Treasure box at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC.
Archive for July, 2014
Eye have no idea
Posted in Uncategorized on 28 July, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Uncategorized on 27 July, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Sorry, cannot fix
Posted in Nature, tactless observations, tagged butterfly, death, eastern swallowtail, the end, tiger stripes, try anyway, unlikely to succeed on 22 July, 2014| 1 Comment »
You had crashed outside my office, and I scooped you up, away from all the concrete and spats of ancient gum. Mountain mint, ironweed, nothing seemed to appeal, and yet you look so young…. This is all I can do: bring you to a wild place and wish you whatever peace is possible.
Whar’s mai bucket?
Posted in Backstory, cats on 19 July, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Sage advice
Posted in Gardening, My brain, tagged bad puns, bluestone perennials, caradonna, gardening advice, green, magenta, purple, sage, salvia on 15 July, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Trim these back as the last flowers are fading — you get colorful trimmings and a chance that the plants will bloom again in the fall.
Out the window, the window…
Posted in Backstory, Filking, tagged a different view, Afternoon of a lawn, bad puns, Concerts under the stars, fairy roses, Trout Fishing in America on 10 July, 2014| 1 Comment »
Summer evenings have often echoed with people down by the bandshell singing along with Trout Fishing in America. We’d pack a picnic, invite friends of all ages, and plunk ourselves down on the slope for a splendid evening of laughter, food, song, fireflies, and indiscriminately-applied bug repellent.
Oh, and some guy who liked dancing with a stick.
But I digress. Here is today’s view out the window:
Well, sure, it _looks_ abandoned….
Posted in Uncategorized on 7 July, 2014| Leave a Comment »
But he could be back at any time, you know….
Surmounting language barriers
Posted in Language failure, My brain, tagged communication, cute, fuzzy, hello, I can see you, jumping spiders, language, Phiddipus, worth the attempt, Zimmer on 6 July, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The state of human-spider communications is nowhere near the dubious “success” of “Donde esta mein Zimmer?”, but the results can still be adorable. To whit:
Pleased tameetcha
Those lazy days of summer, Feline Edition
Posted in Uncategorized on 5 July, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Skyglow
Posted in Uncategorized on 4 July, 2014| 2 Comments »
Rethorykal Questions 