kristo’s blog

it was a colorful and pleasant 4th this year...

my little flip video is pretty handy for collecting small things that catch my eye...

but I can see that a much better quality image is necessary for YouTube... 

busy...

interesting how mother nature doesn’t have much regard for the signs and boundaries of men...

she just makes her own...

and guess whose prove more resilient...?

why, men...naturally!

beaver were rendered nearly extinct in new york...

and when I first saw how their resurgence had changed the landscape of my parents’ farm...I wasn’t so sure I liked the result...

but that’s because I’m only human...

now, I’ve just gotta admire these little fuckers...

they’re the consummate Earth animals...

their building of dams is inherently Capricorn...

their amazing nocturnal work ethic is a Virgoan triumph...

and their snug wooden lodges, sensuous fur, and unfortunately sought-after scent glands are simple, Taurean facts...

just gotta love (that) beaver...

this is not just another gratuitous article about the economy...I swear!

hmmmm...

let me see if I've got this straight...

(i.e. linear, logical, and causal, of course...)

money miser

alarm clock / coin bank

suicide doll

(and is that a heavenly little sparkle lamp / reward over there on the right...?)

is this a pattern I'm detecting...?

or am I just another evil street photographer / paparazzo of the not so rich or famous???

I swear I'm just in it for the beauty...

but when I can’t readily find beauty...

I'm reasonably satisfied with the inherent comedy material... 

it always makes ME smile...

hey...! look what I found in the candy aisle down at walgreens!

you know... as much as I love film and cross processing... carrying a digital camera around is really a pleasure these days...

with my darkroom equipment pretty much packed away, going from the moment of a photograph to actually printing it would have taken me one helluva long time... (or even longer...as my dad once complained / teased / embarrassed me over)

so...for all of it’s minor lim(irr)itations...the digital allows me the spontaneity of a virtual point and shoot moment...like this one... plus the capacity to share it pretty damn fast....