a chance to do what isn't often done

[OT from cottage renovations]

come this Saturday there will be a blue moon, the second full Moon in a calendar month (those who have this year's calendar might have noticed that the full moon glyph on that date isn't black like all the others.  it's blue).  an excellent opportunity for doing whatever it is one does so infrequently that it's only once in a blue moon. 

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I'm sure it's a complete coincidence, but one thing that's happened is another sale report from the online gallery that carries selected images from this space. 

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lower field

this image originally appeared on 2 March of this year.  and (invoking for a moment the blue moon privilege of things-infrequently-done) any image from this journal can be made available through imagekind, whether or not you see it over on that gallery page.  if you've ever had a desire for a high-end print of something here, just drop a note with your selection.  special orders don't upset us.  por ejemplo the image above was made available by special request. 

you too could join the growing crowd of collectors,  all  both of whom were pleased with their prints. 

afternoon backlight

[OT from cottage renovations]

slanty afternoon light, I can't help it, I just have to head out into it.  and when things are backlit in it, well, I'm sorry, it exceeds my power to resist. 

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Church grounds

these nascent berries are bathed in a light that when it caroms off the grass gives them a ghostly appearance. 

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M^cCathran Hall

Lonicera sempervirens

there's (common) honeysuckle and there's (coral) honeysuckle.  Lonicera japonica is an invasive pest, but L. sempervirens is a cultivar, so this one is safe from my eradicatory tendencies.  the others probably aren't all that worried: they have me outnumbered and they know it. 

porch series continued

[OT from cottage renovations]
[crossposted to oldhouses and victorian_house]

another image in the continuing irregular Grove cottage porch series. 

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Ridge Road

102 - Clearview

the field

[OT from cottage renovations]

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upper field

as seen from Ridge Road ...

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