Then What Happened?

Rusted Steel and Russian Sage

2011-12-03T21:53:00.006-05:00

Weathered pieces I welded together out of scrap metal from a friend's backyard sit in one of my flower beds, waiting patiently amongst the perennials for warmth to melt the frost from the their rusty steel beams.

Cavestock 2011

2011-08-30T13:08:00.001-04:00

Two Noses Smell Tulips

2011-04-28T19:23:00.001-04:00

The girls stop to smell the Tulips in their glory at Brookside Gardens in Maryland. Spring is here!

Road Train

2011-03-03T11:52:00.003-05:00

A triple-trailer, 26-wheel, transcontinental "road-train" heads west on US Interstate 80 near Green River, Utah.

Snow 2

2011-02-09T18:43:00.002-05:00

Snow

2011-02-09T18:29:00.003-05:00

Tuba

2011-02-09T08:09:00.006-05:00

A tuba at the Neighborhood Music School and a YouTube clip from TubanJosh - Beltane Holler!day, 5/1/09, Bellvue Grange Hall.

Trip to the Christmas Tree Farm

2010-12-15T15:04:00.006-05:00

Gone to Seed

2010-11-21T19:35:00.008-05:00

Fall flower garden
Anemone patiently
Waiting for the wind

Photo by Joana

Supergirl and Supersister

2010-10-31T20:57:00.014-05:00

Halloween 2010 - Supergirl, her little sister, "Supersister", and mild mannered reporter Clarke Kent.

Icelandic Protest

2010-10-26T15:02:00.005-04:00

Icelandic protesters form a circle around their parliament building in downtown Reykjavik, November 2008. Iceland's financial system was at the forefront of the global economic meltdown and people there were not happy about it.

Rainbow Bridge

2010-10-26T14:33:00.002-04:00

Waiting for Daddy

2010-09-30T23:20:00.004-04:00

Emily waiting at the window for me to get home from work. One of the answers to the question of the meaning of "Life the Universe and Everything."

Blueberries

2010-09-29T19:39:00.003-04:00

Blueberries in our garden starting to ripen in early Summer.

National Gallery of Art, Ottawa

2010-09-27T16:48:00.002-04:00

Hobo Highway

2010-09-25T20:13:00.003-04:00

The train tracks curve to the south before crossing the river in Galena, Illinois.

A vacuum, inside a forgery, wrapped in an illusion.

2010-09-20T14:57:00.032-04:00

Las Vegas- Costume crown jewel of a culture completely enamored of skin deep materialism. It's not that it doesn't have any character. It just doesn't have any character of substance. So if you crave substance, the only real reason to go once is so you can refute anyone who says you need to go at least once.

Maybe that's too harsh. But unless you just really enjoy the idea of giving away your money in exchange for the experience of... having given away your money, or you enjoy watching other people who do, then do yourself a favor and go anywhere else. OK, again maybe "anywhere else" is too extreme but it amazes me how many people go to places like Vegas and Disney over and over again with no desire to experience anything outside of that self imposed experiential rut. You've gotta love the artificial to enjoy this place so why not just stay home and watch TV? If you want something real or authentic just go outside and explore your neighborhood, unless you live IN Vegas your hometown probably has more to offer!

But hey that's just my humble, hung-up opinion, you might actually enjoy yourself, and at night it gets all sparkly!

Home Made Granite State Goat House

2010-09-07T12:14:00.007-04:00

A Harrisville neighbor's labor of love: A hand made goat house using material from the site.

Dance (or Attack) of the Happy Octopuses (or Octopi)

2010-09-06T20:19:00.006-04:00

Olivia draws an underwater scene of cephalopodian celebration. But are their intentions benign or... rotten!

Arches National Monument

2010-08-31T09:51:00.005-04:00

The girls pose for a classic tourist shot at Arches National Monument outside Moab, Utah. Bowing to fatherly pressure Olivia does her best to refrain from striking one of her runway model poses (see below, where do they learn this stuff??!!)

Big Yellow Kayak

2010-08-31T09:30:00.005-04:00

My mom and dad enjoyed exploring Lake Powell in the Big Yellow Kayak we carried around on the back of the houseboat.

Moveable Waterfront Apartment with Awesome Views

2010-08-27T14:24:00.004-04:00

We rented a houseboat on Lake Powell on the Utah/Arizona border. Each day we took the houseboat farther up or down the lake to a new canyon or cove in search of a nice secluded anchorage with great views and a good swimming beach. It was great way to see some amazing scenery and enjoy the water.

The Annunciation in the Kiva

2010-08-27T13:58:00.004-04:00

Olivia communes with a beam of Sunlight in a ceremonial chamber called a Kiva at Spruce Tree House cliff dwelling, Mesa Verde, Colorado.

Under the Milky Way Tonight

2010-08-19T16:01:00.006-04:00

Standing (very still for the 30 second exposure) by our dying campfire Joana is back-lit by the Milky Way at our evening anchorage between Oak Canyon Bay and Hidden Canyon, Lake Powell, Utah.

Beyond the Gates

2010-07-18T21:00:00.005-04:00

Hindu Temple, Malibu, California.

Zashiki-warashi

2010-07-18T20:12:00.009-04:00

Out of the corner of her eye Emily catches a quick glimpse of the Zashiki-warashi or house spirit of the Bamboo Retreats. Too bad Olivia didn't get a chance to see her.

Bamboo Retreats, Hollywood, California.

Big Sur

2010-07-15T10:41:00.005-04:00

Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park along California State Highway 1 Big Sur California.

What's Big and Black and Has a Lot of Legs?

2010-06-27T20:22:00.009-04:00

It was morning at our cabin at the Lodge at Big Sur. Olivia woke up and went to the bath room to go potty. A few moments later she called out, "Hey Daddy, what is big and black and has lots of legs?"

"I don't know, what is big and black and has lots of legs?" I responded.

"Well I don't know either but it is climbing in the shower." she calmly informed me through the closed door!

Big Sur spider under glass.

Family Reunion

2010-05-31T16:35:00.001-04:00

Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. June 2008

Shaw's Garden

2010-05-30T14:32:00.007-04:00

DD, Uncle Joe and my Mom viewing a boatload of Dale Chihuly glass at the Missouri Botanical Garden. May 2006

Finding Tupelo in Athens, GA

2010-05-25T10:02:00.005-04:00

Matt signals that Wuxtry Records in Athens passes the "Tupelo Test."

Captain Tupelo is of course as everyone knows, "The World's Greatest Junkie Superhero." and forgotten Punk Rock legend.

Olivia and the Whale

2010-05-11T23:29:00.001-04:00

World's Shortest Croquet Field

2010-05-09T23:44:00.002-04:00

The Road to Thingvellir

2010-05-04T23:09:00.015-04:00

Thingvellir (Þingvellir), which translates to "Thing Field" is the home of the Althing (Alþingi), or National Parliament of Iceland. Having moved to Reykjavik it is still in existence today, making it the oldest such body in the world.

The "Thing Field" sits in a rift valley formed by the pulling apart of the North American and European tectonic plates, part and parcel of Iceland's active geothermal nature.

Iceland-November-2008

The Road to Marrakesh

2010-05-04T22:09:00.003-04:00

Dad & Scout on Redbluff

2010-05-03T23:04:00.005-04:00

Overlooking Huzzah Creek from the top of Red Bluff.
Davisville, Missouri 1985

Joana & Jellyfish

2010-05-03T20:32:00.002-04:00

Monterey Aquarium - Monterey, CA December 2009

Apple Picker

2010-05-01T07:55:00.003-04:00

Bishop's Orchards Guilford, Connecticut 2008

Two Loons

2010-05-01T00:07:00.004-04:00

A Loon keeps me company as I swim in Harrisville Pond. July 2007 Photo by my Dad.

Vernal Vision

2010-04-26T22:00:00.024-04:00

Red Robin perched prettily high on a post
Singing a sweet song of Spring
All Winter long the pale garden ghosts
Await her return on the wing

Cornelius Beltanelorn - 1908

Faerie House

2010-02-08T15:58:00.006-05:00

A magical little Faerie House with accompanying Mushroom sorceress's studio for working on magic spells. Hope Trogdor doesn't show up.

Winterthur, Delaware - April 2009

Meadowrue

2009-10-12T23:43:00.002-04:00

Daisies and Daylilies

2009-10-12T23:35:00.004-04:00

Alpine Tundra

2009-10-08T20:51:00.007-04:00

We went for a short hike at the Alpine Tundra area of Rocky Mountain National Park. At 13000 ft above sea level even a short hike can leave you out of breath. September 2006.

