Month January 2021

Celery

2020-12 Rainbow Plate, Assignment, Celery, Commissions, Content, Food, Nature, Photography, Plant, Projects, Thing, Unsaturated, Vegetable

The first subject of my current project was celery. A much maligned vegetable, at least by me: Long leafy green stocksOh Miserable celeryJuicy nothingness  A favourite among dieters as food that is [questionably] promoted as a “negative-calorie food”, I find…

Hertha Studio

I have been commissioned by Rainbow Plate to take some photographs of various fruits and vegetables, which has in turn prompted me to set up my long-dreamed-of studio, although it does have a ways to go before it has the…

Insurgence

The trouble with events like that which happened last Wednesday, January 6 — the demonstrations and subsequent entry of the demonstrators into the Capitol — is they tend to drive out extreme positions and calls for action based on emotion.…

The Bird Feeder (update)

Content, Nature, Other, Plant, Snow, Winter

Full of anticipation, in December I reported my purchase of a bird feeder. To date, I have seen no birds feast or even nibble on the seeds. I added a tray beneath the seed cylinders thinking that it might act…