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Month: January 2007

  • Grand Canyon Tourists Lunching

    Grand Canyon Tourists Lunching

    Grand Canyon Tourists Lunching, Autumn 2006 Digital painting (with photos by artist for reference) 30 by 20 in. 2007 Lightbox enlargement Click here for all posts belonging to the “Grand Canyon and its Tourists” series of digital paintings. Detail. [clear] My dad and my son at the Maswik Lodge food court at the Grand Canyon.…

  • A nod to a remarkable photo

    This is my last post. For it I wanted to use this photo by The Voice of Eye, at Flickr, but I was unable to get Flickr to recognize my blog, which it needed to do if I was going to post the picture. The Voice of Eye has been loading pics up to Flickr…

  • The DIA kids website, where inquiring children can learn about old Soviet howitzers

    Continuing my glance throughs of of the kiddy sections of government websites, at the Defense Intelligence Agency children’s website they don’t even try to offer an explanation on what they’re about to inquiring children. There are no whats, hows, whys. One gets straight to the games, a soldier in camouflage fatigues standing in front of…

  • Synchronistic Search Query

    I got a search query for a “JKearns 02 UFO” from a Hungarian Military Defense Institute. Thought that was funny because I don’t think I’ve ever had a search query for Kearns hit my blog. And thought it was funny since the new book I’m working on begins with a UFO sighting. But what made…

  • Unsolved Mystery…At Least For Me

    Been an unusually loud few hours. Our landlord had the heat turned off over the weekend (geez) but it was back on last night and kicking the pipes harder than I’ve heard so far this year. Bang bang bang bang bang, the radiators were rattling and all the pipes leading to it. Bang bang bang…

  • Science Blogging Fantastic Creatures – The Light Eel

    Fantastic Creatures – The Light Eel 2007 H.o.p.’s testimony: “When we went to the aquarium we found this creature. In the tank beside it there was a giant red and black lobster. And beside that one was a little fish with an enormous mouth. And beside that was an ugly big fish with sharp razor…

  • Grand Canyon Sunset with Tourists

    Grand Canyon Sunset with Tourists

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  • The Grand Canyon and its Tourists – Tourist with White Hat (digital painting)

    The Grand Canyon and its Tourists – Tourist with White Hat (digital painting)

    Grand Canyon Tourist with White Hat Digital painting (with photo by artist for reference) 28 by 18.66 in. 2007 Lightbox enlargement In some movies, if a character stood at the very height of a look-out and yelled “cheese” to all the tourists, they’d all turn and smile and wave. Another plot, another movie, they’d all…

  • So tall, so fast

    Interesting conversation with H.o.p. tonight. We were sitting at the puters after he’d practiced piano (he is now taking piano) and H.o.p. says after a while, “What can I do to keep from floating up?” Hmmm. Okey-dokey. “You feel like you’re going out of your body sometimes?” “Yes. Going up. I float up above it.”…

  • We Went and We Saw – Registration at the Roswell UFO Museum (digital painting)

    We Went and We Saw – Registration at the Roswell UFO Museum (digital painting)

    Registration at the Roswell UFO Museum Digital painting (with photo by artist for reference) 28 w by 18.66 in h 2007 Lightbox enlargement Detail. Needed to do a painting of H.o.p. and the wooden alien. I may do another. If there was anything that struck me as curious at the museum it was the alien…

  • Grand Canyon Sunset

    Grand Canyon Sunset

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  • Grand Canyon, Sunset and Rain Clouds

    Grand Canyon, Sunset and Rain Clouds

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