A New TV

Here Criswell predicts on my new TV. The old one still works, but nobody wants a 15-year-old set.

A Lovely Scent

The other day ( a hot day) Julie, Sue, and I noticed that the outdoors part of the Harvard campus smelled lovely. Sue said that they had sprayed with clove oil to repel mosquitoes. (Owing to an abnormally wet summer, the local mosquitoes have increased to plague-like proportions.) How often does it happen that something as pleasant as clove oil repels your blood enemies?

You Can Eat Squash Blossoms

According to my friend Julie, Squash blossoms can be stuffed and fried. So if I ever get stuck at work, I suppose I could live off my window ledge harvest.

Home Ownership

A few days ago I noticed that my bathroom sink stopper had broken free from the pin that held it to the thing that makes it go up and down. Naturally I called our building super.
Well, he called me at work to report that the whole pipe underneath the sink had rotted to an alarming degree. So what looked like a small problem would actually cost about $500.
This is my 12th year as a condo-owner, so I'm hardened to to home-repair prices, but I thought it was a great opportunity to use some of my clip art from the 1920s and 30s.

Snookums at Rest

Cubicle Exhibition: New Paintings

Jammin'

I'm on my third bread machine, and finally I tried out the jam setting. Last night I made kiwi, strawberry, pineapple jam. Your local grocery store has fruit pectin that works with low or no sugar, if you like jam that is not too sweet. I tried making blueberry jam without pectin, and it was more like sauce.

Office Windowsill Gardening

Your office windsill needn't be limited to a row of pots.















Consider extending your plants' reach with drinking straws from the staff room, as illustrated on the right. Also note that a folder-holder can be used to create a lovely arbor.

Urban Turkey Shoot

If you like these turkeys, check out my Picasa album full of stills. The first time I saw these turkeys (on Longwood near the Carl Schapiro Building) I had no camera on me. So I took a special trip to find and shoot these turkeys.

As an extra-free-bonus, take a look at this young hawk viewed at the west side of Lamont.

Creepy

The Old Burying Ground near the First Parish Church, Cambridge, MA. I creeped it up with Photoshop.

I''m a Shepard Fairey Poster

I think he used Photoshop for his Obama pix.

The Friendly Toast in Cambridge..a Great Breakfast Place!

The Friendly Toast is a diner that invests a lot in 50s-theme decor, is a great breakfast place. Mary and I had the French Toast. On the weekends it's open 24 hours; not that I have the kind of schedule that would make this appealing. By the way, I remember Mr. Esso, but I never knew their was a Mrs. Esso.

Check Out my Rockport Pictures

I made a Picasa album.

Assignment Porter Square

An assignment for an art class (Drawing into Painting) I'm taking required that I find and buy several interesting objects in Porter Square. I took some photos of my excursion then tarted them up with Poster Edges, my new favorite Photoshop effect. I was impressed by the mall at the Porter Square T stop; virtually no litter, plenty of wheelchair ramps, and solar panels on the roof. The shopping mall is generally considered an icon of degenerate Western running-dog capitalism, but this one shone with virtue.


1. Lechmere Station 2. Park St. Station 3. Park St. Station Hand 4. Porter Square Wind Scupture 5. Porter Square Mall 6. Closed Japanese Restaurant 7. China Fair 8. Found items

Who Will Stop the Rain?

Nobody will stop this rain. It's been raining for weeks and promises to continue indefinitely until the mosquitos take over and the slugs grow as big as my arm! Also the plants in my patio are doing nicely. I did stick some tomato seeds in the ground, but nothing here looks like tomato. I'll probably just buy a plant at a farmers' market.

My Office Windowsill

Here are some plants I planted for the summer: peas, beans, and pumpkins. There's also a cactus I haven't yet killed.
Also, visit Colleen's Images and download a few of my homemade (actually made at home) background tiles.

Farmer's Markets Start Up at Harvard Again