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Showing posts with label Johannesburg. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

An Arabian Mare and a Little Christmas Piggy








Here are my latest two, an Arabian mare and a little sleepy piglet. They're both on eBay now. I'm having one of those days that I don't have a lot to say. It's been a bit chilly here. But not as cold as elsewhere in the U.S. I got out for a hike a couple of days ago and was surprised to see that the Mojave green rattlesnakes are still out and about even in this cold. I finally got to watch the movie, "There will be Blood"'. It reminded me of what this area must have been like back in its hay day. We have a bit of local drama going on concerning something very similar to the movie. A new mining firm bought out the area and it looks as if half of Red Mountain will have to move. Red Mountain is a neighboring community of about 100 people. Silver was mined there predominately. I'm not too sure what they are after now as the mine has been played out. One thing about buying property in this area is that you may own the land but not the mineral rights or you may own your home but not the land. The folks in Red Mountain fall in the latter category.

Monday, August 31, 2009

My Not-So Smoke Free Studio








The LA fires tripled in size on Saturday. And my once smoke-free studio is not so smoke free anymore. I took these photos last Saturday at about 2 in the afternoon. The sun was nearly blocked out and was an eerie blood red. The fires are over 100 miles away from where I live. But the mountains and foothills seem to trap all of the smoke here. The smoke seems like a minor inconveinence compared to what folks living in and near the fires are going through. I pray for their and the fire fighters' safety.


What Red Mountain looks like now.

This is what it normally looks like.