When given a gift, the only appropriate response is gratefulness. Life is a gift. Each day is filled with blessings — just by our presence, we can express our gratitude.
I’m grateful I can spend time in nature capturing its many beautiful moments. Still, for many, it is easy to miss the beauty of nature. Many do not have the opportunity to spend time out in nature. However, through Louie Schwartzberg’s time-lapse photography, we can experience the stunning beauty of nature. (See Moving Art by Louie Schwartzberg)
Louie Schwartzberg is an award-winning cinematographer, director, and producer whose notable career spans more than three decades, providing breathtaking imagery for feature films, television shows, documentaries, and commercials.
The following video is a TEDx San Fransisco presentation, which includes his short film on Gratitude and Happiness, reminding us of the precious gift of life, and the beauty all around us.
Old Pueblo Women’s Club members toured the HF Coors Dinnerware in Tucson. — Images and Video by kenne
HF Coors – Dinnerware Made in the USA 100% is a certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business as well as a HUBzone certified dinnerware manufacturer located in Tucson, Arizona. HF Coors was founded in California in 1925 by Herman Frederick Coors, son of the renowned Coors brewery founder Adolph Coors.
In 1887, Adolph Coors opened the Colorado Glass Works to manufacture beer bottles for his brewery, the Adolph Coors Brewing Company. In 1910, the glass works were leased to German-born John Herold, who incorporated the Herold China and Pottery Company on the brewery site in Golden, CO. The company used clay from nearby mines to make dinnerware and heat-resistant porcelain ovenware under the trademark Herold Fireproof China. Adolph Coors Company acquired Herold China in 1914.
The company began producing chemical porcelain in 1915, following a World War I embargo on German imports. Adolph Coors’ second son, Herman F. Coors, was named manager in 1916.
Herold China was renamed Coors Porcelain Company in 1920, and the trademark “Coors U.S.A.” was first used. After World War I, Coors Porcelain made fine china and cookware.
During Prohibition, the ceramic business kept the brewery afloat. Herman left in 1925 to start the H.F. Coors China Company, a manufacturer of dishes for restaurants and institutional use, in Inglewood, CA.
HF Coors’ assets were acquired by Catalina China, Inc. of Tucson, and moved from California to Tucson in 2003. Today, they continue to manufacture dinnerware for wholesale and retail customers in this Tucson factory, where 100% of HF Coors products are manufactured. Source: HF Coors Website
Solvang Danish Days 2024 — Images and Video by kenne
Each wind that sighs from Danish waves Through Norway’s woods of pine, Of thy pale lips an answer craves: Where wast thou, brother mine? I fought for both a deadly fight; In vain to spy thy prow O’er belt and fiord I strained my sight: My fatherland with graves grew white: My brother, where wast thou?
During our time on California’s Central Coast, we included a scheduled tour of the Hearst Castle known formally as La Cuesta Encantada is a historic estate in San Simeon.
West Texas Wind Turbines — Photo-artistry by kenne
Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel Like a snowball down a mountain, or a carnival balloon Like a carousel that’s turning running rings around the moon Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind!
It was supposed to be a walk, not a hike, so I didn’t take hiking poles. My friend Dan was our smartphone photo guide; however, I should have known that Dan might be leading us across some small washes since he had a cane. So, it was handy for me to use after Dan crossed this ditch.
A Very Short Video Clip. The Audio Is Difficult to Understand.
White Winged Dove At Patio Feeder — Image by kenne
Well I hear you in the morning And I hear you at nightfall Sometimes to be near you Is to be unable to feel you, my love I’m a few years older than you (I’m a few years older than you) my love
Just like the white winged dove Sings a song, sounds like she’s singing Ooh, baby, ooh, said ooh Just like the white winged dove Sings a song, sounds like she’s singing Ooh, baby, ooh, said ooh
