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https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2007/05/tenth-avenue-may-2007.html Shadows & Light: Tenth Avenue, May 2007 Here's one of my favorite graffiti taggers once again, the one I call "3E." And on the center column there's the outline of a surprised look... shadows light tenth avenue may https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2014/01/smog-and-anxiety.html Shadows & Light: Smog and Anxiety Did you all see the recent article about China broadcasting sunrises on giant screens in public squares because the pollution is so bad ... shadows light smog anxiety https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2014/09/hendon-and-finchley.html Shadows & Light: Hendon and Finchley Another full day out and about yesterday. I took my camera back up to the NW4 postcode, in Hendon, and photographed about 50 streets i... shadows light hendon finchley https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2019/09/ Shadows & Light: September 2019 "Every picture has its shadows, and it has some source of light." - Joni Mitchell shadows light september https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2022/07/lazybones.html Shadows & Light: Lazybones I didn't get out of bed until 8 a.m. this morning, which is unheard of for me! I think I might have a little sinus infection going on. The l... shadows light lazybones https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-traumatized-pigeon-and-other-news.html Shadows & Light: A Traumatized Pigeon, and Other News It has been quite an active couple of days! First of all, I gave bookseller John a print of my photo of him and Sugar, his poor departe... shadows light and other traumatized pigeon news https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2008/07/queen-anne-lace.html Shadows & Light: Queen Anne's Lace I was wandering in Harlem yesterday when I found this doorway to an industrial building, surrounded by Queen Anne's Lace. I love it when I f... shadows light queen anne lace https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2025/08/ Shadows & Light: August 2025 "Every picture has its shadows, and it has some source of light." - Joni Mitchell shadows light august https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-jersey-tiger-and-cuteness.html Shadows & Light: A Jersey Tiger, and Cuteness It's time for my nearly annual garden sighting of a Jersey Tiger moth. On Wednesday, this one flew past in a blur of color (its underwin... shadows light jersey tiger cuteness https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2014/03/cat-in-sunshine.html Shadows & Light: Cat in the Sunshine An old friend is coming to visit this weekend -- a woman I met in the Peace Corps who I have not seen, I suddenly realized last night, ... shadows light in the cat sunshine https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2017/05/cemetery-karaoke.html Shadows & Light: Cemetery Karaoke We had beautiful weather yesterday. Olga and I seized the opportunity for a leisurely walk in the sunny cemetery. She's not quite used t... shadows light cemetery karaoke https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-jaunt-to-park.html Shadows & Light: A Jaunt to the Park Why are used furniture stores so photogenic? They're like barbers and dry cleaners. I can't get enough of them. So, Mona is wearing me ... shadows light to the jaunt park https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2015/09/sketch-book.html Shadows & Light: Sketch Book While walking yesterday morning, Olga and I found a rain-soaked sketchbook lying on the sidewalk outside a grocery store, near some trash... shadows light sketch book https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2018/02/arctic-cacti.html Shadows & Light: Arctic Cacti As you can see, the "beast from the east" is still with us, and apparently we got more snow overnight. When I went to bed there was only ... shadows light arctic cacti https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2018/07/buddha-on-hill.html Shadows & Light: Buddha on a Hill I went into the town of Nha Trang yesterday. It's bigger than I'd imagined -- a city, really, with a coastline dominated by high-rise hot... shadows light buddha hill https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2018/02/stir-crazy.html Shadows & Light: Stir-Crazy I'm tired this morning after a strangely unsatisfying night's sleep. I'm usually a pretty good sleeper, but last night I woke up at 2 a... shadows light stir crazy https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2006/06/ Shadows & Light: June 2006 "Every picture has its shadows, and it has some source of light." - Joni Mitchell shadows light june https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2011/05/spring-saturday.html Shadows & Light: Spring Saturday So how do we feel about this new template? I felt like I had to shake things up a little -- that old white "Minima" template was just a litt... shadows light spring saturday https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2019/11/second-try.html Shadows & Light: Second Try I went back to the Windsor Castle pub yesterday at lunch to take some more photos, and finally got the one I wanted, sans delivery truck... shadows light second try https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2015/08/more-school-meetings.html Shadows & Light: More School Meetings Another early morning at school. Today we have a diversity training meeting in the morning (...) followed