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light as a metaphor
Hello, and welcome to Yes, I Have My Own Thesaurus Day.
Metaphor:
allegory
analogy
emblem
hope
image
metonymy
personification
similtude
symbol
trop
concept
Portland, Maine
photographed 3.14.2026
100% probability
I think you know me well enough by now that there is a 100% chance that I will think hotel-room reflections are very enchanting. And also the same chance that I will make a photograph or ten of them.
Portland, Maine
photographed 3.14.2026
i have questions
Couple of questions here:
- Why does that waterfowl need binoculars to look at the barricade that is RIGHT THERE?
- How TF is that same waterfowl holding the binoculars in the first damn place?
Portland, Maine
photographed 3.15.2026
closed sundays
I mean, I guess this sign is official. But it sure feels like maybe a disgruntled worker who wanted the day off took a can of spray paint and made some business decisions…
Portland, Maine
photographed 3.15.2026
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
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