the other corner .....

the other corner ....., originally uploaded by annschneider.

Trying so hard to get ready to get myself to Colorado. We leave Wednesday am and as much as I hate to leave my family...i will be happy to be there. It's different.

birthday girl

birthday girl, originally uploaded by annschneider.

We had a great party today. At my grandaughter's house...brave woman, my daughter. A magic theme with a magic man. The bunny was the very big hit. Out he popped!

all the way down the valley.....

all the way down the valley....., originally uploaded by annschneider.

Just one of the most beautiful views in the world. I am leaving to spend some time there in a week and a half. It will be heavenly......and this view is from my yard.

just a flutter .....

just a flutter ....., originally uploaded by annschneider.

This is from the Birmingham Gardens a few years ago. I am still in love with it.
We tried to see' Brideshead Revisited' tonight. Huge storm in Atlanta...electricity went off in the theater and it is probably still off.....5 hours later!

sunset golf......

sunset golf......, originally uploaded by annschneider.

I took a short detour when I drove my grandaughter home this evening. I used to live across from this beautiful scene and as I get older I find it more and more lovely. It is peaceful and a very special place.

road to town .....ridgway

road to town .....ridgway, originally uploaded by annschneider.

It just isn't fair that eeryone cannot see the way the Cimmarons light up at sunset. It is magical and mystical.

practice.......

practice......., originally uploaded by annschneider.

An interesting chance to see the difference a ttv makes in a photograph. All reversed and so vintage looking.

birthday concert.......

birthday concert......., originally uploaded by annschneider.

Just amazing how quickly a child can learn. We listened to Josie play and it was beautiful and a total joy.

I waited until the very last day to complete my entries for the Artist's Alpine Holiday in Ouray Colorado. It is all done and Fed Ex is supposed to get it there tomorrow. How they do that I will never know. I put three pieces up for inclusion so we'll see what gets in the main gallery ...if anything.
I so wanted to put a TTv in but just wasn't sure how they would think of it. A lot of people don't know about it yet and one of the rules was no computerized art...which they could think it was. Better safe than sorry.

Through the viewfinder

A new way of working has opened up and I have found that being creative with photography can suddenly take a turn and be the most interesting thing in your life. TTv is a way of producing gloriously moody, and much more interesting photographs, by shooting with a digital camera through the viewfinder of a vintage camera. It is magical and definitely a joy to experience making art in this special way.

Some of my photography is for sale on etsy.com. Click above.

It's been strange......

It has been very different without my Mac for three and a half weeks. It has taken this long to get it to accept my internet here and we finally just hooked up a wireless system and somehow we managed to get everything going. It took a lot of people...Sorry!
I am in Ridgway now and really enjoying the magnificent views. I also walked into my favorite antique shop here....Magpie Antiques and there was the duaflex camera I have been looking for.....now I have to make my contraption and see what I can do. Very excited.
My view to the north at sunset.

after the wedding......

From Jen's wedding ....the flower girl headpiece...I'll save it forever.

night scene....eclipse

Taken a few years ago during an eclipse in Chattanooga. Still eerie.

I have missed two days...just crazy times and my birthday on the 6th. I think I've gained a few pounds from all the cake.
Here are just some pup photos.My wonderful and very special little dog.Still a baby in the second one.

Time is flying by. It happens every summer, but the days started to disappear quickly this year and it's still early June.

Hot sun makes for fading hydrangeas. Interesting how the pink ones turn blue as they dry out.

A card, all cut out like paper dolls and unfurled in front of my bedroom window. Hot summer day outside, cool and dim within.

Love it. Just framed to be similar to a TTV...but it looks way too new.

I am trying to get everything together for my first month of this summer in Colorado. I never remember what is where. I need to work when I get there and I don't even know how much glass is there and what tools and which paints....or even what clothes!

Spent the day with Josie and a joy as usual. She is getting so  old and tall and she is only about to be 6......and reading what she calls"chapter books".

my two nests......

I've owned these nests for years and have grave fears of them falling apart. The large paper wasp nest I have because a neighbor was terrified of wasps and insisted it had to come down. I have always felt guilty about it and keep it in my dining room to remind me that fear is no reason to eliminate a thing of beauty.  The small one i found in the street. It's lovely too.

These are not TTV's ..... just adjusted a little in a much more boring way,  with no special scratches or drama,  with my mac. One is done with a white matte and one with black masking. Boring...believe me!

changes.......

I'm not sure but things seem so different. I have discovered so many creative ideas and I want to learn way too many of them. I have been painting,(Please check my etsy site for that.. Loghill Studio ),  often instead of making beads and making some jewelry which I sell and now I just want to look through an old scratchy viewfinder with my digital camera and make gems of small art pieces that have touches of the past and the future in them.  I am leaving for a month in Colorado in a week and so I need to get started quickly so when there I can hold that beautiful land hostage in an old frame. 

The roses and cakestand is an old photo taken originally with a canon 35 mm camera , I then took a digital photo of the photograph...I know it will be so much more interesting,  someday, shot through a viewfinder.I must be patient. I have to say that Val Cox and her many photographs through her various viewfinder cameras has inspired me to find the time to do this.

Thanks !

The chapel shot is the morning after my daughter Jenny's wedding in Palmetto Bluff, SC. Of course, I could not sleep, and rose to take photos early and walked into the chapel, still full of love and emotion from the night before, with all the people we love around us, and caught the sun coming up to try and put an end to our perfect weekend. ......andmy grandaughter, one of the flower girls and her Dad. Memories sweet. Wish these photos were TTV!!

My favorite new thing from my favorite store....this hat..GO International....Jovovich-Hawk

everything looks and feels great! This hat is perfect. I suggest .."get it now"!

Kind of interesting how life changes. I have this urge to move permanently somewhere small and quiet, such as my adopted Ridgway Colorado, or to New York City. There is a special energy in both places and I have experienced both.  Love both, in fact. Difficult choices since it's kind of late in my life. I think of my mother, she was so brave in the face of my dad's fatal and devastating battle with cancer. She packed us all up and moved to Miami Beach, where some of us thrived and some of us withered a little but ultimately found our own voices.

On another note.....

I discovered something this week that I'm sure has been around forever. In fact, speaking of my mother here, I vaguely remember her using a product like this but I don't believe it was readily available in the 50's or 60's. Anyway, It is tomato paste in a tube. It may sound unimportant but if you love a good rich Italian taste for your sauces, you need tomato paste and,  if, you are cooking a quick meal for two or three, you need it even more. A little saute' of olive oil,onion, garlic and tomato paste mixed in with angel hair is one of the fastest meals you can make. ....and one of the best, with whatever other additives you desire.

For that quick meal.....there are new plates at Target that are gorgeous and plastic(if you can believe that!  I've never used plastic plates at home before.) Deep brown with gold aspen type leaves...heavenly....go check them out! Unfortunately they are not in the catalogue, possibly because they are just bowls and salad plates....but they are beautiful for casual snacks.