well... we've gone and done it! my son and i have published a couple of photography books on blurb. how cool is that!?! really! it is so amazing that anyone... with the time and inclination... can publish a book! truly a wonder!

my new addiction... i mean... hobby... of photography has lead me down a side road, it seems. alex and i, sharing my camera, got into some photographic exploration on a couple of recent trips. this exploration has lead to the publishing of these two books. you can check them out through these nifty little badges:

see more of alex's photography at his flickr photostream.

the rhythms of june brought me many wonderful things, not the least of which being my 50th birthday. thank you, thank you... i am so grateful to be exactly where and who i am... 50 years into this life! my husband gave me a new digital slr camera for my birthday.. a canon EOS 40D to be exact. my son and i took those hawaii pics with the new camera.

have i mentioned that artist brit hammer is working on another book, titled mosaic: finding your own voice? i have so enjoyed working with brit and getting to know her a bit.. ever since i submitted a few pieces in her call to artists. she will be using some of my work in the book...my rhythms series... and she requested larger pics than the ones i originally submitted. so i have been trying out my new camera on the series of six pieces... one each for january through june. i have managed to get a set that i think will do. i am really amazed at the image quality... you can actually see that the marble is marble. i am still learning, so cut me a little slack... but i think they are pretty good for a start.

so, here are the new photos of all 6 rhythms pieces... there will be 12 in all by the end of the year.

well... i suppose it has been a while since i posted, hasn't it? a lot has happened, but not i felt like talking about. i'll try to do better. and to make up for it, here is a little aloha from our recent trip to hawaii. this is one of my favorite sunset photos. you can see all our (my son's and mine) good pics on flickr... just click aloha.

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the mini salon at the SAMA conference was wonderful! what a joy to be able to gaze upon such a varied display of mosaic art. it was pretty exciting to watch the bidding action, as well. i am happy to report that my mosaic given, not lost sold for a nice price... higher than its starting bid. teresa sullivan, SAMA's past treasurer, and bill buckingham, of mosaic rocks!, were in a bit of a bidding war over it, and teresa won. that really made me feel good.

i will try to get some pics posted of the event.

here are my last 2 rhythms pieces... march and april.

i am really starting to get into these pieces, and to enjoy having a monthly focus. i think it will be fascinating to see all 12 of them together at the end of the year, don't you?