My Archives: May 2004

Friday, May 21, 2004

Sort of a forced day off yesterday, as the school needed employee parking spaces for commencement, and I took today off as well, with hopes of possibly committing photography. The weather hasn't cooperated very much, with a stalled frontal system keeping the skies a dull leaden gray. It's the kind of weather that saps your energy, a cool but humid thickness in the air, urging on naps and general laziness.

I have been trying to make the best of it by keeping busy with printing some alt-process t-shirts for a local hospital's benefit auction. I should also get busy and finish up the printing of the thank you books of small prints for the models who were gracious enough to assist with the light paint project.

Not much luck so far in trying to schedule models for a new series. It looks like it will be some few weeks before I can get seriously started on shooting. The approach of summer weather should help a bit, with hot days making the prospect of wading about in a cool creek sound more appealling.

Posted by coldmarble @ 09:23 AM ET [Link] [blab]

Wednesday, May 19, 2004

I don't have any clear memories of the last cicada emergence but there are a few mental pictures from my high school days when they surfaced in the 70s. I've seen a couple popping up here and there over the past week but this morning looks like the biggest gathering of them so far. On a tree in front of the library the lower part of the trunk was covered with nymphs looking for a place to attach securely while the adult emerged from the paper thin brown shell. Some early risers were already out of their shells, pumping fluids from their swollen abdomen into the veins of their wings. The stubby flippers grew into inch long transparent membranes, divided by the black lines of the circulatory system. They glittered in the morning sunlight, like nature's stained glass.

I'll have to charge up the digital and get a few photos of the red-eyed monsters. It's only once every 17 years, and while they do make a mess, it is also a fascinating scene to observe.

Posted by coldmarble @ 09:40 AM ET [Link] [blab]

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