On my travels walking around Pittsburgh, I noticed some brown pods laying in the street, and while I’ve seen these things before, I didn’t know what they were called or what they were from. A little research tells me that they’re “honey locust pods.” The honey locust tree (scientific name “gleditsia triacanthos”), is a deciduous … Read more
I was walking around Chelsea in Manhattan on Saturday, visiting art galleries, when I noticed this combination of objects, pictured above. I didn’t touch it or move anything, what you see above is what I saw – and to me, it looked like a flower! Now, why would a long thin plant leaf like this … Read more
I was walking in Glen Ridge, NJ recently after a light rainfall, and found myself noticing interesting images on the sidewalks. What makes the sidewalks unique there is that many of them are made from old slate stones, and the surface quality will range between stones, and they are rarely as uniform or perfectly flat … Read more
It’s summertime, how about finding some creativity with a watermelon? I sliced open this watermelon, and it seemed like I had a face smiling at me. I have to admit, I gave a little tweak to the suggested “eyes” above, and you can see my original photo, below left. But in addition to a face … Read more
