• Children,  Documentary/Street,  People/Portraits,  Sculpture

    All Giggles

    May 19, 2014
    All Giggles
    All Giggles

    This past weekend I met a friend at one of our malls. One of those places that was a field of flowers, grass and trees and home to all kinds of critters. Now it’s concrete, asphalt and retail stores. Anyway this young girls older sister was having a birthday party so of course she was not included. Dad’s assignment was to keep her preoccupied. When she saw this bronze statue she quickly ran up to the bench and sat on it. Then as a young child of her age she shared her sunglasses with the bronze boy. Dad agreed to let me take a photo. And one is all I took.

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  • architecture,  Church

    A Way to Escape

    May 18, 2014
    Incoming Light
    Incoming Light

    “It was a strange feeling going into a church I did not know for a service that I did not really believe in, but once inside I couldn’t help a feeling of warmth and security. Outside there were wars and road accidents and murders, striptease clubs and battered babies and frayed tempers and unhappy marriages and people contemplating suicide and bad jokes, but once in St. Martin’s there was peace. Surely people go to church not to involve themselves in the world’s problems but to escape from them.” ― Michael Palin,

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  • Cityscapes/Urban,  Documentary/Street

    Schools Out

    May 16, 2014
    Free
    Free

    Today is a special Friday for Colorado State University students, it’s the last day of classes. Some had finals yesterday while most of them will taking them today. Graduation ceremonies will be going on over the weekend. Proud parents will be all over the place. Forget about going to a restaurant. Of course, the parties follow graduation.

    Living just six blocks off of campus has it’s perks and its down side. Nearby are a ton of fast food restaurants, small mom and pop restaurants, laundry places, and the popular pizza and beer joints. The down side is the noisy and busy streets and trash. At the end of any school term you find all sorts of furniture being given away: free. Freshmen could do well if they roamed around this time of the year and picked some bargains. Probably have a couple cigarette burns and beer stains. Anyway I found this on my walk this morning.

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  • Cityscapes/Urban

    Graffiti

    May 10, 2014

    The defacing
    The defacing

    I posted a photo of this same dumpster on Apr 30th. I liked the bright pink and it has a powerful message with its color. Here is the another image taken 6 days later. As you can see, in less than a week, vandals, not artists, have disrespectfully scarred someone else’s property. Sad!

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  • landscape,  rants,  sunrises,  trees

    Change

    May 5, 2014
    Pre-dawn Light
    Pre-dawn Light

    I have several images of this tree taken during all four seasons and at different times of the day. This tree lies along a three-quarter mile stretch of dirt road leading to the Arapahoe Bend Nature Area. I’ve been going out there for the past 10 years for quiet time and photography. I’ve seen many a hawk perched on one it’s branches and even an eagle. I like this old tree and what it stands for. Over that ten years I’ve had the chance watch this area change.

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  • natural areas

    Crooked Fence

    May 1, 2014

    Fence at Rowland Moore Park
    Fence at Rowland Moore Park

    “What separates artists from ex-artists is that those who challenge their fears, continue; those who don’t, quit. Each step in the artmaking process puts that issue to the test.” Art and Fear

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