Visible Woman

We didn't have to deal with many gifts this year. And by 'deal' I mean find a place for them, write 'thank you' notes ...

Remember when having a picture of something involved film? Remember the furor over instant photography where the film developed right afte...

[The W Hotel which is under construction near us is due to have condos in it in addition to hotel rooms, bars and restaurants and the Austin...

Some time back in 2001 I shot this picture of collectibles and stuff I had in the spare bedroom. The shiny toy cars, I gave away. The batter...

My doomsday title of yesterday's post ("The End of Paper") sent my most loyal reader (well, the most loyal commenter for sure)...

My Useless Occupations: The me in the mirror. Goofing off, taking photos, not doing anything useful. Last Sunday. I've been playing a li...

Actual (paraphrased) conversation from, I think, yesterday: Himself: Should we just get rid of the flamingos? Herself: Eventually, but not r...

They are sturdy, colorful, cute and fascinating. They pop together, interlocking with a satisfying snap. Since I'm in a twelve (or more)...

Collections that are oh so cute and seemed like such good ideas at the time. Now which ones to say goodbye to and which ones to save. These ...

One of the spots that I need to get to in the downsizing effort is a little 'under the stairs' storage we have in our storage room. ...

FFP got off this shot in New York in 2005. I wasn't with him. I was in South Africa. Late September perhaps. Still warm. Everyone needs ...

First, I'm still sorting old photos in spare moments. A little perspective on this one. The last job of my working life was at a compan...

There are times when you have to let go of stuff. You even have to let go of your dreams of stuff. Right now, in my closet, there is a pile ...

Here you see a picture from last year as I was gathering up my Christmas bendies to put away. I stuff them in a box and recycle that amusing...

These guys are the cheapest of bendable posable figures. Probably bought them at some place like Oriental Trading for a few dollars a dozen...

I read something the other day about a guy who collected comic books very assiduously for many years. They were stored in very optimum condi...

Ah, yes. This is one of my rather large and scattered shop window picture collection. Fortunately it's mostly pixelated. The collection ...