Archive for the ‘Landscape’ Category

Japanese Festival

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

This past weekend, Lizzie and I went to a Japanese lantern festival in St. Paul.  There were lots of things to see, but we were especially taken with all the colors and patterns everywhere like these rows of paper necklaces…

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And these colorful lollipops

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How cute is this little girl!  Lizzie was mocking me for stalking her to get a good picture, but goodness gracious she was cute in her kimono.

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There were beautiful gardens with lovely plants

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And loads of beautiful umbrellas

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I’m especially taken with the one with the sparkly purple tassel

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And seriously, this paper art is crazy awesome!  These shots are details of a larger hanging with tons of flower folds all around it. 

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And finally, the actual lanterns themselves.

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Fourth of July Redux

Friday, July 10th, 2009

If you’re one of Bossy’s readers stopping by, hi!  And if you’re not, you should check out Bossy’s website after you’re done here.

I’m finally getting around to posting some of the pictures I took last weekend at the Minneapolis fireworks show.  We got there early to get a good spot and scope out the most interesting characters.  First up was this accordion player who was a little afraid of the camera, though I find him charmingly photogenic.

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Next up, the hippie fire-eater/juggler with quite the beard (and dreads which you can’t see in this picture).  I think I’d be a little bit afraid of fire being so close if I had a beard like that.

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This guy had a Where’s Waldo shirt on and I loved his glasses.  I don’t think I could pull off the glasses, but he made me wish I could :)

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And a little kid who seemed exceedingly pleased that I like his patriotic wig.

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And finally, we got to see a beautiful show.

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Flora

Friday, June 26th, 2009

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Wind Mill

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

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On the Edge

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

I made this composite image from two creative commons photos on flickr.  I was trying to work on my photoshop skills and was quite pleased with the results.  You can find the originals here and here.

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