Testing 1 … 2 … 3 …

June 8, 2019 ~ Liz A ~ 18 Comments

I don’t know how this will play on various devices, so please leave a comment if it doesn’t work (it would help to know the device type).

Anyway, Don has made many photo montage videos over the years, usually commemorating significant events (graduations, weddings, birthdays, etc.). Last year he made the first “trip around the sun” video for our week at the beach. It was such a hit, that there is now a sequel. And while the full-length production would be a bit much, I thought you might get a kick out of the trailer.

One last note: The Ackert Home Whinery pre-dates the video era. It was originally used on a series of faux wine labels that we made every Christmas when we were in the throes of parenting. Nuff said.

Now on to the show …

There and back again

April 1, 2019 ~ Liz A ~ 8 Comments

Those of you who frequent this blog have probably figured out that my absences are either the dreaded “health issues” or happier grandkid excursions. Fortunately, the past ten days were spent journeying to and from St Louis, with only a minor cold or two thrown into the mix.

Our travels included a stop at the 108 Contemporary in Tulsa to see a combined exhibit by Jane Dunnewold and Mary Fisher.

Don and I were both taken by Jane’s repurposing of quilt fragments, the backs of which were spackled (!), then embellished with stenciled paint …

Or with pencilled graphite lines …

which drew us in for a closer look …

Likewise, Mary Fisher’s work was intriguing, especially these forms …

which called out to be recorded in video …

Not a bad way to break up a 900 mile road trip.

Wildflower wander/wonder

March 22, 2019 ~ Liz A ~ 16 Comments

As many times as I’ve posted about wildflowers, when spring comes to the Hill Country, I can’t help but post again …

Prairie fleabane

As always, looking for bluebonnets …

Then my eye espied a butterfly, but try as I might, I couldn’t catch it with wings open. Until I realized I could take a video, although even that was fleeting …

Which is when it occurred to me that a wildflower video might be a good idea …

Of course, I was fixated on the bluebonnet, but as I watched the video back at the house, it was the tiny coral berries to the right that caught my eye.

Wait, what? How had I missed them? And what were they?

So after dinner I went back out and this is what I found …

A tiny little succulent that looks green when viewed from overhead, its subtle coral only visible when viewed from ground level. And it was everywhere I looked, just waiting to be discovered.