by a departmental meeting to di... shadows light school meetings https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2022/07/dogs-of-yesteryear.html Shadows & Light: Dogs of Yesteryear It's time to break out some of the old photos I picked up at the Covent Garden antique market. These all have a dog theme. Interestingly, I ... shadows light dogs yesteryear https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-wreath-rat-stone-thing.html Shadows & Light: A Wreath, a Rat, a Stone, a Thing When I took Olga to the vet on Friday, just to make things even more interesting, I bought this Christmas wreath at a store near the vet's o... shadows light wreath rat stone thing https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2017/07/a-painted-lady-and-linguistics.html Shadows & Light: A Painted Lady, and Linguistics Yesterday was bright and sunny and relatively warm, so I seized the moment and spent the day outside as much as possible. I mowed the law... shadows light painted lady linguistics https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2015/01/ Shadows & Light: January 2015 "Every picture has its shadows, and it has some source of light." - Joni Mitchell shadows light january https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2014/03/green-hat.html Shadows & Light: Green Hat I've got nothing for you today in terms of narrative; I have been running and running at work and my brain hasn't had room to process any... shadows light green hat https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2025/01/looking-forward-and-looking-back.html Shadows & Light: Looking Forward and Looking Back I came across these Picasso-esque figures on a wall between Belsize Park and St. John's Wood. (I'm not sure Picasso would agree they're Pica... shadows light looking forward back https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2019/12/teasels-in-jail.html Shadows & Light: Teasels in Jail Remember how I said I was going to try to pluck some of those teasel sprouts out of the seedhead in our garden and plant them? Well, I di... shadows light teasels jail https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2018/04/garden-neurosis.html Shadows & Light: Garden Neurosis Yesterday was gray and drizzly, but Dave managed to spend quite a bit of the morning in the garden. I don't know why, but I have incredib... shadows light garden neurosis https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2016/10/sunday-business.html Shadows & Light: Sunday Business I must be having problems with time management these days. Dave has been at school all weekend, recording auditions for students who are ... shadows light sunday business https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2012/09/night-on-portobello-road.html Shadows & Light: Night on Portobello Road I didn't leave the house at all yesterday. I didn't even open the front door. I had work, work, work. I can already see the downside to... shadows light night portobello road https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2017/07/blackberry-time.html Shadows & Light: Blackberry Time So, among other things, this happened in the garden while I was gone -- the blackberries began to ripen! I went out yesterday afternoon... shadows light blackberry time https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2018/01/happy-new-year.html Shadows & Light: Happy New Year! Happy 2018! We had an uneventful New Year's Eve in our household -- I made a martini, but that was the extent of our celebrating. We watc... shadows light happy new year https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2021/04/laughing-gas.html Shadows & Light: Laughing Gas Well, the good news is, it looks like all the plants coped just fine with the frost. The geraniums are still inside -- I'll put them out tod... shadows light laughing gas https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2013/05/roas-wall.html Shadows & Light: Roa's Wall I finally got a chance to see Roa's newest wall yesterday in Bethnal Green. Remember when I stopped by on Monday and the art was blocked... shadows light roa wall https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2013/01/asilah.html Shadows & Light: Asilah More negative scanning! These photos are from a trip I took with two friends, Jennifer and Kim, to Asilah in northern Morocco in 1993. As... shadows light asilah https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-hood-1894.html Shadows & Light: The 'Hood, 1894 A few days ago, someone donated some odds and ends to the library where I work. The papers included reproductions of old survey maps from... shadows light the hood https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2012/03/queens-cinema.html Shadows & Light: Queens Cinema This old Art Deco cinema is on Bishop's Bridge Road in Bayswater, not far from our neighborhood. I've long admired the building, but photog... shadows light queens cinema https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-sunflower-and-tsarist-photography.html Shadows & Light: A Sunflower, and Tsarist Photography Here's our volunteer sunflower in all its blooming glory. It's very small, not much bigger than a field daisy. But it's still a nice ad... shadows light sunflower photography https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2023/02/ Shadows & Light: February 2023 "Every picture has its shadows, and it has some source of light." - Joni Mitchell shadows light february https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2012/02/snow.html