Melanie Anne Phillips

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Teresa:  You know those young actors in the Harry Potter series were so lucky to play against the cream of British actors. Me:  Not just the education but the experience. Teresa:  Can you imagine, being that age and working with Kenneth Branagh and...  Peter O' Toole...  no, wait, not Peter O' Toole...  that other guy, the one I like. Me:  Oh, yeah..  the guy who played Dumbledore originally.  I can't remember his name now either. Teresa:  I hate getting old Me:  I don't think it's age so much as experience.  You stuff sot much information into your mind over the years,  you just can't find things easily anymore.  Oh, I'm sure age can be a factor, but there's also the overstuffed warehouse aspect. Teresa: I know what you mean. Me:  Richard Harris!  See, it was in there, I just had to track it down.  That's why I don't let my memories wander the halls at night.  Everybody has to go bac...

"American Gothic" (1972) Saw this along the road by Aunt Jessie's house in New Hampshire.  Wondered if the nearby forest was Grant Woods.

"Transitions" (1971) Compositional exploration of the zen-like progression from solid to ether to null.

"Neon Soldiers" (1971) Somewhere across country on the 4th of July in the middle of the family coast to coast road trip vacation.  Another stab at time exposures.  Again, a shaky camera (hand held) but the end result of this (out of many no-so-good shots) was something that looked like tin soldiers made out of light with their bayonets glowing at the ends of their shouldered fire-rifles as they march beneath the aerial bombardment.  Sometimes what makes a snap shot into a photograph is nothing more than picking the right mistake and giving it a catchy name full of imagery.

"Moraine Park" (1971) Colorado.  A truly beautiful spot in the expansive meadows left by the retreat of the great glaciers after the last ice age.  Good spot to experience a Rocky Mountain High.