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Stop by Court Diner in Media this month to check out Mary’s photo exhibit! Mary will have a photography exhibit this February at Temaki Sushi in Media. In March, Mary will have a show at Dos Gringos Mexican Kitchen; also in Media. More info coming soon!
Here is a photo of Mary at her exhibit this past 2nd Saturday Media event:
How many times have you noticed that some of the best photo ops are when you are traveling around in a car, or some other mode of transportation? How many times is it easy to just stop and take photos where you see the best ones? Many times more it is usually just too hard to stop, eh?
Well, there is a way to capture some fabulous photos without stopping! As a matter of fact, without even getting out of your car!
I was in Costa Rica over the holidays on vacation with my family. My husband was driving and I just happened to have the camera in my lap; just in case we had a chance to pull over somewhere for photo ops. Well, I just kept getting the best photo ops from views that were in the car & where we couldn’t stop!
I suddenly decided to shoot photos through the windshield!
Some things just happen so fast and you just need to be ready to “click quick” through the glass; or you just might miss that moment! These are moments that happen so fast; you don’t even have time to stop the car! You barely have time to get the camera out of your camera bag, so have your camera ready! I had mine in my lap and turned on and ready to shoot!
When the glass is clean, wow; you can get amazing shots! Some in angles that you would NEVER be able to shoot if you were just standing there! Here is my favorite “through the windshield” shot I took on this trip:
We were just driving along the road & all of a sudden, from nowhere, this man and his horses came running towards us! I quickly shot this photo, then another. Wow! It appears as if they are running to us!
Now, sometimes the photos come out blurred or spotty (see example below); you should ask the driver to run the windshield wipers w/ cleaning fluid here & there to keep the glass surface clean. Also; beware of bumps in the road such as when traveling in places like Costa Rica. You might want to put your camera on “anti shake” mode or something similar if you have such a setting.
What about the blurry photos? Well, if you draw and paint as a hobby or career, then you might want to save those to use as “notes” for a potential painting! I took a photo of two women and a baby walking towards us on the dirt road & we hit a bump; so they are blurry. But, I have enough notes from this blurry shot to paint this scene later! Or, perhaps if you are writing a journal about your trip; this could help you remember things that happened.
What about the side windows? Yes! Absolutely use these! I do; and if it is warm enough, roll them down and you won’t have to shoot through the glass. Sometimes you might capture the side mirror; but sometimes that actually enhances the photo (reflections can be captured in the mirror!).
I’d love to hear your success stories if you have ever taken photos while in the car! Please post your comments here at www. Kokopellisearth.com. If you have any tricks or tips to add to this; I’d love to hear from you!
Exactly one minute before I was just about to take down my November art exhibit at Seven Stones Cafe in Media; a lady at a table stood up and asked me “are you the artist?”. I humbly said yes and she asked me how long my exhibit was going to be up. I told her “it is coming down right now”. She asked me if she could interview me before taking it down & here is my 1 minute of fame! Here is my interview on the Delaware County News Network:
http://www.delconewsnetwork.com/articles/2011/12/08/entertainment/doc4ee0d08c8815d369869584.txt
Mark your calendars to watch the burning of a huge wooden bird, fire breathing people, great live music and drums, a guy dressed as a big white bird robot thing and more!
We usually show up mid afternoon and catch some kids thing going on in town and/or music before the show, as well as some tailgating at our cars. Last year we saw a great latin band at the Steel City Cafe which is a really nice venue.
We get to the bird about an hour or more before it starts and pick up some hot soup, apple cider and cookies which are always near the bird area.
Saturday December 10th.
What was once described as staph infection ,now it is called a multi drug resistant bacteria.Hard to treat with the many antibiotics already out there.Normally found in nursing homes and hospital’s with the addition to a community strain found in gym’s. I was diagnosed with this strain two and a half years ago. After a couple rounds of antibiotics only to see it come back ,I was left hopeless and pretty much felt like I was given a death sentence. It was at that time I discovered that the British Medical Journal had just reported that TEA TREE OIL is now being used as a strong defense and decolonization.One important method was using a diffuser in a room where it reduced 99% of the strain from surfaces. With that news I left for my local health food store and bought every soap, shampoo along with a diffuser and tea tree oil and left for home to begin my new therapy. The results were astounding. All gone within a month and MRSA free now for well over two years. There is a better and healthier way that nature provides us.Here is the link to the study.
My wife and I have been using a natural salt deodorant for about two years now. We are both very happy with it. Normal antiperspirants contain aluminum which has been reported to cause Alzheimer’s, breast cancer, prostate cancer and lung cancer. Also, an antiperspirant is designed to stop you from sweating. This is not a good thing. Sweating allows the body to release toxins that cannot be released in any other way. When antiperspirant is used, those toxins accumulate in the body and glands and can eventually cause cancer. Your stink is caused by the bacteria not the sweat. Sweat is not a problem but is in fact a very good thing. Sweating is designed to cool the body. There have been many reports of people who were known to be big stinky sweaters when they used antiperspirant and where cured by using natural salt deodorant. Allowing the body to do what it wants to do is always a good thing and if you stop it, it will usually overcompensate. There is a detox period when switching over to salt deodorant. During this period the toxins will come out and you may stink more. After that, most people have reported liking salt deodorant more than antiperspirants. The recommended application method is to leave the area wet after bathing and rub the salt on. A typical salt crystal deodorant will cost about $7 and last a year or more. Remember, anything that you apply to your skin will absorb into you blood and body. Do yourself a favor and try it out. Your kids will also thank you when you are old and have a sound mind :) Stay away from the statins too.
