tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17769790114134915402024-02-06T18:14:55.632-08:00Robot on Holidaybob burdettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15707264240912689919noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776979011413491540.post-769405062424577962011-11-11T09:36:00.001-08:002011-11-11T12:35:48.394-08:00Heading Down The Road Trying To Loosen My Load...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Driving across the mid-west taking snapshots from the passenger seat while listening to classic rock. It doesn't get much more american than that. </span></div>
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<br />bob burdettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15707264240912689919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776979011413491540.post-58341920041985996742011-11-08T11:06:00.000-08:002011-11-08T11:12:02.578-08:00New Jersey to Pennslvania<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Traveling from New Jersey to Pittsburgh, watching the sights rush past my window. These are a few of the fleeting moments that I was able to capture. </span></div>
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</div>bob burdettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15707264240912689919noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776979011413491540.post-32482789860860886002011-06-17T09:43:00.000-07:002011-06-17T10:25:01.047-07:00Garden Structures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This summer I have started making garden trellises for sale at the farmers market in Old Town. So far I have made about five trellises for the market. I started with simple tripods at first but have found myself coming up with more designs each week. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started making trellises several years ago for my tomatoes in the garden and for my rose bush to climb. I had just moved with my wife and daughter to our new house and was very excited to finally have a backyard to start gardening. The property had become overgrown with honeysuckle. So much so that in some places it had covered whole trees and either killed them or was about to. In clearing out the vines and removing the dead trees I found that I had an abundance of cedar tree branches. The artist and woodcarver in me started to collect this new material.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I started thinking about making trellises for the farmers market I knew I had the perfect local and sustainable material for this project. I only use wood that I can get out of the patch of woods behind my house. I have so many cedar branches that I have been able to build all or most of my trellises out of their fallen or dead limbs. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just happened to be walking my dog Stella one evening when I stumbled upon a patch of woods I had not paid any attention to before. For some reason I felt the need to explore this section of overgrown bushes and trees. I found an animal track that led me and my dog into the brush. And after a few minutes of thorns and brambles I found myself in the middle of a small stand of trees. I just had to take a walk and check it out. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Out here in the midwest, the sky is so big and the clouds are amazing. Most of the time, the sky is filled with big puffy white clouds set against a beautiful blue. I very much enjoy the time I get to spend outside under such incredible skies. My imagination turns these clouds into giant floating creatures. Most of the time these sleeping giants lazily drift their way across the sky, forever changing from one puffy shape to the next. But sometimes they turn evil and clash with each other and with the wind, making terrible sounds and unleashing their power in great storms. They sneak up suddenly and are gone just as quickly, drifting away into nothing, leaving damage in the shadows of their passing. Even though they can become dangerous and destructive, they are still beautiful in their own dark forbidding way. I have never seen a sky turn dark as quickly as it can out here. The clouds hang low and heavy, distorting into unholy shapes as the wind picks up and frightens everyone to safety underground. I usually have to find someplace were I can watch everything happen, even though it drives my mother-in-law, who has the nearest basement, nuts. Luckily, I have never had to witness first-hand anything worse than a severe thunderstorm. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">These photos were taken in the afternoon right before a big storm. The sun from the west was lighting everything up and making the colors glow. (<i>My wife wants me to mention- these photos are all straight out of camera, unretouched.</i>)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Like most kids, I used to lay on my back in the grass and watch the clouds and imagine hidden worlds of cloud castles and flying whales, floating Abe Lincoln heads that morph into the open jaws of a lion's mouth and day dream stories about impossible things. I still find myself doing this whenever I see an interesting cloud shape and find something half hidden inside its fluffiness. The emotional feelings that I get from clouds on these perfectly beautiful days are magical. </span><br />
