well, i have found out that my skirt turns at the rate of approximately 1 full turn per mile. this is useful information as up until this point i have been twisting my skirt back into place as i walk to work, but, since my work is pretty well 2 miles from my home, it should be the right way around by the time i arrive at the office.
how did i figure this out? well, on my way home from the stitch n bitch last night, i decided not to bother to try to keep my skirt on straight and just let it twist. in the 3 and a half mile walk home, it turned 3 and a half times, ending with the back pockets in the front.
the stitch n bitch was entertaining. i definitely learned some things, and some of them were even about knitting. sharon from the KR forums came also. She was just in town from PA for her mother’s birthday and, even though she had a horrific travel day, came and was knitting away on lace for a christening gown! wow. she must have patience.

most of the time

despite my previous post, i have made progress on a couple of images. you may notice that in these images, the whites are not so blown out (check out those slot canyons!!!) and i am feeling pretty good about a few pictures. i do feel that my color images were the stronger ones on that trip, however.

grr. waste of so much time, this picture here. see the fuzzy (that is the technical term, i believe) over to the right of the image? The one that looks like a sideways “D” with a loop-d-loop coming off it? well, if you don’t, let me send you a copy of the print, because it is highly visible there i spent most of friday night working on this image only to find that not-only is this loop in the neg, it maybe was on the lens, as i cannot get it out of my negative. sigh. but, in looking at the image now, i notice that the rocks in the foreground are a bit fuzzier than i thought they were and so it is perhaps better that i let this one go…

well, i did not get many black and white negatives scanned the otherr night, but i did get a few. i think some of these will do better in a print than in a negative scan, so if that is the case, i’ll post scans of the prints instead.

these are all from peekaboo and spooky slot canyons. again, taken with my nikon and a nikkor 24-50mm lens. It was really hard holding still, and it was very subdued light, so i was thrilled that any of these turned out at all!

i think the hard thing is that so many people have taken pictures of the slot canyons that is difficult to feel like yours are any different. some of mine are different here because the whites are totally blown out. go me! hopefully i can fix that in the darkroom

miss not-so-messy hair

yes, i got my hair cut this weekend and after she styles it it is always so neat! neat as in tidy and with hair products and stuff. it won’t last long, i don’t think i even have any hair products, other than shampoo and conditioner, at home anymore.