Sunday I took Sophie to the zoo, and we both brought our cameras. I am teaching her how to capture vivid photos and the zoo is a great place to practice looking through the lens.
Every time I go to the zoo, I have a similar feeling to the safari hunters of old… but I am hunting with a camera and not a gun. ("What animal will I capture today?")
Each zoo visit yields a completely unexpected result: I never know what will be the Animal of the Day. On each visit I always have one animal who poses and lets me capture his or her personality. Sunday… it was the Polar Bear!
I like the idea of going somewhere for inspiration, without expectation. I sure didn't expect the Polar Bear to be the star of my expedition this time! How many times have I gone to the zoo, hoping to photograph the Polar Bears, and they are not even visible in their large enclosure? So what a pleasant surprise as we strolled up to their big area, and this handsome fellow was perched up on the rocks in the middle, gazing out at us!
So I am sending this as a sort of digital postcard to all our quilter friends down in Texas who are being affected by the drought and terrible fires. We are having a nice cool drizzly overcast day here in Boulder, and I am hoping you'll get our cool moist weather soon!
I hope you saw the "Tentmakers of Cairo" video that I posted this week, from the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham England. I have also posted photos on my Facebook page and my photo page. We have 4 videos up from Birmingham now, and 2-3 more on the way. Thanks to Bonnie McCaffery for filming and editing these videos!
I'll have arrived in Las Vegas by the time you read this – to attend Photoshop World through Friday.
Today Tom is picking up our box full of scissors, needles and sewing supplies for Somalian refugees, and today we also sent out a box of sewing supplies and fabric to the reservation in Pine Ridge SD. Thanks to all of you who contributed to this effort! We'll have similar projects in the near future.
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