The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it."- Ansel Adams Atop Goodner Mountain, AL Kodak HIE-IR* (Photos in my albums with an * were taken be me using a Pentax K1000 and/or a Canon Rebel 2K w/Sigma lenses and Cokin Filters~ The pix marked with a # were shot by me with a PENTAX K10D~'To the complaint, 'There are no people in these photographs,' I respond, 'There are always two people: the photographer and the viewer.' Ansel Adams~~Pentax K1000 for Infrared(IR) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I LOVE WALES WITH A PASSION! ~~~IT IS MY DESTNY~~~~ ^Portmeirion, Wales ~ The "Village" in the 60's TV series "The Prisoner", HIE-IR* ^Pistyl Rhaeder Water Fall~ Mid-Wales *~ ~~Check out my album from our trip to Wales July 4th-18, 2004, it was our 20th Wedding Anniversary. ^Wild Flowers on the Pembroke Coastal Walk~ St.David's Head *~ ^The Gower~South Coast~Sheep can go anywhere and everywhere they want to go. And they do *~ ^Pass of Llanberis~ Where we'd love to live *~ ^Aberaeron Harbor *~ ^Pentre Ifan, Mid Wales *~Remember the people from whom you came - CYMRU~Most important in my life is God and family and trying to make life better as I go. My Welsh heritage and teaching myself the language. "Yn dysgu Cymraeg, araf" Serving and singing in my wonderful home church Union Hill Baptist, making my home a haven for the people I love, creating art that matters, spending time in my secret lab (Darkroom) working with nasty chemicals, I'm a Kodak HIE Black and White Infrared film junkie! Oh, and I have rediscovered the joy of painting and plan to teach myself and attempt portraits soon. Who knows, this might lead to doing oil portraits! Creating stained glass and drawing graphite portraits from photographs. I live for AUTUMN. Despise Summer. I love gardenias, lavender, honeysuckle, dragonflies and waterlilies. FINE QUALITY CHOCOLATE and GOOD COFFEE! I'd rather have jade than diamonds, cotton than satin and silver than gold. I care nothing at all for cats, poodles or wasp!(I have my reasons) I am always up for any artistic or creative challenge. I'm just trying my best to do whats right with the time God has given me~ ~MAXFIELDMINI~ ~2005 Mini Cooper w/CVT Black Eye Purple/ White Roof~ My Daddy was a shade-tree mechanic and I was his little helper. I've always been facinated by all things automotive and I'm still and bit of an auto-nerd~ If you love to drive~drive what you love My '05 Headlamp~ This shot is by Daryl Canon of Killboy.com, HWY 129~The Tail of the Dragon~318 curves in 11 Miles! BlueSky #~ ^North American Motoring Signature created by COOPERation FUN!? IT'S 100% FUN! MINI COOPER DISCLAIMER: IF A MINI COOPER PASSES YOU, PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT AS A CHALLENGE! WE JUST NEED TO GET AROUND YOU FOR GOOD REASON OR WANT TO GO SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN YOU ARE GOING. IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL OR A THREAT TO YOU OR YOUR AUTOMOBILES ABILITIES, SERIOUSLY!
