Branding irons dipped in paint to number the horses before the sale
I posted briefly on the Top of the Crop sale in Salina Utah. When Maggie and I arrived, some of the mares were being shown off on the grass next to the highway. Since Mapquest failed to locate the Livestock Producers Arena, we were happy for a clue that we were in the right place. Before the sale, we walked around with the buyers looking at the stock. I tried to talk to a few people, but everyone was consistently keeping their own counsel. Surely they could not have dreamed that I was going to bid against them!
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Clouds billowing over Mt. Leidy, east of Grand Teton National Park
Sunrise on our second day in Grand Teton NP - cold, some light clouds on the Teton range, not much color. Then heading back to the lodge for breakfast, I saw this scene. The clouds dissipated as fast as they tumbled around the peak, changing by the second.
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Snow on Signal Mountain
The snow started yesterday just as we entered the park and blew with a lake effect off Jackson Lake for most of the afternoon. It was so tempting to lie abed, because the storm wasn't predicted to lift until late today. But we did not. Went out to the Oxbow, because it was simple, fought off the hordes and got skunked by Mt. Moran, which should look like this or this.
So I found this instead. I really liked the rim of snow on the trees, and waited until the photography workshop and the other serious - oh so serious photographers left. In the meantime, I climbed up the ridge to clear some willows and waited. Until the sun came out. And this is the result.
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Amusement rides at the Peach Festival
Brigham City's Peach Days organizers hold it is the second oldest ongoing harvest festival in the nation. The parade began with every fire truck (or so it seemed) in Box Elder County, each one blaring its siren, lots of kids riding on top. I hope they had ear plugs. The usual suspects, politicans tossing candy to the crowds, marching scouts, waving beauty queens, went by in turn. I wonder if it is normal in other places for people to walk the parade route handing out plastic bags to the kids so they can collect their candy. More candy than Halloween, and some of the vendors tossed t-shirts and ballcaps.
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When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.
- Alfred Eisenstaedt
In a way, I never believed that it was me who found the places I photographed, but rather that the opposite is true. Those places called to me.
- Wim Wenders
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee AKA "The Yarn Harlot"
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee [left] entertained hundreds of knitters tonight at the Salt Lake Art Center. We'll let her blog about it. Thanks to Black Sheep Wool Co. and SLAC for hosting her talk. PS Go see the fiber exhibit at SLAC before it's too late. More photos below:
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