The World's Got Talent

Sue and I returned from a brief but very needed photo trip to Utah and Arizona. Upon our return we found a blog entry sent by our son Brady. I was so taken by the artist that I wanted everyone to have a chance to see her work. The best I could do was to send it along to each of you.

I will get back to my own images shortly.

Enjoy!!!

Sunday, September 27, 2009

The World's Got Talent

Here is the impressive Kseniya Simonova from Ukraine's Got Talent... If they did a global competition, I suspect she'd crush the Western dancers...

She paints with sand, and tells the story of the impact of WWII on Ukraine (hard for us to comprehend - one in four Ukrainians died). This is what I gleaned from the comments. The sand painting starts in 1941. A young couple's love is interrupted by Germany's attack on the Soviet Union, and the man goes off to fight. She has his baby while waiting for him to return, but eventually she receives a letter about his death. The obelisk with a star on the top is a memorial to all people from the Soviet Union who died in this war. The writing at the end of the story reads,"You are always with us." And for you heavy metal buffs, the music concludes with an adaptation of Metallica's Nothing Else Matters.


Note: the second button for the right on the bottom let's you view the video in full-screen.

May 24,2009 Update on California Home

It has been way,way too long since I let anyone know where we were on the new home. Well, we are getting there. To us it seems slow but everything is moving on schedule and we expect to move from the trailer into the new house this summer. There is still a significant amount to be done but our level of excitement continues to rise. Heck, we should even have a driveway soon.

A New Age

Viewing this image makes me feel a bit philosophical. At this moment my feelings relate to the new year, the new presidency and hopefully to some meaningful changes. The image was born amidst wildfire smoke in Northern Botswana. The smokiness had the same sort of visual impact on both sunrise and sunset.

Just Watching

It's been a while since the image of our new digs. Since then we have just sort of been watching everything that's happening - politics, events around the world, financial news (nothing very pleasing). Only the house has been an almost constant learning experience and an "upper".

Bent House Status

Royal Oaks California November 11, 2008

For those who know we are moving to California and even for those who don't.
This is our home to be from the back garden area. Just think of it as a long rectangle in a live oak grove but think of the house as being bent to fit the grove.

Dick

Aerial Abstract

Damaraland Namibia

As I review, think rediscover, my images from Namibia I continue to be amazed at the "other worldliness" of the country.

Sue and I are about to cross the U.S. on our way to California with the dogs so there won't be any new images for a while.

Enjoy the election, I hope we will.

Dick

Mud spa for old men

Etosha waterhole - Namibia

A place for old men to wallow, cover themselves with hot grey mud and then stand in the sun until the mud dries. They then become the white elephants of Etosha. Sort of like the clay masks sold at the pharmacy for better skin care. Above is the mud bath prep phase. I will share the drying phase at a later date.

Dick