crlazlo meanderings: 2014

Thursday, May 15, 2014

window clouds

I did it again, or rather, I'm doing it again. Whenever I get into a big home remodeling project, my walking and my photography fall by the wayside. I'll return in a few weeks or so, but here's one shot I took when I was doing one of my shopping/walking routines last week. I purposely parked farther away from the stores so I HAD to walk, and I ALWAYS bring my camera. I got a bunch of cool window/cloud shots...

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Walking with Old People, and the "Picture Police"

I walked in the Mall (Southcenter) this morning because it was raining hard when I left home. The first time in years, ever since the "picture police" pulled up in their pick up and told me "don't do that". I was out in their parking lot taking a photo of a puddle. Yep, a puddle in their black top parking lot, but with this very nice blue sky and white clouds reflection happening. My kind of photo :) A young guy read me the rules. Nothing to do with 9-11 by the way. I told him I probably have hundreds of photos I took over the previous years INSIDE the mall...everything from bald mannequins to reflections of reflections in display windows. I said look at this...the photo I just took. "That's nice", seeing the sky shot in a puddle. Then I showed him a few shots still on my memory card from the day before...the Green River, with the bridge down by the Tukwila Community Ctr, and a sunrise... "That's beautiful." But I still had to cease and desist. I put my little camera (at that time) in my pocket and resumed my walk. Sigh...

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

creative energy

I'm in a good place right now...reminds me of my time on Lopez (Island). Because I lived alone that second stay there, and I worked with power tools for blocking out my wooden boxes, I tried to limit that work to my mornings, when I was more alert, etc. A nice memory is that I was enjoying that creative period so much that I had to train myself to fall asleep at night. My meditations and mindfulness helped. Sometimes, it was like the only reason I got into bed was to get the rest my body and mind needed so that I could get back up and start working again...

I need to edit these photos. I will do so later. I remember that I traded the box I made for a friend of mine who worked at a photo processing lab. In return for the photos, I made her a box with little boxes inside to showcase her charm bracelet collection pieces.