The first day of it started off a little flaky, but broke to sunshine…

… in time for us to slog through fresh slippery snow to the Lone Pine before lunch; a worthy beginning.

[Sunset walks and sunny mornings, in and out of small snows, all week]

Thanks to Teresa the books kept coming; Stephen Shore and Larry Sultan, two excellent photographers poles apart and Herms and Judd, a couple of sculptors even further removed; “California Boys”, as Dave Hickey said of George Herms, and must be said of Larry [and myself] as well…and east coasters, lots to think about, compare and contrast, yeh. Then Joe Sacco’s not very comical graphic reportage from Bosnia, 1992-1996.  Lots to think about…

The table shows snows ebbs and flows; after a festive Saturday dinner the lights came off Crystal Vessel for another year, leaving only lights from the sky to sustain us…

[Even with the snowmelt one strand was still stuck in a block of ice at the bottom of the sculpture until Monday][not shown]

But Monday, a last sunset, and Den…

Ver!…to come, or rather go up to, tomorrow…

 

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