Here are pics of some hops vines that I plan to harvest this week and turn into beer. Don’t bother asking what kind of hops it is. I have no idea. A neighbor had them because a friend of his gave him rhizomes as a housewarming present but forgot to mention that hops vines run …
Photo Blogging
Photo courtesy of Dave Rintoul
Open Thread
No dogs today. A free subscription to the blog for whoever identifies this critter! How I took it will take a little explaining, so find that below the jump. Chat about whatever.
Open Thread
Speaking of not-sucky pictures of my dog. A brief description of my thinking behind this photo: I shot with a medium wide 40mm-equivalent lens because I like to go out with one prime at a time, and as my second favorite lens the Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 sits on my GH2 quite a lot. I could …
Early Morning Open Thread: Unfolding
__ __ Many thanks to commentor Shari for something cheerful to start the day. What else is on the agenda?
Open Thread – Pretty Pictures
Just because I can. These were taken at the Mosteiro Santa Maria da Vitória in Batalha in Portugal. It is quite an extraordinary building. The church is narrow, but its sparse, almost willowy columns draw one’s eyes up to the breathtaking height of its ceilings. Out the back, there are the Capelas Imperfeitas, the Unfinished …
Friday morning photograph Open Thread – Fish and cephalopod edition
Hello, my dears. I can’t abide reading or writing about American politics tonight, so I popped a Haldol and have been looking at pictures from my visit to an aquarium a few years ago. Cuttlefish are very relaxing. The aquarium was the Aquarium of Western Australia. I was in Perth to check up on one …
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Open Thread: Send Pictures!
I’ve only got a couple more Pet Rescue stories stockpiled, and I know you all have many tales to share. Send me your photos ([email protected], or click on the link near the top of the right-hand column) and you too can cheer up Glenn Greenwald be a front-pager for a day!