First Bluebonnets of Spring! Sunday, Mar 25 2007

We both drove this route from home to Scarborough’s faire site yesterday, and neither of us ever saw any blooming bluebonnets.  But. today, as I drove down around noon for the Costume Parade event, (which was too much fun, by the way!) there they were!  Bluebonnets!  Beautiful, blooming bluebonnets! 

I love bluebonnets!  When I first moved to Texas, of course, I’d never even heard of bluebonnets.  We don’t have bluebonnets in New York.  That first Texas spring was absolutely magical for me.  I thought they were about the prettiest things I’d ever seen.  Years later, when I was married to Roger, he and I went out and took a bunch of photos in the bluebonnets one spring.  To this day, when I see a field of bluebonnets, I picture myself, twenty-something, in that little white short-sleeved, shirtwaist dress, kneeling in the bluebonnets.  I think they are an amazing gift.  They’re here for us, again!  Go out and find some.  Take some photos.  And enjoy!

~MB

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Beer, Beer, Beer Glasses Sunday, Mar 25 2007

23 March, 2007

What we have here is a collection of glasses, mugs & steins in varying shapes & sizes from all over the world. The one thing that all of these vessels has in common is that I acquired each and every one of them while drinking a beer out of it. The Flying Saucer, which used to be in North Arlington, used to have beer night on Wednesdays. Buy the special beer of the night and keep the glass. Half, give or take, of the glasses you see here are from that event; the remainder are items I have collected from various bars and breweries in various locations. It’s a fun collection if not particularly useful.
Cheers.

~KR (23 March, 2007)

Camera: Canon PowerShot S1 IS
Exposure: 0.167 sec (1/6)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

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“Beached” Sunday, Mar 25 2007

22 March, 2007

Down the side road of the route I drive each day, this appeared. One day the road was there, the next…well, there was a boat on it. I just had to grab the photo. The bottom of the boat is essentially gone; it’s rotted straight through. This thing will never sit on water again, but it seems to have taken up residence here.
Cheers.

~KR (22 March, 2007)

Camera: Canon PowerShot S1 IS
Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

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Clean Booth Sunday, Mar 25 2007

24 March 2007

So, once I had taken my Friday photo, I figured I ought to take my Saturday photo!  But, by the time I thought about it, we were just about done for the day, and we were packing things up, and closing down the booths.  So, this is a quick snapshot of Donny putting up the doors at the Pendragon Costumes booth.

I’ll be more creative when I’m less tired!

~MB

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Transylvanian Smile Sunday, Mar 25 2007

23 March 2007

Okay, so it’s Sunday as I write this.  But, this is my Friday photo.  Taken on Saturday at the Scarborough site.  But, it’s still legal . . . I didn’t break any rules.   Remember that our daily photos sometimes get taken after midnight, or into the wee hours of the morning of the next day, and as long as we’re still up, it’s still that day, no matter what the calendar and clock say . . . well, this photo is my Friday photo, because I was still up! 

I pulled my first all-nighter in about a year–in fact next Friday, it will have been exactly one year!  But the result was this rather fabulous Eastern European Robe for Jessie.  He plays a Transylvanian nobleman at the English Court.  And I think it’s safe to say, judging from his goofy smile, that he’s happy with his garment.

After doing absolutely nothing but sewing all day Friday, and all night, Saturday was our big cleaning and unloading day at the faire.  We had half a dozen or more people lined up to help, so there was no rearranging the calendar on this.  Off we went, we worked hard all day, and when we got home around 7 p.m. I went back to the workshop and finished the sleeves and sash for Jessie’s outfit.  Those I’ll deliver today–in about an hour and half.

~MB

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Terminal D in Motion Sunday, Mar 25 2007

21 March, 2007

Travel time again; this time I was on way to Los Angeles for a client meeting. I’d only be there a couple of hours, and the flight was fairly early in the morning. So I trundled my sleepy body to the airport at 6:30 in the morning for a 7:25 flight. I got there to find out that the plane was delayed and I’d have a couple of hours to kill in the terminal. Normally, that’d be fine; I’d just head to the nearest bar, and terminal D has several good ones, and while away the hours. But, it was early enough that a) the bars weren’t open and b) I was on my way to meet with a client and the last thing I needed to do was show up with beer on my breath. So, I sat down and hoped not to fall asleep as I waited for my travel arrangements to come to fruition. I amused myself with taking long-exposure photographs of the terminal. This is one of the better ones; that blur in the middle is an American Airlines pilot walking briskly to a gate.
Cheers

~KR (21 March, 2007)

Camera: Canon PowerShot S1 IS
Exposure: 0.4 sec (2/5)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 7.3 mm
Exposure Bias: 2 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

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The Bog Sunday, Mar 25 2007

20 March, 2007

It’s time to play catchup. This photo was taken 5 days ago and is only just now getting posted. I was on my way home when I espied that elusive heron/crane in the bog. It was during rush hour, so I turned the car around at the nearest opportunity and went back to try and capture a good shot of the bird. Unfortunately, because of the way the road winds through the bottoms, the bird was on the other side of this water-filled gully. In my dress shoes and work clothes, I didn’t feel like braving the swamp-like conditions, so I settled for this shot of the trees emerging from the water.
Cheers.

~KR (20 March, 2007)

Camera: Canon PowerShot S1 IS
Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 27.2 mm
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

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