when it comes apart you can see how it works

[OT from cottage renovations]

now and then a convergence of observer and event creates a wonderful opportunity for insight.  like a seismologist who happens to be soaking in a hotel bathtub at the onset of an earthquake or, in this case, a nueroanatomist experiencing a massive stroke.  it doesn't get more real than her view from the inside. 

(also available in flash version)
many thanks to friends in Iowa City for forwarding from a knowledgeable source in Oz. 

Sunday: church

[OT from cottage renovations]

Sunday wasn't much of a day for light, but there's a flowering cherry tree to the S of the church that was at its peak.  the daffodils in the R foreground were put in last fall. 

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Church grounds