Reflections in that rain puddle

Belisarius Returns

Flint, Eric and David Drake ~ Belisarius I: Thunder at Dawn ~ TOR, 2003 ~ 758 pages ~ adults, some...

Oct 31st

“Star flower” was created with Apopyhis-J.

Oct 31st

The National Science Foundation Discoveries website is a...

Oct 31st

“Fall trees” is an photograph that didn’t...

Oct 31st

“Circles” was created in Gimp. Intended to be...

Oct 30th

“Micro-organisms” was created in Madelbrot On...

Oct 30th

Here is an example of photofunia. I uploaded an image of...

Oct 30th

Photofunia provides a variety of goofy/interesting/strange...

Oct 30th

Maryville College, about ten minutes away, has a very nice...

Oct 29th

“Lilypads” was created in Gimp. I like Gimp but...

Oct 29th

“Heart of space” was created in Apophysis-J and...

Oct 29th

Silobreaker is a news site that integrates content from a...

Oct 29th

“Fractal meets order” finalized in Image Tricks.

Oct 28th

“Purple berries” are on the BeautyBerry plant....

Oct 28th

“Purple fall” shows the fall combination of...

Oct 28th

MultiColr Search Lab Flicker Set allows one to search a...

Oct 28th

The “Milky Way” quadrants space map for Star...

Oct 27th

“Order and disorder” created in Elements with...

Oct 27th

Could not resist another beautiful streetcar from the...

Oct 27th

“Jungle floor” created in Xaos.

Oct 26th

I’m fascinated by the route maps of major urban rail...

Oct 26th

The British Museum has four online exhibits [tours] on the...

Oct 26th

The Paleontology Portal is an interested site focused on...

Oct 26th

“Crazy tiles” was created in Xaos.

Oct 25th

“Snake tiles” created in Image Tricks and...

Oct 25th

Here is an example of the underwater photographs from the...

Oct 25th

Smashing Magazine has an interesting selection of underwater...

Oct 25th

Flowing Data has an interesting article on sources useful in...

Oct 25th

“Fall Colors” created in Elements.

Oct 24th

The Library of Congress provides an exhibit on...

Oct 24th

Here is an example of two SF book covers from the past via...

Oct 24th

CoverBrowser covers a wide range of genre-specific covers...

Oct 24th

“Eye-opener” was created in Xaos.

Oct 23rd

Here is a random example of a representation from Bestiario.

Oct 23rd

Bestiario is a website devoted to the graphic representation...

Oct 23rd

FotoFlexer is another image improvement and creative app on...

Oct 23rd

Although I should have known, I was surprised by the above...

Oct 23rd

“Down the tube” created with Xaos.

Oct 22nd

As a railroad enthusiast, it was great to see the old New...

Oct 22nd

One of our favorite aspects of the Eastern Shore was the...

Oct 22nd

Although I am unable to practice it well, calligraphy...

Oct 21st

Given my love of street cars and interurbans, one of the...

Oct 21st

We went to a pick your own apple orchard where the apples...

Oct 21st

I have returned

After two days in airports and airplanes [really just a flying bus], we were able to spend three...

Oct 21st

The Republic

Having done by sacred duty in voting this morning, I will try to spend less time considering the...

Oct 15th

Fractal from Xaos called “at the heart of...

Oct 15th

Colorcombos is another website that provides a changing,...

Oct 15th

The Master Gardener combined the red maple and an annual for...

Oct 15th

A very nice image feature on the Sun by the Boston Globe....

Oct 15th

A Knight and A Rogue Continue

Bell, Hilari ~ Rogue’s Home ~ EOS, 2008 ~ 422 pages ~ tweens, teens, some adults. “Most...

Oct 14th

“Creation” is a flame fractal created in...

Oct 14th

“Summer thoughts” mostly created in Elements.

Oct 14th

Ski-ffy is another good site for science fiction period...

Oct 14th

Sci-Fi lists contains a variety of interesting and useful...

Oct 14th

Technic Civilization Saga {preserved}

Anderson, Poul ~ Compiled by Hank Davis ~ The Van Rijn Method ~ Baen, 2008 ~ 450 pages ~ adults,...