Shadows & Light: Snow As our trusty meteorologists predicted, we had our first snowfall of the winter last night. Before I went to bed, I looked out the window a... shadows light snow https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-peace-park.html Shadows & Light: The Peace Park Not far from our flat in West Hampstead is a little park called the Maygrove Peace Park. It's a hilly parcel of land between Maygrove Roa... shadows light the peace park https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-better-day.html Shadows & Light: A Better Day This bug may look intimidating, but it's harmless. It's a hornet-mimic hoverfly ( Volucella zonaria ), which as its name suggests, makes a ... shadows light better day https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2014/09/large-rose-sawfly-blues.html Shadows & Light: Large Rose Sawfly Blues Waking up at 7 a.m. this morning, after a work-related reception and dinner last night that ran until midnight. I haven't been out that l... shadows light large rose sawfly blues https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2023/03/washing-and-re-washing.html Shadows & Light: Washing and Re-Washing I was just reading about the Oscars . If it had been up to me I'd have given the top awards to the same people and the same movies -- so goo... shadows light washing https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2014/08/ Shadows & Light: August 2014 "Every picture has its shadows, and it has some source of light." - Joni Mitchell shadows light august https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2006/09/ Shadows & Light: September 2006 "Every picture has its shadows, and it has some source of light." - Joni Mitchell shadows light september https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2019/04/ Shadows & Light: April 2019 "Every picture has its shadows, and it has some source of light." - Joni Mitchell shadows light april https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2020/11/shave-and-haircut.html Shadows & Light: Shave and a Haircut Well, it's 5:55 a.m. and I'm already out of the shower. I've found that if I get up before Dave and take a shower first thing, he can then c... shadows light shave haircut https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2012/10/ Shadows & Light: October 2012 "Every picture has its shadows, and it has some source of light." - Joni Mitchell shadows light october https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2018/03/our-molested-tulips.html Shadows & Light: Our Molested Tulips I spent part of yesterday morning getting reacquainted with the garden. There's still not much going on out there -- our lungwort is bloo... shadows light molested tulips https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2011/09/mourning-neighbor.html Shadows & Light: Mourning a Neighbor Almost immediately after Sept. 11, 2001, this flier appeared on walls in my neighborhood on Manhattan's Upper East Side. While lower Manhatt... shadows light mourning neighbor https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2012/ Shadows & Light: 2012 "Every picture has its shadows, and it has some source of light." - Joni Mitchell shadows light https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2007/06/ Shadows & Light: June 2007 "Every picture has its shadows, and it has some source of light." - Joni Mitchell shadows light june https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-busy-morning.html Shadows & Light: A Busy Morning Our weather has changed for the better the last couple of days. Yesterday was so pleasant we took Olga to the park with her egg toy . She... shadows light busy morning https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-grassy-scrubs.html Shadows & Light: The Grassy Scrubs I gave the dog her promised walk yesterday, taking her to Wormwood Scrubs. We have to walk through a gritty neighborhood of rail yards, o... shadows light grassy scrubs https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2012/08/tension-and-triumphs.html Shadows & Light: Tension and Triumphs Wow, what a week. So many new people and work patterns! My head is spinning. Fortunately, today I get to stay home, and though I still ha... shadows light tension triumphs https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2012/02/eisenhower-and-elf.html Shadows & Light: Eisenhower and the ELF The other night I rented an excellent documentary called "If A Tree Falls: The Story of the Earth Liberation Front." It's been nominated f... shadows light and the eisenhower elf https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2012/04/anne-frank.html Shadows & Light: Anne Frank shadows light anne frank https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2012/09/short-items-from-culture-desk.html Shadows & Light: Short Items from the Culture Desk -- Dave and I went to see a singing trio called Fascinating Aida with some friends last night. I'd never heard of them before, but they'r... shadows light short items from the culture desk https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2022/07/flying-things.html Shadows & Light: Flying Things I didn't leave the house yesterday, except to walk the dog, so you're getting more garden photos. I don't know why I haven't been motivated ... shadows light flying things https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2019/01/happy-new-year.html Shadows & Light: Happy New Year! Here we are back in London, where the light is flat and gray and the winds are chilly. Today's