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Finally dry!!! and NEW pictures

November 1, 2009

After weeks of mostly wet weather, Halloween was dry — and we took a short road trip and hike.

Our first stop was at the Russellville, Arkansas, Downtown Fall Festival. Unfortunately, my camera’s white balance was set to compensate for inside lighting and I forgot to change it to auto white balance. So the composite images, even after post processing, are somewhat surreal, especially considering the holiday and all.

As always, click on any of the following to view a larger image

Our next stop was Petit Jean State Park. One of our favorite hikes is to Cedar Falls, the highest water fall in Arkansas — and the most photographed.

We figured that, with the recent wet weather, and rainfall totals way above normal, the falls should be pretty spectacular — and we were right. We’ve been taking this short, but arduous hike, periodically since 1980. We’ve never seen Cedar Creek with this much water in it.

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Road trip commentary and images

November 1, 2009

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Color on a rainy day in Madison

October 7, 2009

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Dane County Farmers’ Market on the Square, Madison, Wisconsin
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Saturday morning in Estes Park – on a holiday weekend.

September 28, 2009

Estes Park — September 5, 2009

Estes Park has long been a tourist destination. The Stanley Hotel opened in 1909 and was built at at a cost of half a million dollars. The publicity from the hotel’s construction resulted in a boom for the fledgling resort industry.

My first visit to Estes Park was in 1957, on an camping trip with my grandparents and uncle. I was 5 years old and don’t really remember much of the trip. The next time I visited was in the early 90s with my wife and two daughters.

While the town doesn’t seem to have changed much since that visit, it underwent a major reconstruction after it was heavily damaged from flood waters caused by the 1982 collapse of a man-made dam in Rocky Mountain National Park.

We spent most of Saturday morning of Labor Day weekend exploring the arts and craft fair and the shops in town. Besides ice cream, we each bought a hat and Karen got a new purse as an early birthday present.

(click on any of the following photos to view a larger image.)

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Commentary and images from the road

image and information from September 5, 2009

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Delta County Fair

September 25, 2009

Delta County Fair, Colorado, 1940

Delat County, Colorado
October 1940

Russell Lee, photographer

Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Collection
(Library of Congress)

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Music at the Farmers’ Market

August 11, 2009

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Dane County Farmers’ Market on the Square, Madison, Wisconsin
September 20, 2008

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Madison, Wisconsin Farmer’s Market – A New Photo Gallery

July 14, 2009

My newest gallery of images is from two weekend visits to the Dane County Farmers’ Market on the Square in Madison, Wisconsin, on September 13 and 20, 2008.

Both visits provided a wide variety of opportunities for photography.

The first weekend visit was on a rainy Saturday. A number of the gallery images include people with umbrellas while others are of the vendors and their products. There are also several photos that include the Wisconsin Capitol building.

The second Saturday visit was a sunny day. Along with the product vendors, there were also musicians and street artists.

The Saturday farmers’ market is huge. We made it all the way around the square on the first visit in about 2 hours.

The Farmers’ Market is held on Saturdays, rain or shine, from the middle of April through the beginning of November around the state Capitol Square. It is also held on Wednesdays during the same period in the 200 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., rain or shine. During the winter, it can be found at other locations — indoors, of course.

The market is a producer-only farmers’ market. All products in the market are produced by the vendor doing the selling. No resale is allowed.

The Dane County Farmers’ Market (DCFM), operating continuously since 1972, is an outlet for Wisconsin-produced homegrown fruits, vegetables, meats, cheese, eggs, bakery products, cider, maple syrup, honey, sorghum, fresh and dried flowers, herbs, houseplants, jams and jellies, pickles and other prepared food products.

… intended to give growers and producers of goods and consumers an opportunity to deal directly with each other, rather than through third parties.

… intended to enhance the Capitol-Concourse area of the City of Madison.

More information on the farmers’ market can be found on the Dane County Farmers’ Market on the Square website.

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