Clouds illusions…

Reflected clouds and buildings overlay interior lights and window opening through a shop window.

I am often grateful for the detritus of the previous day of human activity…

Disintegrating newsprint coupon circular on wet concrete pavement

This is why it’s seriously possible 45 will become 47. It’s like discussing the weather while the house is burning down. It normalizes what is beyond abnormal.

Enjoying making these hallway photographs at my moms’s assisted living facility. Start of a series?

Curved inside corner in a hallway with potted plant in middle of curve, edge of a fire door to the right, sharp outside corner on the left, green EXIT sign at the top left of the frame.

Really like this photo I made this morning. It suggests much without saying it directly. One could write a short story out of this image.

Picture of outside of building. French doors to left. Wheel chair visible through the doors. A garden chair on the outside to the right. A shadow line cutting across scene from left to right.

Self portrait…

Selfie head shot of artist with prominent crystal frame glasses, black headband and dark grey turtleneck.

Any Pickleball devotees out there? I am in the birthplace of the game!

Sandwich sign with “It’s true! Bainbridge Island is the birthplace of Pickleball. Est 1965. Get your swag HERE!

Latest in everyday mandala series…

Overlapping circular stains on concrete positioned equally distant from top and sides of vertical rectangular frame.

I like this as a stand alone image…

Two window panes with condensation, separated by a dark black mullion running from top to bottom at the center of the frame.

Dune!!!!

Nice recipe for eggplant. Keeps the oil to eggplant down and yields a crispy skin and silky herbed “meat.”

www.melaniecooks.com/spicy-gar…

Play with spices to your taste.

I am starting a statement necklace collection! And yes, I do wear them:-)

Self portrait with resin necklace and b&w zigzag knit cap…

Honk if you agree with this sentiment!

This is the proper way to prepare a Christmas tree for burial.

Christmas tree wrapped in red sheet lying on top of a snow bank.

Snow early in the morning…

Streetscape looking down snow dusted sidewalk in front of a tattoo parlor storefront with green light from the parlor illuminating the scene.

We attended a super spreader event last night… we had fun but now wait to see if our covid luck has run out. The performer is Vibeke Saugestadt, a friend of ours. She was debuting her new band. I am told she has a good following in Norway where she is from.

Woman singing into a mic at a bar surrounded by her fans.

Frittatas are great for using up things in the fridge. In this case smoked ham and kale. Happy Martin Luther King day!

I love this album!… it moves me really deeply.

Album cover for Tom Waits Alice.

We had a big snow.

Tree with snow on the branches before dawn illuminated by streetlights.

Scaffolding, building, security lighting.

Construction scaffolding and building illuminated by security lights in an artful play of shadow, substance and light.

A God in the window of a gallery.

Painting of a multi faced god in the window of an art gallery.

Empty Marlboro cigarette pack illuminated by streetlights.

Empty Marlboro cigarette pack illuminated by streetlights.

Stars in the frost on the hood of a car.

Starlike sparkles in the frost on the hood of a car.

Christmas lights in a shop window.

String of old fashioned Christmas lights on a ledge in a shop window.