Grandparents visit Oregon family in late Summer.

The new Man...

...under construction. The diamond shaped object is his head, and you are looking down the inside of his chest.

A real junk show...

Corner jazz-man

Life-sized kaleidoscope...

A beautiful piece of art, and good fun too!

Big green Playa thing

The Psycho Patrol

Never fear...

Around the Green Pavillion...

Surrounding the large Green Pavillion that was underneath the Man was a large grove of art "trees"... The trees remained all week, though the top of the Pavillion was eerily empty from Tuesday night through Friday evening, as The Man was prematurely burned late Tuesday night in an act of arson that left people in a state of shock, and minus one, very badly burned idol. The original Man (or what was left of him) was taken down from atop the Pavillion, and a new Man built in his place, which was re-erected and lit by Friday night. Just in time to be burned to the ground Saturday night!!

Giant Domes...

... these particular geodesic domes are home to popular all night dance parties.

Temple of Self-Expression

This temple was also at Horning's Hideout for the String Cheese Incident festival last month.

Art cars...

Artists also worship oil.

Tea Kettle Tree House

Out in the middle of the playa, close to our camp, was this large, two-storey tree house made out of metal. The whole structure was sort of a giant pressure cooker. When it was running, the steam would continually build and release pressure, with the steam leaking out of certain pipes causing a whistling sound, like a giant tea kettle. This whistling sound was very loud, and could be heard from quite a distance, sounding similar to a steam train.

Wheelin' out of camp...

Going for a ride to see what we could see...

The Temple of Forgiveness

... only hours before it was burned to the ground, people were still filling the temple with all things, emotional and physical, they wanted to be burned away with the flames...

Out-running the dust storm...

Making new friends on the playa.

Photos from the garden. August 2007

We have watched this family of deer for the past two years. The little one in the blackberries is the newest generation! They are in the front field, NOT in the garden. So far, these deer are respecting are garden fence. My eggplants are my prize veggies this year! As big as footballs and up to 15 on one plant alone! I have spent a lot of time and care on my veggie garden this year, and I have only just begun to reap the fruits of my labor!!

Photos fram Alans trip to New Zealand

Human Family

I note the obvious differences
in the human family.
Some of us are serious,
some thrive on comedy.

Some declare their lives are lived
as true profundity,
and others claim they really live
the real reality.

The variety of our skin tones
can confuse, bemuse, delight,
brown and pink and beige and purple,
tan and blue and white.

I've sailed upon the seven seas
and stopped in every land,
I've seen the wonders of the world
not yet one common man.

I know ten thousand women
called Jane and Mary Jane,
but I've not seen any two
who really were the same.

Mirror twins are different
although their features jibe,
and lovers think quite different thoughts
while lying side by side.

We love and lose in China,
we weep on England's moors,
and laugh and moan in Guinea,
and thrive on Spanish shores.

We seek success in Finland,
are born and die in Maine.
In minor ways we differ,
in major we're the same.

I note the obvious differences
between each sort and type,
but we are more alike, my friends,
than we are unalike.

We are more alike, my friends,
than we are unalike.

We are more alike, my friends,
than we are unalike.
~ Maya Angelou