endless hair

This past summer Sammy had her hair done by lots of different people.

more hair

Lucy does Georgia's. June 2004.

hair

eating...

Assorted food related images.

rooms

Teenaged nieces.

Life is sweet!

At the fair.

Teens with cows!

At the 2007 Caledonia fair.

BUNNIES

2004 Caledonia County Fair.

2 more

Photos from the 2008 Caledonia County Fair.

FAIR ANTICIPATION

Two images from last year's fair.

It's time for fried dough again!

And here is an image from the 2007 Caledonia County Fair.

red velvet

I framed one of my first Kirby images (girl w/ fowl @ the fair) in velvet. The woman is from Jamaica Plain, MA. It was about 20 years ago. She was a member of the French Resistance. I always thought of velvet when I looked at her.

fertile squares

Today in Kirby, VT it's 80 degrees and sunny. The peas, lettuce, spinach, and mustard are in the ground germinating! I've been doing a square foot type of garden, it ends of looking like a quilt. Also I've been able to do some blueprinting once again. Here are two spring themed pieces of the Kirby Quilt. I chose the yellow/ orange to coordinate with the eggs.

Wally

Many years ago in Jamaica Plain, MA:
When I saw Wally this past Saturday, it had been awhile. Every time I see Wally, he says, “There’s my little photographer girl!” On Saturday, he hugged me and gave me a big kiss. (On the cheek of course.) He was wearing a blue denim cowboy hat. Mr. Blue had given it to him, he said. “It was brand new in the wrapper.”
One day, after our preliminary greeting, I asked Wally how he was doing. He said, “I’m feeling naughty.” I asked him what he meant, but he wouldn’t elaborate.
Wally says he works for a moving company in California. He’s the “executive field director of operations.” Which means that he’s the “troubleshooter”. When something goes wrong, he goes out into the field and chews people out. He works at the First Baptist thrift shop on Thursday and Saturday, which is where I usually see him.
Most of the time, Wally says, he gets paid to sit in his room. He tells me that he has a “teletype machine” which pages him when he is needed. He tried to describe this machine to me, but gave up and said, “Goody’s seen it.” For his job, Wally needs to sometimes travel extensively throughout the eastern seaboard. He doesn’t drive anymore, but people cart him around. Sometimes he flies “in a chopper”. Last Thanksgiving, Wally had coffee and donuts in Boston, ham and eggs in New Jersey, seafood in Bangor, Maine, and then, pheasant under glass in Boston.

In his former life, Wally was a photographer. He still has his Hasselblad, and insists that my Mamiya is every bit as good. “I’m a twin lens man myself.”

Kirby couple

They are not quite Kirby's oldest residents. Sadly, she has just departed.

navel or naval?

I gaze- here is my piece within the Kirby puzzle!

Boy with animals in South Kirby.

Shot in autumn, 2008.

Mud Hollow- again!

Paul Surridge with antique tractor. November, 2008. Kirby, Vermont.

Another piece of the quilt!

Putting them all together will be intuitive, similar to working a puzzle. Here's Grace Emery with her husband on one of the last wonderful fall days.

spring is coming

Even here in Northern Vermont! Cranking on the quilt squares again. Thinking about eggs and mud.

catkill potholder

Our cat RC likes to kill. He does not ingest. This past summer I finally decided to honor these dead by memorializing with images. Above and beyond compost.

falling barbie/ dead bird & flowers

I'm having quite a lot of fun with this collection. This potholder is also oversized. I paired a plastic doll with a bird that our cat killed last summer. (We tried putting a bell on him but then he ran away for a few days.) Also hollyhocks.

gynecological potholder

This one is extra large- about 11" x 11". Perfect for grabbing those oversized pots.

self-portrait/ dead chipmunk

Potholder II has a self-portrait on one side and a chipmunk killed by RC on the other. Here it is modeled by Sammy wearing apron with photo pockets.

procrastination potholders

These are fun to make with my fabric scraps. A great way to break from the tedium of sewing together all the Kirby Quilt squares. (Also my quilt group is helping with tthe sewing.) I'm nearly done shooting and printing for the Kirby Quilt. I only have 4 sheets of type 55 left, and onereclusive individual that I'm trying to sweet talk. It's almost impossible to shoot portraits outside with a 4 x5 right now in Vermont. Also to blueprint. Sewing is the order of the season.