urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous Martha Martha 2017-04-17T01:44:50Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:389707 2017-04-17T01:44:50Z 2017-04-17T01:44:50Z I'm moving to Dreamwidth, same username. I'm not changing anything in my LJ account -- there's not really anything beyond aesthetic interest here, and I don't have time to invest in importing/locking/backing up everything from here. I haven't posted anything at DW yet (haven't been carrying my camera as much this year), but I'm sure I will sometime soon, and I will not be cross-posting. So please visit me <a href="http://42itous.dreamwidth.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">there</a>. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:389557 2017-03-27T01:47:26Z 2017-03-27T01:47:26Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/o9uyxpvbx/IMG_7481.jpg" height="500" alt="a hillside with dirty snow in the foreground and brick dorm buildings in the background, and two figures walking up a staircase that has been painted in rainbow colors" fetchpriority="high" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:389162 2017-03-23T13:53:05Z 2017-03-23T13:53:05Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/ws3hzb3z1/IMG_7471.jpg" height="500" alt="purple and yellow crocuses in the snow" fetchpriority="high" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:389045 2017-03-22T13:02:41Z 2017-03-22T13:02:41Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/6v9tmp0bh/IMG_7428.jpg" height="500" alt="closeup of the black-and-white feathers of a guinea fowl" fetchpriority="high" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:388763 2017-03-21T14:50:13Z 2017-03-21T14:50:13Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/ld70uorml/IMG_7306.jpg" height="500" alt="a square cake with strawberries on top, and four purple candles" fetchpriority="high" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:388595 2017-03-20T13:45:07Z 2017-03-20T13:45:07Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/y7obm7jz1/IMG_7304.jpg" height="500" alt="closeup of half an orange" fetchpriority="high" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:388218 2017-03-19T20:45:52Z 2017-03-19T20:45:52Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/66aa8ieot/IMG_7299.jpg" height="500" alt="progress on the same quilt, with some of the pieces sewn together" fetchpriority="high" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:388087 2017-03-18T12:43:23Z 2017-03-18T12:43:23Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/6hrql9v4t/IMG_7286.jpg" height="500" alt="red and green poinsettia leaves, sunlit from behind" fetchpriority="high" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:387760 2017-03-17T15:42:35Z 2017-03-17T15:42:35Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/rovh9a7rx/IMG_7264.jpg" height="500" alt="two footsteps in new-fallen slush" fetchpriority="high" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:387537 2017-03-16T13:42:18Z 2017-03-16T13:42:18Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/ejfz36dwd/IMG_7258.jpg" height="500" alt="quilt pieces and threads stacked on a table, the design for the whole quilt in the background" fetchpriority="high" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:387303 2017-02-10T13:47:09Z 2017-02-10T13:47:09Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/kn840oxr1/IMG_7248.jpg" height="500" alt="a copper mobile standing in a garden, spinning in the wind, with a blue house sunlit behind" fetchpriority="high" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:387038 2017-02-09T14:15:09Z 2017-02-09T14:15:09Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/p7uafmhgd/IMG_7229.jpg" height="450" alt="a window painted with colorful paints to make it look like stained glass" fetchpriority="high" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:386615 2017-02-08T13:43:14Z 2017-02-08T15:52:04Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/fkm6s5z31/IMG_7079.jpg" height="500" alt="children&apos;s artwork on a wall, with new year&apos;s resolutions like &apos;try new things and eat more chocolate&apos; and &apos;be nicer to Daniel&apos;" fetchpriority="high" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:386306 2017-02-07T14:42:29Z 2017-02-07T14:42:29Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/qydbh3yzh/IMG_7158.jpg" height="500" alt="the back of a child&apos;s head, lit from beyond by blue and yellow light" fetchpriority="high" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:386139 2017-02-06T13:38:04Z 2017-02-06T13:38:04Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/z16weou71/IMG_6938.jpg" height="500" alt="two children playing in a bouncy