Seen in the checkout lane of Wal-Mart

Mystery #56

Do you know what this is? Post your guesses in the comments.

Winter Wonderland, etc.

It looked like this from my deck this morning. I guess Winter is officially here now.

Grace

The is the beautiful child of some friends of mine... seen here at Taylor Books cafe. Same baby as here. UPDATE: This baby is not named Grace... her sister is. I get confused.

Faces

A while back, one of my commenters asked why I didn't post more pictures of people so I decided to put together a post of just faces. Here are a few female faces I pulled out of the files on the spur of the moment. I like these faces. One of them is famous, do you know which?

More shameless nepotism

My nephew Adam has yet another set of cool pictures worth seeing.

Seen in the radiology department

Mugging for the camera

Mystery #55

Do you know what this is? Post your guesses in the comments.

Mesmerizing fountain

Update... another kid mesmerized by the same fountain. Looks like dad is under the spell too.

The Bad Girl of Mall Stores...

Urban Outfitter sells ashtrays... ooooohhhh... that's so bad.

Mystery #54

Do you know what this is? Post your guesses in the comments.

Produce Blogging #31

Because Thursday night is grocery night!

Winter sun on brick

Abstract Impressionist Tea

I kept looking at this photo of iced tea I posted on Thanksgiving and suddenly I realized why it looked so familiar. I think it's a Rothko.

Ornamentation

Ornaments... some are tiny, some are as big as a car.

Running On Empty...

... running into the sun.. and I'm running behind.

Problem

heavy sigh

I was just trying to post some photos and there is a problem with Blogger again. I can't believe that I was just defending Blogger on a Photoblogging discussion group. It has been a long time since there have been problems like this.

Light Blogging

Grrr... don't be mad. Sorry for no posts yesterday. I didn't have much time and when I did, Blogger was down! I'll have something later tonight.

Mystery #53

Do you know what this is? Post your guesses in the comments.

Virginia Postrel Fan

Welcome Virginia Postrel readers.... yes, I'm a big fan of Virginia Postrel. I've read The Substance of Style as well as The Future and It's Enemies. Virginia is critically acclaimed and has a very loyal following, but her sales aren't what they could be. She seems to be a little bummed about this. The Substance of Style is now available in paperback... a perfect gift for the wonk or the artist or designer in your life!
Update: I fixed the spelling of "Postrel" in the title... duh... also, FYI, Ms. Postrel linked to this post of mine a few months ago.

Artichoke Art

I didn't have anything else to post today, so here's a nice artichoke I shot last Thursday.

KitchenAid at Wal-Mart

KitchenAid stuff just looks good. I wonder if Virginia Postrel would agree?

Slough is tough

I was just perusing my Sitemeter stats and noticed that someone from the town of Slough in the UK was looking in. Slough is perhaps best-known these days as the location for the British comedy "The Office". Funny, at home we just had a big conversation about the pronunciation of Slough. Niether of us could remember exactly how it was pronounced. We remembered taking the train to Windsor and passing by Slough and when you hear the conductor say it out loud you say "whaa?" So many placenames in the UK have nonsensical pronunciations. Leicester is LESTER. Worchester is WOOSTER. Holborn is HOBUN. I never could figure out how to pronounce Marylebone. Even the natives can't be sure. The list goes on and on. By the way, Slough is tough, it rhymes with cow.

I don't have any photos of Slough to go with this post. I tried searching on the Internet for photographers in Slough... I could find some photographers but none who actually had any pictures of Slough on their site!

Produce Blogging #30

Whew! Thirty?? Hard to believe. Because Thursday night is grocery night!

Frost on the holly

Cold morning.

Clouds of Power

Here's another shot of the John Amos power plant. Ya wanna know why Don Surber is so cranky? He lives under that cloud.

Yellow Fish

Taylor Books saltwater fish tank.