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I’m very happy to announce I won first place in this contest! It was the very first time I have entered it & I am so honored and proud to have won the blue ribbon the first time! Here is a photo of me (and daughter Lila) in front of my winning photo titled “Hometown Hugs”. The theme this year was “Alive and Pulsing” and I successfully captured this, totally candidly, when Lila was walking up to our friend Garrett, lovingly holding his “hug” arms towards her one evening this past summer during Media’s “Dining under the Stars”. State St. (the main street through town) is closed to automobiles every Wed. night during summer & early fall; kids can chalk up the street and sidewalks, and restaurants have dining outside in the street! Media is such a great town.
Click on the link below to view the detailed photo on my Flickr page.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kokopellisearth/6225294764/in/photostream
OWS has been going on since Sept 17th and is now showing to the world that Americans have no constitutional rights.NYPD is acting like thugs pepper spraying for peaceful assembly.Then we hear that J.P.Morgan (bailout recpt.)has just donated $4mil to them. Now ask yourself who are they protecting?The Internet seems to have the real news as all others are fudged.I was hoping that some kind of focus would prevail as the blame seems to be tossed at just about anyone else except the real culprits.The Market Manipulators who have rigged the game for years in order to get the Perfect Trade with No Risk.These are not real men nor traders applying there expert trading.They constructed time bombs, slapped a AAA on them and sold them to your local city , town and state. Then they bet against them to fail knowing that within them were not too worthy payers and would default. Heck, you could not of sold of these instrements as AAA investment grade with that crap in it anyway.It’s against the law but they did it anyway and got away with it. Not only that at the time of the TARP bailout fiasco it was first thought that $800 billion would cover all the bad mortgage debt that was failing but it was the $16 Trillion that got paid out to all the derivative winners by our illustrious FED that no one is looking at nor cares to follow the $$$.So why blame the average guy for not being able to pay his mortgage on a home he could not afford as if it was his /her fault that the system was on the verge of breakdown in 2008. We now are blaming the rich as if they are not paying enough taxes. I’m confused, it’s now a sin to be rich yet still be the American Dream?$250,000 household income is now rich? In the 30′s it was $5mil. Something is wrong here.It’s the DEBT and all it’s INTEREST that is leaving our country. We need total Financial & Political reform to stop the minipulation’s before it’s too late.OWS is not the unemployed, dead beats, commi’s or anything like that. These are real hard working American’s concerned about their FUTURE and their children’s children’s FUTURE. Go to one and find out ,ask questions and you will see and hear what I did.
A friend of mine stopped by for a beer and asked if I knew any natural cures for eczema. I told him I would do more research but that basically the skin is a reflection of the state of the liver, or of total body toxicity…that he should do everything to remove toxins and cleanse his body and liver. We talked about foods and drinks that are toxic and ones that are cleansing. We talked about cleaners in the house and organic ones instead of chemical detergents. We talked about the fact that everything that touches your skin is absorbed into the body. Only put on your skin something that you would eat. We talked about chlorine in the water and a whole house filter and softener. I told him how I had a lot of problems with the liver and gall bladder years ago because I had drank too much alcohol for years. I showed him herbs to make teas with that would cleanse the liver, like roasted dandelion root, juniper, lemon balm, etc. There are also supplements, like Bupleurum Liver Cleanse, which I have had success with. I also told him that he should be on a good probiotic. I recommend a top brand from a health food store that refrigerates them. Also, eat good yogurt or kefir from a health food store with no sugar/sweetener. I also recommended 100% cranberry juice in the morning followed by a pint or two of good water (not tap) to cleanse an hour to more before eating anything and sometimes not eating until lunch but just cleansing all morning. I also recommended nettle tea as it is a great cleanser and blood purifier. Below is some great further research on natural cures for eczema.
This is a great site for natural cures.
http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/eczema.html
If you decide to do the sea salt bath use Himalayan sea salt. It will cost about $30 for a bag for one bath. Stay in the bath a long time and air dry – don’t use a towel. Do this at a new moon (not full moon) when cleansing works best. At full moon the skin absorbs the most; at new moon it expels the most. http://www.annabellina.com/himalayansalt.html. There are many good brands of Himalayan salt.
Natural cure for eczema
http://www.getbest.info/natural-cure-for-eczema/
Excellent story of someone who tried everything and then found the natural cure
http://eczema-natural-healing.com/eczema-remedies.html
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I have just learned something really really great. All summer, my backyard garden has been growing and growing. When folks ask me “Mary, Mary, how does your garden grow?” I have always answered “with lots of tomatoes and basil and arugula and eggplant and pretty pepper flowers all in a row!”. Whaaaaat? Pepper flowers? What about peppers? Well, I’ve been watching my bell pepper plants grow taller and taller all summer. In July, they began blooming pretty little white flowers. I have been anxiously waiting and waiting for PEPPERS! We belong to a CSA, and have been getting lovely peppers there. Well, by the last week of August I realized I must find out why I am getting only flowers. What could be wrong? I began to ask friends; and a buddy of mine asked me if I’d ever heard of “hand pollination”. No, that is new to me! He encouraged me to google it and find out. I researched, and sure enough, I found this great little video on Youtube:
http://gardenings.co/gardenings/gardening-101-how-to-hand-pollinate-tomatoes-and-peppers
After I watched that video, I tried it! I went out to my garden and shook the pepper plants, then I flicked the flowers.
Well, about a week or so later, Voilå! Peppers are growing out of the flowers now! It worked like magic! Hand pollination works! Try it!
photo by Mary Good photo by Mary GoodAnd, actually, it was fun! I feel as if I really bonded with my garden. If the cool fall air coming in doesn’t stay around too long; we may just have some yummy peppers soon! Next year I’ll know to pollinate them when I first see the flowers in July.
