royal visitation

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A queen of Camponotus pennsylvanicus in the bathroom early April. 

Sorry gal, but I'm moving you outside. 

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cherry bomb

Raulston Arboretum, Raleigh, NC, March 5. )))))) 

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bosons

 

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Tohoku style.

I <3 Iwate. 

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two different chinks

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Having experienced my fair share of racial epithets as a Chinese American, this science headline couldn't help but instinctly raise my eyebrows. 

That is right, 'two different chinks' have been identified.  Maybe they are brothers?
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finger; lakes

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Flying east to west above upstate New York; a mirror the size of five towns.
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snow day #2

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raccoon dog / elephant seal / window sill 

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bioforms

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Ernst Haeckel corals (c.1904) meet Andersonville conifers (c.2011)

equatorial

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citric magma at lunch.

aloha mix and match

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Hawai'i, Big Island, Jan. 2011

ATRFAVT

I was just gifted some letters yesterday - two A's, one R, one F, two T's, and one V to be precise.

They are members of the loose tribe of letters from those signs-as-you-please that populate the landscape, favorites of gas stations and high schools yo teach' - time for a spelling quiz!) across the country.

The plastic + fluorescent light descendants of that genius invention, Moveable type, as well as Scrabble and its freer little bro,  Bananagrams.

These letters were begging to be made into something.  To be given meaning through the power of being part of an entity as collective and significant as a W.O.R.D.

/   nucleotides of a nascent lexicon  /

Bird. Field Museum, Thursday

Like a fish needs a bicycle

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Phillip Pond and Nim Lee are making bikes that swim, and what could be better than that?

for more on the fish bikes.

the girl who

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Image from NY Times weekend section found on the 146 bus + two dried berries from a bush down the block = Lisbeth Salander going to take over your mind.

faith, love, and seaweed

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cover art love. free books on the street.

playing tag with the royals

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catch & release with the monarchz.

out by the airport, but these guys go much further on one tank of gas than those hunks of plane














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(un) make up

love these web gadgets - Halloween comes early!

mysteries of the everyday

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