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a brush pile with wings
More brush pile photography from around the neighborhood … This brush pile was made up mostly of Euonymus alatus , known to US gardeners as “burning bush” for its vivid red fall color. “Alatus” means...
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dogwoods of the neighborhood
Spring is passing quickly, as it so often does. And spring in the US Midwest means dogwoods in flower. Before they’re all gone, here are two of my favorite neighborhood dogwood trees. The pink one...
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a day and a half (with a giant italian van)
What’s black and white and as big as your house? It’s a cargo van! You can use it to move a bunch of furniture quite a long distance. Don’t run out and buy it, though. It costs about thirty thousand...
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best of the drawing of the day, week 157: snake and robot
Combine the standard monster/alien/character race/mythological being called the naga with the furry snakes you often see in my sketchbooks. Add a character that could be an android, a robot, or even...
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mongolian or korean barbecue- a cubic photo documentary
Whatever you call it, this choose-your-own-ingredients feature on the flat top grill is the latest thing going at the local Chinese buffets. Even our local strip mall hole in the wall has started...
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the annual american grownup birthday freakout
The annual American grownup birthday freakout has nothing to do with getting older. It just sends you rushing for your wallet. My driver’s license! Did it just expire? Am I going to have to go to...
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cars and car spotting: the point system
This is not a car spotting blog, but we do quite a bit of it. Occasionally point totals are offered as part of the fun, and enough people have asked about how the point system works that I thought I’d...
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on the events of the day
On the events of June 26th, 2015 This blog was designed from the beginning to be non political. Indeed, one of its primary goals was to be a safe haven from politics, a quotidian quiet spot to consider...
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today at target
All the diet soda in the world! Also sweatpant shorts, protein bars ($5 Target card if you buy 3), and one of those little RFID blocking things you put in your wallet to keep identity thieves from...
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internet sunday: fox club
Imagine there is a school where all the students can shapeshift into a wide variety of animal forms. There would definitely be student clubs for everyone who can change into the same kind of animal,...
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a former object of desire
There was a time , not so very long ago (or so it feels) that I wanted this camera more than just about anything. It was rare even then: the K1000 with brown leatherette instead of the usual black, and...
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a former object of desire
There was a time , not so very long ago (or so it feels) that I wanted this camera more than just about anything. It was rare even then: the K1000 with brown leatherette instead of the usual black, and...
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dogwoods of the neighborhood
Spring is passing quickly, as it so often does. And spring in the US Midwest means dogwoods in flower. Before they’re all gone, here are two of my favorite neighborhood dogwood trees. The pink one...
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a welcome sight
A welcome sight, from left to right: street/general purpose glasses, studio glasses, bifocal shades. My new prescription has been made up, and I can see again in all three modes. Plus my street...
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unusual find at the farmers’ market
Went to the Farmers’ Market to take pictures and buy houseplant cuttings and maybe a taco, but I ended up with something rather unexpected. Note that I consistently misplace the apostrophe in Farmers’...
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butterfly blue
The Phone Camera Butterfly Project continues. Today’s butterfly is … a blue one. On concrete pavers, with a half-rotten apple it was really enjoying and the first of late summer’s fallen leaves.
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farmers’ market find– ebony green 1
Some finished sketchbook drawings from the new farmers’ market pen. You may recall that this interesting pen (introduced here, with photographs in the following post) came with a sample cartridge of...
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spider time: post 1
Spider Time epigraph and fragments of an introduction “Au milieu de l’hiver, j’apprenais enfin qu’il y avait en moi un été invincible.” Albert Camus “Rétour à Tipasa” 1952 The working title of this...
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portrait of a blogger
Me, when I realize I’m about to eat dinner and not only have I not posted to my blog yet, but I have no idea whatsoever what I am going to post.
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goodbye, trees, goodbye
Today the Tree Man came with his crew to cut down the three enormous ash trees that have been the main feature of the landscape around World Headquarters for much longer than the 25 years we’ve lived...
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