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</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">These beautiful and dangerous monsters are always with us, lurking just overhead and waiting to catch us when we are not paying attention or unprepared and always ready to grab our imaginations with their mystical powers. </span></div></div></div>bob burdettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15707264240912689919noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776979011413491540.post-66728989997808039332010-12-16T17:47:00.000-08:002010-12-16T18:02:28.115-08:00All The Leaves Are Gone And The Sky Is Gray<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now that all the leaves have fallen from the trees, the bare branches give us an opportunity to see little creatures in a way we don't get to during summer. I find squirrels and birds are much easier to watch and photograph this time of year. They are so busy foraging for food that they sometimes forget what is going on around them. Much like my cat, I can get very close without startling the critters away than I can when the foliage is thick. Sometimes they see me coming and I slow down and move very quietly to give them a chance to relax. It almost seems like the threat of danger is in movement more than my presence. A nice zoom lens helps a bit as well.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These photos were all taken last year when I got my new Nikon DSLR. I would go out on walks trying to figure out how to use my new camera when I would come across all these fox squirrels running around doing squirrel things. I also found a few birds that I snapped some pictures of as well. I'm hoping to catch a few choice shots this winter. I'm wanting to add some of these creatures into the backgrounds of my drawings. I think a mushroom forest should have a few creatures lurking around causing a bit of mischief. </span><br />
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</span>bob burdettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15707264240912689919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776979011413491540.post-37340532299748107792010-12-14T10:22:00.000-08:002010-12-14T10:25:02.392-08:00Blood Red<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just like blood, the brilliant red of autumn leaves turn brown. Day after day this process is amazing to watch and I find myself enjoying the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">change</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> of seasons more and more each year. I like the way the sun at certain times of day light up the foliage and make the colors glow, changing the way I see the trees around me. T</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">he cold air, the crunching sound and the smell of decaying leaves as I walk through the woods all combine to make a special moment out of an ordinary day. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span>bob burdettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15707264240912689919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776979011413491540.post-65079726907879845942010-11-08T09:10:00.000-08:002010-11-08T09:10:26.248-08:00Transitions<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If I have learned anything this year it's that everything is always in a state of change. Of course I know this, but sometimes I get a reminder that makes me think about it just a little more. Maybe now as the seasons are transitioning I can better flow with the changes that are always happening around me and within me. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The last couple of evenings as I walk my dog, I have been watching the leaves slowly change color. As I walk with Stella the sun is also setting, dropping just below the tops of trees making them glow with color. I love this time of year. It goes by quickly, so I try to catch some of it with my camera to remind me how beautiful transitions can be. </span><br />
