
Mullein.
Trivia that matter

Bitting Avenue bridge.

Central Riverside Park II.

One of Wonderduck‘s kinfolk, away from the pond.

Hoses.

Central Riverside Park.

First Christian Church II. (When you don’t have a wonderful image, play with posterization and layers and other gimmicks.)

Pine bark.


There’s a wisteria vine I pass when I go to work. In spring every year it becomes a solid wall of lavender. This year, however, the late freeze killed all the buds. The vine has come back, and it has even managed to produce a few racemes, though it’s a pitiful display compared to the usual spectacle. (The camera has difficulty accurately capturing some shades; the flowers are less blue and more violet than in the picture.)

I don’t think I’ve ever posted a picture of my dulcimer. This was the eighth one I built, back in 1993. It has a cedar soundboard, sixteen treble and sixteen bass courses, and is most playable in keys with a sharp or two.