So, remember those exciting announcements I mentioned? Well, here we are finally. If you look up toward the top of the site, you will notice that there is now a link to my SHOP! I am so excited, I can hardly stand it. I have 5 images available for purchase in my shop right now, and I have several more lined up for later this week. Such fun!
It has taken longer than I anticipated … everyone in my family has been sick and well, you know the rest … life gets in the way sometimes.
But, in addition to my online shop I am very excited to tell you all that I will also be selling prints at the Kuna Farmers Market starting this weekend. The market is every Saturday from 9 am to noon. I don’t think I will be there every Saturday … I doubt Brian would appreciate me leaving him in charge of Saturday morning chaos at our house every week. But as soon as I have a definite schedule worked out, I will post it here.
Also, my fabulous husband helped me put together some gallery pages, which you can also find at the top of the site. I have started adding my favorite photographs to some of the galleries, with more coming soon.
The photo in this post is one I took on our honeymoon, on the shores of gorgeous Priest Lake Idaho. You can see it bigger in the landscapes gallery, and purchase prints of it in my shop!
Such exciting things going on around here!
I have this obsession lately with taking pictures of rooftops … especially on old buildings. It always makes me wonder how long the building has been standing in that spot, and the people who have lived (or worshiped in this case) under that roof. This was taken in Hagerman, Idaho last weekend (with texture added of course). St. Catherine’s Catholic Church if I remember correctly … We were just passing through and I thought this building was so beautiful – so of course I made Brian pull over so I could take pictures.
I took a walk this afternoon in Kathryn Albertson Park. KA has spectacular fall colors, and gorgeous summer flowers. I wasn’t sure what I would find to photograph so early in the spring before all the big, impressive blooms appear – but my walk turned into an interesting exploration of textures.
Take a look at this fuzzy thing … it’s sort-of like a poufy ball of cotton candy:
And then there were these dry, papery grasses:
And I saw lots of these red twigs- can’t wait to see these bushes in bloom:
See all the soggy, slimy grasses and branches in the water next to this crane?
When this park is in bloom, it is gorgeous. I would venture to say that it is one of the most-photographed areas of Boise. Every time I am there – even this afternoon- there are other people taking pictures. It is so easy to find photograph worthy subjects later in the year, but it pushes your creativity a bit when you visit a place like this in the off season – everything is dull, and dry and dead. You have to look closer and pay attention to texture and pattern to get interesting images. It was a good way to remind me to slow down and pay attention to the details.
Oh, treasure valley, I love you in the springtime. I love the bright greens and vibrant blues. I love when the neighbors start to come outside and walk their dogs. I love that Indian Creek is flowing again. Tonight when I left the office the sun was shining and it was warm enough to take my heavy coat off! Oh, I love you sunshine. Thank you for coming back to me.
I forced Brian to drive around Kuna with me tonight while I took pictures … Wasn’t it just last week when I took pictures of the snow downtown? I cannot explain how happy springtime weather makes me feel. It energizes me! I want to jog around the block, open all the windows, and clean house!!! Whoa. Did I just say clean house? Maybe that’s going a little too far. But I definitely want to wander around and take pictures out in the warm air!
As much as I am wishing for Spring, this snowy scene was a beautiful sight on my way into the office Friday morning (in downtown Boise).
Brian and I love to go for drives (or hikes when it is warmer than an arctic tundra) and explore areas of Idaho. On Sunday we drove south (we live in Kuna, for anyone familiar with the area) past Melba, to Murphy Idaho, and west a bit to Reynolds Idaho. I have a couple of books on Idaho that I like to read and find out the history of the areas that we explore. Reynolds was just a handful of farms (ranches? I am not a cowgirl…) but it was really beautiful. It was cloudy and drizzly and gray, so I didn’t get spectacular photos, but I got a few that I am happy with (above is Day 14 of project 365). And I learned an interesting fact about Reynolds, Idaho from my copy of The Ultimate Idaho Atlas and Travel Enclyclopedia
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Reynolds was named after a prospector from Washington named John Reynolds. He was notoriously lazy, and his cohorts named the slow-moving creek nearby after him in honor of his slowness. The community nearby adopted the name Reynolds also.
On the way back home we stopped in Murphy so that I could take some pictures of some old buildings in town. A couple of my favorites:
