gardening on the 13th floor

my orchids are not all that, but the fact that i can grow them at all is purty good --- whatever, they give me color year round

bauhaus ballet

flowers at the end of the tunnel

really love this poster for the london underground between the wars --- by irene fawkes, 1928 ---

the wilds of alabama

dog wanted to go to alabama, so we went --- took u.s. 78 from p'tree to mableton and lithia springs, which was all a big mess, then on through temple and bremen to heflin, alabama, where we took a left --- checked out cheaha mountain, highest point in the state, and the talladega national forest --- purty nice, and we had it mostly to ourselves

dog tired at the end

signs of spring

an excellent morning at the atl bot gdn --- i had the place virtually to myself --- the only bulbs blooming yet were the early jonquils

a new entry from the oncidium alliance

not really new, but it hasn't bloomed in several months

so much for preservation

this was one of a handful of 19th century, shingle-style houses ever built in the city, contemporaneous with the inman park trolley barn (1889) --- but the philistines and bean-counters got to it and the only original material that will be left will be the framing --- most of the original windows and all of the shingle siding were intact and in very much restorable condition --- they used a chain saw to cut out sections of the walls ---

i'm really sick over this one --- i'll have to avoid piedmont ave for awhile

still wishing for spring

annual physical this morning --- an afternoon with maps at ga archives and late-winter flowers for the dog walk made up for the morning

five apartment towers under construction in my viewshed --- this is the one at peachtree place and w. peachtree --- and they just announced another one across peachtree walk from the federal reserve

wishing for spring

too early, i know, but some of the trees are budding and i saw buds on early jonquils in the park --- they'll be open next week fer sure ---

the east side

dumass nearly burnt down the house by leaving the cutting board on the stove --- fortunately it didn't set off the fire alarm, although on second thought maybe that wasn't a good thing except in the immediate circumstances 

then felt a real urge to walk this afternoon so i left dog at home and went over and checked out krog street market --- purty cool for what was a wasted building --- but, omg, it was overrun with hipsters

and we checked out mi cocina for dinner --- first time in many months and were pleasantly surprised, especially by the live music --- i told robert it was like being in cuber, only cleaner

good food

getting tired of winter

cypress street looking dickensian tonight after another gray day

echoes

these images, a good many centuries apart, rock my world in the same way, for whatever reason --- the top is a print by my friend meri, below is a bit of 12th century or so incan textile, the red eye of which is done with cochineal, a very rare and expensive natural dye

gonna be raining tomorrow

midtown amenities

very excited to see shep's ace hardware's "soft" opening --- grand opening will be in april, by which time they claim they will have a "smoothie bar" in the store --- well, alrighty then --- a great addition to midtown in any case --- i was too busy chatting with shep to remember to take pictures inside, don't you know

"little free library" is a wonderful concept -- i'm glad to see one on sixth street, convenient for me and the dog --- maybe i need to put one in metropolis

a classic midtown garden

pieces of the sky

the view from piedmont and ponce is beginning to make some sense

great skies last night and this morning