Reflections in that rain puddle

I admire the patience or determination that cats show when...

Mar 31st

I’ve always liked purple so these pansies have...

Mar 31st

The burning bushes are beginning to be visible.

Mar 31st

“Beautiful Science: Ideas that Changed the...

Mar 31st

Shahi combines images from Flickr and other sources with...

Mar 31st

Notable new series begins

Scholes, Ken ~ Lamentation ~ TOR, 2009 ~ 362 pages ~ adults, teens. “Windwir is a city of...

Mar 30th

ThinkExist is a website devoted to thoughtful, interesting...

Mar 30th

With prohibitions against representing the human form, much...

Mar 30th

Pansies labor on regardless of the weather, but look even...

Mar 30th

“River Delta’ created with Elements.

Mar 30th

Tulips mostly not up, but a few early ones.

Mar 29th

After several gray, rainy days, sunshine and warm temps...

Mar 29th

TipJar is a website where money-saving suggestions are...

Mar 29th

“University at War” is an appealing exhibit...

Mar 29th

Using Elements to invert the colors make it surreal and more...

Mar 28th

Both Abby [the always hungry Retriever] and I found the...

Mar 28th

The Museum of Fine Arts [Boston] hosts a very nice exhibit...

Mar 28th

While I don’t have much bird knowledge, I do enjoy...

Mar 28th

The Russel Investment firm provides easily understood...

Mar 27th

Although I don’t have a serious interest in poetry, I...

Mar 27th

Likely my final magnolia blossom image of the season. Leaves...

Mar 27th

“Dancers” created in Elements.

Mar 27th

While I rarely use clip art, many [especially teachers] do....

Mar 26th

If you wonder what sort of discussions and decisions are...

Mar 26th

“Target” created in Aviary’s Peacock web...

Mar 26th

“Moon mountains” created in Elements.

Mar 26th

Modesitt"s New Series

Modesitt, L.E. Jr. ~ Imager ~ TOR, 2008 ~ 432 pages ~ adults, teens. “The bell announcing...

Mar 25th

Just a few yards later, there is a small dam. This is more...

Mar 25th

The Green Belt wanders into a small lake near the Public...

Mar 25th

WebKruz is an attractive and easy to use image search engine...

Mar 25th

This Internet slang and abbreviations/initialisms dictionary...

Mar 25th

“Spiders” created in Elements.

Mar 25th

Here is an example for William.

Mar 24th

Write Egyptian is aimed primarily at children, but is still...

Mar 24th

“Tower of Babel” created with Viscosity.

Mar 24th

Once, this was Pistol Creek and somewhat polluted. Improved...

Mar 24th

Cherry tree on Green Belt. Another sign of spring.

Mar 24th

The Minassian Collection at Brown University Library focuses...

Mar 23rd

“Creation” created in Elements.

Mar 23rd

Collage creation websites and software seem to be popular at...

Mar 23rd

Here is an image from the Alaska cruise last summer that I...

Mar 23rd

Further down the downtown stretch.

Mar 22nd

The Green Belt continues, after sidewalks and crossing two...

Mar 22nd

The Merril SF collection at the Toronto Public Library is...

Mar 22nd

Locus Magazine has a thoughtful analysis of the titles...

Mar 22nd

“Electric night” created in Elements

Mar 21st

More spring flowers. More color in the front yard.

Mar 21st

More signs of spring [although early morning temps have been...

Mar 21st

The Office of Management and Budget plays a key role in...

Mar 21st

Roll Call is a daily newspaper devoted to Congress. Detailed...

Mar 21st

“Color flow” created in Elements.

Mar 20th

And one more.

Mar 20th

An image from the afternoon dog walk on a different part of...

Mar 20th

Pew has a notably positive reputation for the quality and...

Mar 20th

Although mostly attractive and reasonably clear, this is why...

Mar 19th

The stream about a quarter of the way on the dog walk.

Mar 19th

An older tree limb from the morning dog walk.

Mar 19th

USA.gov also provides access to state government websites...

Mar 19th

USA.gov presents a list of federal government websites that...

Mar 19th

Space Spiders, Wonder Woman, and ...

Ringo, John and Travis S. Tayor ~ Claws That Catch ~ Baen, 2008 ~ 343 pages ~ adults, teens....

Mar 18th

I am fascinated by the textures and colors on tree trunks....

Mar 18th

Yesterday, I captured a few images on the morning dog walk....

Mar 18th

“Cubism” created in Gimp.

Mar 18th

Map of Science by PLOS shows the interrelationships between...

Mar 18th

Booklist is a well-regarded reviewing source provided by the...

Mar 18th

“Photoshop Tutorials” provides access to more...

