-dimensional feel. These pieces will be for sale at the Winthrop Gallery and the Confluence Gallery during the holiday shows.