Tulip on

Tulips, lines, awards.

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks to all the well-wishing I walked away pretty thrilled with the outcome of the Mountaineers’ photography show. Three of my photos took awards, including the Best in Show:

Awards

tulips

Best in Show & Best Plant

flower

Honorable Mention & Best Macro

sunset and water wave

Best Sunr(ise|set)

Take-aways

First, I didn’t name any of my photos, the only photographer, I think, who did not. Throughout the evening I kept hearing “D-S-C-1-2-3-4 by Brian Zimmer” – never again.

Snowdown, saws, show.

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000

I haven’t been at the computer or behind the camera recently because I’ve spent the last two weekends clearing the mess left behind from the storm of the century – we had some serious snowdown.

I borrowed a chain saw from a friend yesterday but I’m so in love with my Bahco hand saw (and afraid of most gasoline-powered tools) I ended up felling and bucking the trees by hand – it’s more work but certainly more rewarding and carbon free. Some trees I pushed back to standing so if the ground dries out they stand a chance otherwise I’ll continue to add to the wood pile.

Thistles, tulips and oyster mushrooms.

Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Our land – one of the primary reasons we moved – slowly creeps towards summer.

I love these purple thistles.

The tulips are almost spent but still showing off.

I found this while fixing the electric fence. I’m pretty sure it’s an oyster mushroom but I’m verboten from sampling.