Jasonisms

Great sunset tonight that I almost missed if not for trying to get a photo of a rainbow to the east. Glad I had a chance to see this sky spectical in all its glory. These are straight out of the camera, no post editing at all. 

Colorado, 1862  A couple of months ago a friend of mine who was involved with a political fundraising event, asked me to put together a piece of artwork that could go to auction. Sure, I said, as it sounded like a good idea. The problem is, I don't have the equipment to put together the piece I wanted to make. In years past, I used a maker's space's equipment but hadn't been back to the that maker's space since a couple of years before Covid-19 shut the world down.  But, we persevere.  I took out some old supplies that I had in my storage unit and contacted the maker's space. They had purchased some new equipment they were prioritizing over their older equipment that was collecting dust in the corner.  They allowed people to come in and work on this equipment in one hour increments and then did little to no help with setup or figuring out the proper settings. And with barely an hour, I didn't have time to do a test piece, so we ran the project through the eq...

I'm fairly certain Google hasn't touched this app/service since before I stopped using it regularly (if I ever did - it's really not good for mobile quick blogging like Google+ was). However, there still doesn't seem to be a good open alternative. Many are closed gardens or they're just not in line with my needs... or, they're a Facebook property and due to Facebok, er, Meta sucking, I won't use their services. I won't even have them on my devices.  Anywho, this is the first post to Blogger from my new Android and it's working fairly smoothly, even if it's not convenient. I really would like a quick-post widget or the ability to share a photo from Photos rather than having to come to Blogger and find the photo to share. 

A lot has happened in the past month and I decided to reward myself with a few days away from the world - I went camping.  I spent each night in a new place, got a sunburn and read a 600+ page novel and it was fun. First night was just up the mountain from Idaho Springs, CO so I could come down quickly the next day and take a video call.  The next night was spent at about 12,000 feet above sea level. It was cold at night and even during the day in the shade. I had to sit in the sun just to stay warm and, well, that's where the sunburn came from.  At night you could see the greater Denver metro area's suburbs from this view. Third night was from this old staple. I wanted somewhere a little lower in elevation so it wouldn't be so cold overnight, which this was,  but I ended up at a slight angle and couldn't sleep well through the night because I kept rolling to the right.    Saw this monstrosity in Glenwood Spri...

I really enjoy this movie and am watching it again at this very moment. If I remember correctly, it's the last movie I saw in a theater before Covid shut everything down. And if you're wondering, the next movie in a theater was Black Widow from a couple of weeks ago.  I think one of the reasons It horoighly enjoy this film is because none of the characters make around decisions. Usually in adventure/horror films the characters are running around making every dumb decision the writers and director can imagine. Here, they're not.  Have you seen it? What did you think? https://youtu.be/jCFWEzIVILc

Just outside my truck last evening. For the past few weeks, whenever the weather became too hot, I'd decided to go into the mountains where the elevation keeps the air a little cooler. For example, a couple of weeks ago, when the temperatures in Denver were about 100 degrees Fahrenheit I headed up to the mountains for some much needed relief. The temperatures where I went were in the low-70s. A stark contrast to the sweltering heat in the greater metropolitan area.  I decided to go again these past couple of days and while I didn't share any photos from previous trips, I decided to share a couple from this outing because ... well, why not? I shared a couple to Twitter and other social networks (don't worry, I didn't go back to FB) and only yesterday remembered I have a blog.  Yes, yes, I'm an idiot, but who really reads blogs anymore? It's all short posts and memes. On this particular trip, I spent the first night in a very busy place and that's not what I w...