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The First Annual Big Wheel Derby at TwispWorks

January 28, 2014 – 4:10 pm
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Tagged Big Wheel, race, Twisp, TwispWorks, winter
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Uh oh. You can tell that this winter is going to be a long one. The lack of snow is bringing out some real creativity in the valley.

Yesterday Jennifer asked me if I was going to race and I had not a clue what she was referring to. Then she said ‘bring your camera to TwispWorks at noon’. Hmmm. MA knew about the race too and apparently was thinking about entering. She and I had a dog walk this morning and, well, we were a little late but we figured, like many events around here, it might not start quite on time. We were wrong. By the time we got there, most contestants had already had their practice run and their competitive run. MA was convinced to join in the fun and did really well, coming in third place out of about a dozen qualifiers. There were a few rules. Knocking over a cup would cost you time. Going off course would get you disqualified. Costumes were encouraged.

The judge

All the media turned out for this event.

Game Face

Jennifer had a great costume

A silent spectator

Jennifer gives pointers while MA gets outfitted for the race

Equipment adjustment

Practice run

Uh oh

Good thing it was practice

Ready to start for real

It takes some effort to get the thing moving

On the back stretch

Kelly tries again after disqualifying earlier.

Mo won. It was her machine and her idea!

Steve Foreman’s video from the Big Wheel Derby can be seen at the Methow Grist.

Pasta Class!

I’ve been busy the last two weeks – there was a lovely wedding to photograph out on the ski trail and of course lots of computer work following. And this week I needed to produce a newsletter too. Now that I’ve finished both of those projects I can go on to some personal stuff. The dogs and I have had a few walks with friends and one evening this week I got to take a pasta making class at Tappi, a wonderful Italian restaurant in Twisp. It was a small class – just five students – taught by the owner and cook who learned cooking from his mother. I love that he cooks by feel, not so much with recipes; that’s how I cook. He showed us some cookbooks but then went on to say he doesn’t use them although some were obviously old and well-thumbed through. For the pasta, he said one egg per serving and enough flour to absorb the egg. How much flour? Well that depends on lots of stuff – how big is the egg, how humid/dry is it, how warm/cold are your hands, and so on. For the three sauce he showed us, he gave us a list of ingredients and approximate measures and then he showed us how he makes them in his own kitchen. There was Emma’s (his mother) , Diavolo (the devil) and Carbona (yes, there was bacon in it, lots of bacon) sauces. And the best part of a cooking class is the eating! To go with the three pastas, he fixed us a lovely salad with a nice chevre and roasted buttercup squash and red onions from the brick wood-fired oven and it was all paired with wonderful wines from Italy. By the time we finished eating, well after 9 pm, I think everyone was very satisfied with the evening.

Here are a few images from my cell phone. It was all too good NOT to photograph!

Flour waiting for an egg

Diavolo sauce simmering

Now we used our fork and fingers to make the dough

Sauces and water on the stove

Using the hand crank Atlas machine

Now I know why I’ve always had a hard time with mine. It really takes three hands to do this.

The electric version is much easier

Sheets of pasta drying before cutting.

Some of our noodles. We all got to take home the noodles we made.

He made this pasta for us to eat.

And some of the food!

Twisp Art Walk

September 22, 2012 – 8:52 pm
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Tagged accordian, Art walk, bird skull, dog, Don McIvor, Methow valley photography, Twisp
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Tonight’s Art Walk featured gallery openings, open studios, artists’ demonstations and lots of activities for folks of all ages. Passports were offered to anyone who asked and if a person managed to get to all the stops and do an activity and get a stamp, there were prizes to be had! There was big fun as kids and adults went from one end of Glover Street to the other and over to Door #3 and other venues one block over. I confess to only getting to a handful of the fun stuff and I did not even pick up a passport knowing it was unlikely I’d make it all the way around. Lots of people did. I really missed getting to TwispWorks where folks came back with their own handmade hula hoops!

Here are a few of the images that I saw.

Some of the wildfire smoke cleared out to make a nice sky later in the evening.

Yazzi wasn’t sure what to make of this art walk event.

Don McIvor, one of our many local artists, demonstrated wood turning as the sun finally peaked out from the smoke. Don’s work was featured at the last Confluence Gallery exhibit.

He says that he spends most of his time making sawdust.

Animal skulls were prominently displayed at the Pelligro Gallery

This one is a pelican

Shoes as art

Accordian dreams

A Walk in Twisp

August 28, 2012 – 7:19 am
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Tagged class, Confluence Gallery, Lyn McCracken, Methow photography, reflections, Twisp
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Last weekend I had the opportunity to take a documentary photograhy class at the Confluence Gallery in Twisp. Lyn McCracken, of Seattle, who is showing her work, Mujeres de la Guerra, at the gallery, taught it. Lyn is a teacher at the NW School in Seattle and also has worked on several documentary projects of her own. I was very impressed with her large format black and white darkroom prints.

We were a small and varied group of students. One person borrowed a camera, another used only a cell phone. We all had stories to tell. I worked on a couple of different story lines and when it was time to show our final projects, I did a simple walk through Twisp.

I started with an image of Lyn giving us direction. Please excuse the typo in the first slide! Egads.

This fellow has a great story. I hope to follow up on it at some point.

At some point we were supposed to include a self portrait.

Many thanks to Donna Keyser, Confluence Gallery manager, for inviting Lyn to come to Twisp, show her work and teach for us. And many thanks to Lyn for coming.

Methow Arts Fest

July 5, 2012 – 4:01 pm
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Tagged belly dancing, Fourth of July, Methow Arts, Methow photography, Superheroes, Twisp
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In addition to a parade, the Methow Arts Fest happens on the Fourth of July in the Twisp Park near the confluence of the Twisp and Methow Rivers. All afternoon, there were hands-on art booths, music, dancing, food and more. Methow Arts sponsors this fun-filled and creative event.

Methow Arts – The Legend of the Superhero!