Boat

View full size image

Perdita Rose

Perdita is a David Austin rose, and one of the first I planted in my garden, some ten years ago. The buds are pinkish, and the flowers open as a blush color and then grow whiter as they mature. It doesn't grow as large as my other roses, but I have it at the end of the row, where it is not overshadowed by its more raucous cousins.
View full size image

Afghanistan's carpet makers have long made "war rugs." What's the latest? Drone rugs.

The war rug tradition of Afghanistan has its origins in the decade of Soviet occupation of Afghanistan from 1979, and has continued through subsequent military, political and social conflicts. Afghan rug-makers began incorporating the apparatus of war into their designs almost immediately after the Soviet Union invaded their country. They continue to do so today in the wake of the United States' 2001 invasion of Afghanistan which ousted the Taliban government of Mullah Omar but has failed to bring an end to violence in the country. These days, with the ongoing drone war, these have started creeping up.
View full size image

M34 (NGC1039)

Open cluster in Perseus
View full size image

Rural road in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan

View full size image

A red Moon Rising

The full moon last week rose very red. The color was already fading by the time I got the camera out, but the result had a very spooky effect
View full size image

Super Hero Rose

Super Hero is an Easy Elegance rose that flowers prolifically. On their website, they describe it as "neat" and "compact." Mine is anything but, spurting upwards to over 10 feet tall during the summer. On the other hand, it is glorious when completely filled with blooms.
View full size image

M33 (NGC 598, Triangulum Galaxy)

Located in the costellation Triangulum
View full size image

Pirate Satchel! Definitely not a purse!

I needed one of these for awhile to hold my belongings when I am out and about. So I DIY'ed one. I left the front flap undone to make it look more rustic/tough/piratical (I don't know), but it looks pretty decent. Took me about a month on and off to get it done. No it is not a Pirate Purse it is a SATCHEL DAMN'IT!!!!!
View full size image

Oasis of Huacachina

The Oasis of Huacachina surrounded by huge sand dunes in the Southwest of Peru.
View full size image

Eruption on Io

An active volcanic eruption on Jupiter's moon Io was captured in this false color image taken on February 22, 2000 by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. White and orange areas on the left side of the picture show newly erupted hot lava. The two small bright spots are sites where molten rock is exposed to the surface at the toes of lava flows. The larger orange and yellow ribbon is a cooling lava flow that is more than more than 60 kilometers (37 miles) long.
View full size image

Commission at a school yard by Venom

Bit by bit a local school gets colorized. :-) Designs and ideas were by the children of one class, the painting was done by me.
View full size image

Dabble!

I dabble in stealing comics off the internet and linking them.
View full size image

Wildfires Glow Underneath the Northern Lights,

Near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, May 7, 2016.
View full size image

Shell Shocked

An Australian soldier drawn by artist Albert Tucker in Heidelberg Military Hospital in 1942 where he worked as an orderly. Photo taken in Australian War Memorial March 2016.
View full size image

Dogs in Japan

Photos taken over the past few days of pet dogs cosseted and sometimes even mobbed on the street. Kawaii culture and all very cute but the dogs sometimes look stressed out.
View full size image

Yokohama Chinatown at night

Photos taken two days ago.
View full size image