Category Archives: photography
Hill City, a Raspberry Torte and Mount Rushmore
Before we left for South Dakota, a friend told me we should visit Hill City. It was no longer just the place to ride an 1880s train, it was now an “artist’s enclave.” So up we went. There are a … Continue reading
Posted in photography, Travel
Tagged Alpine Inn, antiques, Ball jars, Cary Grant, Hill City, leather harness, Mount Rushmore, North by Northwest, old wagon, raspberry torte, South Dakota
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Prairie Edge
There’s a place in Rapid City, South Dakota, that’s unique and beautiful and downright fascinating. It’s called Prairie Edge and is part boutique, art gallery, bookstore and trading post. All this is all housed in a great old building from … Continue reading
Posted in photography, Travel
Tagged hand-beading, leather clothing, Native American art, paper buffalo sculpture, papooses, Prairie Edge, shoeshine bench, teepee
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Not in D.C. anymore. . . .
OK, last week we took off from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) and everything was going fine until a woman in our row passed out an hour into the flight. She slumped over in her seat and the two women around … Continue reading
Mystery Plant
Hi, everyone, I’m back from vacation. Thanks so much for the nice comments while I was away. I have a lot of photos to sort, so I’ll leave you with this unidentified plant that I photographed in Maryland. It’s some … Continue reading
Bedeviled
Most days, I have peanut butter toast and orange juice for breakfast. One recent morning, I decided to make deviled eggs–something I hadn’t had for months. I threw some mustard and mayo in with the hard-boiled eggs and liked the … Continue reading
Rocky and his favorite
My dog Rocky has a new favorite toy. . . . We call it “Squirrely.” His other toys have names like “Mousey,” “Ducky” and “Boney.” I gave up on clever names a long, long time ago. Hope you all had … Continue reading
Cream-colored Roses
One of my favorite color roses. Great weekend, everyone! {carole}
Posterize this
Something fun you can do with photos is to “posterize” them. One of the easiest programs to use for this is Picnik, a free photo editing program. Just upload your original photo, in this case a brick storefront. Click on … Continue reading
Rose Mallow
Right now, one of the few flowers blooming in the D.C. area is Rose Mallow. The Mallow family includes okra, cotton, hibiscus and hollyhock. I’m not sure why there aren’t more around–the blooms are the size of dinner plates and … Continue reading
Vintage Scale
I bought two things at the antiques emporium I blogged about last time: a vintage scale and an old (1875) copy of Ivanhoe (only $10!). I really like the way antique scales photograph, especially with a little texture added. Here’s … Continue reading
Pearls & Prose 