Alison -- Day 32 -- FEBRUARY!

I bought this book today and I already reading it! I'm so excited. I decided to take my fitness and nutrition back into control and find my inspiration in this book. I try visiting the Sparkpeople website occasionally, but honestly don't find the time to sit at the computer for more than a few minutes at a time (which is all I allot for this blog).

I think reading the book will inspire me to get back on track.

Wish me luck!

Oz: Winter of our discontent

It has been cold as balls here in VT. Blasted groundhog tells me that we will have six more weeks of winter. I hope to cap it off with a boy and some hot coco. The earth moves beneath our feet…are we really walking? We do not choose our destinations.

Day 30 – Magic wand day – Slow shutter speeds can be fun. I am experimenting more and more. I want to do something with fire. There is magic in the frozen air.

Day 31 – Fire walk with me day - I have been watching twin peaks religiously since my return. I like to eat lunch and stare into the fire place. Elements flicker and dance and recite esoteric poems in moonlit foyers.

Day 32 – Super bowl day – it’s the super bowl and I couldn’t care less. I sneak to parties to drink and eat free food. I spend the rest of my evening putting together enlargers. As I walk home buzzed this lamp post seemed so lonely. I gave it a hug.

Day 33 – Mundane day – The sky has been the most fantastical shade of blue recently. I wish that I had gotten some better shots, the framing on this is all off, but aren’t the colors pretty. Note: I need to get a tripod. STAT!

Day 34 – Icicle day – The Icicles hanging off the fire escape on my walk home were awesome. I couldn’t just post one. I took a bunch. They just seemed so impermanent.

And another

Day 35 – Where’s my bike day - Oh I see, its buried under 100 feet of snow.

Fin.

Mat Ryan: Jan 30, 31. February 1, 2, 3, 4.

This is my car. She's the only material item that I will truthfully say that I love.

This is being bored at work with a wax crayon used for marking tires.

I just really liked the compostion of this.

It takes one man to work, but 3 to supervise.



From the near top of Mt. Cardigan.

I wonder which direction the wind was blowing....

My bosses dog is super chill.

Alison, Day 31, Day 32, Day 33: ketchup!!

So . . . I feel ashamed to admit it, but I got three days behind. This is MY resolution and I'm three days behind! Anyway, here's my catching up.

I started goofing around with various combinations of filters available in my photo editing program. I don't have any certain look I'm trying to obtain; I simply find it fascinating how we can manipulate pictures to the point of creating new art from old images.

One thing I still hold firmly to though is that no number of filters can turn a bad photograph into a good one.

With that being said, these next few pictures are ones I snapped and then filtered for effect -- the photographs themselves aren't so much fantastic . . . or even interesting.

Day 31: Tractor.


This tractor belongs to my parents. It's really, really old, but it still runs . . . when it feels like it.
























Day 32: Tree

I tinkered with high contrast and a photocopy filter of a dead tree. This is what developed. hehe. Not much to say about it.





















Not much to say about this one either. It's a collage of photos of mannequins I took a long time ago in the Oaks Mall in Gainesville. I'm coming down with a cold, when that happens, my brain gets a little more abstract -- and that causes things like these.

1st February 2009

Enjoying the snow..