Horses & Other Interests
Awareness of the outside world. University of Alabama Birmingham: More than just one day: Heersink ODI highlights Juneteenth 2023. Last year’s announcement has a suggested reading list, UAB: Juneteenth 2022: Listen, learn, and celebrate, by Canevaro. Note, this is in Alabama. Go UAB!
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The noise you hear is me chortling in the background & then asking Milton if he was proud of himself. He was.
Onwards!
Katherine
Awareness of the outside world. Supplied by guest photographer. The Conversation: Barrier islands are natural coast guards that absorb impacts from hurricanes and storms, Linhoss, 2018.
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Old McDonald’s Farm
Sandsational Sand Sculpting
Edgewater Mall
Photos by Michelle Duplichen. Watermark & border added. Thank you, Michelle! [Archives].
WXXV: New sand sculpture being built at Edgewater Mall, Weiskopf, 2022
WLOX: Page 13: Amazing sand sculpture comes to life, Elliott 2015. Come Out & Play.
Musings by an ND Domer’s Mom: An Indoor Sand Castle? 2014. Castle with dragon & knights.
WLOX: A majestic sand sculpture taking shape at mall, Elliott, 2012, Greatest Show On Sand.
Down The Sandy Rabbit Hole
There are people who do this for a living.
Space Coast Living: Grain Design, Sculptors travel the world carving works of art from mounds of sand, Sonnenberg, 2022. Sandsational Sand Sculpting, the Edgewater Mall folks.
Sandsculptor.com, AnArt4Life: Monday’s Feature Art Work: Sand Sculptures by Matt Long, Newman, 2020.
World, Sans Sculpting Academy, WSSA: Sand Sculpting. The Internationally Recognized Definition of Sand Scuplting, The Right Type of Sand, The Building Process, and so on.
Lomogrpahy: Sand Sculptor LomoAmigo Mark Anderson
thrillist: What It’s Like to Be a Professional Sand Sculptor, Travel the world from the comfort of your sandbox, Salisbury, 2022.
There are festivals.
The Siesta Key Crystal Classic International Sand Sculpting Festival, Florida
Friends of the Dunes Dispersed Sand Sculpture Festival, California
Cleveland.com: Cleveland Sand Fest returning to Edgewater Beach next month, Nickoloff, 2022. AIA Cleveland Sandfest.
There is advice.
Beach Blog: From Amateur to Pro: Top Tips for Building Sandcastles and Sand Sculptures, North Carolina’s Brunswick Islands, 2021.
There is a post. There is always a blog post. [Volunteering at The World Games]
Onwards!
Katherine
Awareness of the outside world. “The idea of Kala Roopa was to create a platform in which to sell Native American artisanal goods as well as Asian Indian goods thus creating a means to support their livelihoods. … Till this very day 60% of my total income (not just profit) is returned to our Native American Indian artisans through the purchasing of their works.” Kala Roopa: Our Story
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Sea Blue Silver
Bearskin Neck
Rockport MA, USA
“Kala Roopa at 43 Bearskin Neck and Sea Blue Silver at 56A Bearskin Neck.” KR: FAQs
Previous post [A Moment of Calm To Start The Year]
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Katherine
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Katherine
Awareness of the outside world. USGS: Impervious Surfaces and Flooding, Water Science School, 2018.
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Propst Promenade
6 June 2023
Technical Details
f/5.6, 1/400 sec, 52.0 mm ISO 100.
Manual. Set aperture first. Then kinda, sorta got the effect I was aiming for. Minimal cropping to get the plant in the right place. Border. Watermark.
Joni Mitchell: Big Yellow Taxi
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Katherine
Minion! Minion! I wish to relocate to the patio.
Breakfast!
Dinner!
The Dinner Dude is home!
You expect me to drink *used* water? It has dog slobber in it!
Jasmine is the vocal one. Rose mostly talks with her eyes.
Anyone who says animals can’t talk just isn’t listening. [Talk To Me]
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Jasmine & Rose Fan Club [list of posts]
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Katherine
Awareness of the outside world. Brain still shifting out of vacation mode. More food! Less work! More friends! Less news!
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Hitching is going well, but not quite to the point where I feel I can freestyle. Taken during UNhitching, when everyone is calm and Milton is not going anywhere.
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Katherine
Awareness of the outside world. “This month we completed 3 days of trail work on the Western States Trail in Auburn State Recreation Area (ASRA), solely on the stretch affected by the Mosquito Fire.” The Tevis Cup: Traiwork Update, March 21, 2023.
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Virtual Tevis Cup 2023
100 Miles in 100 Days
19 April to 30 July
Rodney – 4 miles this week, 93 miles total
Milton – 6 miles this week, 89 miles total
Tues 6 June to Mon 12 June
Mileage, handwalk & hitch.
Although we are still doing horse things regularly, work sessions are not conducive to making progress down the trail. When Milton hitches, I play header and Rodney stays in the barn. When Rodney lunges, he doesn’t get any miles for going around in circles and Milton stays in the barn. And so on. Glad we got a good start early on.
Slow & Steady
The Virtual Tevis has been an excellent way to bring Milton back from surgery and three months of stall rest. Without it, we would have probably trotted more & sooner, as well as been tempted to take a day off here and there. Daily strolls are the way to go. The VT has provided enforced patience.
Rodney did not have the massive physical insult, but he did take the three months off. So, it’s been good for him as well.
Virtual Tevis Posts [Scenic Tevis, Enjoying the 80s, Virtual Tevis 2023], [Archives]
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Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 