Walls

Ansonia, Connecticut

Ansonia, Connecticut

Hartford, Connecticut

River

Torrington, Connecticut

Round and About in Torrington and Woodbury

Torrington, Connecticut

The grounds surrounding our house got quite out of control last year, and this spring I had so much allergy trouble I didn't dare try to go at it with my scythe while the stuff was low and soft. Now the bittersweet, forsythia, and horrible wild roses are too grown up to deal with that way. After some online research I decided to try a cordless rechargeable hedge trimmer that claimed to cut anything up to three-quarters of an inch, at just a hundred bucks. After getting it at Lowe's, I did a little bit of walkabout in town before heading home.

The trimmer, which is light weight and has a 22" bar, works exactly as claimed, slicing through anything that will fit in the bar's three-quarter openings. The battery charge lasted only half an hour which is not a surprise since I was going after the worst stuff to see how well it can do. With the scythe for the grassy weeds and this thing for the nasty, woody, invasives, I think I can get the place back under control in a few weeks spending an hour a day on it.

Woodbury, Connecticut

The path around back of the house. The Joe Pie Weed is there on purpose. Everything else, not so much.

SPARKLE BRIGHTLY

West Newbury, Massachusetts

FIGHT CLUB

Seymour, Connecticut

Floodgate

Ansonia, Connecticut

Digital/Platinum Workshop

Woodbury, Connecticut

Individual workshop going on today and tomorrow. Above, a palladium print from a digital negative based on an original digital capture is draining after processing, ready for transfer to the drying screens. People and motion photograph at Grand Central Station by Alina Bliach.

Alina with a developed print in the first clearing bath. Second day we'll print more captures and make variations of a couple of them with different chemical formulas.

Spring Pink and Red

Seymour, Connecticut

Seen on May 8, 2015

Torrington, Connecticut

Torrington, Connecticut

FENCING

Seymour, Connecticut

It's not actually a self-captioning photograph. The cyclone fence used to surround a building supply and lumber yard.