lows are supposed to be just above freezin... shadows light happy new year https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2015/01/butterflies-in-winter.html Shadows & Light: Butterflies in Winter When it's too cold for butterflies, it's nice to have some street art to remind us what summer is like! These are outside an art gallery ... shadows light butterflies winter https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2012/03/bug.html Shadows & Light: Bug We enjoyed an unexpected burst of pop-culture nostalgia last night while we were all sitting at dinner. My stepsister Jennifer mentioned a ... shadows light bug https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2022/09/ian-from-afar.html Shadows & Light: Ian from Afar I've been habitually checking the news coverage of Hurricane Ian in Florida. The areas where my family and friends live in Tampa, Sarasota a... shadows light ian afar https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2019/11/before-and-after.html Shadows & Light: Before and After So here you go -- a quick look at our tree-trimming adventures! First, the patio. The neighbor's climbing rose was encroaching over the... shadows light https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2012/02/wild-florida.html Shadows & Light: Wild Florida After nearly ten hours in the air, during which I watched "On Golden Pond" and "Notes from a Scandal" and read about 250 pages in my curren... shadows light wild florida https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2016/03/buddha-oversees-our-bad-housekeeping.html Shadows & Light: Buddha Oversees Our Bad Housekeeping Dave and I barely left the house yesterday. We walked up to Homebase (our big-box home and garden retailer) to get some flowerpots shortl... shadows light buddha bad housekeeping https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2008/02/man-with-cat.html Shadows & Light: Man with Cat Several years ago, at a flea market on Sixth Avenue, I was combing through a big box of old photos when I came across this snapshot. I loved... shadows light man cat https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2014/12/making-it-up-to-olga.html Shadows & Light: Making It Up to Olga An unfortunate side effect of my daylong photography jaunt on Saturday was that Olga didn't get any kind of walk. So I shook off my fatig... making it up shadows light olga https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-desk-explained.html Shadows & Light: The Desk, Explained This chippy is right up the street from our flat, and despite the fact that it was apparently named in "Courvoisiers book of the best... shadows light the desk explained https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2024/09/ Shadows & Light: September 2024 "Every picture has its shadows, and it has some source of light." - Joni Mitchell shadows light september https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2020/06/a-cinnabar-moth-and-operation-highjump.html Shadows & Light: A Cinnabar Moth, and Operation Highjump Big news in the garden! Remember last summer, how we had the orange-and-black caterpillars of the cinnabar moth colonizing our ragwor... shadows light cinnabar moth operation highjump https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2022/ Shadows & Light: 2022 "Every picture has its shadows, and it has some source of light." - Joni Mitchell shadows light https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-battlefield-bulfinch-and-mid-life.html Shadows & Light: A Battlefield, a Bulfinch, and a Mid-Life Crisis We got walloped with quite a bit of wind and rain last night. It sounds like things have calmed down out there now, but the temperatures ... shadows light mid life battlefield bulfinch crisis https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2017/05/all-about-my-dna.html Shadows & Light: All About My DNA Remember how Dave and I took the Ancestry DNA tests? Well the results are in! Mine didn't contain any surprises -- as I suspected, I am a... shadows light all about dna https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2006/09/botswana-august-2006.html Shadows & Light: Botswana, August 2006 I went to Botswana to see wildlife, and I wasn't disappointed. These elephants meandered past our truck in one of the national parks. They f... shadows light botswana august https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2019/11/thanksgiving-rules.html Shadows & Light: Thanksgiving Rules This photo, which I took a couple of weeks ago when Olga and I went to Wormwood Scrubs , is definitely not representative of our rece... shadows light thanksgiving rules https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2024/01/melanie.html Shadows & Light: Melanie Some of you may have seen the news about Melanie, the singer-songwriter who played at the original Woodstock, and who died on Tuesday at th... shadows light melanie https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2014/10/adored-by-decorators.html Shadows & Light: Adored By Decorators Yesterday evening I had a reunion with my Aunt Mary, who is visiting London with her second husband as part of a two-month trip through E... shadows light adored decorators https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2010/08/office-2.html Shadows & Light: Office 2 "Every picture has its shadows, and it has some source of light." - Joni Mitchell shadows light office https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2007/05/hester-street-may-2007.html Shadows & Light: Hester