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Dorothy Gill Barnes was known for her use of natural materials in woven and sculpted forms.
In the late 1960's, Barnes discovered the work of basket maker Dwight Stump. His work with white oak wood inspired her to take her art materials from nature. She began creating small, non-traditional baskets and proceeded to make larger and more complex pieces that used wire, stone, glass and wood. She collected wood from all over Ohio.
Barnes was known for gathering and using natural materials for her woven and sculpted forms, including techniques from woodworking, basketry and tapestry. She made dendroglyphs (also known as arborglyphs), markings on live tree bark, allowed to develop scarring for months or years before using that section of bark in a sculpture. In one case she waited 14 years to harvest the result of her tree sculpting. She credited Kay Sekimachi, Osma Gallinger Tod, and Ed Rossbach among her notable influences.
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Wonderful to watch these shy creatures from a hide set up by a friend, here in the Scottish Highlands.
Camera: Pentax 645N
Lens: smc Pentax-FA 645 45mm F/2.8
Exposure: 1/180 @ F/8
Film: Fomapan 400 Action homedev. in Kodak XTOL 1+3 in the Jobo ATL-1500 film processor
what a difference a year makes, last year on this day my parents were still living in their apartment in Pine Villa, my Dad was still on this earth, and my mother was driving me crazy, actually driving everyone crazy, including herself. I wish she had been on medication years earlier, it would have made my dad's last few years a lot more pleasant... oh well, we do what we can do, now we are still immersed in the archeological dig of their stuff... the ashes of Pompeii, and my parents were Vesuvius :)
The water level was pretty low in the lake. All of the rocks that are usually submerged are sun bathing now. I really wanted to try a day shot at Pine Glades. I came here for two days and noticed the difference in what a day makes. The first day I came here the wind was blowing pretty hard, so the water wasn't calm. Plus, it was during sunset and the sky didn't have any clouds. I came back the next day and it was a different story. This time I arrived around 9:00 a.m. and the water was calm and the sky had some amazing clouds.
I also noticed the small gator (in the photo) both days. The first day it didn't want anything to do with me. The second day it seemed he got use to me and wanted to hang out. So, I took this picture of him and the amazing landscape.
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Taken in Algonquin park in 1991 (!) using a Canon AL-1, my first SLR. Shot from a canoe at sunset, this is exactly what it looked like!
I scanned from the slide using a Canoscan scanner.
We actually did have pineapple and other fruit this morning with our breakfast but if I remember correctly it tasted much better than this one!!
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All three photos quickly edited and posted this morning were taken the day before yesterday, 27 December 2017, during the Sheep River Christmas Bird Count. I wasn't going to post any images today, as I have another long count day, this time NW of the city. However, I woke up around 4:15 am, 45 mins before my alarm clocks went off, so decided to find some photos to post. Our temperature is -24C (windchill -31C). Supposed to be a very overcast day, unfortunately. More later!
There were six of us (in the group I was in) taking part in the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count for the Sheep River/Priddis/Turner Valley area. Our time was spent travelling in two cars, driving the back roads SW of the city and calling in at various acreages/ farms. Thanks so much, Joe and Dave, for being the two drivers. This was so much appreciated! With brutally cold temperatures for days, and wind chills plunging to as low as -37C if not more, and lots of snow, we were thankful that only part of the day was spent out of the car! Last night, we had more snow, so I needed to clear off my car before today's Bird Count way north of the city. Another three or four days of this bitter weather and things are forecast to warm up, thank goodness.
I took part in this Count for 2015 and 2016, but had missed it for a few years before that. I believe I had only ever done it twice before that, a few years ago (December 2007 and December 30, 2008). This time, like last year, our area was in the centre of the count circle and I'm so glad I decided to go again.
A great stop was at Rod Handfield's place. Some of us go there very occasionally on botany trips and he always has the best mushrooms and other fungi growing in his forest in the fall. Rod and his wife have such a beautiful cabin there. Rod is always so wonderfully hospitable, and he had driven out to the cabin and had delicious coffee and baked goods ready for us! This was so much appreciated and enjoyed, and I know that I, for one, felt re-energized after this treat and being able to warm up in his home. As always, many thanks, Rod!
We met with nothing but pleasant landowners, so willing to allow us to wander their properties. One of them, Doug J, had the highlight of the day for us - a Steller's Jay! The status of the Steller's Jay in Alberta is "locally uncommon year-round". They are spotted most often in the Rocky Mountains. Waterton Lakes National Park seems to be the best area for these stunning birds.
Another welcome sighting was a group of 10 Wild Turkeys at a location where we have previously seen them. Pine Grosbeaks and Common Redpolls helped make the day enjoyable, too, along with the 'regulars', including Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers, Canada Geese, and three types of Chickadee. Everything seen in such spectacular scenery, too. I love this whole area and, thankfully, it is an area that I can drive to myself - but not in winter! Needless to say, I know I am very lucky.
By the way, we briefly stopped and looked down a hill to see one of the 'sets' for the TV series, "Heartland". This is a real-life farm, including the big, red barn. This is a family drama on CBC TV about a family dealing with the highs and lows of life on a horse ranch in the stunning the foothills of Alberta. I don't watch it often, but when I do, I love it, seeing the countryside so close to home. They use the old, red barn for some of the scenes, plus a replica of the barn's inside in a studio.
A short Blog article by one of the sons raised in real life on this farm that is used in Heartland:
www.cbc.ca/heartland/blog/a-bit-of-real-history-of-the-he...
Flushed with my success of finally finding four Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillars, a few days later I was sat on the patio when this chap came ambling by my feet. There's nothing quite as exciting when after close on sixty years of being obsessed with nature that you come across something new for the very first time. We have a large pine tree next to the house and with the caterpillar being on the ground I figured it was about to pupate. Popped into a container with a base of leaf mould and pine cuttings, it immediately went to ground. Next spring it will be released having happily survived the winter.
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Even though pine trees are classed as weeds in Australia and where I am from back in New Zealand, I still find them to be some of my favorite trees. Maybe for nostalgic reasons and also the smell.
Plantation camp ground, Grampians, Victoria, Australia.