I'd like to meet:
Above all others, I'll see Jesus face to face one day :D King David, Maxfield Parrish, Vincent VanGogh, Owain Glyndwr, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Michaelangelo, Ansel Adams, Buster Keaton, Red Skelton, The Marx Brothers, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis C. Tiffany, Gene Kelly, I guess I want to meet alot of dead guys. Among the living, Ioan Gruffudd, Elijah Wood, Jim Carey, Tom Jones, Rhys Ifans, Steve Oedekerk, Robin Williams, Weird Al, Michael Palin, Craig Ferguson, John McCain. For some reason I have only males on my list....how about...Mary, there :) ^Waterfall at Artist Point YNP, WY* ^My Daddy, Milford Perkins ^Tintern Abby, Wales~ HIE-IR-Sepia Toned* ^Scarry Freaky Tree,AL,HIE-IR* ^Peacock Feather, origonal design for Michael and Nicole Evans wedding~"The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes." ~Frank Lloyd Wright ~US architect (1869 - 1959)
Music:
~MUSIC~MUSIC~MUSIC~ These songs are more than music…they are the blueprint of my life. From a long struggle until finally finding love, finding God, finding strength and finding me. The hardest test I have endured in my life was when my husband was deployed to Afghanistan. These are musical stepping stones and will forever ring as an anthem of my love for not only my wonderful husband but for this wonderful life God has graced me with. My prayer is that my life will spill over into the ones I love. May it be a never ending ripple in a endless river of God~ even when I am long gone~
~THANK GOD FOR MUSIC AND ART, what a sad world it would be without it. Nothing but stinking Reality Shows and Sports! I LOVE real God given talent! Soul and R&B and Gospel, Pop/Classic Rock and Classical. NO Country OR Western OR Southern Gospel please. I have ONLY 2 country CD's, both are Hal Ketchum. I hate "HATE" music no matter what kind. So, just to scratch the surface...and not in this exact order.....Celtic Harp, YES, Enya, Jamie Cullum, Paolo Nutini, James Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Little Feat, Anastacia, BRYAN DUNCAN, Bonnie Raitt, Gladys Knight, Crystal Lewis, Tom Jones, Norah Jones, Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Moody Blues, Coldplay, Seal, Sting, Sian James, Jon Gibson, Stevie Wonder, Roberta Flack, LuLu, Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares, Andreas Vollenweider, Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel, Heart, Journey, Nicole Nordeman, Ambrosia, Gino Vanelli, Ottmar Liebert, Lleuwen, Switchfoot, Elliot Yamin, Phil Stacey, Take 6--- that'll do for now~"But as for me, I shall sing of Thy strength; Yes, I shall sing of Thy lovingkindness in the morning. For Thou hast been my stronghold, and a refuge in the day of my distress. O my strength, I will sing prasies to Thee; For God is my stronghold, the God who shows me lovingkindness." Psalm 59:16&17 ~and what would life be without great ART~ My favorite artist Maxfield Parrish 1870-1966 Extascy Reveries Morning~ Daybreak~
Movies:
Monty Python's Holy Grail (if you don't get it, I can explain) Nothing can compare to The Lord of the Rings, I ,II and III! Classics like: Grapes of Wrath, To Kill a Mockingbird, Citizen Kane, The Wizard of Oz, How Green Was My Valley, Lawrence of Arabia, Little Big Man, The Corn is Green, Hedd Wynn, The 10 Commandments, Ben Hur, The Miracle Worker and all Buster Keaton and Marx Brothers films! ~New classics like: Chronicles of Narnia, Napaleon Dyanmite, Best in Show/Mighty Wind/Waiting for Guffman, Hudsucker Proxy, The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, Dumb and Dumber, Weird Al's UHF, ALL of Steve Oedekerk's work, High Strung and the "THUMB" series, Brazil, The Mission, and the most important film to be made IMHO, The Passion of the Christ.~Favorite actor Ioan Gruffudd~ This was a documentary-type short film done in 2004 about the Bardic tradition in Wales. It's a completely Welsh language clip, and also features Ioan's best friend Matthew Rhys. Please listen to this if you have a few minutes. Welsh is the OLDEST language in all of Europe, older than German, Italian, French, Gaelic and the like. It is NOT Gaelic, it's Cymraeg~
Television:
I am finding it harder and harder to find something worth watching on TV, I despise all "reality" shows!!! Educational and Travel shows, Car shows like TOP GEAR, "How To Do Stuff" Shows, American Idol (Singing Contest, not reality), Good Eats, What Not To Wear(UK), The Dog Whisperer, Home Movies, Invader Zim, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Firefly, Kyle XY, Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends, and if its about someone interesting I'll watch Biography. And I enjoy old Black and White movies~
Books:
The Bible. Books with information and instruction: Photography, Stained Glass, Calligraphy. I love Oversized Photo Books and Arts and Crafts Books. I have to have visual stimulation to hold my attention. And I have "Literary Narcolepsy", so I fall asleep when I read.
Heroes:
JESUS CHRIST. ALONE! ~Forsaking All I Trust Him~ FAITH
My daughter Carmen is like a frontline soldier~fighting to get her 2 boys back from the grip of Autism~ Her strength and patience always amazes me~ PLEASE PRAY for a CURE for AUTISM~ God Bless the InnocentI may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. Douglas Adams English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 - 2001) ~Thanx and come again~ ~JOHN 14:6~
