Showing posts with label growing stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label growing stuff. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Photo Post
Couple of photos from the backlog. Haven't been making many lately - too much work going on. Bleah.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Red Scooter on an Overcast Day
Bonus photos is the following. Erin has taken to making delicious homemade yogurt. Below is some of her yogurt in a red bowl adjacent to some strawberries in a white bowl.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Yet More Flower Photos
Hopefully the quantity of flower photos is not causing you too much distress. I certainly enjoy them a great deal. As usual, these are all from my commute – the walk between home and Porter Square Station.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Flower Update
As many of you know, I've been out of town having wonderful vacations in the Southwest. However, the flowers have not ceased to grow back in Cambridge. Here are some updates.
Several of these were made while the homeowners watched (I didn't notice until I was done). One guy chatted with me for a bit. It was awkward, but they seemed to like that their flowers were appreciated.
These last ones, while the flowers themselves are pretty mundane, are one of my favorites. They are some daffodils growing as weeds in the middle of a very concrete-jungle type office park a block from where I work. I think it is pretty great as a subversive statement, along the lines of the iconic flowers in gun barrels protests from the 60's.
On a final note, I've become incredibly fed up with Bibble and am experimenting with Lightroom, which is what I used to convert the above photos. More on that later.
Several of these were made while the homeowners watched (I didn't notice until I was done). One guy chatted with me for a bit. It was awkward, but they seemed to like that their flowers were appreciated.
These last ones, while the flowers themselves are pretty mundane, are one of my favorites. They are some daffodils growing as weeds in the middle of a very concrete-jungle type office park a block from where I work. I think it is pretty great as a subversive statement, along the lines of the iconic flowers in gun barrels protests from the 60's.
On a final note, I've become incredibly fed up with Bibble and am experimenting with Lightroom, which is what I used to convert the above photos. More on that later.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Flowers Under Snow
Friday morning we woke up to a decent snowfall here in Cambridge, and I took the opportunity to make some photos of flowers poking through the snow.
These are all made with a Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8 which I rented. This is a huge professional lens; it's the size of a one-liter water bottle and weighs half again as much. It's quite unwieldy. However, it's definitely a step up from my own (much cheaper) lenses. The build quality is great and the optics are noticeably better as well. For example, the "bokeh" of the out-of-focus areas is more pleasant (something you can compare here on this blog) and it's noticeably sharper. It will be a lot of fun.
These are all made with a Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8 which I rented. This is a huge professional lens; it's the size of a one-liter water bottle and weighs half again as much. It's quite unwieldy. However, it's definitely a step up from my own (much cheaper) lenses. The build quality is great and the optics are noticeably better as well. For example, the "bokeh" of the out-of-focus areas is more pleasant (something you can compare here on this blog) and it's noticeably sharper. It will be a lot of fun.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Flowers on March 8!!!
I discovered the following blooms on the way to work this morning. No, they are not plastic. My lovely wife informs me they are "crocus".
Flowers on March 8!? Maybe Boston isn't so bad after all.
Flowers on March 8!? Maybe Boston isn't so bad after all.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Epiphyte
Seen on my walk to Porter Square station. Unfortunately, I suspect this little guy is not long for this world.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Peony Tour
Erin and I went to visit a peony farm today.
You'd think that a post about colorful flowers would have color photos. But it doesn't! Ha!
You'd think that a post about colorful flowers would have color photos. But it doesn't! Ha!
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Sunflowers and Beans
This past weekend, I finished harvesting my sunflower seeds saved from last year and planted them.
Here is the workspace in the kitchen where I separated the seeds from the heads. It made a huge mess. Then, I took them outside and used a box fan to separate the crud from the seeds.
I planted all the crud (which had lots of seeds in it too) in our "sacrifice" bed where nothing likes to grow. We'll see if there's any success.
Here is the result. There are lots left, though sadly I lost my notes on how much exactly I planted. It was a lot, since I was too lazy to look up the actual recommended spacing, last year I followed the directions and didn't get enough plants, and Erin was worried about the viability of the seeds.
Here's the bed, all 130 square feet of it! There are also beans mixed in. Last year, we got back about as many beans as we planted; hopefully we'll have better luck this year. I planted at most 537g of seeds but I think it was more in the 250g range.
Here is the workspace in the kitchen where I separated the seeds from the heads. It made a huge mess. Then, I took them outside and used a box fan to separate the crud from the seeds.I planted all the crud (which had lots of seeds in it too) in our "sacrifice" bed where nothing likes to grow. We'll see if there's any success.
Here is the result. There are lots left, though sadly I lost my notes on how much exactly I planted. It was a lot, since I was too lazy to look up the actual recommended spacing, last year I followed the directions and didn't get enough plants, and Erin was worried about the viability of the seeds.
Here's the bed, all 130 square feet of it! There are also beans mixed in. Last year, we got back about as many beans as we planted; hopefully we'll have better luck this year. I planted at most 537g of seeds but I think it was more in the 250g range.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Cat Grass
Jess has a taste for plants. Her favorite seems to be the spider plants, which make her throw up. Gross! But Erin discovered "Cat Grass", which Jess also loves and which does not make her throw up.Project 100, #62.
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