29 January - Winter and Rough Weather



Surprisingly, we didn't lose the electrics in Tuesday's snow, though much of Washington Grove did; and we didn't get the sheer quantity of snow that we did in

22 January - Art in the Cold



Too cold hereabouts to do more than stick one's nose out and grab a snap of the Janus Museum's sculpture garden, and then retreat back to the staff canteen for a warm cuppa. By the way, the sculpture group in the background is not a Rodin, though it bears some superficial similarities to the great artist's work; it's The Burghers of Derwood, Maryland by Siggy Norbeck, brother to the better known

16 January - 3D Gnarly



Out in the woods, shooting a gnarly dead tree on a gray cold day - not even the thrilling 3D effect can make it very interesting - but anything to get away from the ape-like hooting of the Museum fellows, watching the football in the Fellows' Common Room. Couldn't even persuade a cat to go with me - they preferred the dropped snack opportunities in the Common Room.

15 January - Attack of the Six Foot Wiener Dog



I was attacked by this rare Basset-boa constrictor hybrid in the Englischer Garten, Munich - was lucky to escape with my life; a terrifying situation...

Actually, it's the same dog posted here back in November. See, I was using my good old Widelux, a 35mm panorama camera - the lens, set in a sort of turret, actually pans the scene. I was using the low speed, which takes about a second and a half, and the dog continued to walk toward me as the lens pivoted - I call the effect Turret's Syndrome.

link

10 January - Recent Superb Acquisition



Beg to report that the Museum has just received a superb figurine of

10 January - Leonine



A statuesque lion at

9 January - Cephalopodic-Militaria Stereoscopy



And now, a stereoview of an octopus wearing a pickelhaube. Google surprisingly comes up a bit short on appearances of "octopus pickelhaube" on the web, but here's

8 January - Stereoscopy Post, Interrupted



Max tries out the new stereoview lorgnette - perfect for viewing side-by-side stereo images on line,

2 January - Belated and Recycled Traditional New Year's Day Monadnock Imagery



Tragically, I didn't have the time to motor out yesterday to view