When this intriguing portrait turned up in my Pintrest feed, it reminded me so much of the work of Victorian photographer and friend to the Pre-Raphaelites Julia Margaret Cameron that I assumed it must be vintage. However, after tracking back endlessly through Tumblr to get some hint at its origin (would it kill people to credit where they found ( Read more... )

I found a new specimen! Last night this beauty did a kamikaze run straight into the plate glass window in the front of the store shortly after I arrived (around midnight). It slid slowly down the pane, flipped over once, and plopped down on the ledge outside. I checked in the morning and it was still there, so I got an appropriately sized container ( Read more... )

Morning, all! First order of business: I found some additional pix of the Lit Brothers building that I took a few weeks ago, which have been added to this post. They give you a good impression of the impressive span of the façade, which stretches the full length of the block.

Second order of business: caerbannog asked about the butterfly book that appears ( Read more... )

I didn't mean to start collecting bugs, but when I spotted this thing on the ground in the parking lot after work today I couldn't just leave it there. I was bringing a cardboard box home anyway, so I slid it gently onto my newspaper and stuck it in the box. Turns out it isn't dead though; it must have been attacked by a bird or something, ( Read more... )

This post on Chris Hardwick's 'Nerdist' blog has suddenly made me very reminiscent for the seashell collection I had as a kid. I was a very serious little scientist! Everything was precisely ordered, numbered and labeled with the proper Latin name (I spent countless hours memorizing natural history field guides...yes, I have always been a weirdo ( Read more... )