Fun stuff! Respites.

In a month bestrewed with medical appointments (instead of gown shoots in Europe … fingernails tapping on a glass tabletop …) It’s making me wonder, what do people do who actually have time to do stuff? Like, I set aside this time to be away but now I’m home and when I feel good, I can do stuff. My plants were supposed to be dead now. Well, they kind of are dead, but that’s beside the point. So here’s some stuff I’m doing:

Bob & I reconnaissanced (I don’t think that’s a word but I like it) an area about an hour south of here, thinking it would be a good spot for eclipse-ness. It was! A radar station, abandoned years ago.

Next on the list, after deciding what gowns were in order, was to select photo gear. Two days before the eclipse while I was lolling about in bed, a package arrived. In it? The Just Ducky camera! A surprise from an internet friend I’ve never met, Kent N. from Miami, FL. Kent has sent some nifty cams to me on more than one occasion but this one, arriving exactly when it did was PERFECT! The very essence of scientific engineering which I would need to capture this major event! (I haven’t developed the film yet but will post it when I do.)

On eclipse day, we met up with a few awesome folks up at Radar Ridge above Naselle, WA for the 2017 Eclipse. The lovely Kat Bryant from The Daily World joined us, as did the ravishing Erin Moreno ( #rockett88designs ) .

: Kat and Rose. Just as the eclipse was beginning.

: We love Rose. She’s a great poser! So was Kat.

: Erin made a head dress for the occasion.

: Starting to get dark.

: As the apex approached, we messed around with a color smoke grenade. Burning gown will happen another day. It was tinder dry up there.

: The eclispe … It’s all about the hair.

: As the skies darkened, we gathered for a group shot.

: Our neighbor, Nadine, gave us her extra pair of eclipse glasses. These glasses were hard to come by, this close to the big day. Oh! And she loaned us the welding helmet too!

: Kat’s glamorous gown and Daily World story notes.

: And we ended up in the paper! Hee!

The second respite: The grandkid and his girlfriend are having a baby. Due in about 3 weeks … and I hadn’t even met her YET! They came for a visit and to do some pics. She’s a little spitfire and very easy to be around.