24 August, 2011

well, since i had the surly out, anyway

i figured i'd put its bottle opener to use!

look who i met on my way home

a spotted salamander was pulling a rango! it appears that, yes, he got to the other side.

22 August, 2011

the nicest thing about working from home

real live serviceable windows. a window seat at the office today would be hell.

20 August, 2011

sapcicle

we trimmed our pine tree today. it wept.

--rt

14 August, 2011

the pier at grand marais michigan

the pier at grand marais michigan is built to withstand the destructive forces of the great gitcheegumee (lake superior). we all know about its fury and power, if not first hand, at least from mr. lightfoot's lyrics. it can be pretty crazy.

well, the pier--actually a sea wall protecting the entry to the harbor--has some sections built out of interlocking steel sections that are filled with rock and cement.

 we wandered out on this structure last week and i found a bunch of interesting perspectives i wanted to capture. first, i was intrigued by the metal outer shells of the structure. their lego-like interlocking fingers were very cool, so they are the "interlocks." later, i found some rocks that still had the holes in them that were used to mine them from wherever they were quarried, and that set was dubbed the "rockholes."

the interlocks




the rockholes