Amphorae
(1) A Flower Arrangement Based on a J.M.W. Turner Painting (WSJ) (2) Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Flowers
Weekend 276.0
Nice weekend in the northeast (weather-wise). Was able to bike a bit and noticed that the abandoned Free Spirit at the train station has been robbed of its tyres. My Continue Reading →
Weekend 274.0 (Baskets Encouraged)
Finished A History of Capitalism According to the Jubilee Line by John O’Farrell and The 32 Stops by Danny Dorling. The latter is a clever work using facts to provide Continue Reading →
Weekend 273.1
Alternative Image Rain this morning so cycling to church (and the cappuccino right after) results in an audible— car (blah), coffee, and the Wall Street Journal from the home office. Continue Reading →
Weekend 272.0 (22.2 x 21.5 x 9.8 inches)
Greetings Professor Falken. I love McPharlin’s work. It is like a homage to some of my favorite people and things— Chuck “Chuckles” Bueche, paper, Chris Ware, computers, Harry Beck, music, Continue Reading →
Weekend 271.0
(1) Racing to Get NYRA Back on Track: As Saratoga Meet Begins, the Future Remains Muddled (WSJ) “Belmont itself is no Barclays Center, but it’s hardly the dirty ashtray that Continue Reading →
Weekend 267.0 (Unfinished Symphonies)
How does a bicycling monk spend his weekend? Started Saturday by biking to mass (need to do this more often) and then to a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new Continue Reading →
Quality Watercolors
“Superior gardens are composed of Glooms and Solitudes and not of plants and trees.” — Ian Hamilton Finlay “I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be Continue Reading →
Weekend 237.0 (Son of a Florist)
Spent Saturday at Greenwich Park and snapped this little ditty in the Rose Garden. The park (and the area around it) is fantastic and after a little sleep I will Continue Reading →