Peace and Meditation as we wait………
Easter Vigil
Good Friday: Two Interpretations
Palm Sunday
The Indian Peaks
We were out wandering the Flagstaff Mountain road. We retuned to a site where my husband wanted to make a ew 4X5 images. I was just relaxing, and photographed the view from the park bench, Below, a view oe the southern end of the Indian Peaks.
This image from my Agfa 6X9 Camera.
Welcome Spring Equinox
Presently we still have several inches of snow on the ground. So I share a few images from past Spring Flowers…………
Mining History in Pueblo, CO
Pueblo, Colorado was the location of Colorado’s Steel Industry. Oh, you mean that you didn’t know there was, and to a lesser extent still is a stell industry here. Now mostly oriented towards recycling.
They has=ve a wonderful, but very small museum. dont have any photos because I was using my digital camera which decided to malfunction. OK, I deserve that because I am supposed to be a film photographer, so focussing on film for this trip was a major error.
But I did take along a film camera and did make a few good shots.
This was one of the buildings that survives from the old mining history. It now belongs to the Historical Society and is being remodel as a new headquarters and Museum home.
If you want to lesrn more sbout Pueblo’s History, CLICK HERE.
Frugal Film 2021: Gross Dam & Reservoir
My February 2021 offering to the Frugal Film Project. Almost didn’t make the deadline last week, but fortunately my film turnaround time at Old School Photo Labs was quick. Thank you guys! So here it is:
Gross Dam & Reservoir
On one of our afternoons wandering the Foot Hills of the Rocky Mountain Front Range, we ventured to one of our favorite sights: Groos Dam and Reservoir.
The Gross Dam is part of an extensive network of reservoirs that supply the Denver Water System. It was named for Denver Water former Chief Engineer Dwight D. Gross.
Approved for expansion July 2020. The design of the addition is expected to be completed in 2021. It will add 10 feet to the height of the dam.
Summary of the Current Numbers
Capacity: 41,811 acre-feet
Elevation: 7,282 feet
Surface Area: 440 Acres
Shoreline: 10.9 miles
More information available at Denver Water: https://www.denverwater.org/recreation/gross-resevoir
Agfo 6X9 Billy Clack No. 74.
Tri-X 400 Film
Arizona Bi-ways
First a visit to an open space in north Phoenix. You’d never know a road was less than a mile away.
Next, a roadway throgh the Saguaro National Park, near Tuscon.
Tree Carving: Frugal Film from January2021
My Posting from the Frugal Film Project:
I am finally getting started with the 2021 Project. Two summers ago the City of Lafayette, CO was cutting down Cottonwood trees In a park near my home. The trees were nearly dead and a hazard to park patrons and passer’s by in bad weather. But I had wondered why they left about half of the trunk still standing. Well this past December an artist began sculpting one of the trunks. And here it is:
My husband had a chance to speak with him and he said eventually he would sculpt all four trunks with locally themed art. The Rooster represents the Oatmeal Festival, held here in January during non-COVID years. The Rooster represents the winner of the Festival’s 5K walk/run.
Artist: Lueb Popoft, local tree carving artist. Read more about hie Goals: https://www.hollowlogonline.com/biography.html
Agfo 6X9 Billy Clack No. 74.
I am finally getting started with the 2021 Project. Two summers ago the City of Lafayette, CO was cutting down Cottonwood trees In a park near my home. The trees were nearly dead and a hazard to park patrons and passer’s by in bad weather. But I had wondered why they left about half of the trunk still standing. Well this past December an artist began sculpting one of the trunks. And here it is:
My husband had a chance to speak with him and he said eventually he would sculpt all four trunks with locally themed art. The Rooster represents the Oatmeal Festival, held here in January during non-COVID years. The Rooster represents the winner of the Festival’s 5K walk/run.
Artist: Lueb Popoft, local tree carving artist. Read more about hie Goals: https://www.hollowlogonline.com/biography.html
Agfo 6X9 Billy Clack No. 74.
Ektar 100 Film
Cottonwood
Front Door Gift from my Neighbors
While I was at the Mayo Clinic last Fall, some of my neighbors decided that I needed a more accessible Front Entrance:
At first I thought how wonderful my neighbors are! But I felt that perhaps my mom-in-law and my neighbor from across the street (whose husband designed and organized the Project) might need it more that me, But with recent snows that we had I learned to appreciate my hsnd rsils. Sometimes other people know what you need before you recognize what you need!
