While NPR’s “news” staff seems to think Memorial Day is about their contract expiration, picnics and vacations at the beach, I prefer to go with what it is really about. My personal list of memories today includes dear friends and shipmates. Private Irwin J. Harder, U. S. Army, Vietnam Lt. Joseph G. Greenleaf, VF-114, Vietnam [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Or something else that doesn’t exist but people look for. And add the finding of something I thought I already found. I guess you could call the whole day the “Holy Huh?” I set out armed with the intention of finally finding that dad-blasted Procesion Panel. It’s reputedly a really cool panel of petroglyphs that [...]
Well, OK, the header is a little dramatic. In truth I went to a couple of new ruins (to me) today and had a lot of fun photographing them. Well, the first one, anyway. The first ruin was the Mule Canyon Tower Ruins. One might consider it to be a lot like Hovenweep National Monument. [...]
On to Bluff
Posted: 26th May 2010 by admin in photographyTags: desert, Flowers, landscape, photography, R. L. Wolverton
Today was a travel day, so not much photography. More flowers in bloom, of course, and some wildlife today. That was after I got the call that my credit card has been compromised and they’ll overnight me a new one. Overnight to Bluff? C’mon. I explained to the lady on the fone that there was [...]
“There’s no such thing as a bad boy.”
Posted: 25th May 2010 by admin in Photography PhilosophyTags: desert, Flowers, landscape, philosophy, photography, R. L. Wolverton
Right. That’s what Father Flannigan said in the movie “Boy’s Town” about James Cagney. Somehow that quote came to mind while I was photographing wildflowers in the ‘badlands’ today. Badlands. Hmmmm, what might that mean? They do evil things? Well, the land just stands there and holds up the rocks, flowers, etc., so it can’t [...]
Whew! Got here. Drove all day yesterday to make it to Capitol Reef. Cold when I got here with threat of snow or rain. Snowed a little, and was very windy all day today. After a not-so-breif stop at the pharmacy (yes, I’m old…forgot my meds), I drove all day again. With threatening weather and [...]
Or something like that. Here I am in San Antonio. I knew I couldn’t bring the ‘big’ camera and all its attendant stuff, so I decided to bring the Point and Shoot. I figured that takes pretty good pictures and I’d be able to show you the Alamo (I can see it from my hotel [...]
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Well, it looks like Spring has sprung, and while I’m getting ready to head to San Antonio for a series of meetings and trades shows, I thought I should get some spring fotos. So here, with little explanation are a couple shots. I like to use my macro lens and get close if I can, [...]
In the Spring, my fancy turns to…
Posted: 12th May 2010 by admin in photographyTags: desert, Goblin Valley, landscape, photography, R. L. Wolverton
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Oh, I don’t know, maybe a stop to winter. It’s snowing in Laramie today, and I’m thinking of warmer, drier territory. That’s why I love to go to the desert in spring. We generally encounter dry, warm weather and often find a riot of flowers and cactus blooms. Our March trip was a little early. [...]
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I enjoy spring for the new flowers, greening grass, leaves emerging from the trees, etc. I especially love spring in the desert. This year, spring is sputtering, not springing into the Laramie area. We’ve had snow nearly every week up to now, high winds and cool temperatures. It was cold the Spring morning I took [...]