Photographs from the (Early) Fall Time

We can all get a little camera-happy from time to time.

NOT a desk job

I have always thought that the profession of a landscape designer should not be a desk job...


Unless, of course...



it is this desk...


right there.


Viola. Nice to meet you.



View out my office "window". The world is my window.


And this guy is so funny...maybe I should take him with me tomorrow to get a haircut!

Mr. Coats

Today I was wishing I had my horse, Mr. Coats, with me.


(But you don't have a horse named Mr. Coats. You don't even have a horse!)

Oh yeah. Hee.

Phase 1

Phase 1 is done. Concepts A, B and C are ready for Client review. I spent the good portion of the day on site, just becoming more familiar with the feel and the dynamics of the terrain. I walk the site - down the hill to the thicket of maples and firs. I feel the needles. I pull one off and roll it back and forth between my finger and my thumb. The land needs to get used to me if it going to speak to me - and tell me of it's desires. One must be patient. Listen. Watch. Feel. Let yourself become apart of the rocks, the soils, the sage. As it starts to speak it's in almost inaudible tones...like a cello starting low and deep with long pulls of the bow. Then it becomes richer, more vibrant...sometimes I can hear it sing.

Walking

I have been thinking and studying much about paths and path systems as it relates to the landscape.

I have met but one or two persons in the course of my life who understood the art of walking...who had a genius, so to speak, for sauntering.

Henry David Thoreau

I hope that one day, I may be that one - or one of those two persons.

Blank Canvas

A blank canvas is set before me...


...the land will tell me what to paint.

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If I was a singer/songwriter - than I would have written this song. "We will not grow old" is another good one from Lenka. -

Goodness and Fruit Rolling

This time of year I always get a hankering for grapefruit. Oh wow.



An addendum to this post:

So it had to happen - it was inevitable...and although it's not as inexpensive as five dollar fun- grapefruit and cantaloupe rolling can be just as fun. And yes - it is done nation-wide.

The CLaN






PRePaRaTioNS/aMMo





Rolling...


Rolling....


Rolling....hmmm...didn't quite do what it was supposed to.



Rolling...rolling...


Bingo!

A bit of the aftermath








The Cantaloupe worked MUCH better - roll at approx. 45MPH


LOL

Saturday Mornings

Saturday mornings made better by NPR's

I Love Sour Cream

I love sour cream. I just love sour cream.

I love it on:
*Baked Potatoes
*Tamales
*Taco Salad
*Anything Mexican really
*Ham (especially)
*Pumpkin Soup
*Roasted Squash Soup
*Chili
*Fancy Jello
*......

And I also love that bicycle that is just below us. I just love that bicycle.

A quite evening.

So I am sitting here feeling like I should post something. Hmmmm...

?

But I am quite clueless as what to say or think.

I am sitting here. In a clients house. Listening to "Against All Odds" on the system. (Allysha, this where we drive around singing with all our souls...."turn around and see me cry!" Oh man! The Great Hall seems to have great acoustics).

Spending the night.

Strange you may think - staying in a client's house, all alone. But - yeah. And at this time, I would love it if I was in the mood to describe my surroundings, and my work that occurs here at this particular house - but my mind is _________. Someday you'll get a post about this project. But that day is not this day.

I ate left over chili that I brought up from Kim and Kevin's - Kim is becoming quite the fab chef. And I am becoming quite the fab beneficiary!

I am looking into bikes...test rode an electric bike the other day. Should I go that route? Or - should I get a scooter and also a piecer of a regular bike and modify it into my own, custom-made, custom-designed townie? Eh? The latter sounds like it may be the way to go. Then when I need to get around town in a simple way - I take my scooter. It will do hills better than an electric. Then, if I am feeling a little more simple and smiley and take-your-time-for-a-joy-ride - I take my own, custom-made, custom-designed townie. Bikes make me laugh.

This is what is mostly on my mind at this exact moment. Bikes. (That and shower curtains). I think my mind needs something completely trivial to think about, since it has been wrapped tightly around issues that are anything but trivial.

Who wants to go for a bike ride?

We could laugh.

aN ouTiNG

Want to go to...

the Zoo?


I had my day booked out - organizing, cleaning, errands, and getting ready to move. Dropped it all...


Yes!


The girls watching the zebras -


Love their jackets.





Along for the ride, she was very good.


The gang!


The carousel was a must





I bought the girls cotton candy while they where riding on the carousel.


Excited for that first taste!
Cotton candy has a magical quality to it - doesn't it?


She wasn't so sure about this cotton candy business...I don't think she's ever had it!


Nope


Not gonna eat it. Camera shy.


This kid, on the other hand, is NOT camera shy...every time I scooted back to get a better shot, he scooted forward until his face was right up to the lens - it was hilarious!


"Lemme see that."


?


You're a goof!




He was mostly fascinated by the fire hydrant as we were on our way out...then I remembered how much I loved climbing fire hydrants when I was young.





Oh yes - I did go...see!