The Importance of Clouds

The Importance of Clouds

Click on this SoundCloud link to listen to an audio recording of today’s Blog. It can be difficult to shoot landscapes without clouds. This picture, minus the clouds, is rather boring. It lacks drama. The contours of the mountains become flat. The sky is flat. The picture is flat, yet add these clouds and the picture […]

DOOMED! (Well, Maybe) – by Doug Brauner

DOOMED! (Well, Maybe) – by Doug Brauner

Photo: Copyright Duane Story, Dog https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ Flickr https://goo.gl/uvh8Bc Edmund Burke is quoted as saying, “Those who don’t know their history are doomed to repeat it.” I don’t know the context of his comments but I do know that he was supportive of the American colonies against King George III in the British House of Commons. Maybe he […]

Standing Alone

Standing Alone

Click on this SoundCloud link to listen to an audio recording of today’s Blog. What in the world is this aspen doing standing among these pine trees? There is no reason for it to grow here.  As you might be aware, aspen do not reproduce through seeds. Instead they grow like weeds through their roots. So, […]