Baton Rouge

While I was composing this shot, the lady in the red coat strolled down the path behind these red pieces. I thought her coat was the perfect companion to the glass.

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Miracles

More from Mt. Pleasant, NC.

I guess it's a good thing to be able to get miracles done when you get your hair done.....?

When I lived in eastern Kentucky (back when film was all we had), I always wanted to do a series of pictures of store front windows in the small towns I drove through. I never did that. The other day, when driving through this small town in North Carolina, I was struck by the fabulous fonts and signs in just the few stores at this crossroads. Maybe I'll revive that photo series idea and spend more time shooting store fronts in the small towns I drive through.

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Moose Drug

.....from the Moose Doctor office, just before Moose Hospital.
Seen in Mt. Pleasant, NC

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Garden of Eden

The arrangements of the glass and the placement of it among the gardens was just perfect.

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Counting to Ten

Goofing around while visiting with family at Christmas time. We usually rent a conference room in a hotel, which gives us room for dinner and gift-giving. The best part, though, is the access to the indoor pool that comes with the room! We all end up at the pool, either swimming or visiting, or both, in the warm, humid air. It is very sleep-inducing! There is also a pool table and air hockey and a hot tub...something for everyone. That's my shoe, of course, and my niece's toes.

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Blue Wave

This is 2 different bowls of Chihuly glass at Phipps Convservatory in Pittsburgh. The colors are absolutely amazing and it is almost impossible to portray their beauty.

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Boat O' Balls

Glass balls in a boat floating in pond at the Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh. So very colorful! I'm not sure I captured all of it's beauty. This is what was in the boat shown in this shot.


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Lily Pad

More Chihuly....you get to see what's in the boat tomorrow!

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Licorice

More of the Chihuly glass at Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh. The first few times I looked at this, I thought it was way out of focus. Then I realized there was a clear glass sheath around the yellow glass interior. Pretty cool! Wonder how they do that....

Oh, and all the shots of the Chihuly art were taken using a monopod, since tripods were not allowed in the Conservatory.

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Fish Bone

This guy is pretty scary. We all agreed we would not want to be swimming in the same waters as him. He--or rather, his skeleton--lives at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. Boy, do they do a great job of showing off the dinosaurs and all rest of the cool stuff they have!

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Through The Weeds

I am having a hard time coming up with titles to these shots because I want to call them all "Stunning"--that's the word I keep coming back to when trying to describe the Chihuly glass at Pittsburgh's Phipps Conservatory. In case you didn't hear me last time, GO SEE IT!

I just realized....Phipps probably wouldn't appreciate my characterization of these plants as "weeds"--they aren't--but I don't know what they are called. My apologies!

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Buzz Off!

During our holiday vacation, we were able to visit the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. They have all kinds of dinosaurs, architecture, mummies, and other cool stuff. This "little guy" is a dragonfly that's about 2' long, from prehistoric days.

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Stunning Part 1

The first of many photos I'll be posting from our visit to the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh. The glass of Dale Chihuly is amazing...but the overwhelming art is the way the glass pieces are intermingled with the plants of the Conservatory. There are different rooms with different color schemes, allowing for different plants to be used with the different glass pieces. If you have a chance, make a point to visit a Chihuly glass exhibit. The one at Phipps is there until February. See it here.

See this Big On Black.

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Carriage Lane

It's been a while since I posted anything, but I have been checking in on the photos y'all have been posting. Happy New Year everyone!

We got to spend a week or so visiting family in the Pittsburgh area, and northwest of there. My in-laws live in an area that has quite a few Amish folks. I respect their desire not to be photographed, which is hard sometimes! I have always loved the buggies they drive, and with a snowy day on Wednesday, I was able to shoot this from my in-laws' driveway as the sun was coming up.

I'll be posting lots from our trip, including Chihuly glass at the Conservatory and dinosaurs from Carnegie Museum. See you soon!

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