The stars were in alignment and I got to spend a nice Earth Day at the Falls of the Ohio. It was a little cold and windy…nothing layering in sweat shirts couldn’t handle! I found so many interesting objects and spaces that I filled up my camera’s memory card. I now find myself with a [...]
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At Play on Earth Day
Posted in Absurd, Art, art and environment, birding, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, nature photography, public art, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam, watershed, tagged Art, artistatexit0, creativity, driftwood structure, Earth Day, Falls of the Ohio, found materials, imagination, Louisville, nature, photography, recycled art, Styrofoam, Thunder Over Louisville, willow trees on April 24, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Palm Saturday
Posted in Absurd, animal art works, Art, art and environment, birding, collections, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, Louisville, Kentucky, nature, public art, tagged Art, artist at exit 0, environmental story, Falls of the Ohio, found materials, nature, Ohio River, photography, plastic goldfish, plastic tree, recycled art, site specific art, Styrofoam on March 18, 2012 | 8 Comments »
Dear readers…I have so much to post and have fallen a couple of weeks behind. The work a day world has been extra busy (and rewarding) of late. Still, I have made time to go to the river and “do my thing” to maintain my peace of mind. It’s time now to post my images [...]
Rubber Ducky Collection
Posted in Absurd, animal art works, Art, art and environment, birding, collections, creativity, Falls of the Ohio, fresh water, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River, unusual collection, tagged Art, artistatexit0, bath tub duck, collecting, Falls of the Ohio, flots, found objects, lost and found, Louisville, Kentucky, nature, plastic toy, rubber duck, rubber ducky collection on December 30, 2011 | 10 Comments »
One last post before all of 2011′s sand runs through the hour-glass! Here are a few of the many rubber duckies that I have come across at the Falls of the Ohio over the years. I thought it would be a fun way to end the year. If you would like to see more ducky [...]
The Cottonwood Turtle
Posted in Absurd, animal art works, Art, art and environment, birding, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, nature photography, public art, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam, tagged Art, artistatexit0, birds, cottonwood tree, creativity, Falls of the Ohio, found materials, found objects, Louisville, nature, nature story, photography, Styrofoam, turtles on June 4, 2011 | 6 Comments »
First, I would like to thank all the people who checked out my last post on the box turtles. The response has been pretty overwhelming and I’ve enjoyed everybody’s comments. The Eastern Box Turtle isn’t the only turtle to be found at the Falls of the Ohio State Park and this post is about that [...]
Along the Muddy Banks
Posted in Absurd, animals, Art, art and environment, birding, birds and birding, collections, creativity, ecosytem, Falls of the Ohio, fresh water, Louisville, Kentucky, nature, nature photography, Ohio River, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam, unusual collection, watershed, tagged Art, artistatexit0, birds, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, flotsam and jetsam, found objects, Louisville, nature, photography, Pileated Woodpecker, recycled art, Red-shouldered hawk, site specific art, Styrofoam sculpture on May 22, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The Ohio River has receded by the Falls of the Ohio. For many weeks the river was loath to relinquish the territory it had recently flooded. I ventured down the river bank and explored the more eastern section of the park. The following post is some thoughts and images made during this expedition into a very [...]
Flood Birds
Posted in Absurd, animal art works, Art, art and environment, birding, birds and birding, creativity, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, nature photography, Ohio River, Originality, recycled art, Styrofoam, tagged Art, artistatexit0, birding, birds, creativity, Falls of the Ohio, garbage, natural history, nature, Ohio River, photography, recycled art, Spring Migration, Styrofoam on May 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »
For me, the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is a signal that Spring is underway. I believe I have seen this very same bird in the same Sweet Gum tree for several years now. Before the tree fully leafs out, he drills neat rows of holes in the tree bark which fill with the tree’s sap. Visiting often, [...]
Lotto Land
Posted in Absurd, Art, art and environment, birding, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, nature, nature photography, Ohio River, public art, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam, watershed, tagged Art, artistatexit0, Beach combing, fake cheeseburger, Falls of the Ohio, flotsam and jetsam, found objects, garbage, lotto sign, Louisville, nature, Ohio River flooding, photography, trash, vultures, water-born debris on April 23, 2011 | 5 Comments »
It’s raining as I write this post. It has seemingly rained the entire month of April in my area resulting in a swollen Ohio River. I think we are on another collision course with the record books for most precipitation during April. Only once this month have I been able to access what passes for [...]
Mud Duck
Posted in Absurd, animal art works, animals, Art, art and environment, birding, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, fresh water, Louisville, Kentucky, nature photography, Ohio River, public art, recycled art, Styrofoam, watershed, tagged Art, artistatexit0, birds, butterflies, Kentucky artist, Louisville, nature, Ohio River flooding, photography, recycled art, Styrofoam on March 22, 2011 | 5 Comments »
I ventured out over the weekend to see what I could see. The Ohio River is still very high, but receding. All along the riverbank you can see how far the water rose because large logs and plastic trash reveal the high water marks. Once all this water reaches its “normal” level…there will be a huge [...]
Skippy’s Day
Posted in Absurd, art and environment, birding, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, nature, nature photography, Ohio River, Originality, public art, recycled art, sculpture, Styrofoam, watershed, tagged Art, artistatexit0, driftwood, Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, nature, photography, recycled art, Styrofoam on February 1, 2011 | 7 Comments »
It’s the Falls of the Ohio and it’s nearly midwinter. The quality of the light feels like it’s coming from banks and banks of incandescent tubes in the sky. It doesn’t even feel like light, but more like a heavy presence more akin to fog than photons. There are fewer people out today. The last of the [...]
The Architect of Ice
Posted in Absurd, Art, art and environment, birding, creativity, ecosytem, environmental art, Falls of the Ohio, fresh water, Louisville, Kentucky, nature photography, Ohio River, Originality, public art, recycled art, Styrofoam, watershed, tagged Art, artistatextit0, Falls of the Ohio, ice formations, Louisville, nature, photography, Styrofoam, winter landscape on January 14, 2011 | 13 Comments »
Come along on this vicarious adventure to the Falls of the Ohio. The seasons and river help make this a dynamic environment. I stole a couple of hours during a very cold day to visit the park and was rewarded with a riverscape transformed by ice! Right at the river’s edge was where I found the ice. The driftwood, [...]