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</span>bob burdettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15707264240912689919noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776979011413491540.post-8704739238597597322010-07-30T09:47:00.000-07:002010-07-30T09:47:25.769-07:00Summer Fun With Girl Scouts<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Last year my daughter, Veronica, joined the Girl Scouts as a Daisy. Naomi and I have enjoyed watching her learn and participate with the other scouts. We had fun during the cookie sale. Veronica really got into selling the cookies. We canvassed our neighborhood, teachers at school, even a few firemen and, of course, most of our family. Veronica did so well, selling 264 boxes. She received the 250+ badge for doing such a good job. I know she is just waiting to do it all over again, as much as I am looking forward to eating the cookies. Some of the things her troop did together: volunteering to visit with the elderly, learn knife safety and outdoor camping skills, along with many craft projects in between. Watching all of the Scouts at the end of the year ceremony was great; the smiles on the girls' proud faces made all the parents so happy. Veronica was very proud of herself and of all the patches, pins and buttons she earned and got to wear on her Daisy tunic.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In June, we had the opportunity to participate in a father and daughter camping trip in western Kansas near Scott City at Scott Lake State Park. The whole week leading up to the camping trip, Veronica could hardly contain her anticipation. The only other time I have taken her camping was in our back yard. I began to get as excited about the trip as Veronica, we would be going camping and hiking together for the first time. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Scott Lake is about five hours away from where we live. As any parent knows, this can be a trying task for anyone traveling with a six year old. We made an adventure out of the drive and stopped en route to take a look at Myron Liggett's roadside sculptures. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Veronica made fast friends with several of the the other Scouts, running around playing all sorts of games and having a great time. I enjoyed camping with Veronica and she still talks about how much she wants to do it again. I will be very happy to take her camping with me again soon. I think she wants to climb a mountain next.</span>bob burdettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15707264240912689919noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776979011413491540.post-27786710920594781962010-07-17T13:08:00.000-07:002010-07-17T13:08:43.539-07:00Horn Island Day Six<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DIvXlmDxMuq11y9sWYQyjSbpl9hlLDa1C_-IwU0AkYh7AFyc82PPbqIBgo4EfZ4HYi4iIk8twc00qhbjabdD0Qh0BTVPtXU3hs6Nd5FHaWgE5zqpHbMXvW45J_8lGUS8meZFhlIHM0o/s1600/P1010226.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DIvXlmDxMuq11y9sWYQyjSbpl9hlLDa1C_-IwU0AkYh7AFyc82PPbqIBgo4EfZ4HYi4iIk8twc00qhbjabdD0Qh0BTVPtXU3hs6Nd5FHaWgE5zqpHbMXvW45J_8lGUS8meZFhlIHM0o/s400/P1010226.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Of course the day starts off with more rain. Once again, I take a morning walk up the beach. I find that people are starting to gather under the hula dome, a large shade structure made from a parachute and logs found on the beach. Tonight is headdress night and everyone is getting busy making or finishing theirs up. I have mine mostly complete but, lacking a few details, I decide to spend the day hanging out with everyone while we work. </span><br />
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</span></div>bob burdettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15707264240912689919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776979011413491540.post-62328936359732893182010-07-17T09:58:00.000-07:002010-07-17T09:58:54.146-07:00Horn Island Day Five<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I wake up to yet another storm, hard rain and high winds. It just doesn't seem like the rain is going to stop this year. Just as the sky starts to clear and get sunny it begins to rain again. I guess this is what makes this year different, or at least one part of it. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tonight we meet up at main camp earlier than we usually do for our evening meal. The idea is that we can explore and make the most of the cooler hours in the evening. Walking across the island in the heat of afternoon sucks most of my ambition away. I spend a good deal of time hanging around main camp talking with friends about our art and our lives. It feels good to be among a group of artists like this. I won't bore you with the details, but talking about ourselves and our art and our working habits is important. It helps me understand myself better and I learn a thing or two. Everyone is so open, sharing stories about their lives and art and being able to understand what everyone is talking about without having to explain so much. This is one of the things I really like about this annual trip.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I wake up early and rebuild camp after last night's storm. My tent and shade structure held together, but all my guy lines went slack by morning. I have to add a center pole of bamboo to help keep my shade structure up. The wind has really bent the poles out of shape.