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Photographs of the Taxpayers March on Washington [PART THREE]
Probably my favorite sign of the entire demonstration.SAVE THE BABY SEALS!! Like Part Two, this portion of photographs from today’s Taxpayers March on Washington focuses on some of the random signs I...
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Three Photographs of Cara Ober’s exhibit “Love Letters” at Civilian Art Projects
After I went to Friday’s Opening Rally of the Taxpayers March on DC at CityCenterDC, I rode my bike to the gallery opening at Civilian Art Projects. From the Civilian Art Projects website: Love...
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Alfa Omega Tax Services….. a Change in Your Finances
Following up yesterday’s entry about having my name in Greek, I came across this photo I took a couple weeks ago in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, DC. I took it because, well, umm, I...
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Photographs from Park(ing) Day DC 2009
Last Friday I attended the first celebration of Park(ing) Day in Washington, DC. Originally conceived & celebrated in 2005 by the artist/activism group ReBar in San Francisco, the concept behind...
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The Scourge of this Summer’s Garden: Spider Mites
I first noticed the green bean plants in my backyard starting die but didn’t realize that it was a pest. I simply thought the plant was receiving too much sunlight and not enough water. As the leaves...
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Who Carries 8 Quarters? Photographs of the Wall Street Journal Newspaper...
The other day I was outside of a Metro station in Clarendon, Virginia and noticed this unique Wall Street Journal vending machine. Its the first time I’ve seen a newspaper vending machine take credit...
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Growing a Jaloro plant on my back deck – Part Five [The Second Harvest]
This set of pictures is the final part of the series showing my Jaloro plant. As you can see from the previous entries (below), this Jaloro plant has been quite bountiful this summer. I germinated the...
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The Localized Nationalism of Sports Jerseys
On Sunday I snapped this photograph of a vendor’s rack of soccer jerseys at FiestaDC. As a Latin American street festival, FiestaDC is not only about the sharing of culture, its also about taking...
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YouTube Videos, Photos, and Newspaper Articles About American Farmers and...
[Watch on YouTube] On October 13th, 2009, I was invited to document this demonstration at the DEA Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. You can spot me in the YouTube video above in the beginning. I am...
View Article“Welcome to my room”– A YouTube video showing my outdoor photo installation...
This short video documents my temporary photo installation called “Welcome to my room.” for FotoweekDC 2009. The installation consists of about 24 random photographs that I had doubles of in my...
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The DC Colonist is now officially stock photo
When I first came across the photograph in 2006, I knew it would probably be stored somewhere in the photographic databases of Getty Images. After last month’s publication of the photograph in the...
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Two Photographs of Park La Brea Quilt #3 on display at FRIEND REQUEST
I took these two pictures of Park La Brea Quilt #3 Friday night at the opening of FRIEND REQUEST. The map measures 60 inches by 40 inches and was printed on Epson enhanced matte paper. It is hung...
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Photograph of when an innocent card game made me feel sad
I spent much of Friday’s opening in the office near my artwork so I could explain the map to people. Near the end of the evening someone got out a plastic cube from underneath a desk that contained an...
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[Found Map] The 3rd District Police Station in Washington, DC
Over the holidays I’ve had friend’s come and visit me. When they drive to Washington, DC, I always go to the police station to get my guests temporary parking permits. Two weeks ago I noticed this...
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YouTube Videos & Photograph From Last Weekend’s Historic Snowball Fight In...
The video above contains four short video clips I recorded from my Canon SD750 on February 6th, 2010 in & around Dupont Circle in Washington, DC. The video clips show the what the snowball fight...
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Photos from Emancipation Day 2010 by Elvert Barnes
Below are some photos taken of me yesterday by Elvert Barnes as I read my Emancipation Day poem:
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Photos from the Opening of “Mapping:Outside/Inside” at the Gershman Y
Last month I took the bus up to Philadelphia to attend the opening of Mapping:Outside/Inside at the Gershman Y. With my camera out of commission I borrowed my friend’s camera and while I was able to...
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Backpacking Photos from Pike National Forest in Colorado
Last month while I was in Colorado I spent about 14 hours in Pike National Forest. The plan was to leave Monday, July 26th, hike into the state park, find an appropriate camping spot, spend the night,...
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Chemtrails Over DC
Although planes cannot fly directly over DC, those planes that fly around DC still have their exhaust lines float over the city. I took this photograph because I thought it was interesting the way the...
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Now that is a parking job…
I was walking home earlier and spotted this awesome parking job. I can’t believe someone would actually leave their car parked like that.
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Bullets on sale at Wal-Mart
We were heading out to Snow Shoe Mountain Ski Resort and decided to stop at a Wally-World. It had been years since I had been in Wal-Mart and I hope it is years before I go back. I found it rather...
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Sunset from near the top of Cheat Mountain, West Virginia
I had a great time skiing with friends at Snow Shoe Mountain Resort! This photo above was taken from my friend’s balcony looking west from Cheat Mountain (4,848 ft), which is the second highest...
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Bringing your baby hedgehog to the neighborhood dive bar?
