Sunday, December 14, 2008

my head is swimming


my head is swimming, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

yes, i'ts been a long time since I've last posted. my computer was dying... but I have a new one! and it snowed on the beach today! I woke up before dawn and dragged claire out to the spit to see the snow on the dunes.

I am giving you this


I am giving you this, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

sometimes dealing with roadkill I have a hard time dealing with feelings of disgust and frustration - rotting flesh can be disgusting, and if you want to preserve what you can of it, it's very difficult to keep from spreading the filth all over everything. last night I took care of a coyote that had suffered a blow to the chest that burst the capillaries in her lungs. out in the cold and without horrendous internal trauma, she was preserved as if still close to life. I had no sense of squeamishness about her flesh that I often have with roadkills. as I finished pulling the skin from her face, I was struck by the way the blood looked so much like tears. I am grateful to her for giving me her flesh to eat, for giving me her beautiful coat to wear, but most of all for showing me that bringing the dead back to life can be satisfying and beautiful .

sometimes we are hungry for nothing

solar system


solar system, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

following the footsteps of others

all together now


all together now, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

Thursday, October 02, 2008

alone in a crowd


alone in a crowd, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

we started a fire


we started a fire, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

mask night @ rabbitstick

this is my beet


this is my beet, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

dozens of fist-sized beets. I'll be pooping red for months.

IMGP0672


IMGP0672, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

patrick paddles his F1 on the henry's fork. there was a full moon, and a gorgeous sunset.

flying


IMGP0645, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

big boats, little car. big trip.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

road warrior


IMGP9628, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

thinking about you


IMGP9505, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

this one is from back in june, dad, kiliii, patrick and I went paddling on barney reservoir, which was at it's highest level I've ever seen it. we made it all the way back up into the swamp at the head of it. really pretty...

showy thistle


IMGP9329, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

these things stand out from the landscape in an incredible way - fuzzy, bright white, with bright magenta flowers.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

this is for your new album


IMGP0064, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

a couple of now-late photos from megan and ana's visit. I'm falling way behind on processing, I'm also running out of disk space. I'm working on it.

quiet on the set


IMGP0202, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

reaching up


reaching up, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

hell's half


hell's half, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

this is the southernmost edge of the hell's half complex, which is a 5 mile ride up the road (and river valley) from the house. I hear rumors that they have the southern edge mostly contained and calmed down now, and they're working primarily on the north half now.

skeletons


skeletons, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

facing southeast from within an old burn area, just a ways up the hillside from where this year's hell's half fire is burning now.

blackcaps!


blackcaps!, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

this is actually the second harvesting round on these blackcaps, I hit them once already. almost a gallon total harvest between this and another patch... maybe 3 or 4 hours picking time. only catch is that I had to literally wade through poison oak to get to some of them. I paid with a bit of a rash on my legs where my pants rode up, but it wasn't too bad. worth it!

the river


IMGP9921, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

this is the river, facing downstream (north west). this is a short walk across the valley/floodplain from the house.

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

electric blue


IMGP9700, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

I love the color of these wasps. I swear I didn't crank the color on this photo at all.

props to the color rendition from the K-10 for capturing it too.

greeting card


IMGP9686, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

pie


IMGP9263, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

the photo isn't the best, but the rhubarb-apple-pear pie was.

with honey and coconut milk. and yes, pie crust thrown together in five minutes might be a little crunchier but it's still damn good.

I'm the star now


IMGP9255, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

I am grappling with the fact that a large portion of my photography has been of people, which is something I don't see a lot of these days. so I've turned to occasionally attempting to photograph myself as a last resort.

I what you can't really see here is that I just went swimming and I'm also watching the sunset while I play. the solo time has been good for me so far...

trinity trees


IMGP9244, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

mariners


IMGP5168_1, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

from last summer.

I've got your cap


IMGP8764, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

ernie in the morning sun, during the recent umiak building camp. cedar grove sign in the background...

IMGP3539


IMGP3539, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

fog over the valley near veneta. from last year sometime...

sleeping ute


IMGP1784, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

more archives... sleeping ute mountain, in the four corners area, as seen during a break in a winter storm from an old cave dwelling ruin.

ghosts of wal-mart


IMGP0072, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

combing through the archives... from the january when I first bought the k-10.

Friday, June 13, 2008

watch out for the chicks


IMGP9218, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

if you look close, there's a quail chick in this photo. it seems like there might be up to a dozen or so in the little group, they're very cute, running around and peeping at each other. amazingly well camoflaged, and surprisingly fast and agile. I had a hard time getting even this.

I am watching


IMGP9212, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

there's a family of quail living in and around the back yard, you can hear them peeping away all day long. very cute.

this is teamwork


IMGP9192, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

caught these ants trying to stuff a large, very green beetle - still alive - into a very small crack. I need a better macro lens, the tight crop on this leaves much detail sharpness to be desired... still, I tried the optio and this shot with the SLR was better than what I got with the optio.

intent


IMGP9152, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

I stopped in cave junction to visit grandma & grandpa briefly. there's a couple more photos on flickr...

midnight cowboy


IMGP8889, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

you know what I mean.


found this old jacket in a pile of bins scraps, an outfit and prop were quickly assembled, and a 5-minute fashion shoot ensued. you don't want to see the rest.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

what happens when the sky falls?


IMGP9130, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

roots


IMGP9027, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

early morning view from our campsite on sucia island, facing east.

we are flounder


IMGP8923, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

noah pumping out zak's boat during open water rescue practice.

Monday, May 05, 2008

permanent stain


IMGP8830, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

laura using up the last of the stain on the new umiak frame, about 12 at night.

crab pots


IMGP8794, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

leia weaving crab pot netting in the barn at cedar grove during the umiak camp.

new umiak


IMGP8868, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

here's the new umiak at full length.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

steam punk II


IMGP8507, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

steam punk I


IMGP8485, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

blackboard


IMGP8440, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

Sunday, March 09, 2008

it didn't work


IMGP2539, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

I finally downloaded the photos off my old OPTIO. here's a couple shots from last summer of an attempt at sailing a catamaran of two kayaks lashed together.

it needed a keel of some kind. also, more wind would have helped. I will try again someday.

you were right


IMGP2544, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

Saturday, March 01, 2008

making dirt is a lot of work


IMGP8246, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

shaun flattens yet another strip of the final layer of our new earthen floor. I can see why we use concrete these days... this is a hell of a lot of work. we should have kept a log of people's volunteer hours for this project, it's taken more than I expected.

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IMGP7994, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

molly stands ready for the (video) camera

Thursday, February 21, 2008

steaming


IMGP7792, originally uploaded by thaddeusss.

jim pounds the heavy bag at SHIFT.