I hoped the birds were going to cooperate, but alas—I am no St. Francis of Assisi. Well, that, and I was really hungry so I didn’t have the patience to wait for however long (if ever) it was going to take. In my head, the one at the left was going to stay put, and…
Tag Archive: exterior
The Shadow of the Light
It is by the light that we know darkness, and by the darkness that we know light. A Year Ago: Yearning for Sleep I’ve been going through a particularly vicious disruption of my sleep cycle… [read more]
Basilica
My last day in Asheville was a mixed bag. I found a couple of great neighborhoods, I saw a lovely rental property that will be long gone before I come to any conclusions, and I had one of the worst “nice restaurant” meals of my life. Now nursing an iffy tummy and trying to get…
Ice Ice, Baby
I am enamored of the many surface patterns in this image: stripes, diamonds, dimples, rectangles. There are unexpected dashes of green in the threshold and a clump of weeds. This is a picture of no decade, made with the signature technology of the early 21st century. A Year Ago: Variegated Pineapple Looks real, doesn’t it?…
Incidental Geometry
There was a significant amount of swearing involved in the creation of this image. I was walking along with Crystal on the pedestrian mall at Silver Spring, marveling at the blue sky and 80º weather. I spot a plane leaving a narrow white chalk-mark across the pristine sky in pleasing juxtaposition with the nearby architecture….
M Street Facade
These days I routinely carry two cameras with me, the GF-1 and my iPhone 4S. And even though I know I’m more likely to get a high-quality image from the GF-1, I usually have it tucked away in my bag, while the iPhone is frequently in my hand. As a result, for the quick snap…
Filigree & Kitsch
Few relative things feel more absolute than matters of taste. We all know bad taste when we see it—except that, as it turns out, we disagree vehemently as to what exactly it is. In this image, for my money the gate ironwork is “good taste old”—elegant, graceful, understated. The two garden sculptures behind it are…
Linear
In the north, winter is the season of monochrome. A Year Ago: Dried Buds This photograph was shot in blustery wind… [read more]
The Balcony
This image sums up many of the pros and cons of St. Augustine. It was taken in the heart of the old downtown, which has been turned into a pedestrian mall. The center of town has certainly been touristified, but not in an especially unpleasant manner. The place still has “good bones.” The winter sky…
No Passage
Here’s another iPhone picture from my Maryland jaunt, this time a gap between buildings in Annapolis. (It puts me in mind of this image from Mount Vernon.) There’s also something hitchcockishly dreamlike about it. What goes on behind that red door? What happens when you turn the corner? A Year Ago: A Flurry of Wings…