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The sky is beautiful, orange light bouncing off everything. The sky is full of clouds, it looks like more weather is headed our way. I'm going to take advantage of cooler temperatures and overcast skies to take a long walk up the beach. I feel good this morning about being on the island. I am starting to get into the groove of beach life once again. It requires me to quit fighting against the things I can not control. Bugs, sand and the heat of the day. I feel like I just have to let go and work with the island. To somehow become a part of this ecosystem or to recognize that I am part of it. I think about about my place in the world and where I fit into everything. Here on the beach my choices are simpler and more basic. But it's important to make the right ones. This environment seems harsh to me. It pushes me to adapt to its rules and way of life. Things die on this beach, other things take advantage and feed from opportunity. It's like I'm watching life around me consuming life to keep the whole thing going. I can see how everything is constantly in a state of change, forcing me to question how I see myself. Right here, right now on this beach, I feel both out of place and strangely at home.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This wide open part of the beach is one of my favorite parts of the island. It's challenging to walk across barefoot and I try to avoid it during the hot hours of the day. The sharp little shards of broken sea shells are beautiful. I just don't like them poking into my feet. The wind creates patterns in the sand around the shells. We are having so much rain that each day our foot prints are mostly erased and new patterns replace the old ones. Not too much stays the same for very long. The wind is constantly moving little grains of sand each moment. I can feel the sand blowing against me until I just don't notice anymore. Watching the sand move across the surface and seeing where it collects turning into pretty patterns. Looking at these patterns, knowing they are changing by the second, I realize I am, too. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The birds of Horn Island are amazing, so many different kinds. These pelicans are so big and move so slow, watching them fly up and down the beach makes me happy. I enjoy watching them and look forward to their daily fly overs. They seem curious, like they are checking me out as much as I am checking them out.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This little guy was hanging out, staying in one spot and watching me, letting me get close as long as I moved slow. He kept looking like he was about to fly, maybe a little nervous of me getting so close. I got my picture and backed off and walked around him and his little spot on the beach. After all, he lives here, I'm just on holiday.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As I'm walking up the beach near the surf, I see a couple of small black fins breaking the surface. I instantly back away from the water for fear of deadly shark attack. Fucking Jaws! I have issues with unrealistic shark attacks from that movie. But I quickly realize that it's just a pair of dolphins. I have to run up the beach to catch up with them, they slowed down and looked at me a couple of times. I couldn't get a picture when their heads were out of the water, but it was cool.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I keep wanting to go outside and save my shade structure. The wind, sand and rain keep me inside. Mother Nature is having her way with us. I feel small tonight, a tiny part in the big picture, sitting in my tent waiting. </span><br />
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</span>bob burdettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15707264240912689919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776979011413491540.post-34140988898789556942010-06-16T14:52:00.000-07:002010-06-16T14:52:05.648-07:00Horn Island Day One<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', serif;">I have decided to share my experience this year through a series of posts taken directly from my journal, that focus on some of what I did each day and the insights I made along the way. If any of this gets to be too personal I hope you can at least enjoy the pretty pictures.</span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', serif;">Two small boats bring us to the island. Going back and forth in multiple trips. Main camp and kitchen are the first task to complete and by noon, we are ready to disperse from the group to find our individual camp sites. The trek across the island is one of the longest quarter miles I have ever walked. All of us struggle with our gear and packs, trying to make it over in one trip so we don't have to make two.