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Saturday, January 21, 2012

The Missing Parts and the Maynard's Farmers Market

This was supposed to be a post with pictures from Dillinger Days at Hotel Congress. However, I'm going to leave those photos to my good friend Warren. That's because we arrived just as the reenactments began, replete with very loud (tommygun?) gunfire. My 4-year old son promptly decided that we were not going to hang around Congress and so we went across the street to the Farmer's Market at Maynards to hide from the "bandits".

So instead I did some shooting of my own, in particular, this band called The Missing Parts. I'll readily admit to being a sucker for any music involving a cello and the lap steel guitar is seriously bad ass. They are an acoustic quartet with a style that I can only describe as a fusion of fantastic mixed cultural sound. I wanted to stay and listen some more but my boys had wandered off through the market to the Train Museum and I wanted to catch up.













Of course it was not all music. There were things to buy too.





I dare you to resist these.






This baker had gluten-free yummies made with mesquite flour.





Monday, January 02, 2012

Evening Firelight

 
January 2, 2012 in Tucson. It was around 68 degrees at 6 pm this evening. Did we need a fire in the Kiva? Of course!

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Pinkie the Mouse

My son wanted me to make him a little amigurumi mouse. I had started an amigurumi elephant for his preschool class (remember Shaba?) but he insisted I finish the mouse first.









The kitty is Pinkie's buddy named Chibi. The pumpkin was named Jack. Ah kids.

Sunday, October 09, 2011

Sunday Farmer's Market with Shaba the Elephant

This weekend, my son's preschool class elephant named Shaba came home with him. We took him to the Farmer's Market on Sunday.
See Shaba. Vegetables!


There was a Ghanaian vendor selling baskets from Ghana. Shaba liked them.

Tea is funny



Yummy pickles and preserves







Patiently waiting for the crepe


Saturday, October 01, 2011

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Photowalk

On Saturday, I had the pleasure of participating in the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk with a friend. The particular walk I chose was hosted by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum west of Tucson, AZ. The Desert Museum is practically in my backyard and yet I had never taken my camera there for anything more serious than an outing with my son. This time, I was surrounded by some very serious amateur and professional photographers with very serious equipment. Even my friend was toting her new Canon 7D. I felt extremely inadequate with my Canon XT. I had brought a Sigma 28-300 mm f/3.5-6.3 which is the longest lens I own but I found that I didn't want to use it much. I stuck with my 50 mm f/1.8. I do think the Desert Museum requires another trip, maybe with less people and more patience.
Along came a spider...






What're you lookin' at?






Friday, September 16, 2011

Bear Down Friday Two





Would you like to ride on a Trolley Pub?
Bear Down Arizona!






Photographer friends. Any suggestions on how to capture a shot like this? Freezing action shot shooting into late afternoon sunlight?