There Ain't Nothin' a Crazy Man With an M-1 Can't Fix

The Hoover Dam

Just a completely overwhelming structure. Really hard to imagine what it took to build this in the 30's. How people could think on such a huge scale. My mind thinks in little ways. My husband thinks in big ways. I am the safety monitor and he is the mad scientist.

The Best They Could Do

All that money put into Homeland Security and they rip off Mad Mag. On the other hand it's pretty freakin' cool. I did find myself wondering if the guy doing dastardly things on the bridge would really look like this. I mean he'd be way easier to spot.

Hoover Dam From the SIde

I sort of like this because of the shadows from the transmission line towers.

Hoover Dam Turbines

Back Side of the Dam

Rebel Without a Cause

They print this warning just for people like my husband. He really wants to be standing on the edge freaking me out. You can see - he has that look on his face.

This Was the Closest We Came to the Famed Long Horn Sheep

Bridge Across the Hoover Dam in the Making

The beginning of the bridge across the Hoover Dam. This is going to be the largest concrete bridge in the US. So these two arms will eventually meet in the middle - if everyone did their math right.

Gas Prices Make Up For Your Losses at the Casino (sort of)

When was the last time you saw a 2 at the beginning of the price for a gallon of gas?

Only in Vegas baby!

This is Just Wrong on So Many Levels

Figure the Odds!

So we were rushing around all day trying to get everything done and all kinds of things kept happening - clamp broke - forgot this or that - Subaru broke down on last trip to Friedmans - massive amounts of Friday traffic out of this hell hole we call Sonoma (just kidding) and we drive, drive, drive, make numerous stops the next day, make a couple of wrong turns - end up taking the wrong turn-off which diverts us through Death Valley (the long way to Las Vegas) and this is just day one of our trip. And as we come down the hill into Stove Pipe Wells we see a bunch of people around a bus and we are thinking "could that be Glenn and Bev's group - nooooo that would be crazy" and then on the other side of the bus is a very familiar crazy lady jumping up and down and waving  and we were like "hey that looks like Bev"  and what do you know it was Bev - and Glenn too!!

Crow in Death Valley

I just love these birds and one day I will take a very cool photo of one.

This was what I got on the fly - so to speak.

3 Horses

This was taken in a spot that I had been thinking about for 6 years. However, the image that I wanted didn't turn out but this one did. I'll take what I can get.

Mono Lake with Log

Just a pretty picture. 

Mono Lake and My Personal Very Handsome and Loyal Sherpa

Here is the beautiful Mono Lake. We didn't realize what time it was or we would not have stopped - cause we were running late. But so glad we did. Light was perfect and Eric, as always, was willing to schlep my camera crap around. 

Hot Springs On The Way

We were driving and saw some steam coming off the ground and with a little trespassing we found that there was a hot spring there. Eric said it was really hot, smelled bad, but tasted okay.

I took his word on that.

On To Mono Lake

So I have no idea what this means because I am 50 now! But I thought it was funny that someone went to the trouble of making it. And then sticking it on the railing by the overlook to Mono Lake.

Our First Stop

Here is our first camp site. The funny thing is that the highway is 15 feet behind the truck. 

It was pretty but had that roadside killer feel. 

petaluma adobe

the adobe in petaluma and one of my favorite subjects - cactus.
i love the shapes and that it is sort of a retro plant. reminds me of early california. this was taken with a holga camera and then scanned and tinted and 'painted' in photoshop. i usually print these in the darkroom but i had the neg and wanted to see the image so i opted for the scan. i am pretty satisfied with the image. as a matter of fact i love it. the holga is such a cool little thing. i am so attracted to the way it takes a picture. sometimes i take the plastic piece out of the camera - the piece that defines your borders - then you get an irregular border with very blurry edges and a more noticeable focus in the center. i also love having the ability to tint and image in photoshop. since agfa is no longer a force on the earth i cannot get 118-a and that is a damn shame. the most beautiful paper for just about anything.
so i was checking out a blog the other day from a woman who is not even a photographer and she takes a picture and posts it every day.wtf. so i was thinking it is pretty lame that i am not taking at least a photo a day - sometimes i go a week without taking one. i am going to make it my goal to take at least as many as someone who doesn't do it for a living.