Here we have Yellowstone again – my inspiration photo for the old bathroom remodel. This photo of the Grand Prismatic Pool has so many colors in it – it could inspire more than one room in my house… I like this palette because it has a cooler end and a warmer end… that mimics nature in fact; warmer colors for… (more…)
Here’s another photo that Eric took. He was literally out in the field for work this time when these colors and textures caught his eye. I’m beginning to see that natural color palettes are synonymous with ‘neutral’ color palettes. Maybe. No wonder most people like them – they’re everywhere. I’m partial to the left end of this palette – looks… (more…)
Beauty at a truck stop Ahhh… the memories…. We were driving home for the holidays – the first stop on our 750-mile-in-one-day-commute (with-two-kids-I-might-add). It was an otherwise crappy stop (literally – the son had a bit of a blowout) along the highway in western Indiana. Eric had been driving, the weather was terrible, the kids were complaining, Clayton was a… (more…)
For real. Here’s how it went down on Thursday, February 11, 2010. I pick up my daughter from school at 3:15… about 1 minute passed by before I heard these words, Mom? We have a Valentine’s day party tomorrow and I have to bring in Valentine’s for everyone. Of course, I should’ve seen it coming… I’m not a fan of… (more…)
This is the Gowganda. A crazy cool rock found up in Ontario – the object of my future end table tiles, and the subject of this weeks Natural Color Palette exercise. Geology Moment: The Gowganda Formation was deposited ~2.3 billion years ago. It has been interpreted to represent to deposits of a glacier into a lake – the darker background… (more…)
My Yellowstone photo has inspired me to see what other color palettes that I can find in my field photos. This will be the first of a series – here it goes. This is a photo from Firehole Canyon in southwestern Wyoming. You can’t tell from this photo – but this picture was taken from a pretty decent elevation. It… (more…)
This is a photo from the Grand Prismatic Pool in Yellowstone National Park. What a cool place to visit. I did fieldwork in Wyoming for about 11 years before I actually stepped my foot inside Yellowstone. I finally had my opportunity to do a little geotourism there during the summer of 2007. My daughter was 3 at the time –… (more…)
Back to the walls for a moment… Our walls are currently covered with art… I’m proud to say that the majority of it is art from local artists. Really local. Eric and I tend to frame our own photos. As geologists, we’ve done a fair bit to traveling. After all, it’s easier for you to go see the rocks than… (more…)