It’s my first video Caturday! In this epic, sweeping 30 second drama, our lovely feline heroine Pandora meows twice, does a wide meow-yawn, then returns to luxuriating on her new scratching rug. Playing faintly in the background is “At the Airport” by Scott Andrew.
Branch in River
Debris from up the Potomac gets stuck at the Harbour. Sun’s coming out and it’s warmer now.
(Branch in River uploaded by brownpau.)
Accidental Metro “Panorama”
I had intended to get a video clip of the latest Metro tunnel ad, but I put my phone camera in panorama mode rather than video mode, so it started stitching this disjointed panorama as best it could from the walls of the Metro station as the train accelerated. My reflected hands are visible.
Makes a good entry for the Metro Abstract Set.
Chocolate Edamame
In Trader Joe’s, dark chocolate covered edamame. No. No! NOOOO!!!
(Chocolate Edamame uploaded by brownpau.)
Pile of Air Conditioners
Our apartment recently had window upgrades for all units, and the process included removing the old air conditioners and putting in fresh new ones. The old aircons were discarded, stacked in a pile down in the basement; so much cooling potentiality now gathering dust in a forgotten corner.
Free Cone Day 2008
Free Cone Day today, so kingkool68 and skunkgal and I took a break from work to go down to Ben and Jerry’s in Georgetown and avail ourselves of the frozen dairy giveaway. Some quick phone snaps from while we stood in the considerable line:
I got my standard default order when I don’t know what to get at B&J’s: Cherry Garcia. (Not a Dead Head, but it’s good ice cream.) This is an improvement over Free Cone Day 2006’s Chunky Monkey. Have you gotten your free cone yet? What flavor?
More Weekend Photos
A few more photos of note from the weekend:
In sequence, those are Amy in the Sculpture Garden, a flower macro from the Haupt Garden, guy in a Renaissance costume (an actor from the Folger, perhaps?) striding towards Union Station Metro, and a Sunday sushi meetup in Woodley Park with Gabe and Andre, two friends I’ve known since fourth grade.
Water in Motion
While strolling around the Haupt Garden over the weekend, Amy and I paused at the fountain to watch birds bathing, and I tried my hand at high speed photos of the water, setting my camera to ISO 1600, lowest exposure, macro on when up close. The results are rather grainy, but it looks like the SD1000 does a pretty good job of capturing water in motion:
National Gallery Timelapses and Painting Details
Amy and I were at the National Gallery on Saturday to look at American works by Homer, Eakins, Bellows, as well as explore the little-known inner maze of Italian Renaissance galleries in the West Building. Along the way I tried out the time lapse feature on my Powershot and got a few quick videos:
I had hoped to catch the giant Calder mobile in motion but it was not a very windy day, so there was no movement.
I also paused in the Italian galleries to get a few detail shots of paintings that caught my eye — Saint Anthony’s meeting with a centaur (or is it a satyr?) in the wilderness, Saint Helena’s flower-nippled breastplate, Gian Federico Madruzzo’s dog’s weird shrunken head, and Aeneas and Achates’ classy travel attire:
Butterfly Cube
Sculpture on a front lawn in Foggy Bottom: oblique black cube ascends into white butterfly peeling away from upper vertice.
(Butterfly Cube uploaded by brownpau.)