• Documentary/Street,  Food,  music

    Farmers Market

    June 17, 2012
    Saturdays Dinner
    Sarah playing the flute

    Spent some time wandering through the Drake Farmers Market yesterday morning. Took a few images and sampled almost everything they had, that way I did not have to eat lunch, but dinner, well that was different story. 🙂

    I enjoy these community events. You can actually talk to the person who made the product which could include growing the vegetables in their own garden, harvesting them, caning them and using their own special recipe. And, as I mentioned above, you can sample the product before buying. I found a couple of things I just had to buy and made my dinner with them last night.

    Dinner was simple. I started out with this Southwest orzo made with Red Chili, Indian Corn Maize and Black Beans made by Papparedelle’s. I sliced a ripened avocado and laid the slices across my plate. I then drizzled on top of the orzo and the avocado a Smokin’ Hot Green Chili Salsa I bought at the market and made by a husband and wife team in Fort Collins. I included on the plate a homemade Spicy Corn Relish that was given to me. I definitely enjoyed my dinner and the time at the market.

    Along with the food and crafts was an acoustic duo called Blackbird. Sarah and Ben Myers make up the duo. Wonderful people as well as musicians. They supplied just the right touch to the market and glad they were there. Check out their website at the above link and listen to few samples of their music.

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  • clouds,  landscape,  mountains

    We Need the Rain

    June 15, 2012
    High Park Fire

    I apologize for the quality of this image but I want to post it anyway. It is my attempt at showing the size of this fire. I am probably 20-25 miles from the High Park Fire that has been burning since last Saturday morning. It is located just west of Fort Collins along the foothills. Here is a bit of information about the fire. The fire is burning and has burned all the area from about an inch on either side of this image. Here is a link to some better images.

    The fire has now burned 52,000 acres. They are using nine helicopters and fixed-winged aircraft and over 1,300 fire fighters along with the help of the National Guard. Over 100 structures have burned – 48 of those being hones. In the above image you can see rain clouds on the left. However, this thunder cell created downdrafts, not rain, which stirred up embers that jumped the Poudre River at Stevens Gulch and is heading towards the Glacier View Meadows Neighborhood. Not good. We so need the rain!

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  • Avian

    Sitting on the Fence

    June 13, 2012
    Lark Bunting

    One of my ways to get away from the hustle of the city it to drive out of town and find some secluded place to enjoy. The songs birds offer me are soothing to my soul and help bring calming. So sometimes I will just stop along a country dirt road and just listen.

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  • Canon Powershot G12,  quotes

    The Small Things

    June 11, 2012
    The Small Things

    “…the greatest reward for a creative life is not in what you create, but in how you live. It is in how you train yourself to view and respond to the world and internalize the many experiences and meanings and mysteries that come your way. It is about finding peace and satisfaction in a world rife with cynicism, violence, competition and greed.”

    Finding the Needle (Part II) by Guy Tal
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  • People/Portraits

    A Wedding

    June 9, 2012
    Kathy

    I’m doing something a bit different today. I am going to photograph Paul and Kathy’s wedding. Kathy works with me as flight attendant and Paul is a FedEx pilot. I haven’t done a wedding in years but I wanted to shoot their vows, making it a photo-journalistic style shoot. Nothing formal but capture the celebration, the family and friends who will attend. I went down to their place a couple weeks ago to see the house and take a few test shots. Here’s one of the bride.

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