Oct 13th

A simple doodle. “Fall leaves.”

Oct 13th

Another chapter in the burning bush color report.

Oct 13th

With fall colors gaining strength, here is an image of...

Oct 13th

Although I spent little time with it, Viscosity is another...

Oct 12th

About this time each Fall, we plant a few cabbages to give...

Oct 12th

The Master Gardener has been busy, with others, decorating...

Oct 12th

The Fae and a Young Princess

Tomlinson, Heather ~ Aurelie: a faerie tale ~ Holt, 2008 ~ 184 pages ~ older children, some tweens....

Oct 11th

“Disaster” is a flame fractal tweeked a bit in...

Oct 11th

“Purple berries” created in quadrium 2.

Oct 11th

Cymbolism is a website that links colors with associated...

Oct 11th

Web-based image editors have received notable attention in...

Oct 11th

Poor Mr. Smith

Baker, Kage ~ The Anvil of the World ~ TOR, 2003 ~ 350 pages ~ adult, some teens. “Troon, the...

Oct 10th

This medal or badge was created in Image Tricks.

Oct 10th

The Library of Congress has a wonderful exhibit on...

Oct 10th

As a child and then as a parent, I’ve always enjoyed...

Oct 10th

The 2010 Census has already received attention because of...

Oct 10th

“Venus jungle” was created in Groboto.

Oct 10th

Demons and Gladiators

Baker, Kage ~ The House of the Stag ~ TOR, 2008 ~ 350 pages ~ adult, some teens. “There are...

Oct 9th

The same is true for “yet another space...

Oct 9th

“Star is born” began as a flame fractal and was...

Oct 9th

The National Center for Educational Statistics has created a...

Oct 9th

Colourlovers included a recent brief look at infographics...

Oct 9th

Squarerocks is a simple website that provides a variety of...

Oct 8th

If the earlier image was too “dry brushed,” here...

Oct 8th

The Master Gardener pointed out that we still have some...

Oct 8th

“Famous fish” was created in Elements.

Oct 8th

A texture foto from  CG Textures filtered a bit in Elements.

Oct 7th

This hydrangia is clearly showing the effects of a dry late...

Oct 7th

Presidential libraries are a curious mix of fact and...

Oct 7th

Pattern taken from patterncooler on the web, enlarged and...

Oct 7th

Front of the house border still looks good. I like the...

Oct 6th

Here is a palette from ColourLovers enlarged and filtered. I...

Oct 6th

I’m delighted to see how quickly and how well some...

Oct 6th

Smashing Magazine has a feature on macro photography images....

Oct 6th

The Russian sage continues to look good and it too floats in...

Oct 5th

The Master Gardener has begun to add fall decoration here...

Oct 5th

Colors on the Web is an informative site to learn more about...

Oct 5th

Young Magician Overwhelmed

Snyder, Maria V. ~ Fire Study ~ MIRA, 2008 ~ 441 pages ~ adults, some teens....

Oct 4th

Gandalf is our third cat. He is also our senior cat. Like...

Oct 4th

“Pretty fire” is a flame factal created in...

Oct 4th

The Public Library of Law claims to be the largest free law...

Oct 4th

Likely too simple, but “a star is born” is...

Oct 3rd

I’m torn between distaste at the failure and...

Oct 3rd

While the yard is slowly being overcome by Fall, there are...

Oct 3rd

The Cat Apologist took this image and suggested that it be...

Oct 3rd

“Heart of space” is another flame fractal.

Oct 2nd

“Tunnels” reflects some quick doodling with...

Oct 2nd

I’ve mentioned the Colour Lover’s website...

Oct 2nd

Young Mage and a Desperate Situation

Pierce, Tamora ~ Melting Stones ~ Scholastic, 2008 ~ 312 pages ~ older children, teens, some...

Oct 1st

The fountain grass plumes float in the wind or breeze. They...

Oct 1st

The cigar plants add considerable color to a pot. Here they...

Oct 1st

Conde Nast Portfolio.com has a variety of interesting...

Oct 1st