Music I’m Listening To #2

I’m very curious: can I post this “embed code,” and then you would be able to listen to these songs within my site? Lemme know if it works. Seems like you would all have to have Spotify accounts or something. If it works, this could be really cool! I’d post more music this way.

Are You Paying Close Attention to Your Bee Balm?

Bee Balm (Monarda)

[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] I love our bee balm; it brings the hummingbirds. Seems like an awful lot of trouble for a being to get his dinner… sticking his beak into each one of those flowers (or whatever those individual petal thingies are) while flying at the same time. [/et_pb_text][et_pb_slider admin_label=”Slider” show_arrows=”on” show_pagination=”on” auto=”on” auto_ignore_hover=”off” parallax=”off” … Read more

Dinner Conversation with Rachel & Abigail

[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_slider admin_label=”Slider” show_arrows=”on” show_pagination=”on” auto=”on” auto_ignore_hover=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” remove_inner_shadow=”off” background_position=”default” background_size=”default” hide_content_on_mobile=”off” hide_cta_on_mobile=”off” show_image_video_mobile=”off” custom_button=”off” button_letter_spacing=”0″ button_use_icon=”default” button_icon_placement=”right” button_on_hover=”on” button_letter_spacing_hover=”0″] [et_pb_slide background_position=”default” background_size=”default” background_color=”#ffffff” alignment=”center” background_layout=”dark” allow_player_pause=”off” header_font_select=”default” body_font_select=”default” custom_button=”off” button_font_select=”default” button_use_icon=”default” button_icon_placement=”right” button_on_hover=”on” background_image=”http://www.sandyconnolly.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Golden-Alexanders-0640.jpg”] [/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide background_position=”default” background_size=”default” background_color=”#ffffff” alignment=”center” background_layout=”dark” allow_player_pause=”off” header_font_select=”default” body_font_select=”default” custom_button=”off” button_font_select=”default” button_use_icon=”default” button_icon_placement=”right” button_on_hover=”on” background_image=”http://www.sandyconnolly.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Golden-Alexanders-0639.jpg”] [/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide background_position=”default” background_size=”default” background_color=”#ffffff” … Read more

Obsessing Over Test Strips

Cyanotype Exposure Test Strips

[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”http://www.sandyconnolly.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Cyanotype-Process-2-2.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] I don’t know. They’re just not as pretty as the one in the book, so I’ll have to get over it. I did two new test strips today in usual fashion: at the same … Read more

Revisiting Cyanotypes

I have declared to myself that no matter what my children decide to do with their summer, I have my summer project all set to go: revisiting the photographic process of making cyanotypes. Why, in this age of digital photography, I would go back to such an archaic method of creating photographic prints, I really … Read more

It’s Spring, & I’m Taking Pictures of Dead Things

"Beads" of the Bead Fern Onoclea sensibilis

[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”http://www.sandyconnolly.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Sensitive-Fern-7459.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] A miracle happened today: I actually raked out some of the beds in our yard today before it became an impossible task with all the plants coming in. This has never happened once in my life. I started out … Read more

More Pointe Shoes

Pointe Shoe Success!

[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”http://www.sandyconnolly.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Beam-and-Barre-7119.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] You might say I’m obsessed with this topic, but when you’re driving to the outer reaches of the planet to drop $100 on a pair of pink, satin shoes every three months, you start to get very interested in … Read more