The Blue Galoon

2009-10-07T20:46:00.003-04:00

3 year old Olivia's preferred pronunciation of "The Blue Lagoon." Iceland 2008

Watermelon

2009-10-05T23:36:00.002-04:00

The girls pose with a watermelon from our garden. It was delicious!

Scavenger Hunt

2009-09-22T22:30:00.006-04:00

Emily and I follow while Olivia checks off another item from her Nature Scavenger Hunt at Garden In The Woods in Framingham, Massachusetts. September 2009, Photo by Joana.

Legion of Honor

2009-08-30T21:23:00.002-04:00

Joana strolls Olivia past the gates to the Legion of Honor. San Francisco, California 2006.

Final Approach to SFO

2009-08-29T11:06:00.004-04:00

Mowry Slough in the southern end of San Francisco Bay from the air. January 2006 Here's what the area looks like on Google Maps.

King (or Queen or Princess) of the Hill!

2009-08-16T22:22:00.002-04:00

It's My Bag Baby!

2009-08-08T00:46:00.001-04:00

Erik lets loose at our housewarming gathering, March 2008.

Freeze!

2009-08-05T21:52:00.001-04:00

Cabbage

2009-08-05T00:16:00.003-04:00

Broccoli

2009-08-05T00:06:00.001-04:00

In our garden in early July.

Caged in a Beaver Catcher!

2009-08-04T23:51:00.007-04:00

In order to catch the Ground Hog that was helping itself to our vegetable garden Olivia and I set a "Beaver Catcher" as she called it, and it worked! This critter now lives very far away from us. The previous night I caught a skunk in the trap! Luckily for me he was very cooperative and didn't spray me as I put the cage in my truck, drove him to a park and let him out.

Lattice

2009-08-02T18:51:00.001-04:00

Deep in thought at Millenium Park in Chicago, Illinois.

Canopy of Trees Beneath a Canopy of Trees

2009-08-02T18:00:00.003-04:00

The beginnings of a hut made from branches at Sargent Pond in New Hampshire.

Fence and Ferns

2009-08-02T01:46:00.004-04:00

See Emily Play

2009-08-02T01:28:00.005-04:00

Tree of Light

2009-07-26T22:00:00.002-04:00

The sun splits a double trunked tree in Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, Connecticut.

Alien Abducktion

2009-07-26T21:47:00.008-04:00

Under a streetlight on a foggy winter night "The Blue Duck" (that's what Olivia used to call my old pick-up truck) looks like a scene from "Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind."

Huzzah Creek

2009-07-06T22:57:00.001-04:00

Olivia and a pony see eye to eye.

2009-03-11T21:04:00.004-04:00

Olivia and a pony see eye to eye.

Victim of the Ice Storm

2009-03-01T20:22:00.006-05:00

Last Summer my parents neighbor Pam offered to let us have the old swing set in her yard. Mark and I disassembled it and carried it across the road to my parents yard where we reassembled it. Olivia and Emily got one weekends worth of fun on it before a massive ice storm brought trees down on it and smashed it. I'll try to fix it this summer.

Family Outing

2009-02-27T22:55:00.002-05:00

A family of Canada Geese go for a morning paddle on Harrisville Pond. Photo by my Dad.

That Darn Duck!

2009-02-27T22:15:00.009-05:00

Tjörnin, the city pond in Reykjavik is home to a lot of waterfowl and Olivia wanted to feed them all! She got a little too comfortable with one big gray goose though and he bit her finger while eating out of her hand. "That darn duck bit me!" she wailed.

Early one morning late last year.

2009-02-25T23:46:00.005-05:00

Jack Frost does his thing, outlining the edges of Kalmia, Azalea, and Rudbeckia seedheads.

Grindavik Harbor

2009-02-23T23:40:00.004-05:00

Hera Returns

2009-02-15T21:28:00.023-05:00

Lixus was part of a chain of Phoenician- Carthaginian settlements along the northwest coast of Africa dating back to the 7th century BC. When Carthage fell to Ancient Rome, Lixus became a Roman imperial outpost.

Supposedly the location of the mythological garden of the Hesperides, Atlas' daughters, was Hera's orchard in the far western corner of the world, where the immortality-giving golden apples grew.

Tree Goats

2009-02-15T14:24:00.003-05:00

A goat-herd chatted with us while we watched his goats grazing in the Argan Trees by the side of the road from Tafraoute. Morocco 2000

Deep in the Todra Gorge

2009-02-15T14:01:00.003-05:00

Keeping our eyes peeled for Sleestaks as we explore.

Sang in Ecuador 1974

2009-02-14T23:41:00.016-05:00

Joana's Dad sent this tough-looking picture of himself to her Mom in Korea in an effort to entice her to move to South America and marry him.

She did.
Brazil, 1979

Golden Globes

2009-01-31T23:31:00.003-05:00

Honey-pot Ants at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in DC.

Expecting 2005

2009-01-31T22:49:00.005-05:00

São Paulo Street Racer

2009-01-30T22:47:00.006-05:00

I scanned this one of Joana as a little kid in Brazil from one of her old albums.

My Thanksgiving in Acton Massachusetts 2002

2009-01-30T22:39:00.019-05:00

A very Massachusetts Thanksgiving. The Mass Pike was completely jammed with holiday travelers. There was a light dusting of snow on the ground. The house had actually been renovated by Bob Villa on "This Old House" back in the day. The women were all busy cooking the wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. The men, well we were of course all gathered around the tube watching Dallas or Detroit play somebody. Before dinner everyone held hands in a big circle while Aunt Ginny the nun said a prayer and then we each added what we were thankful for.

I was the "new boyfriend" so I was tasked with taking that years photo of the whole crew with everyone's cameras. I guess if I'd made it to two years I'd have been included in the next one. It's a pretty good technique for keeping the transients out of the "permanent record." Still I was thankful to be welcomed there for a memorable Massachusetts Thanksgiving.

Olivia with Mama and "Dada"

2009-01-30T22:21:00.007-05:00

Olivia and Joana check out some Dada puppets from 1918 created by Dada artist Sophie Taeuber at the National Gallery of Art East Wing in DC. I liked these a lot.

Dinner on the Alley in Honfleur

2009-01-21T00:21:00.003-05:00

Dinner with John and Mike. France 2002

I Have Confidence In Me!

2009-01-19T19:43:00.021-05:00

Click the "play arrow" in the lower left hand corner of the clip above. Recent FlashPlayer required.

Olivia knew she wanted to be Maria von Trapp from The Sound of Music for a long time before Halloween and she had a blast in her costume. Joana made everything but the guitar case which was my handywork.

Like Father, Like Son

2009-01-18T13:20:00.012-05:00

40 Years after my dad used to hike with me on his back I was doing the same thing with Olivia. Now she can hike on her own and it's Emily's turn to ride next! Photos by my mom, and Joana (notice how a mother frames a shot! :-)

Grand Canyon Part 2

2009-01-18T00:06:00.011-05:00

Our first stop to peer over the edge of the canyon turned out to be a good one. Unfortunately I had busted one of my toes horsing around with Joana at Zion a few days earlier and it still hurt, so we didn't hike down into the canyon. Someday we'll go back and do that though because it's really so big that I had a hard time relating to it from up on the rim. Photo of us by an anonymous, friendly, fellow tourist.

Future Home of the Old Schoolhouse Bed and Breakfast

2009-01-17T16:26:00.007-05:00

January 2003 Michelle and I visited her friends Sarah and Mick in Dublin, New Hampshire on our way to go skiing at Stowe, Vermont. We stayed in their amazing "guest room" and were treated to such a fantastic breakfast that Michelle remarked they should open a B&B. Sarah said hey that's a great idea and not too long afterwards they actually did it. Now you too can stay at The Old Schoolhouse Bed and Breakfast practically at the foot of Mt Monadnock and enjoy Mick and Sarah's hospitality.

Blue Window Essaouira

2009-01-16T21:08:00.011-05:00

The view across the alley from a room at the Hotel des Ramparts in Essaouira, Morocco.

Tikal Engulfed

2009-01-16T20:46:00.009-05:00

I really like the way the jungle has completely reclaimed this ancient Mayan pyramid at Tikal in Guatemala.

Grand Canyon Part 1

2009-01-15T23:47:00.005-05:00

The day slips away while we watch from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon near the Tovar lodge.

Rambling Rose

2009-01-15T23:40:00.006-05:00

A rambling red rose frames Joana in the courtyard of the Cameron Trading Post Lodge. Cameron, Arizona 2004

Lake Powell Part 2

2009-01-15T23:07:00.007-05:00

We found a secluded cove where we anchored the boat and ate lunch. Afterwards I went for a swim and the water was almost warm enough. Late May 2004

Jardin Majorelle

2009-01-07T00:06:00.006-05:00

Majorelle Garden in Marrakesh, 1996

Francophone, Paris 2001

2009-01-06T23:23:00.012-05:00

John Jordan yaks on a Parisian pay phone in this image made from multiple video frames. It was late, we caught the Metro to La Defense but the trams from there to Suresnes had stopped running so we had to hoof it a couple or three kilometers back to Mike's house. Of course we had no maps and had never made the trip on foot before so it was a very indirect route until we finally got some where that looked familiar.