house" fetchpriority="high" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:385761 2017-02-05T19:37:15Z 2017-02-05T19:37:15Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/hmmo6ex25/IMG_6922.jpg" height="650" alt="wooden bins containing two colors of onions; and beyond, fingerling potatoes" fetchpriority="high" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:385491 2017-01-30T21:05:13Z 2017-01-30T21:12:51Z Yesterday I went to the rally in Copley Square protesting the ban on Muslims entering the US. I didn't get to hear any of the speakers, but I heard (and participated in) the chanting -- "Love, not hate: that's what makes America great!" and "Love, not fear; refugees are welcome here!" What impressed me about this crowd was that although we were all packed in tightly, there was no pushing, just polite "can I squeeze through?"s and strangers boosting each other into trees. When a guy climbed the tree next to me, I passed him my phone and he took this photo for me -- as soon as I got my phone back, another stranger asked me to email it to him.<br /><img src="https://s20.postimg.org/6mwexp0bh/IMG_3431.jpg" height="400" alt="a panoramic image of the crowd in Copley Square, as seen from up in a tree" fetchpriority="high" /><br /><br />Here's another from later, when I eventually managed to get up onto the steps of the brownstone building (I don't actually know what the building is -- a church?). The diversity in the crowd was impressive -- someone's sign described him as a descendant of immigrants (who came over on the Mayflower); I saw Jews carrying signs saying "We've seen this before;" I saw lots of different skin colors, I saw headscarves, I saw people of all ages.<br /><img src="https://s20.postimg.org/ieka8huxp/IMG_3449.jpg" height="500" alt="a sea of people holding signs and chanting" loading="lazy" /><br /><br />It was energizing. I'm ready for action (and next time I'm bringing my own sign). But for now, back to making phone calls. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:385058 2017-01-16T14:28:28Z 2017-01-16T14:28:28Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/cxyrusixp/IMG_6909.jpg" height="500" alt="a beer glass sitting on a wooden table in a sunbeam: the glass says Coney Island on it and so does its shadow; a tiny picture of the amusement park that&apos;s etched in the glass also shows up in the shadow" fetchpriority="high" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:384889 2017-01-15T18:27:25Z 2017-01-15T18:27:41Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/buenityal/IMG_6897.jpg" height="500" alt="my aunt&apos;s hand holding a glass plate with a layer cake on it" fetchpriority="high" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:384703 2017-01-03T13:40:14Z 2017-01-03T13:40:14Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/ftmnizuxp/IMG_6868.jpg" height="500" alt="a quilt with a haphazard triangle pattern, in teals and lavenders, yellows and blues" fetchpriority="high" /><br /><br />Someone's half-finished quilt project landed in my fabric stash at some point, and I couldn't figure out how it was intended to be put together, so I did some improvising. I'm pretty happy with the result. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:384453 2017-01-02T15:40:55Z 2017-01-02T15:40:55Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/a2z8digkd/IMG_6834.jpg" height="450" alt="a cat smiling contentedly as a toddler&apos;s hand pets his head" fetchpriority="high" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:384095 2017-01-01T13:40:58Z 2017-01-01T13:40:58Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/9oxwdwwgt/IMG_6824.jpg" height="600" alt="the letters inside an old-fashioned typewriter" fetchpriority="high" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:383783 2016-12-31T13:36:19Z 2016-12-31T13:36:19Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/3zhntlqal/IMG_6806.jpg" height="500" alt="dry grasses with gracefully curling shapes, and a teal shingled house in the background" fetchpriority="high" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:383550 2016-12-30T15:36:02Z 2016-12-30T15:36:02Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/fakbhyx5p/IMG_6792.jpg" height="450" alt="fluffy little dry white flowers on thin brown stalks" fetchpriority="high" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:42itous:383424 2016-12-29T19:06:27Z 2016-12-29T19:06:27Z <img src="https://s20.postimg.org/nje9wseal/IMG_3251.jpg" width="500" alt="a series of nine lightbulbs above a bathroom mirror, with four of them burnt out and the rest dusty" fetchpriority="high" /><br /><br /><img src="https://s20.postimg.org/c8bm8f7fh/IMG_3255.jpg" width="500" alt="a series of nine lightbulbs above a bathroom mirror, with all bulbs polished and lit" loading="lazy" />