115/365 Kingman

A few final random pictures from the weekend. The locomotive is the centerpiece of the main town park.

Dan saw this house as an oasis in the desert and had to stop for the pic.

We had dinner at the classic Mr. D'z on Route 66, right in the heart of Kingman - the typical retro diner ..... and good food too. Dan had the root beer and said it was delish! Guess they make their own. We'll be sure to take you all there when you visit!

(Thanks for the tip Pat)

114/365 Cars, Cars

This weekend in Kingman was highlighted by a classic car "fun run" and show. We wandered amongst the old cars for a couple hours and I have to admit Dan took all these pic-a-day photos. The whole event had such a small town atmosphere; everyone was chatty and friendly, there were plenty of people but not mobbed, the weather was perfect, there was live music in the park....just a fun event. These are just a sample of the many we took - some may be headed for framing.....

111/365 inspiration

All my bookshelves are packed so I'm rediscovering my photo inspiration books that were in the office so they didn't get packed. So visually stimulating .... I really need to break out of my house and try some new viewpoints!

Thank goodness for the library too - books keep me sane.

109/365 working hard

A self-portrait of a standard daily activity. Still working on my photos and digital scrapbooking. Thank goodness the computer wasn't packed before the move fell through - in addition to keeping me in touch with the world, it's my entertainment. I actually convinced Dan that I need a newer, more memory computer to handle the graphics and photo editing stuff I do - ordered it yesterday. Yay!

108/365 Sunbathing

Dan's off to Kingman again, the weather is sunny and beautiful, I'm tired of sitting inside among boxes, so outside I go. Starting the newest 'family book club' selection. Pretty serious stuff!

106/365 Oleander

Once again, up early and since the wind was calm, I was drawn outside to the few flowers that have opened. This is on our oleander tree. Remember the fuzzy pods from a couple weeks ago? That was the oleander tree pre-bloom. We have wind advisories for later in the day so I'm glad I got my picture taken early.

Dan will be home from Kingman tonight and I'm SO looking forward to having him home for the weekend.

105/365 Patterns

Just this morning one of my photography newsletters was making the suggestion to watch for patterns for photos. I went to the Strip to meet a friend for a drink and voila! while I'm sitting in traffic (again) I notice patterns and whip out the trusty camera. Luckily I had the telephoto lens and was sitting there long enough to catch a segment with no cars or people in the way. This is the fence between the Strip and Bellagio shot across a couple lanes of traffic.

Since I was in the neighborhood, I wandered into the Bellagio conservatory - tulip season is past so they'd filled most of the garden with daisies and azaleas - not nearly as pretty as all the masses of tulips. But I was able to get this little "fountain" that was off to the side with a few little tulips and hyacinths left.

104/365 Bottlebrush

These are the coolest looking flowers with those bright flourescent green tips - and a big draw for hummingbirds. Used my macro lens for this closeup. Tried a variety of DOF options, this turned out the best.

103/365 Texture

I love the texture on this tree trunk in our yard. Since I couldn't sleep and was up at 5am, thought I'd take the camera outside and was drawn again to this pepperberry tree.

102/365 Tigger & moving

Though she hates the hubbub of moving, she certainly has attached herself to this blanket the movers left. It's currently her favorite place to snooze.

101/365 Cactus Sculpture

Went for a walk in the neighborhood Sunday and found this cactus that looks like a person - it's huge.

100/365 waiting to be packed

We had to halt the packing at this point and these hadn't made it into a box yet....













The house half packed; just enough to be inconvenient but not enough that we have to live in a hotel. Is that the positive in this?

99/365 Work or Play?

The eternal question. Do I do what I want to do or what I should do? Pictures holes to be filled are calling to me.......but I really think I deserve a glass of wine first......

98/365 busy Dan

With every move Dan packs all our electronic stuff - partly because he wants to be sure it's done right and so that he can remember how all those cords attach. And there are a LOT of cords!

97/365 Hot Here

No pictures for day 95 & 96 - getting ready to move.

A sure sign that summer is here - time to wash all the bedding, pack away the flannel sheets (white ones) and bring out summery, cool stripes. Since our new washing machine is smaller, washed the king comforter & blankets and everything that wasn't packed.

92/365 Big Brush

A close up of a big 3" brush I bought in San Francisco a year ago (wow, that long ago already?) and then only have used once or twice....time to break this baby in!

92/365 Paint Tools

Gathering together my watercolor paintbrushes stirred memories of how much I enjoyed dabbling with paints. As soon as we get settled I simply HAVE to get back to this. Certainly not one-a-day, but enough to get those creative juices flowing.

This took a surprising amount of effort to get the focus right, get some depth of field - my first hand held efforts were SO out of focus, then the light was bad......

The tripod has become a permanent fixture in our home decor.

91/365 Yearnings

Starting to get organized for the upcoming move so tackled cleaning up my "art" area. Took down paintings I've done......











cleaned up paint tubes I've bought.

90/365 An Oldie

Cleaning house today and dusted this oldie but goodie. I've had this ceramic elephant tchochke (?) since before Dan - that means well over 30 years. Sheesh - where DID the time go?

89/365 Ouch

Went to get the paper this morning and these thorns caught my eye. Wicked! We didn't plan this planting well because in the summer this plant is hidden by huge decorative grass clumps so we really enjoy it most in the winter when the grass is cut back.

I've always loved the purple edges to these 'bunny ear' cacti.