The eastern sky had more going on at sunset than the western sky did. Some days are like that.
Month: September 2015
Mighty and Ominous Satellite Images of the Human Condition
These images are amazing and beautiful and terrifying.
The Daily Overview presents refugee camps, environmental horror, Florida housing projects, and fields of lovely Dutch tulips.
Source: Mighty and Ominous Satellite Images of the Human Condition
Jennie Smith on porch
Source: Image Collections Online – “Jennie Smith on porch”
Part of my job (a too small part, but I’m a little biased) involves working on adding metadata to the Frank Hohenberger photo collection. I have lamented and complained and whined that there is not a good way to blog about these images, because some of them are quite wonderful. But it just occurred to me that the “press this” bookmarklet might be the perfect solution.
So, I give you one of the first images I cataloged: Jennie Smith sitting on her porch in Barbourville, Kentucky, smoking a corncob pipe, taken by Hohenberger in 1933. I love everything about this photo.
Pear
Pentel pocket brush pen and Schmincke and M. Graham gouache on Canson 140 lb cold press watercolor paper
7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
I see you are eating oatmeal
Funny thing. I, too, love oatmeal.
Lunch
I was out of black beans. How is that even possible? So I subbed in kidney beans. Not bad. Also yellow pepper, tomato, avocado, garlic, and lemon juice. Could use some cilantro or parsley, and maybe some fresh sweet corn, though I tend to think corn is not for human consumption.
NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today’s Mars | NASA
It rained last night, with heavy clouds rolling in just as the eclipse was supposed to begin, so I missed watching it. But this! This is even neater. There is not only water on Mars, but it’s flowing right now, BAY-bee!
New findings from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars.
Source: NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today’s Mars | NASA
Bossyboots
“Somewhere, a dog is barking, and I must return fire!”
Red Pear
Red Pear
Pentel pocket brush pen and Schmincke and M. Graham gouache on 140 lb Canson cold press watercolor paper
Goodwill Find
Look at this itty bitty pear bowl! It’s tiny. About 3 inches across and an inch deep. I am smitten with it.
red paper boat 