I was at a bar in Mount Pleasant with my friend and a lady brought her baby hedgehog to the bar. I’m not sure if that was a wise move…
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[FOUND MAP] The Lining of a Leather Jacket
I noticed my friend’s leather jacket last winter but I never got around to taking a photograph of it.
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Baby Potato
Last fall I planted some potatoes to see if they would grow and sure enough a few did. I think this one looks like Venus of Willendorf.
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Agent Orange? A chemical defoliant used on my neighbor’s backyard
The photograph below shows why I maintain a container garden: Every year my next door neighbor puts some type of chemical defoliant over his backyard so he doesn’t have to mow his lawn. I sincerely...
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Basil Sprouts
Using last year’s seeds I was able to quickly germinate this year’s supply of sweet basil.
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Photographs of the 2011 Indoor Germination Station
I can truthfully say that I use the internet to grow my vegetables! For the last few years I’ve been using the passive heat from my cable modem & router to germinate my seeds. It’s pretty simple to...
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Springtime photographs of sedum telephium ‘Autumn Joy’
Last years growth with this year’s new growth. The leaves trap small droplets of water.
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You know it’s spring when daffodils begin to bloom
These daffodils were planted a long time ago and I’m thankful they bloom every spring :-)
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Photographs of pink chive buds
About three years ago I planted these chives and every year since I’ve been either harvesting these pink chive buds & adding them to salads (they taste like an onion) or I’ve let them get...
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Photographs of a Ladybug in the garden
I spotted this little ladybug crawling through the Rose of Sharon bush the other day. I wish there were more ladybugs so they’d eat all the aphids I know will be coming to the garden later this year.
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Water droplets on green bean leaves
Some of the plants for this year’s garden I’ve been growing in my bedroom. I’ve dubbed these plants the VIPs, which stands for “Very Important Plants.” The close-up photographs above show how water...
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The Empty Trashcan Rat Trap
One night I was in my backyard and I heard the sound of a rat stuck inside one of the empty trashcans. Every few moments the poor rat would try to jump out of the trashcan, but it couldn’t grasp the...
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Safe Access DC’s Protest at the Department of Justice
Today I attended the Americans for Safe Access demonstration at the Department of Justice Building in downtown Washington, DC. This was written by Steph Sherer: Stand in solidarity with me for a...
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Blooming Pink Chives & the Air Conditioner
I’ve become a big fan of the perennial pink chives (Allium schoenoprasum) that I started growing a few years ago. I’m going to save these flowers to harvest their seed for next year’s garden. Related...
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Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National...
Today I went to Capitol Hill to attend “the District of Columbia’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget: Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability” hearing dressed in colonial attire. You can see me in the screen shot from...
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Photographs of Pink Green Bean Flowers, Basil, and Smokey Bronze Fennel
Tonight I took some more photographs of the “VIP” (very important plants) that I’m growing in my bedroom. I look forward to planting these outdoors later this month. Close-up Photograph of the pink...
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The Aphid Invasion of the Escarole
For the last month my broadleaf escarole plant (an Endive, or type of Chicory) on my balcony has been invaded by tiny insects. Mostly aphids, I believe. I opted to not use any pesticides or neem oil to...
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[FOUND MAP] 50+ Yard Sales in Adams Morgan
I found this map posted inside a bus stop in Adams Morgan last week.
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Poor Cucumber Flower
I want to take this cucumber plant outside and put it into the ground, but all of the other cucumber seedlings I germinated this year have been killed by birds, mammals, and insects…. Poor cucumber...
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The Broadleaf Batavian Escarole Blooms
While this broadleaf escarole was mostly devoured by aphids earlier this Spring, it survived long enough to bloom. The flowers look nearly identical to chicory.
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Off to Colorado –> It’s All Good
I’m heading to Colorado for the next 10 days. I took this grainy photo on the pilot’s luggage while I was waiting on the tarmac to enter the plane: “It’s All Good”
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The Vacuum Cleaner Yard
Spotted on Monaco Parkway in Denver, Colorado. Sucks there was no sidewalk.
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Photograph of the Aftermath of the Haymen Fire in Pike National Forest
Today we are going rock climbing at a place my mom & step father regularly climb at. On the way to the site I snapped this photograph of the burnt remains of Colorado’s largest fire, the 2002...
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Photographs of Rock Climbing in Pike National Forest
I’m not a big into rock climbing, but my mom really wanted to take me to one of her favorite climbs “Madacat” in Pike National Forest. I used borrowed climbing shoes, which were slightly too small, and...
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Photographs of Backpacking in the San Isabel National Forest
One of my goals for the trip to Colorado was to return to the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area. After some cursory planning, my step-father & I decided to spend three days in the backcountry near...
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Photographs from the top of Pike’s Peak
Today my step-father & I decided to play tourists and take the Pike’s Peak Cog Railway up to the top of Pike’s Peak. I’m slightly ashamed to say that this was my first time to the summit of a 14er...
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Photograph of the Vigil for the 40 Year Anniversary of America’s War on Drugs
Today I setup the sound system for a somber vigil outside of the White House. Forty years ago today President Nixon declared a War on Drugs at a press conference and since then the United States has...
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