Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

Robin gorging on persimmon/Napa Valley, CA

Tree fungus/Marin County, CA

Tall degrading mushrooms/Baden-Wurtemburg, Germany (Schwarzwald)

The Nile River and the Sahara Desert, at Aswan:

The Drei Weiern in the rain:

A great little resaurant in southern Lesbos:

"Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia

Closeup/Home, Sweet home

Rose closeup/Home, Sweet home

This is a photo estHer took in music camp 3 weeks ago.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!

First Unimog/Mercedes museum, Stuttgart, Germany

Clock/Prague, Czech

These kids in klompjes and old-fashioned clothes were being photographed by lots of people, and the NOS interviewed them for their TV program.








The girls were wearing scarves and dresses and the boys klompjes (wooden shoes), caps, and shirts with nice buttons.





My friend told me that the kids had a "countryside accent" (which I could not notice myself), so I guess they came to the Hague especially for the Prinsjesdag.

I did not get a picture of the queen and her hat, but never mind, I managed to do that a couple of years ago. The crowds were more interesting anyway.

The first three pictures are so-called "hipshots" where you take a picture without looking through the viewfinder. We have an assignment to do those for the school. The fourth one I don't remember if I composed by looking through the viewfinder or not. Probably, or otherwise it's a very lucky hipshot!

They're digital photos converted to black and white. Usually I would use film for street shots, but now I haven't the time since I have to prepare a bunch of assignments for Friday. I'm hoping to get to use more film at school later on. The camera I used, if anyone's interested, is a Canon 350D with a 28mm lens.

You have a normal feeling for a moment, then it passes. --More--

On the way to Esztergom from Budapest. Figured: American artist a French sculptor and a Hungarian photographer.

[We'd had a lot to drink the previous night].

(In the deep valley of the Enz river, Austria)

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

(Looking down from an observatory tower at what was once a volcano crater, Börzsöny mountains, Hungary)

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

Silk worker in a small village outside Hanoi

Another silk worker in the same factory

A potter in a small village factory also near Hanoi

Mr Minh, a rice farmer, photographed as he and a coworker were taking a break.  We had an interesting conversation and he invited me to share his pipe.  I declined saying that smoking stunted one's growth. He was amused.

One of the many women working in the rice fields with Mr Minh

Cutie from the pottery village

Well, I guess everyone takes a nap. I know I do!


I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

The grounds in the first day of summer 2006.

The courtyard of the main house.

Window detail with Japanese pot in foreground.  Wright was paid a significant sum for designing the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.  He spent most of the commission on artwork.  This gave him a collection to sell when the Great Depression dried up work.  There is still a lot of that art collection left at Taliesin.

The theater at the design school.  The effect of Japanese culture on Wright's work is obvious here.

A beautiful place and important to the history of architecture.  Unfortunately, it needs about $20 million worth of repair work.  For further information see:

http://www.taliesinpreservation.org/

"Remember the I35W bridge--who needs terrorists when there are Republicans"