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', serif;">Time is becoming important to me. I want to get out of the sun as soon as possible and try to cool off. My shade structure is the first thing I set up. I have found a nice little spot set back from the beach somewhat protected by dunes. After I set up my shade structure I sit and drink as much water as I can, trying to cool off as fast as I can. This only takes a couple of hours. </span></div><div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It feels good to get a camp set up. I'm very happy to be here, sitting watching the ocean and breathing salty air again. I'm not comfortable with being on the island yet, I'm still getting used to being here. I don't want to do much on this first day. The drive from Kansas to Mississippi is still with me. I feel like I have come a long way to this ocean. I feel like this place is were I need to be. Every time I come here I find myself working more within the patterns of the island quicker than the year before. But to be happy and comfortable I have to work with what I have. Right now my thoughts are scattered from all the activity of the past few days. My focus is still not on the island yet. Right now I'm preoccupied with my life and what has been going on in it. But sitting here watching the ocean, moment by moment I'm giving more of my attention to where I am and what I am doing.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span>bob burdettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15707264240912689919noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776979011413491540.post-21076938488450154052010-05-16T06:33:00.000-07:002010-05-16T10:03:21.032-07:00Just like starting over<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I've started a new project this year that is growing bigger and bigger every day. For years I have dreamed about drawing my own comic, only to find myself floundering around in my sketch book. So a few months ago, I decided there was no time like the present and got started. After many mistakes, my comic slowly began to develop. Now one of my studio walls is covered in comic panels. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"> I have a lot of work to do before I even come close to finishing but thought I would share some of my excitement with you. Here are a few panels that I have been working on. I welcome any and all comments.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnOFxmrR9VfLi9Rkq2K_bRHRQIyc7xZs7TeYUP4PqzIB7AbVhJdzWgSa5HLSFPa3OQjCnwR3pYzzPbZyDqRXFFJiJ3bf7TC-uh2d3O1PVraVMxN1SzwJqvd_bCL9lNd6BdJWbC1hGmujY/s1600/P1090320.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnOFxmrR9VfLi9Rkq2K_bRHRQIyc7xZs7TeYUP4PqzIB7AbVhJdzWgSa5HLSFPa3OQjCnwR3pYzzPbZyDqRXFFJiJ3bf7TC-uh2d3O1PVraVMxN1SzwJqvd_bCL9lNd6BdJWbC1hGmujY/s320/P1090320.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471871610755666290" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwYGZ3NpTZv3lhHA9xmaQRRNqIoqzujsuDu1cEvliZOHnU17dSzElf-aFkhy6wg3TesDb6JwviQyS_SoQlKVaSFnkWD3BB2g0B8nDsEkbPOzYrafRXZcQXwo7w_-uLho3BKI4yJorhAHw/s1600/P1090312.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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I don't look forward to icy roads or the hazards of winter driving, but ice skating can be fun, if you don't get too cold. But how these two things, cold and ice, go together can be pretty and interesting, depending on how you look at it. Winter's ever-changing weather creates all kinds of unique conditions that freeze water. Sometimes, when I'm not complaining about how cold it is, I find that ice can be quite beautiful.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJyJftKXcrRXz_i3OmivPyMWgZpWMnF6QAaoiKe0ErwjKMXOV5Un3ZeKlI2tA6Apshp8qeAFcBdD7KcQzacb_Tr4uxUDk1Bx8y6dNPQklfjhlk08rP8AYt9BL2NM5pJ4ONCHYDOkNiNc/s1600-h/P1020903.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJyJftKXcrRXz_i3OmivPyMWgZpWMnF6QAaoiKe0ErwjKMXOV5Un3ZeKlI2tA6Apshp8qeAFcBdD7KcQzacb_Tr4uxUDk1Bx8y6dNPQklfjhlk08rP8AYt9BL2NM5pJ4ONCHYDOkNiNc/s400/P1020903.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429215071637054210" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdkiLqpiB1ly8eXa0oN55UJfqZ392szcU8uqK3sXrTsRWjgS5awxA35o-Q_Qx-UYwg7v6rrNvvpT8qP8S0yd6JTraRqXhqNLWpl6xN38pcMQXJgCVKgXJSt-VBCzYcYhRDGQyxGcFRV8/s1600-h/P1020890.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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They seem so quiet without their leaves, the wind hardly moves their branches at all. Sunset brings another kind of quiet as the birds all seem to have found places to wait out the coming night. The crunch of snow, loud and destructive as my footprints deface a beautiful unmarked landscape. It seems hard to believe that anything can live and find food in this harsh time of year. But then I see all of the subtle signs that foraging animals have left behind: disturbed snow, holes dug down to reveal hidden caches, chewed nut shells that have been dropped melt their own patterns into the snow. Rabbit tracks that lead forever but always bring me back to where I started following, and then I find larger tracks– predators following prey, straight lines that lead to little bits of fur or feathers.