thats me, hiding in the back. yay. The Creamery, in Klamath Falls. Yay again!

i just pulled all these off my old server.

took these recently

i know there are more. Some of them were scribbled off by hand and never saw the puter. Who knows where the rest are.

I met this dude a couple of nights ago, and when i told him i played an instrument, he was hot-damn wanting to show me these that he had picked up in Kosovo. He didn't know what they were or how they were played, and neither did i, but i had some ideas.

The intricately (hand)carved one is a gusle, and it's a very old instrument that's been used in the balkans for a long time in the bardic tradition. (bardic as in just singing tales, not in any sort of magick style) and the other one is either a saz or a ciftli. It's got two strings and is played with a pick, the upper string used for a drone and the lower for the melody.

If i am wrong, someone please tell me! These were so cool i wanted everyone to see them. Both are handcarved.

while it was cold, the hills got some snow. I went up and almost got stuck in it, and stomped around in it, and had some fun.

I liked getting pictures of lights when i used strictly 35 mm, and now i've figured out how with the digital. weeee!