Ducks on the ice, james River near Henricus, Virginia
Ducks on the ice on a piece of the James River, near Henricus, Water shed protection area near the electrical plant
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Confederate Memorial Richmond Virginia in the Snow
The Confederate Soldier and Sailor Memorial overlooking the city of Richmond Virginia from Libbey Park. From the Dec 25 2010 snowfall.
Richmond by night
Looking down on Richmond from Libbey Park, with the holiday day lights outlining some of the business district buildings.
Confederate memorial Chesterfield Historical Court House
Snow coming down at the 1917 Historical Chesterfield County Courthouse, the Confederate Monument "Virtus"
Old Main Street Station, Richmond Virginia
Old Main Street train station in downtown Richmond, Virginia
St Johns church in Richmond, Getting snowed 12-25-2010
St Johns Church at "Church Hill" in Richmond, Virginia, 12-25-2010 getting snowed.
Confederate Sailor / Soldier Memorial in Richmond Virginia
The Confederate Sailor / Soldier Memorial in Richmond Virginia
Barr Building Farragut Park Washington DC
Photo of the Barr Building in Washington DC, taken from the "damn the torpedoes" Admiral Farragut Park
Richmond City Hall, original on Broad Street
The original Richmond VA city hall. Now used as an office building.
Photo: Sunset at the Carillion Tower in Richmond VA
The Carillon Tower at Byrd Park in Richmond, VA - sunset
James River Fog - trees along the river
Fog along the James River, middle of the day, misting the trees along the paths of the riverside.
H Street NW Washington DC
Driving down H Street, NW, aimed at Lafayette park (see the trees?) about a block from the White House, sunset in Washington DC.
Trees along the Potomac River
Trees in the woods that are along the Potomac River going into Washington DC, the Maryland side
Ducks, Trains and an Electric Tower
Ducks, Trains and an Electric Tower - - in Chesterfield County, Virginia, November 27, 2010.
Potomac River, Washington DC Photo
Potomac River Nov 25, 2010 - - might be hard to believe this scenery is just minutes from the packed environs of Washington DC. Near Glen Echo area.
Drainage line at the Lock #7 Canal
The canal forms a lake just above Lock #7, this is a drainage which curves around the old customs house and travels the water back to the canal, bypassing the lock itself.
Glen Echo Park November 25 2010
Glen Echo Park, Lock #7, old Chesapeake/Ohio canal system along the Potomac in Washington DC (yesterday) Another photo of the lock right here
Liquid Breakfast - Carytown, Virginia
Liquid breakfast, near Carytown, Richmond Virginia. Brush and ink on paper, photoshop colors. Other drawings are at erix138.com
Washington Monument in DC - Nov 5
Washington Monument Nov 5 - - Friday, toward end of the day. Roads all clogged with people trying to get their commutes over with.
Broad Street Richmond VA
Broad Street Richmond Virginia - - ink and brush on paper with some Photoshop color More artwork at erix138.com
Photo: Barr Building Washington DC
Barr Building in Wash DC this past Friday, along 17th Street facing "Damn the Torpedoes" Farragut Park. The Barr bldg's "English Gothic" architecture is called a "Rebuke to the boring borax banality of the computer-designed structures on either side" in the AIA guide to DC Architecture. I worked in the Barr Building as a Law Firm messenger decades ago. The building was then in the midst of a massive updating. Recently I had a website design client who had offices at the Barr Building, and I was told that down in the cavernous basement there are still "dog-sized" rats running free. They were smaller in my day there.
Washington DC photograph: The Jefferson Memorial
November 4, 2010 - The Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC
Bill Gates - Ink and Brush wash on coated glossy paper
Ink wash drawing on coated paper: Bill Gates of Microsoft Fame
I make this shirt look good
Roanoke Rapids "I Make this Shirt Look Good" - brush and ink and some photoshop color
Firefox browser skin "Weems Ocean"
A version of this image (which is also used here for my header logo for this blog) is being offered through Mozilla as a browser "skin" - - you can dress up your browser window (provided that you use Firefox)with the image. It is titled "Weems Ocean" in the Mozilla skins index.
My Venus Flytrap is budding new leaves and teeth
It had been successful during the summer catching bugs, but it seemed to have overdone it (or got over-watered being outside) and the leaves all blackened up and fell away. These are all new leaves coming forth. It could be that the old leaves had simply outlived their usefulness, Flytraps will shed them after they've had a few catches with them.