[LadyX]

Just came across a photograph that appears to be the very same section of the Mt. McKinley range I photographed in 1965!

I took three of those slides and created an oil painting (15 3/4" x 19 1/2") composite of them.
The foreground was not green then, but had lovely mauvey/peachy flowers abounding by a stream meandering through the landscape; the stream mirroring the purplish range.

It created disharmony at home when I did it in 1972, though. My husband had decided he wanted to do oil paintings and invested in the requisite equipment. Did 3 or 4 paintings while outside in the carport, and the neighborhood children gathered around and laughed..:))
He put them out at the curb for garbage pickup, crushed...

The next week I had a day off from work, and taking the 3 slides, thought I'd give painting a try, and painted away from 9:30 until 4 p.m. - the only free time I had before the children were home from school.

It turned out a reasonable facsimile, and he never painted again - nor did I.
Let there be Peace in the Valley - LOL

Here is that range line.
You cannot discern it very well here,
but behind the dark line,
the taller white peaks soar to the sky:

[lonestar]

All your pretty photos are almost as pretty as Rainbow Bridge--the perfect place to run and play. Between committee meetings.

Weinie

[The Mayor]

My wife and I just bought tickets to The Passion of The Christ.
Wednesday night at 7:30..the 7pm show was sold out.
I think we all need to flood the theatres on opening night
to send hollyweird a message.
We refuse to watch you immoral crap anylonger.

Oh BTW, I will be reading Zell Millers speech to my Church Congregation tommorrow at 10 AM.

[Calpernia]

If you're not familiar with the work of Steven Wright, he's the guy who once said:

"I woke up one morning and all of my stuff had been

stolen and replaced by exact duplicates."

Here are a few more of his gems -- some you may have seen.

I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize

Borrow money from pessimists -- they don't expect it back.

Half the people you know are below average.

99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.

42.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts

feel so good.

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand.

The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

I almost had a psychic girlfriend, but she left me before we met.

How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink

Everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.

Hard work pays off in the future; laziness pays off now.

I intend to live forever -- so far, so good.

If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

What happens if you get scared half to death twice?

My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."

Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?

If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread.

To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.

The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.

The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.

The colder the x-ray table, the more of your body is required to be on it.