as winter ends V02

learning new sports

old cars in new parking spots

looking up

mustache march

ural not gonna believe how much fun it is

some days need more than water

winter growth

stopping to look

as winter ends

winter is ending...so, I'm posting a few memories as it leaves...

 David Marx showed me around his mountain in-between saying hello to every snow bunny, ski patrol, local tele power hound, hot doggers, and the afternoon liftys.

Ross Peterson gracing me with one of his clasic powder turns...

 Kevin Scott finding fun on little places

 kids I don't know

happy april

friends going to great places

click on the book to see some pages!

My fantastic friend, visual artist and educator Eileen Rafferty has just published the first edition of Butterflies and Anvils, a quarterly photographic journal filled with inspiration and art.  She features an artist every time. This time, it's the wonderful Elizabeth Stone, another fantastic friend, visual artist and educator. The journal is available through Magcloud and you can purchase it through this link: http://www.magcloud.com/browse/Issue/168106.

It was just a thought in her mind.... now it's real.

crosscountry skiing in Montana

"There is a privacy about it which no other season gives you.... In spring, summer and fall people sort of have an open season on each other; only in the winter, in the country, can you have longer, quiet stretches when you can savor belonging to yourself."
- Ruth Stout

inspiration

When does an inspiration board become a collage? Well, if I went to far...lie to me.

 I have a big year coming up and I wanted to start within...
...and that led me to do an inspiration board (duh)...and in the end, I found it was full of strength, contrast, ideas, creativity, nostalgia, and a sense of calm. What a great thing to do at the start of a new year. (break some copyright laws and sniff some glue -ha!)

hey mama, does the torn edges and magazine mix bring you back to the good old days? can you hear the scissors? can you smell the pop corn covered in olive oil and brewers yeast?

mamas on wheels

Here in Missoula we have a fabulous magazine made for moms called Mamalode. The two ladies below asked me to document their adventures with the Hellgate Rollergirls as they learned to skate fast, stop safe, and what it means to be in the circle of pain. You can still get this article on the magazine stand or you can click here and go to page 37.

http://bluetoad.com/publication/?i=52505

Thanks Elke and Dori for including me and suPer thanks to Darby Smash (hot roller mom) for making it happen.

holiday leftovers

 

1 cup holiday cookies
2 cups water

Soak the cookies in water for 60 seconds.  Blend for 30 seconds. Strain through cheesecloth. Take the cookies out of the cloth and blend again with 2 more cups of water for 30 seconds. Strain through the same cheesecloth. Throw cookie grounds in your mouth. Drink milk.

almond power

I'm inspired by Hailey King. She photographs her world of baking, in a soft intimate way, making me wish I lived with her. In her honor, I thought, I would share how to make your own almond milk. I can't believe how impatient I am when photographing still life. I don't know what to do with something that can't pop out it's hip or bend the elbow more...oh well.

My mother is one of the most healthy food makers, food preparers, and label readers out there. She influences her bothers, maybe her sister, maybe my sister, her mother and defiantly me with her organic this and her no-growth-hormone that. I spent the holidays with her and now...I will be making my own almond milk.

1 cup almonds (organic - duh)
2 cups water

Soak the almonds over night in water. Mix almonds and water in blender for 30 seconds. Strain through cheesecloth. Take the almonds out of the cloth and mix again with 2 more cups of water in blender for 30 seconds. Strain through the same cheesecloth. Throw almond grounds and cloth away. Drink milk.

california hanging out and playing - part one