Category: Visual journal

  • Sparkly stuff I seldom sport.

  • Diego, my sweet reincarnation of Guido (except he likes to be picked up).

  • Hey. I’m going to start the visual journal again to get back into blogging. I’ve been pounded with depression for the past month or so and it’s been hard to make myself do much of anything, but photography with a little point and shoot camera is easy and it helps me zero in on the…

  • An aphorism: “If you are going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill A naturally dyed print on cement by nature: Woven words: First peppers: Surprise! I think that I remember tossing some unidentified seeds here. Cucumbers? Will separate and transplant elsewhere.

  • Thank God this week/month is over. I heard earlier this month that Mercury was in retrograde. I didn’t know what it meant then. I do now. I’m looking forward to the weekend, and I’m very grateful to the people who supported me this week. Yesterday I walked past one of my former classmates trying to…

  • I am attempting to germinate indigo seeds in my office. Two pots are actually planted with woad seeds. I planted them about two weeks ago and just found out that they take about a month to germinate. I am going to be quite ticked if they don’t germinate and I waste four weeks on watching…

  • My week is consumed with work and work-related drama. So here’s a photo from my office. Perhaps related: I may have had food poisoning last night. Or it could have been general disgust. Whatever, it is over now and things are better.

  • This photo, taken yesterday at Green Hill Cemetery, really represents my day today. These are the fruits of the female ginkgo tree. They smell like vomit. I won’t go into details.

  • My co-workers often walk in Green Hill Cemetery during lunch. Sometimes I join them. Today the gusty wind was a little too much for me, but I got a few photos. Maybe next time I’ll take some art supplies and make rubbings. It’s a beautiful old cemetery. Found some great rusty metal pieces in the…

  • I have a weird cold and between that and dealing with depression I didn’t feel like picking up the camera for a few days, thus the break in the visual journal entries. I was home sick from work Wednesday and Friday. I felt better Thursday and Saturday, so it is like this virus fools me…