http://manns.tmanndesign.com/manns Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:20:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Carissa sent this painting in progress. Dubbed "Madison as baby Jesus" by Justin, I think it is one of my favorite portrait paintings of Carissa's to date. The eyes remind me of the famous photo of the Afgan woman in National Geographic. I also wonder what Madison is looking at ... http://manns.tmanndesign.com/manns/2010/03/18/future-madison-perhaps/ After intensive research Sharon proposed that the fulfillment of her big birthday "gift" , I had suggested a puppy, would be a Greyhound. Why a greyhound? They are affectionate and have gentle dispositions and there are many of them that need homes because of the turnover from racetracks. Jordie however ... http://manns.tmanndesign.com/manns/2010/03/07/jordie-arrives/ We recently visited the home of one of my fellow instructors. He and his wife live in an Earthship, it is completely off the grid. Solar for electricty, built in to the house walls are two large water catchments, the construction of the house into the side of a hill ... http://manns.tmanndesign.com/manns/2010/03/07/earthship-awesome/                 We did not arrive at the cave, which is really a lava tube, late enough to see the bats come out. But is was a nice walk in the cold fresh air.       I am likin' the lichen   China pose, or her best ... http://manns.tmanndesign.com/manns/2010/01/18/to-the-batcave-mann/ Before we made it to the bird sanctuary we took a side trip to the VLA. http://www.vla.nrao.edu/ AWESOME-AWESOME When they focussed in on a new "target", the would slowly glide in to a new position and to see 27 of these huge dish move together like a slow motion ballet dance, ... http://manns.tmanndesign.com/manns/2009/11/29/vla/ South of Albuquerque is the Bosque del Apache Bird Refuge, through the careful palnning of our driver and hosts Gerald and Judy Curtis we arrived at sunset to see the landing of flock after flock of snadhill crane. Very impressive.              This last one is a fake composite, I ... http://manns.tmanndesign.com/manns/2009/11/29/bird-sanctuary-trip-festival-of-the-cranes/ After our meeting at the University in Las Cruces we had a chance to meet up with some old friends that we met while serving in Haifa. Jean and Dean Wilkey. Jean is an artist and teacher and Dean works for the University as the historical photo archivist, he also ... http://manns.tmanndesign.com/manns/2009/10/26/las-cruces-mesilla-art/ We headed down to Las Cruces for a meeting at the University. We got treated to some beautiful skies on the way.     http://manns.tmanndesign.com/manns/2009/10/26/driving-to-las-cruces/ This is the cottonwood tree outside the computer lab at NMSU-Grants http://manns.tmanndesign.com/manns/2009/10/26/nmsu-tree/ We took Judy's homemade applesauce up to Denver and our granddaughter seemed to enjoy it http://manns.tmanndesign.com/manns/2009/10/10/apple-sauce/