Congolese Marching Band on a Side Street in Brussels 2002

2009-01-05T00:32:00.009-05:00

Because they just appeared unexpectedly, seemingly coming out of nowhere, this makes me think of a scene from a "Pink Panther" movie or the old "Get Smart" TV show. I can just see Clouseau or Max following someone up this alley and trying to get by these guys as they keep pushing him back! I ended up seeing them later in the Grand Plaz where they were performing for some official EU gathering. I'll post those pics later.

The Casbah of Ourzazate

2009-01-04T23:06:00.005-05:00

A really nice casbah. The place is pronounced Where-Zuh-Zat.

My Dad Vs. The Moose

2009-01-04T22:55:00.010-05:00

My dad outruns a moose while my mom stays calm, cool, and collected enough to get the shot! Nice going! He had been shooting photos of the scenery on the other side of the fence when the moose came galloping down the fence line towards him. This brings back memories of Sunday mornings when I was kid. My mom would drag me to church while my dad stayed home and watched Rocky and Bullwinkle. I was very envious.

Michelle's Blue Bottle Collection Circa 2002

2009-01-04T22:17:00.011-05:00

Michelle kept her blue bottle collection on the window sill by her front door. I contributed the glass Milk of Magnesia bottle with the flowers in it. I found it when I was a kid spending part of the summer with friends who moved to a farm in West Virginia. We were exploring the ruins of an old farm-house that we had run to after being scared by the sounds of "The Motorcycle Mamas" gang as we called them (yes it was the 70s) coming down the road on their choppers. Once inside we poked around and I found that beautiful blue bottle and kept it for years until I found it a better home, with "family" on Michelle's windowsill.

Paris Video Montages 2001

2009-01-04T22:06:00.008-05:00

A couple of images stitched together from video frames. My first time visiting Mike in Paris.

Let's Kick It!

2009-01-04T17:35:00.012-05:00

San Francisco, March 2000: For me the highlight of the first Flashforward conference ever held had to be Joe Sparks' presentation where I was introduced to Radiskull and Devil Doll and became a fan as soon as the boys started to kick it! If you aren't familiar with them do yourself a favor and check out the first episode below.

Radiskull #1: Radiskull & Devil Doll

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Placencia, Belize, Formerly Undiscovered Tropical Paradise

2009-01-03T12:11:00.012-05:00

The old Turtle Inn was a rustic, laid back little string of palm roofed huts on the beach in Placencia, Belize. When I visited in 1999 the first dirt road had just reached the isolated fishing village that sits at the tip of a lush, sandy peninsula separating a tranquil lagoon from the beautiful blue-green Caribbean Sea. Placencia was remote, peaceful and had no streets, just wooden sidewalks through the sand. It was in the process of being discovered and developed though, and walking along the beach revealed rickety wooden scaffolding rising occasionally from sandy lots where I suppose hotels may have grown. The Turtle Inn and it's palms were leveled by Hurricane Iris a couple of years after these photos were taken and a new upscale Turtle Inn owned by Francis Ford Coppola now exists on the same spot.

Back here in cold, snowy, New England, on winter days like today I think back to that hammock in the shade of the palms on the warm, sunny beach in Placencia and smile. Hammock photo by Kara.

Tikal, Guatemala

2009-01-02T00:27:00.005-05:00

Looking somewhat as it must have to those who rediscovered it, an ancient stone pyramid appears to grow out of the jungle at the ancient "Mayan Metropolis" of Tikal in the hinterlands of Guatemala.

Western Cloud Mountains

2008-12-31T00:13:00.001-05:00

Glenmalure, County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland

2008-12-31T00:00:00.004-05:00

Even the green hills of Ireland get a little brown during the winter, and December 1996 was downright frigid. There was plenty of good company to warm our spirits though. The island's population swells between Christmas and New Years Day when Irish emigres from around the world return for the holidays.

Pumpkin Paradise

2008-12-22T01:10:00.003-05:00

Picking a pumpkin on a beautiful Autumn day in Connecticut.