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.

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.

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.