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;">Even in these cold temperatures of winter the sun still shines and even the last rays bring a bit of warmth for the walk home. There is a kind of hope that you can find in looking at the beautiful colors of the setting sun. The pinks and purples remind you that tomorrow is just a night away…the sun will come up, another day will begin and everything moves forward. For me the hardest part is waiting through the illusion of winter that makes everything look asleep or dead. So I have been watching the sun and the moon, and their movements make the waiting a little easier. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSlQIAVq7vORpWQwSwdt6b3BpBkmHcFgovSdChNXKiNZqqMI1Q-tV001x0BEAr9qoA9Z75HzB-tlbvlpNXO__Df1lyUUkRLgxKAFUCTanZbgbgax4GX9AzBujx1Z4KQE-pDb66wmKhS8/s1600-h/P1070914.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSlQIAVq7vORpWQwSwdt6b3BpBkmHcFgovSdChNXKiNZqqMI1Q-tV001x0BEAr9qoA9Z75HzB-tlbvlpNXO__Df1lyUUkRLgxKAFUCTanZbgbgax4GX9AzBujx1Z4KQE-pDb66wmKhS8/s400/P1070914.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425151887622503170" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvXEveZLtqpZAs_pE23fuPV4UxeIFKR9G7itfGytXXdhoo3GXc3SmSS6TNmC0GFgRGxALgkG04jHNxXpt_8agVk4whbvlM91POmClBIbDBq7BU8Ztu-veM_HTGv-Ek1qrkeVdYERst9o/s1600-h/P1070371.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9SD5isReBpbquu8tiIZc7LUy3bALk4yJ4YcaR_c7eJSwyeTg9K37Ev8RHTxaC0SD70SctOB8T_wGU5cjru6qnglpZD4GbyTvYBrImhN1LfSqb3UkkK2plipzFGCV5lmkALihBzLnxto/s400/DSC_0104.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425149828561798914" /></a>bob burdettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15707264240912689919noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776979011413491540.post-83457707307695820182009-12-30T07:46:00.001-08:002009-12-30T10:26:09.429-08:00Cyclical Cicada<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;">My daughter is fascinated by the exoskeleton shells cicadas leave behind after molting. We have spent the last few summers collecting the shells for what she calls her bug collection, a large jar. We keep adding shells to it, so much that most of the bottom is nothing but broken bits and pieces. She gets so excited showing her friends and schoolteachers her collection and really gets into talking about the bugs and how she found them. I think it's really cute and I hope that she continues to find interest and enjoyment in all that mother nature has to offer.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;">I am equally fascinated by these wonderfully complex creatures. I too fell in love with their shells and would always try and catch them during the summers I spent growing up in West Virginia. I will never forget the summer when there were so many cicadas that the base of every tree had a ring around it from all the discarded shells. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;">Now that I live in Kansas, it seems we have a never-ending supply of the little bugs. I have started taking pictures of them recently and managed to catch a few that were in the process of molting into winged adults. Pretty weird stuff if you get the chance to watch it. As far as I can tell, from a little internet research is that most of their lives are spent underground. After mom and dad cicada get it on, the eggs are laid in the branches of trees where they hatch and fall to the ground. Then they burrow and live off the roots of trees until they dig themselves out 17 years later to molt. This is when they break out of their exoskeletons and emerge with wings to complete their cycle.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"> The following pictures are of the cicadas maturing into adults.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItjBFX5zTtV8ANPXEzsEU-2O_Os49RM2ywYCjMrEwy5R3EOBbDvScPeEdHJ9blB4lhx5KVthH2SmIAXMJK1-4YwYKLPu0m9eTQC6AMJYWX3zskMJpVNVLPCIWtAkUqXl-38Pxu57b3HM/s1600-h/P1000920.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItjBFX5zTtV8ANPXEzsEU-2O_Os49RM2ywYCjMrEwy5R3EOBbDvScPeEdHJ9blB4lhx5KVthH2SmIAXMJK1-4YwYKLPu0m9eTQC6AMJYWX3zskMJpVNVLPCIWtAkUqXl-38Pxu57b3HM/s400/P1000920.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421067426504763298" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTu4OnDwzRGA8fzP4NE1EzgvQel7mOuXATHbU93UYw04AMGEKCAZ8ZctHDZaQQglpZoeJqRUpWp3wGgKZjFp5v6x8y-Q3ZS46Qm2J5at-ITtyO53GDPlBvV_di0TO8PC8nkjSQ53lOCc/s1600-h/P1000923.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhb8UFd4mw_ZC9bGfv814kb817mO0F_mF6wp1izlNrLuE3ex0pI6svGQuNzRGxfkireDrf7dPTbgS25JlFR-s6isc4WgGE7gCUb0wAQE4_yMGlGFdQXzL7f6WUbpqXqD3dDba9VBYyr4/s400/P1040983.