[OT from cottage renovations]
[crossposted to itsinthedetails]

(click through this thumbnail for higher resolution image)

this image is actually from a couple of weeks ago but I hadn't gotten around to putting it in this space. 

( Read more... )

[OT from cottage renovations]

it's never too late.

(click through this thumbnail for higher resolution image)

Chestnut Avenue

( Read more... )

[OT from cottage renovations]

(click through these thumbnails for higher resolution images)

Howard Park, from Chestnut Road

looking through the hole in this leaf there stands behind it a single blade of grass. 

( Read more... )

[OT from cottage renovations]

the sun came out and with a light breeze things started to get just a bit less soggy.  extended puttering, more of a mental health measure than anything else, kept me from getting out until the light was somewhat more faded than usual.

(click through these thumbnails for higher resolution images)

the Circle, at 2 ( Read more... )

[OT from cottage renovations]

(click through this thumbnail for higher resolution image)

Chestnut Avenue

( Read more... )

[OT from cottage renovations]

the arrival of pokeweed is celebrated in no garden.  when detected by the people in whose yard this hapless specimen can be found its half life will be measurable only in the shortest of increments of time.  on a good day the same thing happens whenever I happen to find any of it on Town property.

that doesn't keep ( Read more... )

[OT from cottage renovations]

I'm not completely satisfied with these images; they have technical flaws and I really should try for a reshoot if conditions permit ( Read more... )

[OT from cottage renovations]

(click through these thumbnails for higher resolution images)

Howard Park

... blossoms ...

( Read more... )

[OT from cottage renovations]

nothing special, just some geraniums in a hanging basket.  it was my good fortune to catch them at a moment when the afternoon sunlight was playing through them like this.

(click through this thumbnail for higher resolution image)

Chestnut Avenue

( Read more... )

[OT from cottage renovations]

there are lots of ways to play with light.  one of which I have not yet tired is through these images the many effects of light on Grove vegetation.

another is one that I've always wanted to get a chance to work with but never have: glass, as in glassmaking ( Read more... )