Eyes on the Prize
Granada, Nicaragua
2013

Some of the crowd intently watching a piñata being attacked by children in the central park of Granada. They had to watch for quite a while to see the candy come flying out as that was one tough piñata.

Happy Feet
Granada, Nicaragua
2013

Sometimes the cruise ships over on the coast at San Juan del Sur send folks over to Granada on buses to take in the sights here. When they do, they arrange for entertainment in the plaza. There are folk dancers for the tourists but also a clown and piñatas for the local kids. We were told that keeps them busy and less likely to beg money from the cruise ship visitors.

Smoothie Bar
Masaya, Nicaragua
2013

Fruit smoothies are very popular in Nicaragua, or at least they are a popular offering for tourists. They certainly have a variety of locally grown fruits to choose from in making smoothies, many of which I’ve never heard of before.

Color Everywhere
Granada, Nicaragua
2013

It’s not just the buildings in Granada that come in a rainbow of colors.

Places of Color
Grenada, Nicaragua
2013

As my oeuvre suggests, I’m predisposed to think in black and white when photographing. But some places literally demand that I work more in color than I normally do. Grenada is obviously one such location. You’ll still see a number of black and white images in my posts from here, but color is going to dominate–possibly by shear numbers; definitely by visual sensual impact. Can you say eye-popping color?

Bienvenido a Grenada
Grenada, Nicaragua
2013

It was perhaps an auspicious coincidence that we planned a two week trip to Nicaragua to start the day after a major cold front settled in on Montana. We left Bozeman early Thursday morning just as the thermometer settled in at 25 below zero. That’s 116 degrees colder than the high temperature in Grenada the last two days. Given my druthers, I’d pick somewhere in between those two numbers but I am not complaining much.

I have abruptly ended the series of POTD photos from my artist residency in Arizona, but assuming I can stay out of the pool long enough, I will soon have a web page up with many more photos from that experience.

Storm Mesa
Navajo Nation, Arizona
2013

Hubbell House #2
Hubbell Trading Post, Arizona
2013

One of the bedrooms in the Hubbell home.

Hubbell House #1
Hubbell Trading Post, Arizona
2013

The living room of the Hubbell home. The house is full of Navajo rugs; the two huge ones on the floor are worth a small fortune alone. (Hard to believe they let people walk on them.) There are also close to 200 historic works of art by well know western artists on the walls; the ceiling is covered with old Indian baskets; and antique furniture, Indian pottery, and other 19th century artifacts sit everywhere. This was all amassed by the Hubbell family over the years and makes for a pretty amazing museum in a home.

Lectio #47
Hubbell Trading Post, Arizona
2013

A shelf from one of the many bookcases in the Hubbell House. Assuming they read at least a good portion of these books, the Hubbells were well read, well mannered, and up on various aspects of women’s health. Oddly enough, we have a copy of  Tokology (the women’s health book) on our shelf. The fashion queen purchased it at a garage sale for  decoration rather than illumination. Turns out it’s author, Alice Bunker Stockham was quite an interesting figure from back in the late 19th century.