One of Grandma's photos

This is an amazing picture!  It was taken by my grandmother about 1900.  Old then, I suspect it's a ruin now.  At the time it was by itself in a field surrounded by sagebrush and with a few willows in the background.     If you're familiar with the desert you can almost color it in!                                                                                  

Cold Weather Sky

     Even in cold weather color like this will tempt me outside!  Usually without a coat.  The sunsets come and go so quickly that I simply don't have time.  It's worth it to get something that is this beautiful.  The Master Painter does not repeat a painting.  Each one is different and gorgeous.

More Sky Fire!

     These always amaze me.  The absolute beauty that fills the sky and how quickly it changes and fades to night.  This is one of those sunsets.  Directly over Blue Mountain.  I'm sure the Master Painter looked at it, nodded, and said, "This is a good one!"

A Blessing

Sometimes the light is so beautiful you just have to go outside and bathe in it.  This is one of those sunsets.  Hopefully when one of these happens, you  remember  to take your camera outside with you.  (And more importantly, snap a few photos.)  Something to look at when the evening isn't so blessed.

Who is she? Northern end of the Black Rock Desert

     This photo is so wonderful as it is.  It'd be even better if we had names and location.  The negatives were given to me by an elderly neighbor before she passed away.   Knowing where she lived as a young girl and where her family worked, I suspect it was the northern end of the Black Rock desert.  A ranching family.   And that sleigh was used! It'd been hitched up and drawn to where mother and son pose so nicely.  I expect the horse was too restive to be included considering the time it took to get a photo was some of those old cameras.  A wonderful image.  If anybody recognizes them, please let me know!

Lilies, Summer 2014

These are brave flowers!  This summer  has been so hot and dry that it has been very difficult to get much of a bloom.  The lilies came through!  Beautiful blooms and lovely colors.  

     I loved this and had to share.  Leave it to the English!