We stayed at a rather charming place near Boulder that offers a yurt with a wood stove and an outdoor kitchen. Mikhaal and Tena, from Switzerland as I recall, created this little "Ranch" over the last five years. It was quite a lot of fun to stay way out, miles from the nearest neighbor in our cozy little room and fall asleep warmed by the rather effective stove.
I used DD's little LED lantern to light the interior for this shot (18mm, 131 seconds, f/8, ISO 800):
You can barely see the top of the yurt in this next shot because it is pretty well secluded by the fence and various trees surrounding it. This is, of course, a long exposure that reveals the movement of the earth in the form of star trails:
50mm, 460 seconds, f/5.6, ISO 200. Interesting effect due to the slight breeze moving the leaves.
I like the yurt, I'd like to stay in one sometime.
Our wood-burning stove is also very effective. Mr. HeyLucy doesn't want to use our central heat this winter, since propane has gotten so expensive. He's getting very good at chopping wood and lighting the fire.
Posted by: marne | October 23, 2008 at 10:35 PM
What fun. We saw yurts when we were on the Silk Road trip though northwest China. Maybe we'll try one in the U.S.
Posted by: emptyness | October 24, 2008 at 06:01 AM
love the colour contrast of the blue sky and yellow (yurt?)
Posted by: r-dean | October 25, 2008 at 05:17 AM