photography
Peonies and the Park
Last year we planted an ornamental onion and two peonies in a raised planter smack in the middle of our ferns. The onion bloomed last year, but the peonies did not. This year, reverse that by two-thirds. The onion is gone, and one of the two peonies sent up around 8 flowers. Also added to [...]
Hungry Bug
The red lily beetle has quite the striking appearance, and this one had quite the appetite today. It didn’t mind sitting for a few closeups. Another photo is in my Flickr photostream. Enjoy the smorgasbord while it lasts, bug. Tomorrow I mix up the neem oil.
Heavenly Bodies
Crescent moon, Venus and Jupiter early Monday evening. I knew this was coming, but I didn’t pay much attention to when. I stepped onto the side porch Monday shortly after 5pm, and this is what I saw in the southwest sky. And yes, it gets that dark outside here by 5pm this time of year [...]
the poppies
A few years ago, in an effort to get a little more variety in our flower beds in front of the house, I planted some poppy from seed. The first year saw several plants take root and produce a bunch of spindly flowers that lasted about a day, it seemed. The following year, the results [...]
May in photos
It’s been a slow month around these parts on the blog front, but that’s not to say it’s been a slow month in my life. When the month of May is said and done, I will have spent about the same amount of time here at home in Massachusetts as I have spent in Pennsylvania. [...]
rediscovering the Dry Tortugas
While testing Aperture, Apple’s professional answer to iPhoto, I imported some old photos that include the sea plane trip Marlin and I took to Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas in March 1999. I’ve posted them all in a Dry Tortugas Gallery. These photos were all taken with my old Minolta XG-1 and scanned from [...]
seven year itch
I’m having a wave of blog relevance this evening (or perhaps it’s just a hot flash) after discovering a link to my original Blogger Code today on Jason Kottke’s blog. He’s like a blogger Hall of Famer and all. Now if only I had something interesting to say, but I’m busy / tired / distracted [...]
ring-a-ling
We decorated the front porch today for the holidays … two decks of icicle lights, 4 kissing balls, 4 supersize Christmas ornaments, and 4 supersize cluster ornaments — including the bells in the new blog banner image and in the gallery here. The bells are hanging in front of a full moon, which casts a [...]