Street, May 2007 So I got the bill for my recent adventure with the plumber . For installing a new kitchen faucet and fixing a minor glitch in the flushing m... shadows light hester street may https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2012/07/eye-at-night.html Shadows & Light: The Eye at Night Kellee wanted to see the city at night -- and what better vantage point than the London Eye? We zipped down to South Bank on Monday nig... shadows light the eye night https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2014/10/frankenstein.html Shadows & Light: Frankenstein Yesterday I gave John the photos of him and his dogs. He said they were "pukka!" which in English slang -- apparently derived from Hindi ... shadows light frankenstein https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2024/01/im-on-wikipedia.html Shadows & Light: I'm on Wikipedia This is the nameplate hanging by the gate to Daphne du Maurier's former home in Hampstead. (Although the name was in use when she lived the... shadows light wikipedia https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2010/01/lecole.html Shadows & Light: L'Ecole Last night Dave and I went into the city to have dinner at L'Ecole, a restaurant attached to the French Culinary Institute, where Dave went ... shadows light ecole https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2014/11/boring-landlord-issues.html Shadows & Light: Boring Landlord Issues We heard back from the management company for our landlord about the mold . I thought they would react with urgency, given all the horror... shadows light boring landlord issues https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2012/04/nocturne.html Shadows & Light: Nocturne Nocturne of the Poet Who Loved the Moon I have grown tired of the moon, tired of its look of astonish- ment, the blue ice of its gaze, ... shadows light nocturne https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-bird-bomb.html Shadows & Light: The Bird Bomb In a few more days, barring any mishaps, this will be a golden dahlia. It's the "Souvenir d'Ete" variety I bought last summer . Even the bud... shadows light the bird bomb https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2017/05/lime-lamborghini-redux-and-accusations.html Shadows & Light: Lime Lamborghini Redux I'd like to write a meaty, newsy post this morning, but I can't bring myself to write about (or even think about) politics or the state o... shadows light lime lamborghini redux https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2024/06/bird-ball.html Shadows & Light: Bird Ball The Russians have moved their bird ball out to the edge of their balcony railing, directly overlooking our bird feeder. As far as I can tel... shadows light bird ball https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2018/03/home-movies-and-womens-day.html Shadows & Light: Home Movies and Women's Day Just as I recently digitized some old family tape recordings, I'm also working on converting our home movies to digital files. Our movies... shadows light home movies women day https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2012/07/in-baronial-splendor.html Shadows & Light: In Baronial Splendor Dave and I are back from Kent, scrambling to get our laundry done and give the house a last-minute touch-up before the arrival of his par... shadows light baronial splendor https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2021/04/unsprung.html Shadows & Light: Unsprung Here are some spring trees on our street. Aren't they beautiful? In fact, the pink one in front is the once-viney tree -- but don't get too ... shadows light https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2016/07/florida-highway-oddities.html Shadows & Light: Florida Highway Oddities I took a long, slightly winding drive through the center of the state yesterday, from Tampa to Jacksonville. It was a terrific day for a ... shadows light florida highway oddities https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2011/11/grouse-report.html Shadows & Light: Grouse Report The problem with experimenting is, you never know what the outcome will be. After all, you're experimenting! We'd never had grouse before... shadows light grouse report https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2014/08/out-with-liz-in-tampa.html Shadows & Light: Out and About in Tampa Yesterday I met up with my college friend Liz for breakfast and a drive. We went to a terrific old diner on Nebraska Avenue, the Three C... out and about shadows light tampa https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-window-washer.html Shadows & Light: The Window Washer We're having a party on Saturday. Have I mentioned this? Probably not, because until yesterday I've sort of had my head in the sand. I'm ... shadows light the window washer https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2019/06/mystery-portrait-1969.html Shadows & Light: Mystery Portrait, 1969 As we were walking to the Bethnal Green tube station from Lisa and Xan's house a few weekends ago , we passed this painting propped up ag... shadows light mystery portrait https://ditko.blogspot.com/2007/04/shadows-light-1-1998.html Ditko Comics: Shadows & Light #1 [1998] shadows light ditko comics https://shadowsteve.blogspot.com/2017/01/sprouting-hyacinths.html Shadows & Light: Sprouting Hyacinths These are not our discarded shrubs. I passed them on my walk to work one day last week. They look so forlorn, don't they? Box shrubs will... shadows light sprouting hyacinths