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Taking over the view

wordtapestry — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:43:15 +0000

OK, this is sort of a silly photo shot, but I was wondering if I would be able to catch my shadow on a the window during a sunset. Not only did I do so, but I also caught the reflection of my camera. I was 40+ feet up in a hotel, looking out a plate glass window over Dallas… and well, it’s sort of startling.

One shadow menaces the Comerica skyscraper across the way, while an even larger hand with a camera is reflected off to the right. It isn’t good photography, but it would make a marvellous scene from a sci-fi story. Debbie only Did Dallas… she didn’t menace it with gigantic shadows.

Latest news from people who don’t have to get up early in the A.M.: so far the Phillies are doing better this game (10:42 PM on a Monday evening). Go Phils!

Lobster spotting

wordtapestry — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:43:44 +0000

Here’s a lobster in an unusual location — right outside Baltimore’s Penn station.

No, not the one in NYC. And sometimes people refer to all the stations on the Pennsylvania line as being Pennsylvania station, so I’m always in a perpetual state of confusion about which station is which. (NYC or Philadelphia or Baltimore or Wilmington, Delaware or even D.C.)

Seen during ArtScape. This was one of the art cars. Hopefully this red lobster (who was animated enough to drive over, even though it’s evidently been cooked) will head off to Massachusetts, where it will fit in better than in the blue crab state.

The fiberglass claw on the door was a great touch.

In memoriam

wordtapestry — Mon, 25 May 2009 03:09:31 +0000

Happy Memorial Day. Say thanks to a Vet, find a ceremony to attend if you can, or spend 15 minutes thinking of those who went through unbelievable hardships and died to keep the USA free and honest.

Sheep and the Stalkarazzi

wordtapestry — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:42:01 +0000

“Mom, what’s that woman doing in that car with a camera?”

“Duck down. Maybe she won’t know we’re here.” Sheep continue munching. A lamb pipes up, “I think she Kinneared us!”

“Don’t be ridiculous. we’re safe behind all this grass….”

(Yes, the Stalkarazzi did manage to get candids of the sheep that thought they could safely graze. It’s sad what a knitter with a zoom lens will attempt on a long trip home from work. And, of course, the sheep are there, just rather hard to see. Trust me — there are even little tiny lambs back there. Earlier in the year when both grass and sheep were younger and shorter, you could see the lambs nursing then running around like little woolen crazy things on springs.)

I’ve also done some drive-by kinnearing of Black Angus livestock in a field. My only excuse is the commute is deadly dull sometimes.

Future projects

wordtapestry — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:44:08 +0000

Binoculars and mug

Originally uploaded by rjknits

Projects I want to work on:
1. Finish the Hiiummas Stashbusting socks.
2. Finish the arches scarf (which is looking more like pillars, but never mind).
3. Finally get gauge for Rusted Root, and make some progress.
4. I have 2 vests’ worth of lovely yarn, gifted to me in 2008. And, since I’m pretty spectacularly cold at the office, it would be great to use up this largesse.
5. Attempt to do more photography of my knitting. I mean, I’m able to take pictures of mugs and binoculars that look great… why not woolly things?

So, any challenges that you’re looking forward to?