A family obsession, part 2
Posted on April 14, 2010 · 4 Comments
Turtle-dragons and hairy grass
Posted on July 1, 2009 · 14 Comments
After discovering that the house helpers had been replacing some of my herbs with ornamental plants that I don’t know where they get from, and after telling them never to do that ever again (okay, I was fuming mad), I decided to inspect the garden from end to end. I might as well. I was ... (more)
Close-up photography: capturing details that often escape the naked eye
Posted on June 17, 2009 · 12 Comments
Most people, myself included, tend to use the terms close-up photography and macro photography interchangeably. But according to strict definitions, there is a difference. Close-up photography refers to taking magnified images; macro photography means close-up photography using macro lenses. The difference is really more apparent than real because the end result is the same. But, ... (more)
The bedroom with the bow window
Posted on July 20, 2008 · 2 Comments
The beautiful pendant lamp is a magnet for antflies
Posted on July 17, 2008 · 2 Comments
The thing about antflies and the dining room light is that because the lamp is open at the top, the antflies fly directly into the hot light, die and fall to the bottom of the lamp. When we’re eating and we look up, we can see the dead gamu-gamo and the girls go, “Eeewwww…” The upside is that they don’t fall into our food after getting scorched.
The other problem is dust. Dust settles at the bottom of the lamp…
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