Weather warmed up this afternoon just in time to take some photos with the new lens. I’m hoping for some interesting interior shots with this lens, but I tried exterior shots first. Loaded the results on facebook.
Greyhounds were good sports today, but everybody would like some of this snow to go away. Bring on the mud photos!
The yard is enclosed by a 6.5 foot fence – I would say it’s about that tall. Usually. If one was measuring from the ground to the highest point of the fence.
Now it’s a little shorter in places. Places where the snow has drifted in behind it. Does Winchester care? Not much. Does Sage care? A little. Does Annie? You bet!
She’s worked the snowbank into a rock hard perch where she can survey the neighborhood.
“Humm… what are the neighbors doing over there? I see the chiropractor is out with his snow blower again. So nice of him to blow out the driveway.”
She’s become a regular neighborhood watch. Finally a Greyhound Watch Dog.
Sage occasionally joins her. He doesn’t stay long.
Just long enough for me to get a shot of his tongue… Sigh.
I sure hope it starts to melt soon.
One of the advantages of living in the middle nowhere is there are few distractions. No galleries to visit and no hip coffee shops to sip cappuccino with way cool friends. What there is here is lots of weather. Snow. Ice. Cold. That all works okay when the studio is stocked with clay and my head is stocked with ideas.
Today was a good day on the box production front. I’m edging in on my goal. Another day or two of box construction, then two -three days to make figures…..
The boxes look good and, knock on wood, nothings cracking or warping.
Puppies played most of the day. Good day.
Trying hard to find a little motivation today. The sky is gray and it is snowing. Yes, it was 72 degrees on Wednesday. Today it is a mere 27 degrees. Ahh, North Dakota!
I think I’m suffering from Vitamin D deficiency.
I’m resisting the urge play on the computer all day — tired of the ongoing problems with Internet Explorer and the “theme” I use for this website/blog. Something somewhere makes IE unhappy resulting in this site/blog loading halfway. I rarely use IE anymore. Firefox all the way. Site/blog works fine in Firefox, but has to do the same in IE. Would it be easier to diagnose the problem or should I find another theme layout?
I’m going to make a stout cup of coffee and head out to the studio.
Today I want to move to Kanab, Utah. Anybody have any reasons why I shouldn’t?
The thing about winter is that the world turns white. When the sun doesn’t shine, the world is gray.
I stumbled upon a blog today — rich with photos of a recent trip to Texas — “I remember COLOR!,” I thought as I looked at the photos.
I’m going to go out and buy a bright bunch of spring flowers for my dining room table…
Here it is! Okay… let’s unwrap it. But this is what they look like for a good portion of their lives when I have them. Wrapped up to keep their moisture so they remain workable.
This is very much in the works. Yesterday I finished working out the basic Greyhound form and started making rabbits. Today I hollowed out the Greyhound.
Tomorrow I hope to work the detail and make more rabbits — lots of rabbits.
Lots and lots of rabbits. Because rabbits are a sign of spring….
It is spring, right?
Lots of studio time recently. I took the opportunity to get to work.
Here’s the piece I’m working on. Not quite “done” yet — but it is hollowed and drying.
Here’s a close up of one of the bunnies.
And, yes, it is snowing… again. Some say 12-13 inches so far (it is still snowing). I will resist commenting on this too much as I will be sure to use language not acceptable in public situations.
Couple of questions that have been floating around in the email, etc.
The blizzard wasn’t so bad – compared with the flooding that is going on in the rest of North Dakota I’ll take blizzard.
Storms like this one are not the usual weather for us, though they do happen. No power outages so, other than the snow and being cooped up in the house some more it wasn’t so bad.
We usually get about 13.5 inches of precipitation for the entire year. The photos show about 13-15 inches of snow. Most people are saying that a storm like this, with this much snow, hasn’t happened in ten years or more.
It took about a day and a half to get out of the driveway and for the roads to be plowed open so one could get anywhere.
The weather report has been saying MORE snow for this weekend…Today we had snow again.
We are nowhere near the flooded areas of the state though there is localized flooding here and there with reports of wet basements.
The two dots on the right hand side of the map are Fargo (lower dot) and Grand Forks (upper dot). Bowman is near the highest point in the state, while Fargo and Grand Forks are in the Red River valley.
They predicted a blizzard. Boy did we get it. And still getting it.
My morning started with shoveling a bit of snow so the dogs could get into the yard.
Of course the yard has some spectacular drifts. The fence is about 6 feet tall.
And consider that the day before yesterday… it was 73 degrees F outside.
Annie gets a look on her face when the snow appears… something like, “I wish I was still in California!”
Weather.com says it is 44 degrees outside. 44 and sunny. I know those in southern climates think I’m nuts, but it feels like spring.
I hauled all the dog beds out of the house and onto the deck. The hounds spent most of the morning sleeping on the beds in the sun. In the afternoon we headed to the dog park. The Spoo (Standard Poodle) came too.
The Spoo would like to run like the Greyhounds. He really gives it a good try. He is not, however, a Greyhound.
This is a Greyhound!
See that thing hanging out of Annie’s mouth? That’s her tongue. 44 degrees makes winter hardy Greyhounds’ tongues hang out.
Winchester and the Spoo stalked each other.
Annie practiced her take from full speed.
And they all played. And ran. And had a great time. I love my dogs.
, Just Kids
, Steve Jobs
, The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
and The Help Deluxe Edition
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