Category Archives: photography
half a road is better than none..
Weather around here has been bouncing all over the place. Snow again today, after a spell of warmish weather, then rain. All of which means the ground is warming up and there’s runoff everywhere, which means driving mountain roads at this time of year is a bit of a crapshoot. Here’s a pic of what [...]
pencil and paper
We’ve seen some of this kind of thing before here at 9000feet, but I can’t find it now. It might have been back when we were on the old iWeb platform and just got lost in the transfer to where we are now. Anyway, here’s what looks like the kind of photo that students of [...]
patiently waiting….
This guy, and he is a guy, is doing what the rest of us around here are doing. Waiting. For the the snow to stop. For the buds to open. For the temperatures to warm enough to wake everything up and dry things out a little. For the miracle of color once again. Generally, these [...]
The Latest from Cassini
The joint NASA/ESA mission to Saturn is still turning out spectacular results. This latest far-side photo, released this week, is worth a look. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
happy ending
I just couldn’t resist this photo of a squirrel with his head stuck in a manhole cover. The whole thing turned out fine though, when police in Isenhagen, Germany, alerted to the squirrel’s plight by people in the neighborhood, were able to wiggle the little rascal loose by lubing him up with olive oil. This [...]
toga party
It seems like I’ve heard of Crouch End somewhere in life, but have no clue where it is (sumwhere in’t bloody sowth, innit?) or in what context I might have heard of it. No matter. Elaine was good enough to email me some snapshots she took of the hoopla surrounding the Olympic flame passing through [...]
therapy, USA, 2012
I’ve actually been following Sadhbh Walsh’s series on prison in the US, which has generally been excellent, but have not commented there because the whole topic pisses me off too much. Then I just ran into this over at MSNBC.com. What we’re looking at here, if you can fucking believe it, is a photo of [...]
cool, but why?
Time for another in the weekend photo series. I’ve been neglecting them recently in the rush to complete Other Things. view full size This is a hoot, but can anyone explain why it’s happening? I don’t get it at all. Then they all sit down to take a break. view full size Again, lovely. But [...]
back to work
Last week we saw the painters posing like seagulls in the rigging on the Brooklyn Bridge. This week they’re back at work. Notice the sophisticated safety features. Yeah, right. Man, kneeling like that on what looks to be about a 3 or 4 inch cable has just got to be uncomfortable as hell. December 3rd, [...]