House On The Prairie

Emilio, Photography
Kanosh-0294 copy“As you read my stories of long ago I hope you will remember that things truly worthwhile and that will give you happiness are the same now as they were then. It is not the things you have that make you happy. It is love and kindness and helping each other and just plain being good. ”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder

Nud Girls and Bikinis

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Outside the city limits of Beatty NV November 29, 2015

I know you have questions. What is a nud girl, right? And, given the choice, would a man rather look at a nud girl? Or a girl in a bikini? The answer to at least one of the above isn’t as obvious as it seems. But allow me to backtrack for a moment.

My wife, Lynn, left me alone Sunday morning. She did invite me to help her sister and brother-in-law pack up their house and move, but I figured I could not handle that much fun in one day. So, ascertaining that it would not be a problem once she had time to think about it, I opted to go out shooting. I did not want to go any where we had not been before because half the fun of discovering a new place is doing it with someone you love. So, I headed north toward Tonopah, about a 3 hour trip. By the time I got to Beatty, only 2 hours away- and knowing I’d have to turn around and make the drive home by myself- I decided to stop there. Just outside the town of Beatty, at the Area 51 Alien Center, was a legal brothel called the Bunny Ranch. It is a nondescript pink building at the rear of the gas station. A few miles further up the road was a sign for “Nud Girls” on the side of a now vacant building. I would assume it was another brothel but perhaps not. Perhaps it was merely a nude bar or strip joint- the E in NUDE obliterated by a sash announcing the building’s availability. So the mystery of a nud girl is not such a mystery. But the question, would a man rather look at a nud girl or a girl in a bikini, is not such a difficult one for me.

I would rather look at a girl in a bikini.

Really.

See, I like a little mystery!

Westward, Ho!

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Springdale UT November 14, 2015 Fujifilm X-T1 18-55 mm f/4 1/2500 sec ISO 200

Well, the search continues here in the west. This is the third weekend in a row we have taken the 3 hour trip to Zion in hopes of finding autumn colors. No luck so far. But, what we have found is a new appreciation for the beauty that is Zion. So, next weekend we will be making the trip again. My fear, though, is that by then the temperature will drop so quickly that the leaves will fall even before getting the chance to show off their colors.

So, I meant to share a few images from this past weekend but decided I must share this image first. It made me think of my grandfather and how much he appreciated Western movies and would have appreciated this conestoga wagon, parked in front of a tourist shopping center on the way to Zion. As I’ve mentioned in my About page, I believe he ended up here in the west because he always liked the films of Sergio Leone. What I didn’t mention is that he would fall asleep most times to the music from The Godfather. An Italian of limited interests, my grandfather!