We met this photographer today at the Volcano Village Farmers' Market... wonderful work, and great lady to talk with.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Loft Lighting
Loft Lighting, originally uploaded by Laura Grace.
We invited some friends & neighbors (old & new) and some of Michael's colleagues from the Math Dept. at Georgia Tech and had a very informal party, which ended up being great fun, especially after the puppy arrived... We asked everyone to bring a little tealight candle... as it turns out, we have enough left over for the next year, because our Decatur-across-the-street neighbors were cleaning out their attic, and brought over a grocery sack FULL of tea lights and a bunch of those cool little glass holders...
Friday, January 21, 2011
What I was thinking about...
I was remembering my very first place of my own, in 1975. It was the upper floor of a house in a fairly sketchy neighborhood of Hazel Park, we lived about 3 blocks from 8 Mile Road. Yes, The 8 Mile Road as in the movie (which I haven't seen, but maybe you have).
I remembered being there alone for the first time, before getting married for the first time, and cleaning out the clunky old fridge; I was really excited about having our own place.
After I was done, I walked down to The Blue Dot Cafe, and ordered some fried chicken... I asked what were "hush puppies" and the dear lady said "Oh honey, you've never had hush puppies? You have to try them!" and I did and I liked 'em a lot, and now I live in hush puppy land. By the way, the area was known as HazelTucky because so many people had migrated north to work in the auto factories, and the Blue Dot lady did NOT sound like a Michigander...
And now, Michael & I are living in the loft which is owned by our daughter and her husband-to-be... and I was alone cleaning a kitchen and being excited about new times, and thinking about old ones.
early morning light
so wonderful to see the sun again! And... this morning it was so quiet that I heard a church bell ringing the hour... I love that sound.
Elsewhere: Castleberry Hill....Across the Gulch, from Peters St. Bridge
From now until the end of the semester (ie late April) Michael & I will be commuting between our home in Decatur and Emma & Stefan's new loft space in Castleberry Hill. They've been encouraging us to consider moving down here, and this just worked out well, since they aren't ready to sell or rent their current loft, which is just down the street.
The experiences have been interesting enough, to me anyway, that I'll do a bit of writing about it, now and then.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Gone The Sun... (from 2008)
gone the sun...
Originally uploaded by Laura Grace
Originally uploaded by Laura Grace
Taken from the top of a 3-story tower at The Mountain, a Unitarian Universalist retreat center near the Georgia/North Carolina border. This is a truly relaxing place, with fantastic views across the Blue Valley.
http://www.mountaincenters.org/
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
CLICK HERE: PHOTO BY: Scott Sansenbach: Staghorn Coral
Also, not in Puerto Rico. But very much like what we were swimming above this morning; I don't have an underwater camera (yet?!) so I'm looking for good photos on flickr of what we saw...
Photo is by Scott Sansenbach
Photo is by Scott Sansenbach
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Tres Palmas Nature Reserve (click here)
We were snorkeling there this morning.... it was WONDERFUL!! We followed a huge school of bright blue fish for a long time...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Flor de Perita, Malay Rose Apple (Syzygium malaccense) - 4
Taken from the balcony outside the door to our hotel room; there is a lovely little garden there; these blooms are typically WAY up there, so having a 2nd floor balcony helps a lot.
Monday, March 22, 2010
San German streets and buildings - 13
A beautiful little town, with scenes like this interspersed with decaying buildings. The second oldest city in Puerto Rico.
Iglesia German de Auxerre Nave - 3
trompe-d'oeil (painted) ceiling. The priest let us come in and we had a lovely conversation with him...
Porta Coeli Museum... tiles
These were in a museum created to house religious art and artifacts. An excellent example of using images to tell the stories of the Bible.
Recent Visitors to my blog (last 36 hours)
I can guess who a lot of these visitors are... let me know if I was right...
Anasco, PR
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Austin, TX
Bloomington, IN
Bratislava, Slovakia
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New Westminster, BC Canada
Pune, India
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San Luis Obispo, CA
Smyrna, GA
Vancouver, BC Canada
Viby, Arhus, Denmark
West Chicago, IL
Yerevan, Armenia
San German - my patient husband
I wait patiently while theorems dance through his head and fall out, in ink, on paper. He waits patiently while I photograph everything in sight...
Love you, dear!
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Arecibo Karst Hills (photo credit: GeoSpaceJPK)
I wanted a photo better than the one I took as we were whizzing along Route 22. Thanks to GeoSpaceJPK for allowing blogging of his images.
Elsewhere: Puerto Rico -- Today's Quiz
Elsewhere's Exclusive Quiz for the day: What do areas outside of Bloomington, Indiana have in common with the areas outside of San Juan, Puerto Rico?
The third important physiographic feature is the karst region in the north. This area consists of formations of rugged volcanic rock dissolved by water throughout the geological ages. This limestone region is an extremely attractive zone of extensive mogotes or haystack hills, sinkholes, caves, limestone cliffs, and other karst features. The karst belt extends from Aguadilla, in the west, to a minor haystack hills formation in Loíza, just east of San Juan.
And... if you'd like to learn ALL about karst, and see some good photos: look here
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