Posted on Wed, 23-May-2012Tue, 01-Jan-2013Black Canyon of the Gunnison Gorgeous claret cup blooms against the black canyon. We enjoyed our stop here on the way home from Utah. We met a fun Australian and enjoyed swapping stories – it is he that told us where to find this bloom and we set off just before sunset to find.
Posted on Sun, 20-May-2012Mon, 05-Oct-2015Canyonlands National Park A weekend of hiking and camping fun with friends Greetings from Us in Needles District Lost Hikers Joint Trail Hike Panorama Chessler Park Panorama Colorful Opuntia bloom in Chessler Park Spring in Chessler Park with Opuntia blooms Viewing The Solar Eclipse Ring of Fire at Pot Hole Point Playing around with Shadows during The Solar Eclipse Ring of Fire at Pot Hole Point The Shadows look like pictographs on Pot Hole Point during the Ring of Fire Solar Eclipse Enjoying the quiet times at sunset. We appreciate all the ranger led programs in the National Parks – Thank you! This special telescope allowed an amazing view of the solar eclipse – although the image was upside down.
Posted on Tue, 15-May-2012Mon, 05-Oct-2015Utah Sights Ready to do some MINI fun raising camping and hiking in Goblin State park Caught in the narrow slot of Little Wild Horse Canyon Gorgeous blue skies to hike White Canyon in Bridges National Monument Admiring the petroglyphs and reflections under Kachina Bridge Cactus bloom in White Canyon area Awesome campsite near Bears Ears Pass Enjoying the Panorama of Goosenecks State Park Moki Dugway! Those are some serious Twisties! Motoring towards Monument Valley
Posted on Mon, 30-Apr-2012Tue, 01-Jan-2013Kizuna: East Meets West bamboo site installation at Denver Botanic Gardens Working with Stephen Talasnik to set up his Floating World Bamboo installation in Monet Pond. Part of my role was to attach the white cable ties, they move in the wind looking similar to haiku wishes tied to trees in Japanese gardens. The team did a fun time lapse video of the water flooding back into the pond which you can see on this link. http://www.stephentalasnik.com/video_floating.html This tower of black bamboo adds a bit of the New York moment to our western plains. It was really fun to help build this and to watch it grow in the gardens. Fun to try to capture the spirits, reflections, and just to contemplate the changing patterns of the ripples in the water. A bit of Wabi Sabi in the gardens. I was inspired to write this haikuArtist Talasnik – Chaos meets Serenity: Float, Surrealist world The opening of the expanded Sho-Fu-En Japanese garden added a new area to view the floating sculptures. Tetsunori Kawana also created green bamboo sculptures that aged to a golden patina. The sculptures engaged all five senses: Sight, Smell, Sound, Taste, and Touch. When the 5 senses are united with the 5 elements (Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, Sky) there is harmony. These sculptures changed each time they were viewed. It was fun to experience and to photograph. Kizuna means bonds between People, Art and Plants. It was great to give tours and hear people’s reactions. I appreciated working with the other 80 plus volunteers which helped install, the artists with their visions, the staff/volunteers who supported the exhibit, the horticulturists/volunteers for the gorgeous plantings, and the public for visiting.