Hawks at Fresh Pond
On my way to work every morning I usually go past Fresh Pond in Cambridge. Just across the train tracks from the Alewife T station, there’s an office building where there’s a pair of...
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DIY Ring Light
As you’ve probably noticed, we do a lot of closeup photos of things like flowers and electronic projects on this blog. Lighting is always a problem on those types of pictures. The “right” tool...
Pool Cleanup Day
Today was pool cleanup day (actually it was pool cleanup rain date day, but that’s not important). This is the day on which all of the neighbors get together and clean up the neighborhood...
Friends & Relations
Just like Rabbit, we have lots of friends & relations. Unlike Rabbit, many of ours live in Vermont not the Hundred Acre Wood. This weekend we went up to Vermont for a memorial service...
May Flowers
We usually do one post per flower, but they come in so fast at the start of May that I’m just going to lump a bunch together. First up is Creeping Phlox. This is...
New CSF season
It’s that time again. This week was the first delivery of fresh fish from Cape Ann Fresh Catch, the Community Supported Fishery that we’re a member of. This week’s fish was a nice fresh...
XKCD Color Survey Results
Color names have provoked a lot of philosophical debate over the years. When you say “green” do you mean exactly the same thing that I mean when I say “green”? For example, color naming...
