Catalina Island Menagerie

Lots or Birds, Fish and seasonally Whales and Seals.  But on land you'll be fortunate to see the local Foxes (which climb trees) and the Bison that were introduced in the early 1900's.  I highly recommend taking the Catalina Island Conservancy Tour.

We were lucky to see the Foxes before they went climbing:

You'll remember the critter proof trash containers that featured the Foxes:

And the Bison, originally brought there for a movie I believe:

SolarCan USA Election Celebration!

Yes, our ridiculously long Election process starts tonight with the Iowa Caucus.  And appropriately it is snowing here in Colorado.  So I've deployed two Election SolarCans at different angels in the yard to xapture our election season.  Now running through Tuesday, November 3, 2020.

Weekends Online: Ghosts of Mazanar

We visited Manzanar when we lived in California.  Quite by 'accident', saw the sign and turned down the road:

We've also visited Heart Mountain in Wyoming and Amache Camp in Colorado.

Recently the remains of Giichi Matsumura were found and identified.  He had gone out to paint and was caught in a freak storm.........

This marks the formal return of my Weekends Online Series.  At least once a month I will have a post referring to something interesting that I found online......

Season's Greetings

May You have Peace in the Coming New Year.....

Sing Along Messiah Success!

A wonderful ending for this Year's Sing Along Messiah.  After the first performance Saturday I was over come with tears.  Felt like I had accomplished so much be just being there.  I felt good enough to sing for both Performances on Sunday.  Made connections with new Friends......Life is Beautiful!

Happy Halloween!

You will be greeted by my Cow Costume if you ring our doorbell.  My husband saw this at WalMart and decided that I needed it.  Background:  we are both Taurus and have many cow theme things in our house,

Welcome Happy Morning Age to Age Shall Say!

Have A Joyous and Peace Filled Easter.......

Woman's Best Friend Too!

Andy makes sure I behave and don't over do.

More From the Garden

It's time to start giving some of the bounty away........I can only eat so much summer squash.  Obviously easy to grow.

Now for some tomatoes and I can make my annual Ratatouille. 

Andy Loves the Snow!

We had several inches of snow last night.  Andy was ready to go out and explore the nearby park with gusto this Morning!

Dia de Los Muertos: Part I

We started our Celebration Thursday Night at our favorite Mexican Restaurant:

Also the Restaurant's 4th Anniversary.

 

Excellent Classic Rock Cover Band.

 

And of course, Special Beer!

Today we are heading out to the Botanical Gardens 

to continue the Celebration

A Journey to Totality: Part III

Now the wrap up show, starting with my favorite image:

"Diamond Ring" with Corona

As I mentioned, it's very hard to express the feeling of Totality.
But this book does a great job of sharing this experience.

Thanks to Spectrum Telescopes for our solar filters and glasses.

And Now the Kitch, Cudos and more Thanks.......

We stayed in Sydney, Nebraska, Cheyenne County.

The Visitor's Bureau handed out 'survival kits' the night before, 

which included safe viewing glass, a bottle of water and a bag of popcorn.

The glasses were a really classy thing to do......

Alliance, Nebraska did a great job providing links and information 

for the Optimal Eclipse Experience!

We had a Great Time at the Alliance Berean Church, which provided 

both camping and parking a big grassy field.  

We ended up parking with several groups from the 

Denver area that had driven up that morning.

And some kitch from Denny's

Thanks Nebraska, We'll Be Back!

A Journey to Totality: Part II

Part II, the digital images from the Nikon D-7100 with Tamron 150-600 mm zoom lens @ max zoom and solar filter.  If you need to be convinced to have a solar filter on hand for 2024, view this video.

Donald made these very low-res.  So this is as large as it gets.

Solar Flares were visible during Totality

Full Corona At Totality

"Diamond Ring" Effect, as Totality Passes.

Tomorrow a Farewell, Thank you's, more images and my Favorite Image.

Donald and His 4x5

Across the road from Friday's scene was a closed bridge that Donald was making a 4X5 image of:

And my take on the bridge........

Fireworks to end the day

Red Rocks for Pinhole Day

Had fun yesterday at Red Rocks Park for Pinhole Day.  Results coming soon!  And yes that is snow, It snowed Friday night through Saturday.

Me and the Zero Image Pinhole.

Happy Birthday America!

Happy 4th of July:

The Barn @ Photographer's Formulary

Portrait Psych Test: Finale

Finale, Me Taking Pictures:

2013 Mamiya 7 Camera Test:

I'm holding the Mamiya 7; photo was taken with a Mamiya 6

2015 Mamiya 7, 210mm Telephoto Lens Test:

Donald playing with the Nikon-1 IR Conversion

Portrait Psych Test Part 2

A year later (2011) something has changed......This has a totally different feeling:

With Andy

Rocky Mountain Chorale.........

This is how I spent my weekend.  Music helps to heal, and my spirits were definitely helped by having to perform.

Rocky Mountain Chorale

in Longmont, CO

Our Dynamic Music Director:

Lisa Phillips