Mar 18th

“Bad news for newspapers” presents graphics to...

Mar 18th

Another excellent analysis of “the state of the news...

Mar 18th

“Masque” created in Elements.

Mar 18th

The JPL has a wonderful 3D app available for those...

Mar 16th

I’m uncertain that there is a need for it, but the wet...

Mar 16th

Library of Congress has a very nice exhibit on Japanese...

Mar 16th

“Framework” created in Elements.

Mar 16th

“Defraction” created by a forgotten app.

Mar 15th

Here is the RiskyRoads map for the area immediately around...

Mar 15th

Website mashups are useful for a variety of uses. Here...

Mar 15th

As a youngster, I was fascinated by airline logos and colors...

Mar 15th

“Cave painting” created in Elements.

Mar 14th

ColourLovers has an appealing and most interesting article...

Mar 14th

The University of Minnesota Libraries host a most attractive...

Mar 14th

The Baldwin Library of Children’s Literature at the...

Mar 14th

The Quest Continues

Stirling, S.M. ~ Scourge of God ~ Roc, 2008 ~ 450 pages ~ adults, teens. “The five women fell...

Mar 13th

Image taken by the Cat Apologist. Cat management can be a...

Mar 13th

“Fuzzy thinking” created in Elements.

Mar 13th

Hero Machine is a webapp to create a comic book hero, either...

Mar 13th

Hakia is a semantic search engine focusing on sites selected...

Mar 13th

“Visions” created in Elements

Mar 12th

Dynastree is another easily used web app to create family...

Mar 12th

“Elegant Circles” created in Aviary’s...

Mar 12th

Besides the white magnolia, we also have a saucer magolia....

Mar 12th

A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

Crossley-Holland, Kevin ~ Crossing to Paradise ~ Arthur A. Levin, 2006 ~ 334 pages ~ older...

Mar 11th

If I came back for another life as an animal, it would be...

Mar 11th

In a gray/brown area of the yard, the primroses add charm...

Mar 11th

The University of Buffalo Library hosts a nice collection of...

Mar 11th

Soovie is another webapp that allows searching of more than...

Mar 11th

The sky this morning was cheerful and appealing.

Mar 10th

Write on it is yet another webapp to create...

Mar 10th

Steampunk continues to be popular both as a subgenre and a...

Mar 10th

“Ghosts and smoke” created in Elements.

Mar 9th

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum provides a...

Mar 9th

Nandina is another favorite all weather — all...

Mar 9th

Although there may still be some cold weather in our future,...

Mar 9th

“America by Air” by the National Air and Space...

Mar 8th

And another!

Mar 8th

Daffydills are now in flower— one variety.

Mar 8th

A few days ago, I showed an image of a magnolia bud. Here is...

Mar 8th

“Red tide” created in Elements.

Mar 7th

Katapulco is another all-in-one or multiple search engine....

Mar 7th

Those interested in foreign relations may enjoy the State...

Mar 7th

Mr. Darcy likes to be in the bathroom when showers or baths...

Mar 6th

“Strata” created in web app Viscosity.

Mar 6th

“Winter Dreams” created in Tux Paint and tweeked...

Mar 6th

“Speechwars” allows you to see how often words...

Mar 6th

“Never Mind the Pussy Cat” is an interesting...

Mar 6th

“Hidden flames” created in Elements.

Mar 5th

CNET provides a brief but helpful review of the major ebook...

Mar 5th

Here is a quick example of a strip I created on the website.

Mar 5th

Stripgenerator.com is an easy to use webapp for creating...

Mar 5th

Mr. Fluff wonders why the mature, thoughtful cat...

Mar 4th

“Cave painting” created with the web app...

Mar 4th

This guide to fantasy literature may be helpful. It’s...

Mar 4th

“War, Women, and Survival” is an appealing...

Mar 4th

“Spring Sunset” created in Elements.

Mar 4th

March has  opened with sunny skies but cold temperatures. It...

Mar 3rd

The rapid decline in the print U.S. newspaper business and...

Mar 3rd

The Library of Congress has placed another very large image...

Mar 3rd

“Strange eyes” created in Xaos.

Mar 3rd

After two days of gloom, rain, sleet, and the like, we saw a...

Mar 2nd

“Strata” is a  quick abstract image created with...

Mar 2nd

The Democratic Policy Committee hosts a helpful state by...

Mar 2nd

“Elements of Architecture” is an intriguing...

Mar 2nd

“Peacock fractal” created by the Peacock Aviary...

Mar 1st

Fun Photo Box is another web app that places an image of...

Mar 1st

The “Global Guide to Islamic Art” by Aramco is...

Mar 1st

“Framework” created in Bomomo and tweeked in...

Mar 1st