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March 21, 2006
Shoshone Pix - Because I Promised
Here are some of the images I captured on my small and somewhat inadequate point & shoot last week while gallivanting about SE Idaho. I was right about regretting leaving the new camera home. On the other hand, sometimes only panoramas really capture the idea of the sky there...
WEDNESDAY
It snowed Tuesday night. This is the world we woke up to:
Karma's Lane
Shed
I took these on a walk to feed the chickens. Karma raises them in a gorgeous old stone shed that used to house sheepherders. And no, I don't mean shepherds. I'm from southern Idaho. They're sheepherders.
Watertower
Chickens
--The Snake River Canyon--
Remember how I stopped to take pictures of the canyon and loaned my cell phone to the family with the flat tire? These are the pix I took.
Perrine Bridge
Looking East
Under the Bridge Looking West
Looking West
THURSDAY
On Thursday we did nothing that I photographed.
Because I'm lame. That's why.
(I also didn't take a single picture of the Twin Falls St. Patrick's Day Parade. Or of Karma or her family. Because I'm even more lame than you thought I was before reading this.)
FRIDAY
On Friday, Karma took me to see the homestead that is one of the themes of the play we're writing.
Can you believe seven people lived here? And that the nearest well was a mile away? In the 1940's?
This is from one of the boards near the door. The exterior siding.
She also drove around the area so I could get a sense of what life must have been like. This is Black Butte.
And this is the view from Karma's back yard. One corner of it, anyway. See what I mean about the sky?
SATURDAY
Saturday morning we went for a hike. Just the two of us. She showed me a canyon that never gets water now because of the drought. Scrambling around is relatively safe this time of year because the rattlesnakes are hibernating. Our homesteader didn't have the option of picking her seasons to hike this terrain, however.
All of the rock is black basalt lava.
In the Canyon
Rocks and Sagebrush
Icy Canyon
One of the most beautiful moments of my trip took place here. After snapping this shot, Karma and I headed around the canyon rim. We moved closer to the edge and looked over. And startled two barn owls who had been sleeping in the rocks on the wall beneath us. They were so lovely. We both apologized and thanked them for the sight.
After the hike, I sat and chatted with Karma for a few more minutes. And then I headed out. Back home. Well, back to Boise, where I stayed with my parents. I had a 7:10 plane to catch the next morning. (Or so I thought.)
On the way, I got these shots that really demonstrate the whole Big Sky idea, I think.
Posted by sally at March 21, 2006 09:34 PM
Comments
I must say I have a beautiful home. I had such a lovely time while you were here. I wish I hadn't been so very busy. I've been craving our talks since you left.
The chickens are quite pleased with the slightly warmer weather -- we're finally getting more than 1 egg a day -- and they're beautiful shades of green or brown. I'm saving the really pretty ones for Easter baskets.
Thanks for sharing my home ...more later.
Posted by: Karma at March 30, 2006 10:10 PM
Great pics... Except, how do we know what an aspiring actress looks like if there's no pictures of her. Nor any pictures of the two co-authoring aspiring playwrights... Turn the camera on thyself so we may reflect upon the thoughts poised within your eyebrows...
Posted by: Phil... Karma knows at March 30, 2006 10:26 PM
You ought to come to the mountains around Salmon! My Jerome and North Carolina grandchildren always fine them fascinating.
Anyway, you're a wonderfully gifted writer---love your quips and humor. So how did you meet Karma---U of I alum, obviously. She's one of a kind, too.
And the play you're writing (w/ hubby?)---something that could be put on by the Jerome folks like they did last summer at the F.A.R.M. by Flying J? It was an amazing production about quilting, took everyone back a few generations.
Loved your photos, too...Sara Johnson
Posted by: Sara Johnson at March 31, 2006 08:45 AM
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