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Much to my surprise… I found out I was a featured artist at Imagekind today. A very nice surprise indeed! I wonder how many folks will check out my galleries?

I’ve really enjoyed taking photos and trying to get good ones to post. Not all of them turn out great… Once in a while there’s a fairly decent one worth putting up at Imagekind…

Gee… I feel almost famous, getting my profile listed at Imagekind!

Kent Lorentzen featured artist at Imagekind

Kent Lorentzen featured artist at Imagekind


Visit Imagekind Community Sell at Imagekind Create at Imagekind Shop Imagekind Shop Canvas Custom Framing Shop Greeting Cards Shop Prints Kent Lorentzen profile

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Looked out this morning and there were some nice red colors just before sunrise. Grabbed the camera and a tripod, popped out the door and set up. It was 5 degrees below zero, didn’t grab a jacket, hat, or mittens, as it was just outside the door and only gonna be for a moment at a time…

Took a few pics. Decided a jacket and hat would feel good. Hands were still cool, but can’t work the camera with mittens on. Did learn, while moving, that an aluminum tripod and bare hands in below zero temps aren’t a good combination.

Here are a couple of the pics:

December Sunrise

December Sunrise

Red Sky in December

Red Sky in December

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It’s interesting having an online t-shirt store and looking at the things that are selling… I’ve noticed several sales of this I Love (heart) My Cows! design in infant/toddler t-shirts recently. Hmmm… Makes me wonder if there are a bunch of kids out on farms aspiring to be farmers.

The holstein cows in the picture are what many folks think of as milk cows and dairy farm animals. Of course, there are many other breeds of cows. Should I do some more designs like this with other breeds, like angus or jersey? There must be lots of folks who love their cows and have beef cows or other breeds of milk cows.

Anyway… It’s fun to see a t-shirt like this selling and imagine kids wearing it while letting folks know that they Love Cows!

More items featuring this design can be found in the Love My Cows section.

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Cassie, over at Cassie’s Critters has been looking for animal designs on the Flip Minos video camcorders that Cafepress is now offering. She inspired me to gather a few photos and see if I could come up with some critter designs for the Flip cameras. I managed to get some photos formatted and put on the cameras:

Garter Snake

Garter Snake Flip Mino
A garter snake gives you the eye in this close-up photo.

Fun in the Snow

Fun in the Snow Flip Mino
Raven the dog is having fun running in fresh snow out in a hay field on a December winter morning. Raven is a mix of German shepherd, Norwegian elkhound, and English setter.

I Love You Cow

I Love You Cow Flip Mino
This ‘I Love You Cow’ is a Fun Valentine’s Day Gift. She has a lot of Heart and Loves U. So… Make your Sweetheart smile this Valentine’s with this cute cow.

Masked Raccoon

Masked Raccoon Flip Mino
A masked raccoon is in grass and clover looking at you.

I Love You Cow

I Love You Cow Flip Mino
This ‘I Love You Cow’ is a Fun Valentine’s Day Gift. She has a lot of Heart and Loves U. So… Make your Sweetheart smile this Valentine’s with this cute cow.

Queen Cat

Queen Cat Flip Mino
This cat thinks she’s a Queen, and of course she is… You can see it by the way she sits.

Looks like I’ll have more fun adding photos of flowers and other stuff to the flip mino cameras.

If you’d like to check out all the critter flips Cassie has gathered… Head on over to Critter Flips.

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Oct 19 2008

Checking out CSA T-Shirts

Posted by Nifty Galoot in Web activity

CSA Ringer T by Rotem Gear

I just saw a tweet from Jean at Rotem Gear that she has a new CSA design on t-shirts. It tickled me, as I’ll be going to a ‘Local Food’ Farmers Union dinner and meeting Thursday evening. A couple folks will be talking about their CSA’s. I’ll be talking about the Farmers Market, and a gal will talk about the farmers market visitor count and survey.

If you aren’t familiar with Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)… it’s part of the local food movement. This t-shirt design is a clever tv parody and invites us to take a closer look.

More items featuring this design can be found in the CSA: Community Supported Agriculture section.

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Oct 12 2008

Floating down the Mississippi

Posted by Nifty Galoot in Mississippi River, Uncategorized, Water, tags: , , ,

Had a nice afternoon float down the Mississippi river with some neighbors yesterday.

Start of the Fall Flotilla

Start of the Fall Flotilla

Gwen sits in her kayak at the start of the Fall Flotilla trip down the Mississippi river.

Jerry and Iona in a red canoe

Jerry and Iona in a red canoe

Gwen is getting her camera to take a picture of Jerry and Iona starting to paddle a red canoe down the Mississippi river.

Jerry and Iona in a red canoe

Jerry and Iona in a red canoe

There were pretty reflections off the water as Jerry and Iona canoed along the eastern bank of the Mississippi river.

W paddling his kayak down the Mississippi

W paddling his kayak down the Mississippi

Fall colors and reflections off the water make a pretty picture as W paddles his orange kayak down the Mississippi river.

Fall Floatilla down the Mississippi river.

Fall Flotilla down the Mississippi river.

A pretty picture with fall colors along the banks of the Mississippi river as canoes and a kayak head downriver. Bob’s in his homemade wooden canoe. The other canoeists are John and Joyce and, Jerry and Iona. W is in the kayak.

After the trip, we all gathered at Gwen and W’s house for a potluck supper. What a nice afternoon trip and good food!

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Jul 04 2008

WordPress Plugins I use

Posted by Nifty Galoot in Web activity, tags: , ,

I have a number of websites, and many of them are WordPress blog based. There are lots of great plugins for WordPress to use. Here’s a list of some of them I’ve found useful:

There are many other great plugins I’m not using because I don’t have a need for them or haven’t heard of them. I did want to share the ones I like and use most often.

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Jun 27 2008

Red and Yellow Flowers Photo

Posted by Nifty Galoot in Farmers Market, Flowers, Pictures, Web activity

Here’s a photo of bright red and yellow flower blossoms I took at last Wednesday’s farmers market. I love how this photo turned out with other blossoms behind the central bloom and the green leaves under the blossom.

I’ve added this to my Flowers gallery at Imagekind, so it is available for sale there, framed or unframed.

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Jun 20 2008

That’s How I Roll Tractor Shirts

Posted by Nifty Galoot in Web activity

My friend Jean, from Rotem Gear, recently posted about a new design for farmers… It says ‘That’s How I Roll’ and has a picture of a farm tractor. Perfect for us farm guys, gals, and kids. Don’t you think it’s a great design?


Farm Tractor White T-Shirt

This great design is available on many styles of shirts to fit nearly anyone. What a nice gift for any farmer, or wannabe farmer.

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May 30 2008

Cutting and Planting Potatoes

Posted by Nifty Galoot in Farm activity, Web activity

It’s a late spring and all the planting has been delayed. Tuesday I cut potatoes and Thursday I got them planted. Put in about an acre, divided between Gold Rush russets, Yukon Gold, and Red Norlands.

Took some video when I was cutting spuds… And this is my first video posted to the web:

I kept it short on purpose so it wouldn’t take too long to load on dial-up internet. Okay… I have to admit… The clip of cutting is speeded up a tiny bit to shorten the clip.

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