Perfect Pairs: Gnarled

Curly willow tree

Exposed retaining wall supports

Perfect Pairs: Brown & White



Birdhouse in Kirkland

Rusted rebar in Kirkland

A Case of the Mondays, #5

I made a surprising discovery while looking at this page in the Office Cheesy Vendor Calendar.  When I was trying to match the greenish-brown background I was quite surprised to find the matching color on this particular strip.  I love the darker green, but not particularly the lighter, more yellow-y version.

Bonus assignment:  What is a hue that you like when it is dark, but not so much as its lighter version (or vice versa)?

Urban texture

Georgetown Earthtones

Captured this king of the forest:

Captured this little golden purrbox who didn't want to be captured:

Wasn't hard to capture this raku pot:

...or this metal flower:

...or this cast cross planted in a section of terra cotta pipe:

...or this uncommonly dark little plant:

It WAS hard to capture the dewdrops on a spider's web:

Browns and blues

Itchy, Ouchy Texture

Ouch!

Itch! I feel a need for Nivea:

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Within A Two Block Radius

All of these photos were taken within a 2-block radius in downtown Fremont; not surprising considering the unofficial motto of this Seattle neighborhood is De Libertas Quirkas...Free To Be Peculiar...

I've done my share of repurposing, but it never occurred to me to use spent bullets as tiny flower vases on a VW PeaceMobile:

Check out the way cool glass art wedged in between the fans. Whatever this place is, I'm thinking it's HOT and some very creative types work or live there...

Browns Around Town

I love the way the leaves and vines are held in place:

A prayer wheel, reflecting late afternoon sun:

Usually I photograph things just as I find them, but in this case, I have to admit the right half of the heart was askew, so I moved it to be a clearer heart shape.

This endearing engraving is found by some sewers in the Seattle area, reminding people that wildlife are affected by what we wash away:

I love these weathered, sunbleached leaves sandwiched between glass and behind glass in the back of an old warehouse.

The layers of metal, shadows, clear and striated glass caught my eye:

I was so tickled at how this shot looks so "artsy", with the stems getting increasingly blurry with distance. At least I think it's artsy (could be the joke's on me and it's just a blurry picture!)

I know it's nasty trash, but it's COOL, RUSTY nasty trash:

ROY G BIV

Remember the nifty memory aid to recall the colors of a spectrum...ROY G BIV? Well, that prompted me to make a journal supposedly created by the great, late, intrepid ornithologist, Roy G. Biv basically so I would have an excuse to make a bird collage in every different color.

Even though "brown" doesn't really have a place in Dr. Biv's world (the "B" stands for blue), I felt compelled to make several pages in that color family.

The first page consists of a fabric transfer on muslim, layered over several very textured pieces of fabric and ribbon. The background was done from several shades of brown acrylic paint. The second one used a page from a book so old and deteriorating it literally crumbled as I tried to glue it down. But how perfect is "Birdies' Ball" for goodness sake?