Category Archives: Photo Challenges

Fire!!!!

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I actually took this photo from my yard. We were burning off the spare lot below me which was totally overgrown. This was a number of years ago. This is the same lot I’ve now made into a little park. I think the flames look like a goddess with an elaborate headdress riding an elephant.

For CFFC: Fire

Books and Paper, Paper and Books (for CFFC)

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Morrie is a real scholar. He absolutely devours books.
He even knows how to open dresser drawers to get at more of them.
Books and pizza.–equally necessary.
Paper towels are irreplaceable for mopping up spills
and draining fried tortillas
Judy makes her own handmade kozo paper and then adds black bamboo from her garden to make jewelry.
She used to make paper coverings for Bob’s wood and stone lamps, as well..

Click on photos to enlarge and read captions.

 

And, if that isn’t enough paper for you, here are photos  and the story of the making of amate paper in San Pablito, Mexico:

In Search of the Maestros of Mexico: A Visit to a Hidden Village of Paper Artists

For Cee’s CFFC Challenge: Books and Paper