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421066577667973714" /></a>bob burdettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15707264240912689919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776979011413491540.post-83596299679245067362009-12-28T07:30:00.000-08:002009-12-28T13:35:01.098-08:00Pistils and Stamens<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;">If someone were to ask me what my favorite time of the year is, I would probably say Spring or Fall. I think those two seasons have something special about them. I'm sure I have told myself this year after year. But what about the other seasons? What about the transition between the seasons? Like late summer when it's hot during the day but cool at night and the water gets too cold to swim in. Or late April, when you can wear a t-shirt one day and a coat the next. Those are probably my favorite seasons, the ones in-between and I never think to say that these are my favorite times of the year. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;">So here I am thinking about all of the other seasons in the middle of winter. It always takes me a little while to really get into winter. Something about the way everything changes from green to brown to gray. The wind is colder and everything feels quiet and still like it's dead. I want to curl up and hibernate until the color and energy of growing things begins again. So today I am remembering the beauty of the other seasons and slowly coming to terms with the one I am in. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;">These flowers are from my garden this past year. </span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcDRBn6_A_KmEkskkpg5kjzYeYxTkliMjaRYhaOAUpO-w06MF2gcpsmy9GJh149YJV1jXoCLSQzV818I2nEcaAMTky4jxUsRu_z-B4tHXLWbdTi4y0gPv296gG1uqtAZM-0-_8dELGIw/s1600-h/P1070150.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcDRBn6_A_KmEkskkpg5kjzYeYxTkliMjaRYhaOAUpO-w06MF2gcpsmy9GJh149YJV1jXoCLSQzV818I2nEcaAMTky4jxUsRu_z-B4tHXLWbdTi4y0gPv296gG1uqtAZM-0-_8dELGIw/s400/P1070150.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420312293372897010" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeP3bg5Qm27w7Pqn13v5UdKt0wRuH_RrDm0q5m_w2SsDeAIQ0JxH6NEgLCOhecmqn2laTitrr0ZNoXtYndjZ1XFNE4nFcvUAp259ty8zBtYZj_IOzmw-pvo3w5kgByhCr3pepKozKR1u4/s1600-h/P1040071.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAcnw7a5Tz2qhYfUtg4K3agiCubSUeHm3VpKRgciq9HXhY1hea1uvmDlsnKAaizKLpwgKQMBPgiQcHvUw5kdxWFCY62Cr3IikGZYm_stw1q7pKd6CaTtL10jLMmgDhS3k6A1kgwlTO5Os/s400/P1010043.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420310734003761634" /></a>bob burdettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15707264240912689919noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776979011413491540.post-10284773821146420022009-12-04T08:37:00.000-08:002009-12-04T10:26:10.567-08:00Light Pollution<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Not since college have I had such intense psychedelic visions, and those were mostly from Pink Floyd laser light shows. Talk about altered states- these photographs were taken the night before Thanksgiving during a walk I took at night on the streets of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna,_West_Virginia">Vienna, West Virginia</a>. </span></div><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypG-yqXdOfV8k-p1C5azXHxX1DJbt4Cz_hF7ntOM2frA07ijmv2T6K0R1fTRAb38R98pyG0Qw5Jm8desd0rZd5iKK5PqBwawLBWJ1rDECCVdcZt10Pyz2Ku9ZWMLDHaLW8PQe1zWuDRo/s400/P1070469.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411423346574204466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><br /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I'm not sure if one could call these images landscapes but by using the light of the environment around me, I was able to create twisting swirls of color and line, complicating the image by layering the movement of light. I found that by focusing my time and movement in one place and then in another place I could overlap the environment on itself. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcIWK61o71Pd_rkmeLfXyn0jSmh2xQQo0Y57mtCD0o_KlGHZRLQ1XOHsrkayGQ3kcMWKbBTTVvarDpaAYjtRtlLTkq_GPan3NNWP8dmNAXEPY-0_ekz5RnTWDTD78bGFT8bkCd1HhJWR4/s1600-h/P1070682.JPG"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcIWK61o71Pd_rkmeLfXyn0jSmh2xQQo0Y57mtCD0o_KlGHZRLQ1XOHsrkayGQ3kcMWKbBTTVvarDpaAYjtRtlLTkq_GPan3NNWP8dmNAXEPY-0_ekz5RnTWDTD78bGFT8bkCd1HhJWR4/s400/P1070682.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411428004133171218" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLpbifXgnhvqXTrAfpywAxnXYqNkaEQeBTefMrBx69eGMMRR1QQgAdTflzZKoDhx61SZDTkhZAM25w9qoDIHHsg6chI_Ta08UdAVK3qH0dZC70u-WWiWAPdG9FLHMqNmSenSiyIDHtbc/s1600-h/P1070683.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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