oyster (with seagull)
Blue isn’t necessarily the strongest color in a scene (Hello, yellow-green), but the light-magic of fog gives blue a pretty good chance to dominate. And then there was that extremely well-timed seagull…
Fun Fact 1: in my senior year in architecture school, my design professor (Dan MacGilvary, who was outstanding) told us his most hated color was a specific shade of yellow-green that he called “snake-shit green.” He promised anyone who used that color in their renderings would fail his class.
Fun Fact 2: my sister and I called that same shade “spit-up green” and almost never used that particular Crayon.
Fun Fact 3: I don’t know how a post about this blue sign got hijacked by the color chartreuse.
Portland, Maine
photographed 3.16.2026
parade braids
A little girl and a fire truck: it was a good parade.
Portland, Maine
photographed 3.15.2026
snow/piper
I was in Portland, Maine, a couple of months ago – it was one of those places where I felt instantly at home and I am actively trying to figure out how soon I can get back up there.
The first day kicked off with the St. Patrick’s Day parade. Using our keen sleuthing skills* we were able to locate the spot where the bagpipers were assembling on our very first attempt. Yay, us!!
Portland, Maine
photographed 3.15.2026
*Mainly our ability to follow the caterwauling sounds of the pipes.
visitor parking
It is a rare thing for me to walk by a parking garage and not take a photo. I’m not sure why I find them endlessly fascinating – maybe its the various textures of the concrete, the reflected light, the unseen movement of vehicles. Or maybe it’s because I was raised by a civil engineer.
But whatever the reason, here’s yet another parking garage…
Dallas, Texas
photographed 4.10.2022
the exchange
In the handful of minutes that I observed this interaction (or exchange, if you will), I made up a whole narrative in my mind.
In case you were wondering.
Dallas, Texas
photographed 4.10.2022
One Day | One Image 