I found this photo in a book I was cataloging. I don’t get many books with photos, so it was kind of noteworthy for that, if nothing else. And then I saw this photo, taken in 1909. It’s of a “Rumpler-Taube,” an early German war plane meant to mimic the shape of a bird. The “skin” that would have covered the “skeleton” would have been painted with bird-like features.
I am ridiculously happy that I saw this and that I had the chance to stop the car, dig out my camera, and get a photo. Not a great photo, but it’s a photo.
Despite oversleeping, having to dig out my car, and creeping along unplowed side streets that were polished like glass, I still managed to get to work on time. This, of course, means that I’ll be twice as late as usual tomorrow morning. These things have a way of evening out.
red paper boat 