Month: June 2013

Madness Royal

June 30, 2013January 20, 2022Somervillebloom, blue, colorful, flowers, green, leaves, light, multiflora, Nikon Coolpix p310, petunia, purple, shadows, sky, summer, sun, violet

Purple Petunias basking in the sun.

Overcast

June 29, 2013January 20, 2022BostonAmerican flag, architecture, blurry, clouds, Copley, damp, foggy, gray, iPhone, John Hancock Tower, New England, rain, sky, Star-Spangled Banner, summer, The Westin, Trinity Church, weather

Summer in New England…

Misplaced

June 28, 2013January 20, 2022Cambridgebicycle, bike lane, brown, buildings, caterpillar, drizzle, droplets, fog, gray, green, hedge, iPhone, leaves, left yields to right, MIT, rain, raindrops, ride, road sign, street lamp, summer, traffic sign, tree, watch out, wet, yellow

Go green, ride your bike, and don’t forget: left yields to right. Watch out for caterpillars!

Look up

June 27, 2013January 20, 2022Cambridgebloom, blossom, blue, bottom, buildings, bush, change, flowers, four-leaved, garden, Hydrangea serrata, iPhone, leaves, MIT, perspective, sky, summer, view

Sometimes it’s all about changing the perspective: Bottom view of Hydrangea serrata.

Cooling

June 26, 2013January 20, 2022Cambridgebloom, blue, brown, bubbles, cold, flagstones, flowers, flowing, fountain, garden, gray, green, iPhone, light, lilac, MIT, pebbles, purple, shadows, stones, summer, sun, water

Instructions: Focus on the fountain. Imagine the water is ice-cold or frozen. Cool off. The cooling effect can be enhanced by consuming a cold beverage while looking at the picture. …

Heat

June 25, 2013January 20, 2022Somervilleantique, firings, gold, heatings, hot, industrial, metal, Nikon Coolpix p310, old, on, ornament, radiators, rust, silver, summer, white

Hot town, summer in the city… Feels like they are all turned on!

Beaming

June 24, 2013January 20, 2022Cambridgearchitecture, bathing, celebrating, flower, house, iPhone, kitsch, leaves, light, lucent, MIT, no filter, orange, pink, radiant, rainbow-colored, rays, rose, summer, sun, wall, yellow

Soaking up the sun, bathing in rays of light, celebrating kitsch ;).

Vintage

June 23, 2013January 20, 2022Somervilleblue, chains, fire hydrant, grasses, green, industrial, leaves, light, Nikon Coolpix p310, old, paint, pavement, points of light, red, RGB, rust, sidewalk, sticks, summer, sun, tree

A summer day in Somerville…

Circles

June 22, 2013January 20, 2022Somervillebanister, black, blue, circles, geometric, handrail, metal, Nikon Coolpix p310, old, Prospect Hill Monument, railing, sky, squares, stones

Squaring the circles at the Prospect Hill Monument.

Ground elder

June 21, 2013January 20, 2022BrightonAegopodium podagraria, bishop's weed, black sheep, bloom, blossom, carrot, clean slate, flower, gangsta, green, herb gerard, invader, iPhone, leaves, plant, rhizomes, shady, snow-in-the-mountain, summer, umbellifer, underground, white

Aegopodium podagraria aka snow-in-the-mountain, bishop’s weed, ground elder or herb gerard: an invader that grows in shady places and spreads by underground rhizomes. Sounds like a gangsta plant to me, don’t be intrigued …

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