2020
Some of them are photographs of art objects I've made, or of art objects that I put on display in 2020, a rather hectic year by all accounts.
For the most part, as one who is reasonably comfortably retired -- I have adjusted well to living on about 40% of what I had been earning -- my lifestyle didn't change all that much in 2020. A big part of my adjustment to retired life was simply not going to town more than once or twice a week, so adjusting to maybe once a month hasn't been all that hard on me. Wearing a mask and paying attention to social distancing is a challenge when I do go to town; so even more of reason to go into the workshop instead.
In fact, it did allow me to focus on the next evolution of my mobiles by learning how to use the epoxy resin chemistry to make some visually very interesting objects.
If you see an image you would like buy as a print, the place where I host is also where I get my own prints because they do use top quality labs.
And this year, I have to add that a great many of the epoxy spinners and twirlers are for sale as unique one of kind originals -- the current catalog is at Catalog.
A grey February morning
This zoomed in cell phone image makes it look like the floor is in terrible shape. But you can slide across it and never notice the bumps -- well mostly. These are about 1/64 of in inch high, but the light is so low they cast quite a shadow. Down on hands and knees, however, it is obvious the floor needs some work with a sander.
My 20 week lesson plan takes up two 5' tall 3 ' wide posters.
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Log pile at the forest edge (8.2)
This log pile is near the eastern edge of the rest, with a few smaller trees that have come up since the pile was created when the lagoon was created. The forest edge is a great place to find the richest diversity of life -- including ticks.
This scotch pine was planted around 2003 o so. The needles turn brown and then later on will turn green again. It's possible those are contrails, but there have been much fewer contrails during this coronavirus thing. So far, only a little less highway traffic.
Planted in 2003 or so; steady but slow growth.
This Japanese visitor has been on the west side of the little grove going on 20 years now. Every spring one of the earliest splashes of color next to the parking area.
Shall I just leave it? Maybe deal with gound level coverr of it under the bush honeysuckle that needs to come out of here.
People who make things pay attention if they want to make good quality things.
Before the leaves, lots of these hanging off the river birches. These are in the little grove next to the driveway.
Or at least the things that grow at the end of some branches in the early spring. There will be a day when the air is so thick with pollen you need a mask -- and everything is covered with a fine reddish dust.
Tractor in neighbour's yard (that is no longer there)
I am standing near NE corner of this property, up where my driveway meets Mount Pleasant road. Looking across my north neighbour's immaculate lawn to the next neighbour's yard. Considerable building going on over there this year.
Columbine, or Aquilegia, is a member of the Ranunculaceae family. This one came from a grower at the farmer's market.
This is a native wild black raspberry that showed up as a volunteer a few years ago and puts out lots of delicious berries every year.
Amorpha fruticosa is a species of flowering plant in the legume family (Fabaceae) known by several common names, including desert false indigo, false indigo-bush, and bastard indigobush. It is found wild in most of the contiguous United States, southeastern Canada, and northern Mexico, but it is probably naturalized in the northeastern and northwestern portion of its current range.[citation needed] The species is also present as an introduced species in Europe,[1] Asia, and other continents. It is often cultivated as an ornamental plant, and some wild populations may be descended from garden escapes.
Found it at a Goodwill store. Tag still there, $6
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Still had a bit of red on the bottom, so not quite as sweet yet.
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