Monday, July 25, 2016

Good job, clouds


For about 10 minutes last night, the sky turned pink.

Abduction



It appears that Ray was walking across the deck railing when he was abruptly beamed out of his shoes by aliens. I hope they beam him back.

Sunday, July 24, 2016

Cincinnati Art Museum




Ab Fab


(mini) Tyler Davidson Fountain




Inagaki Tomoo (1902-1980)


Rodney McMillian's "Untitled, 2005"



The above installation of Rodney McMillian's "Untitled, 2005", which is an enormous piece of what was once someone's wall-to-wall carpet, was one of the pieces at 30 Americans stood out to me. 

Stained and worn, you can see where the closet would have been, where the couch likely rested, where life took place. It is simple yet arresting — who's lives were lived on this carpet? A million things happened here to people who loved and were loved and now this, just their carpet. We are forced to speculate their entire lives: What happened here? 

A wall-to-wall Rorschach.

Invisible Man


“I am an invisible man. 
No I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allen Poe: 
Nor am I one of your Hollywood movie ectoplasms.
I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids
- and I might even be said to possess a mind. 
I am invisible, simply because people refuse to see me.”

Ralph Ellison

Sculpture, painting and Ray


Planning


Utah on the horizon. But first, breakfast.

Friday, July 15, 2016

RESPECT


The Mercantile Library




Chariots of fire


"It's going to be amazing," said the guy in the chariot.

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Still life


Chuck Norris looks both serene and sinister surrounded by doughnuts and knives.

Sunset from the front porch


Sunday, July 3, 2016

The Rootbeer Stand


I had the overwhelming desire for a footlong on Friday night so Ray and I fired up the Blue Ranger and took it for a spin to Sharonville, which was the closest hot dog stand we could find. Turns out, the Rootbeer Stand has been there since 1957.

Footlongs. Chips. Rootbeer. Cash only.



Vista in Mt. Adams


Scooter selfie


It looks like my head is on a stick.

Friday, July 1, 2016

Patio tomatoes


Vertigo


Petunias and peeling paint


We are having the deck repainted soon, but I don't really mind the peeling paint.

Fangirl


I went full on fangirl to Jim Obergefell, telling him that he once liked one of tweets and therefore we are best friends. He indulged me.

Study portrait