March 28, 2011

Now that spring is here, this is what I am thinking about.

March 27th - Baylor Female College

[35mm Film Scan Kodak Gold]

Columns at old Baylor Female College now Old Baylor Park, Independence, Texas.

March 26, 2011 - Chameleon

Sun is to front and left.

In The Air

The shadow in the foreground is Chameleon where I am taking the image.

Lupe's Tortilla

I only have this every so often, and only on Sunday.  Man is it ever so good and spicy I needed this to make it all better.

Mushroom Tortellini

Mushroom Tortellini in a red tomato and roasted garlic sauce (had that in the fridge), with snap peas, sweet peas, a little baby carrots and turkey meatballs-I know, I know, but I make them tasty!  Parmesan.  And my chiffonade (I like that word) of basil.  I am a sucker for basil.

You Can Take Him Out of the Country, But...

Those are my lights on  his door on the way to work.  He cut me off. 

Galveston Sculptures

When Ike hit Galveston Island, parts of it were under over 5 feet of water. Many old growth trees were knocked down.  A lot of people  just chopped it down to a stump...  

But, a group of residents decided this was not what they were going to do. One lady, who has spent a lifetime visiting and collecting in asia lost all her possessions on the ground floor of her home.  She came up with the idea of getting artists to come in and create works of art from of stumps.   Her first one was this sculpture of a geisha.  

The people we met were so kind and helpful.  One got in her car to point the Galveston Historical Foundation to us.  We are not using names because we feel we need to obtain permission.  She came out with an updated list of locations where things were.  I am planning on visiting Galveston again and again to get it all documented.

PS: The homeowners who had just lost so much and would spend the next year repairing their homes paid for the works themselves.  There are 35 locations currently listed. 

PPS: We arrived in Galveston on March 11th, 2011, they day of the earthquake and tsunami hitting Japan.

Compass

[35mm Film Scan Kodak Gold ISO 200]

Find your compass, chart your course, permit yourself and others the freedom to drift a bit, and create personal rituals that help you stay sensitive to your main direction.

                                                                                       - Larry Dossey

                                                              

Minestrone Friday

Minestrone soup made today in a crock pot.  Bread has a base of sun-dried tomato paste with soft mozzarella melted on top.  A chiffonade of basil, and spices made of italian seasoning, mexican oregano, chile flakes and smoked salt.  This rocked.

Dinner Thursday

Taken in natural light without bounces.

Cantaloupe, Greek yogurt (you can make it by letting regular yogurt drain overnight in the fridge)  and blueberries.  It was both delicious and filling.

Caldo de Pollo

[iPhone Image]

Guess where I went!

Mushroom Ravioli

Mushroom ravioli in a mushroom cream sauce.

Black and White

E+12 Panamint Dunes Panorama

Made up of 6 images, this mosaic is of Panamant Dunes.  Click on image to see larger, click on image again to see it at full size.  That size is 20% of the original.

E+10 Patterns

[35mm Film Scan FujiColor]

So many possibilities in this one image. Do I lighten the shadows? Is the demarcation line in the right place?   Are the colors too bright?

E+8 Windows

E+7 - Croque Madame

I did not want to make yet another kind of Benedict today so I settled on my version of croque madame.  

Sourdough bread (my fav) with a sharp cheddar cheese, topped with grilled ham- which really works well against the dressing on the salad.  Grilling the ham gives it more flavor.  Instead of frying the sandwich, I grilled it.  I did not take a lot photos 'cause I could smell it.

E+6 - The Fish

3/5/2011 - Another Rice Building

[35mm Film Scan FujiColor]

NEW - Duncan Hall, Rice University

[35mm Film Scan FujiColor]

There is something so special about walking on campus.  Today we went to Rice University's Duncan Hall for the annual Oil and Gas HPC Workshop.  If you ever feel like you are all that and a bag of chips, come to one of these and meet the people who really are!  Here a man was working to get some crisis or other finished so he could go back in.

Last year I led with this image.  Here are a couple of new versions.

[35mm Film Scan FujiColor]

[35mm Film Scan FujiColor]

I also took a roll of Polaroid PolaGraph.  I will try and get that developed this weekend.

Some Thoughts

I am officially done with the initial project.  I don't know where I am headed-but I will continue to take photos (and capture images.)  Until I can decide where I am going with this I will try and post from time to time as I get a hankering.  No pressure.  No rules.