On one of the discussion lists to which I belong, several people were discussing Art Trading Cards, an art form in which I have dabbled using my carved images. This one, of the hawk, is probably my favorite. I’ve put up a large image of of the others that I have done.
What horses see
I enjoyed today’s Non Sequitur which reminds me of many a trail ride on Hap. One time the poor horse couldn’t find anything better to spook at than a butterfly. (Link expires in two weeks.)
Happy Equinox
The Astronomy Picture of the Day illustrates the spring equinox.
Radioactive Boy Scout
At first, I thought The Radioactive Boy Scout sounded like satire when I heard a discussion on NPR this morning. However, evidently a boy scout set out to build a homemade nuclear reactor in a backyard shed.
PhotoIntegrity
In Photointegrity, Tim Bray discusses his philosophical approach to enhancing and altering his digital photos before publication. I’ve thought about some of the same issues, and, like Tim, rarely go beyond cropping and color correction because I want my photo to approach what I thought I saw.
Arnie
All cats should have their own jungle.
Hoofbeats in the Dark
This time of year we usually feed the horses after sunset. Although we have electricity in the barn, there are no lights between the house and the barn. I know the way so well that it is usually no problem, even on moonless nights, to walk out to the barn and turn the lights on. I actually enjoy the walk, because I can look at the stars.
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Yesterday, I worked out how to make mandalas from photographs using “The Gimp”:http://www.gimp.org/. I started with the instructions for making mandalas using Photoshop at “Earth Mandalas”:http://www.earthmandalas.com/how/. This mandala of six spokes is based on a “photo of my shamrocks”:http://www.stardel.com/fiveacres/archives/002566.html that I took in February, unlike the “mandalas I made last year”:http://www.stardel.com/dmnindex.htm which had five spokes.
Wallpaper
Saturday I became bored with my desktop wallpaper (which was one of my own photographs) and went surfing for something new. I found the site “Visual Paradox”:http://visualparadox.com/gallery.htm via “Google”:http://www.google.com. This site has a variety of images for wallpaper in various sizes, including a nice selection of alien landscapes. I saved several for future use, and my desktop now looks like the following:
Hap
After Hap finished playing in the water on Saturday, he walked over to the fence line to see why people were laughing at him.