Grand Canyon February 2007

mendocino vino & desiccated manzanita..

On The Ranch.

tilling the soil, planting cover crops and food for animals.

things are happening at the Nye

John Lennon

John Lennon Remembrance Day

Lennon died today, December 8th 1980.


watch this...

great blue heron swoooop

photo by KarinB

Nye Ranch Farm Projects..

Big things happening here at the ranch. Eli came over and we prepped a couple of raised beds and planted them with tasty cool season veggies. We also collected mass quantities of llama shit, 20 wheelbarrow loads. Llama dung is a great natural fertilizer. It is considered a "cold manure" because Llama's have 3 stomachs that digest seeds, thus there is no need to compost the crap. Llama poop can be applied directly to a soil mix or used as tasty mulch.

I've been continuing my exploration of various farming techniques and different types of agriculture. Organic has always been my base, but have always found Biodynamic agriculture very interesting.

As defined by Wikipedia.
"Biodynamic agriculture, a method of organic farming that has its basis in a spiritual world-view (anthroposophy, first propounded by Rudolf Steiner), treats farms as unified and individual organisms,[1] emphasizing balancing the holistic development and interrelationship of the soil, plants, animals as a closed, self-nourishing system.[2] Regarded by some proponents as the first modern ecological farming system,[3] biodynamic farming includes organic agriculture's emphasis on manures and composts and exclusion of the use of artificial chemicals on soil and plants. Methods unique to the biodynamic approach include the use of fermented herbal and mineral preparations as compost additives and field sprays and the use of an astronomical sowing and planting calendar."

Anyway I came across a crazy Hungarian named Zsolt who is into Biodynamics, and has worked on farms worldwide. He came by the Nye one day and brought some female cow horns, and some cow shit. Both came from Frey Vineyards, a Biodynamic Vineyard. These two ingredients are part of a BD preparation called "BD 500". You simply stuff crap into the cow horns and bury them underground from fall to spring. Then you mix the dung with water and spread it over your fields, greatly increasing the humus content in your soil and the amount of "active life" in the soil.

The various crops I planted are:
Mizuna, Kale, Chard, Bok Choi, Cabbage, Celery, Brussel Sprouts, Spinach, Romaine lettuce, various lettuce varieties, Garlic, Onions, Broccoli, Parsley.. YUMMMY

what I've been up to.

Fuck Oil

Just over a year ago, 53,​000 gallo​ns of bunke​r oil spill​ed from a South​ Korea​-​bound​ conta​iner ship.​ The ship hit the Bay Bridg​e,​ pictu​red below​.​ Follo​wed by some other​ Photo​graph​s I took docum​entin​g the nasty​ spill​.​

Heal the Bay. You Bums.​

3 men and a ghost.

Halloween

Sacramento Arts Festival.. Booth #507

In Sacramento, this very weekend, I'll be having a photography booth along with my girl, Marianne Romeo. Booth # 507. If you have any friends, family or know some big dogs with lots of money, tell them to go! Or better yet, you come..

MarianneRomeo.Com

AmericanArtFestivals.Com

Eleventh Annual
SACRAMENTO ARTS FESTIVAL
October 24, 25, 26, 2008
Sacramento Convention Center
Entrance at 14th and J Streets
Hours: Friday Noon – 9pm, Saturday 10am -7pm, Sunday 10am - 5pm
Tickets at the Door - $8.00 Adults, $7 Seniors,
Children under 12 Free

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daydreaming.

Sarah Palin is high as fuck.

Surfing.

"Born in storms on the open sea, waves do not have gentle beginnings. They are wild at birth. Through the discipline of wind and gravity, they are transformed into rhythmic swells of uniform height still containing the power of the storm which formed them as they travel across thousands of miles to distant shores. As the swells enter the shallow coastal waters they crest, and in one last dramatic moment, display their power and beauty as they break onto the shores of their destination. It is here at the death of a storm's energy that the surfer connects with the wave, using it to express himself, just as a painter uses the canvas, or a dancer the stage. It is here between the wind and the water, that man performs an intense duet with the sea."

-Mickey Munoz
The first surfer to grace the cover of Surfer Mag. I met his brother today. marvelous man.

Akasa's "YOMI"

Directed by Sean Meehan, Director of Photography Kyle Burns. Starring Camerin Kelly and Stella Berkofsky. Music by AKASA. Akasa is Josh Benedict and Camerin Kelly.

TrademarkRecordings.com

The Mustache

October, 11 2008 at Mendo​ Burge​rs Troub​adour​ circl​e
10483​ Lansi​ng,​ Mendo​cino,​ Calif​ornia​ 95460​
Cost : Free

Check​ out my new serie​s of photo​graph​s studying the Mustache.

Secon​d Satur​day event​ like a true Irish​ pub passi​ng the stick​ for all Music​ians,​poets​ and a displ​ay of art work on the walls​.​ Every​one welco​me come sing and play and don’t​ forge​t to bring​ your own bottl​e and they will be selli​ng food.​

Group Art Show

Featuring some Photographs by yours truly. Runs through October 6th at the Odd Fellows Hall in Mendocino. Located on the corner of Kasten St. and Ukiah St. in Mendocino.

KEEP MENDO WILD!

There are only a few days left to comment on the Minerals Management Service 5 year plan which proposes offshore drilling around the entire country. The comments must be received in Washington, DC by the end of business on Monday, September 15th.

The reason this is so important is that the Presidential Executive Order to protect our coasts has been lifted by President George Bush. Within a few days, the Congressional Moratorium may be partially or totally lifted. There will be no protection for our coast.





GOTO WWW.MMS.GOV/ and tell them that shit is bulllllshit.

Waiting..

Long Haired Child..

I miss my hair.

Akasa's "Yomi" Music Video Shoot 1 of 2.

On August 22nd I found myself in none other then Beverly Hills, CA. I was Director of Photography for a music video. The photographs are from that very day...

Shooting till 3am, I could have never achieved total satisfaction without the help of best boy/grip/gaffer/key grip/dolly grip/juicer/kraft services, James Standley.