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jennariaSo one friend showed me the counted-cross-stitch owl she made for me last night, and this afternoon one of my roommates tossed me the small fluffy owl he got me, and I spent fifteen minutes or so today getting an owl tattooed on my shoulder. Happy birthday to me, to-whit, to-whoo. :amused:
Inasmuch as the writing muse is running criminally slow, I present as apology mathoms: ten pictures I took over the last year and hadn't posted!
Somewhere between Woods Hole and Falmouth, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. I went down to Falmouth over Columbus Day weekend this past year.
Cape Cod beaches mostly aren't fluffy sand: they're more rocks and grit.
Probably my personal favorite picture from Cape Cod.
These are sailboats, not tall ships. But I still liked the effect.
I grew up in Congregational churches like this one. They're not as pretty as your standard Catholic or Episcopal church (which is more likely to be stone, and have lots of nice stained glass), but there's a stark beauty to their stern white lines.
Mount Auburn Cemetery - it's a great place for a hike, both because it's huge and because there's lots of beautiful Victorian-era headstones like this Celtic cross.
The view of Boston from the top of Washington Tower, near the middle of Mount Auburn Cemetery. The larger building, over closer to the left, is the Harvard Coliseum.
Old Sturbridge Village. We used to visit all the time when I was little, and I remembered it as being like this picture, stepping through into another time. It isn't like that any more - it's all empty exhibits, with only a very few people to serve as guides and re-enactors.
The Museum of Fine Arts had a wonderful exhibit on everything that was found in 'Tomb 10A' - not just the sarcophagus, but dozens of wooden statues of servants doing daily work, like snapshots from an ancient time. My favorite was of this Egyptian priest leading a ritual procession of women, some serenely focused on their work, the woman in the back grimacing at something (maybe her unbalanced load).
"Hi! I'm a fish!" Taken at the Woods Hole Aquarium (which incidentally claims to be the oldest marine aquarium in the US, founded in 1875). I thought about ending with Egypt, but really you're all here for the fish anyway. ;-) :-D
Inasmuch as the writing muse is running criminally slow, I present as apology mathoms: ten pictures I took over the last year and hadn't posted!
Somewhere between Woods Hole and Falmouth, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. I went down to Falmouth over Columbus Day weekend this past year.
Cape Cod beaches mostly aren't fluffy sand: they're more rocks and grit.
Probably my personal favorite picture from Cape Cod.
These are sailboats, not tall ships. But I still liked the effect.
I grew up in Congregational churches like this one. They're not as pretty as your standard Catholic or Episcopal church (which is more likely to be stone, and have lots of nice stained glass), but there's a stark beauty to their stern white lines.
Mount Auburn Cemetery - it's a great place for a hike, both because it's huge and because there's lots of beautiful Victorian-era headstones like this Celtic cross.
The view of Boston from the top of Washington Tower, near the middle of Mount Auburn Cemetery. The larger building, over closer to the left, is the Harvard Coliseum.
Old Sturbridge Village. We used to visit all the time when I was little, and I remembered it as being like this picture, stepping through into another time. It isn't like that any more - it's all empty exhibits, with only a very few people to serve as guides and re-enactors.
The Museum of Fine Arts had a wonderful exhibit on everything that was found in 'Tomb 10A' - not just the sarcophagus, but dozens of wooden statues of servants doing daily work, like snapshots from an ancient time. My favorite was of this Egyptian priest leading a ritual procession of women, some serenely focused on their work, the woman in the back grimacing at something (maybe her unbalanced load).
"Hi! I'm a fish!" Taken at the Woods Hole Aquarium (which incidentally claims to be the oldest marine aquarium in the US, founded in 1875). I thought about ending with Egypt, but really you're all here for the fish anyway. ;-) :-D