photography

bloom and fade

This life of ours would not cause you sorrow

if you thought of it as like

the mountain cherry blossoms

which bloom and fade in a day.

                                                            ~Murasaki Shikibu*

catching raindrops l

catching rain drops l

this print and others are now available through Fine Art America

*cited:

Women Poets of Japan

K Rexroth & I Atsumi

mountain cement…abandoned

Entering Laramie, WY from the south, we found ourselves drawn to a site of an abanoned factory…walking about with camera in hand, it was indeed a photographer’s dream.  Later, we learned that factory, Mountain Cement, was built in 1927 but eventually moved into a newer facility just north of the older buildings…

mountain cement

Currently, it seems to be an excellent site for those who enjoy the game of paint ball as well as for graffiti artists who express their creativity  with concrete canvases.

laramiefactory 1

drifting away…

how can I blame the cherry blossoms

for rejecting this floating world

and drifting away as the wind calls them?

                                                                           ~Shunzei’s Daughter*

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*cited:

Women Poets of Japan

K Rexroth & I Atsumi

weekly photo challenge: muse

It began last summer…an obsession with the globe-shaped plumed heads of the dandelion and salisify.  While both are rejected by landscape artists, these “wishies'” unique characteristics result in amazing macro images.

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Additional images submitted for this week’s challenge can be found at Muse

thursday’s special: traces of the past 02

The iconic Loveland Feed & Grain, built in 1892, is a hub of artistic energy in Loveland, Colorado…well…not “is” but “was”… it is currently closed and shuttered.

Yet, recent traces of The Feed & Grain’s past can be seen at luckybrakelimited.com

tracesofthepast

Inspired by Lost in Translation’s Thursday’s Special