My Everyday Photos

Where Does the Time Go?

December 29, 2016 – 7:20 am
Posted in winter
Tagged dogs, home, icicle, morning light, pygmy owl, skate skiing, snow
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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

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.

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

November 21, 2016 – 6:26 pm
Posted in photo encaustic
Tagged fine art, Fort Casey, photo encaustic, war memories, Whidbey
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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.

Puppy Play Date

Molly came up to play with Sky and Luna today! Mostly with Sky it seems. We haven’t seen her in a couple of weeks and she has really grown! She is nearly four months old and weighs about 25 pounds. Oh these little ones – they grow so fast.