Winter is finally supposed to hit tonight. (Low's ~10F, 6 to 10 inches of snow, high ~15F tomorrow.) But New Year's was sunny and pushing 50F. I even harvested a little lettuce. Grasses look good. Pulmonaria is still green (mostly). Bittersweet wreath by the driveway. The stiff breezes got the seedheads all pointing the same [...] read more

Late to the party, as usual. (And after totally blowing off November.) Thanks, as usual, for Carol for hosting at May Dreams. More scans here. Flower scanning directions are here. Click on image for larger view. And some bonus poinsettias (dry brushed): read more

Finally posting a few pix from over Thanksgiving holiday. Grasses and blue bottles. More bottles. Mollinia. read more

If you missed the pepper-spraying cop at UC Davis, it's risen to 'internet meme' status. I felt obligated to contribute to the pepper spraying cop site at tumblr. Some think of pepper spray as a food ingredient. But if you'd like to know where the pepper spray in question ranks on the Scoville scale, see [...] read more

Late to the party, as usual. (In fact, I've broken my record for late.) These geraniums (err pelargoniums) were supposed to be in flower in August for my daughter's wedding. (They would have complemented the bridesmaids'colors.) Instead, they've waited until I put them in a cool room to remain in suspended animation for the winter [...] read more

I had the distinct honor of giving a presentation at the season-end celebration of the Dryden Beautification Brigade. These volunteers do a great job planting and maintaining planters and public gardens around the village. After viewing a slideshow of them in action, I told them that if any local government had to pay full retail [...] read more

Via Delphine at ParadisExpress, photographer and digital artist Matt Wolford. Creative collages, lots of scanning, great blog. read more

Playlist for a great acoustic Gogol Bordello set on Interface. A sample below. read more

Bound to be a classic from Aasif Mandvi on the Daily Show: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Weathering Fights - Science: What's It Up To? www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog The Daily Show on Facebook I do think he hugs the kids after [...] read more

Great theme for this month's Picture This photo contest over at Gardening Gone Wild. But lack of time and lack of subjects limited my efforts. I did try a few shots on campus over the weekend: But I think I'm going to fall back on some older favorites that fit the theme: Guess I'll go [...] read more