Daily Presence

dark-rye: A thousand square feet, even in the city, is...

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:10:45 -0400

A thousand square feet, even in the city, is farm-worthy. Heidi Kooy grows and makes cheese in San Fransisco, accompanied by a bunch of chicks and more than just one kid. ~ DarkRye.com Itty Bitty Farm (by Dark Rye)

My garden is full of beautiful roses today! Happy Mother’s...

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:49:08 -0400

My garden is full of beautiful roses today! Happy Mother’s Day.

dark-rye: Ten Tiny Homes We Love: The Zimmerman House by Dwell...

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:35:00 -0400

dark-rye:

Ten Tiny Homes We Love: The Zimmerman House by Dwell Magazine: from DARK RYE’s Future Issue

dark-rye: Iliana de la Vega, of Austin, TX’s El Naranjo...

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:33:20 -0400

dark-rye:

Iliana de la Vega, of Austin, TX’s El Naranjo Restaurant, shows us how simple it is to make the condiment in a blender. Salsa Verde with Avocado (by SAVEUR.com)

Sunset from my dinning room

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:59:43 -0400

Sunset from my dinning room

thehousehome: inspired outdoor areas

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:25:38 -0400

thehousehome:

inspired outdoor areas

My dry rock bed has come to life.

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:15:00 -0400

My dry rock bed has come to life.

The wisteria has more blossoms than ever. Interesting, since we...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:10:00 -0400

The wisteria has more blossoms than ever. Interesting, since we had such a dry winter.

nprfreshair: Retronaut: 1972: Alma Hitchcock with Alfred’s wax...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:20:09 -0400

nprfreshair:

Retronaut:

1972:

Alma Hitchcock with Alfred’s wax head in the fridge

tinywrld: The mother of all Hyperlapses! Even better… our...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:18:12 -0400

tinywrld:

The mother of all Hyperlapses! Even better… our friends at Teehan+Lax Labs have released the tools so YOU can do your own: hyper lapse.tllabs.io.

Google Street View Hyperlapse (by Teehan+Lax Labs) via 3blogs

A minuscule orchid has blossomed with very little attention.

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:14:17 -0400

A minuscule orchid has blossomed with very little attention.

modernhepburn: “And you are worth the time it takes to take the time to get to know...

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:30:49 -0400

modernhepburn:

“And you are worth the time it takes to take the time to get to know you. We’ve managed to muddle through the awkward stage of I like you and you like me, but when we both finally said ‘yes’ life became a multiple choice test, not knowing anything we became each others best guess. And, holding your hand is less like exploration and more like discovery. Lady, I don’t have to study you to be sure. You’re the choice I made before I knew what the other choices were.”

— Shane Koyczan

Vintage streetlight, Market Street. San Francisco, CA

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:27:50 -0400

Vintage streetlight, Market Street. San Francisco, CA

at Japanese Tea Garden

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:35:17 -0400

at Japanese Tea Garden

Vintage bicycle Sunday across the golden gate.

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:26:47 -0400

Vintage bicycle Sunday across the golden gate.

Angel in my heart.

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:02:38 -0400

Angel in my heart.

nprfreshair: An unabashed fan of artist/illustrator/writer...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:53:49 -0400

nprfreshair:

An unabashed fan of artist/illustrator/writer Maira Kalman (I have a copy of “My Mother’s Beautiful Map” hanging in my cubicle here at work), I offer you this pre-assignment Kalman has given illustration students in a class she is teaching this summer.

The New Yorker :

… take a half hour walk every day for ten days. Without cell phones, just walk and observe what’s around you for half an hour. And I am sure—I’m very sure—that asking them to spend half an hour without a cell phone is like asking them to take their clothes off. No cell phones, no cup of coffee—just take a solitary walk. If you want to be pretentious about it, Immanuel Kant is famous for taking his walk everyday at 3:30 P.M., so I suggested that time to them. It’s a good time of day; it’s a little bit tired, a little bit sleepy time of day.

It’s good advice.

nprfreshair: A month ago, when I featured this photograph by...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:48:39 -0400

nprfreshair:

A month ago, when I featured this photograph by Mitch Dobrowner, I didn’t make the connection that I’d already come across Dobrowner’s work at the Look3 Festival in my hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia. It was this past summer at a nighttime slide show featuring the work of a couple dozen or so photographers in an outdoor pavilion. Dobrowner’s work was among the first up. I was with my sister and we were both wowed. His photographs featured at Look3 were from a series he did on storms, and they immediately popped to mind as I was listening just now to tomorrow’s interview with New York Times environmental reporter Justin Gillis. It’s all about climate change and extreme weather. Behold, the power of the skies.

Who has real power? Mother nature!

I could soak outside!

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:09:42 -0400

I could soak outside!

theartfulgarden: TheArtfulGardener: My art is an attempt to...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:08:19 -0400

theartfulgarden:

TheArtfulGardener:

My art is an attempt to reach beyond the surface appearance. I want to see growth in wood, time in stone, nature in a city. When I work with a leaf, rock, stick, it is not just that material itself, it is an opening into the processes of life within and around it. When I leave it, these processes continue. -Artist Andy Goldsworthy